Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Although Esther was a little disappointed, her expression remained unchanged. “I was the one who caused the trouble and implicated you. I should go with you. Besides, I’ve already booked the plane tickets and packed my luggage. Terence, just let me go with you.”

Terence once again glanced at Esther from top to bottom. “Aren’t you sick?”

“So you know that I am sick.” Esther looked at him and laughed self-deprecatingly. “I thought you didn’t know.”

“Auntie, you are really pretentious.” A teasing voice suddenly sounded from behind Esther. Esther’s expression changed. She really did not want to turn around and face this person that she did not want to see in her entire life.

However, Esther did not seem to have any reason to ignore her since she had already provoked her.

Thus, Esther turned around to face Anne and smiled. “You are now the most important person of the Gibson family. Don’t get close to me, okay? I can’t afford to offend you and I am trying my best to stay away from you.”

At this time, Anne had just come down from upstairs. Even though she was pregnant, she was still in high spirits. Anne had just married into the Gibson family. Both her mood and condition could not be better.

Anne glanced at the box at Esther’s feet and deliberately said in resignation, “James even specially pleaded for you, but in the end, you still ended up like this. James to be unable to sleep soundly for the past two nights because of you.”

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Anne was clearly saying this to Terence. She was trying to sow discord between Esther and Terence.

Although Esther did not understand why James took the blame for her at the dining table that day, now that he was in the limelight, would he not be able to sleep well because of her? How ridiculous!

Esther secretly glanced at Terence and found that he looked gloomier because of Anne’s words. Anne could always provoke the war between her and Terence at the most appropriate time, which was indeed annoying.

When Esther saw Terence turn around and walk into Gill’s room, she followed him.

After taking a few steps, Esther turned around and stared at Anne, gritting her teeth. “Anne, you’re about to become a mother. Can’t you be more decent?”

Anne didn’t care about being decent or not. All she knew was that the video about her and Tyler on Esther’s phone had disappeared, and she could finally get her revenge.

Getting Esther to the ancestral hall and kneeling for two nights, then sending her to Proley was far from enough!

Esther followed Terence into Gill’s bedroom. Gill glanced at them and said with some distress, “Terence, I don’t know how long this trip to Proley will take. You must take good care of yourself. Don’t get too devoted to your work and ignore your health.”

“Don’t worry, I will take care of myself,” Terence said calmly. “Mom, take care of yourself too.”

“I will be fine at home.” Gill nodded.

“That’s good.” Terence checked the time. “I’ll go to the airport first.”

“Alright. Since Esther wants to accompany you, then let her go with you.” Gill glanced at Esther. “If she goes there, you can take care of each other.”

“Mom, I’m just going to work in Proley. I’m not exiled to some desolate countryside. I don’t need anyone to take care of me.”

Gill’s expression became a little serious as she looked at him. “Terence, since you’re already married, you and Esther have to really be a couple. When it comes to outsiders, don’t let anyone use you to hurt your wife. Do you know what I mean?”

Terence gave a disapproving smile. “If we want to really be a couple, we have to have both our hearts on each other, right?”

Esther glanced at Terence. She knew that he was referring to the complicated relationship between her and James. Esther muttered, “I can swear that I have no feelings for other men. Do you dare to swear that you have no feelings for Miss Shirly?”

“Shut up!” Gill scolded in a low voice.

Esther was startled by Gill and instantly shut up.

Gill looked at Esther and warned her in a serious tone, “Didn’t Lauren tell you? You must know how to respect the deceased, especially Miss Shirly.”

Esther didn’t know what to say. In fact, she had no intention of disrespecting Miss Shirly at all. She was just saying it casually.

“The night before yesterday, you secretly smashed Miss Shirly’s memorial tablet. I let you go. But now you…” Gill gritted her teeth and quickly glanced at Terence before she stopped.

However, Gill’s words caused Terence’s expression to change. Esther instantly panicked. She immediately waved her hand and explained, “Not me! I didn’t smash Miss Shirly’s tablet. I swear…”

Esther thought, ‘God! Why would I smash a dead person’s memorial tablet? Even if Miss Shirly was Terence’s beloved ex-wife, I wouldn’t do such a thing!’

But did this mean that Shirly’s tablet really fell off the night before yesterday and was later placed back by Lauren?

“You were the only one there. If it wasn’t you, who else could it be?” Gill took a deep breath and waved her hand. “Forget it. I shouldn’t have let Terence know about this. It’s my fault for being so talkative.”

Esther looked at Terence, who had put on a long face. She suddenly didn’t know what Gill was up to. On one hand, Gill asked them to be a real couple and support each other and let Esther accompany Terence to Proley so that she could get pregnant and have a child as soon as possible. On the other hand, Gill made up such rumors to wedge in Esther’s relationship with Terence.

Was Gill hoping for Esther to be close with Terence or not? Esther found that she really couldn’t see through Gill.

After coming out of Gill’s room, Terence suddenly turned around, grabbed Esther’s arm, and pulled her forward, glaring at her from a close distance. “How dare you smash Shirly’s tablet?”

Terence’s hands were strong, and his eyes were red from anger. It could be seen that he was really angry.

Esther was so scared that her face turned pale. She opened her mouth and shook her head. “No, I swear I didn’t … Terence, can you believe me this time? I’m not such a low-class person, and I can’t do such a thing.”

“You mean that Lauren lied?”

“No, the tablet fell on its own. I was also terrified at that time…” Esther shook her head, and when she thought of the scene at that time, she instantly felt wronged and her eyes became moist.

“Terence… I have never done anything wrong, but I have always been punished and misunderstood. I can endure whatever others do, but you are my husband. Can’t you trust me and protect me once?” Esther raised her hand to wipe away the tears. “The night before yesterday, I was almost scared to death in the ancestral hall. How could I still have the mood to smash a memorial tablet of a person who has no threat to me? I was sick and fainted, and you didn’t even frown when you knew this. On the contrary, because a memorial tablet fell to the ground, you became angry with me. Don’t you feel that you are too ruthless?”