Love Is a Sweet Addiction

As Esther expected, Terence did not sleep in the master bedroom tonight.

When Esther woke up the next day, she took several minutes to observe this new environment, then turned to look at the other side of the big bed where Terence should have slept on was now neat and clean, without the slightest folds.

As expected, Terence slept in the study. After realizing this, Esther was suddenly struck with such a sense of loss. She wondered if Terence was that unwilling to sleep with her. After all, he would rather sleep in the small bed in the study room than the big one in the master bedroom.

She shook her head and reminded herself not to think about anything disappointing!

Sitting up on the bed, she picked up her phone. After glancing at the time on the screen, she was quite surprised to see that it was already eight o’clock.

She quickly got off the bed and walked barefoot to the study, only to find the quilt was folded neatly. However, Terence had already left.

It seemed that Terence had gone to work!

Esther regretfully raised her hand and patted her forehead. She promised that she would take care of Terence, but she didn’t wake up until eight o’clock in the morning. She didn’t even make breakfast for him once.

In fact, when she went to the supermarket last night, she bought some fresh produce. It was estimated that the anti-cold medicine she took last night was too potent, so she got up so late.

On the first day in Proley, Esther made rounds of the neighborhood. Then she went back and began to work in her room.

Although she was in Proley, she still had to do her work. Anyway, she could draw designs everywhere.

However, Serena was extremely disappointed that she could no longer meet clients and have lunch with Esther.

So when Esther proposed that she did not want to cooperate with Lila again, Serena rejected her immediately, not merely because of the whopping penalty. According to Serena, many things, like work and feelings should be treated dividedly. If Esther broke the agreement because she flinched from facing up a rival in love, she was nothing but a pushover who deserved to lose everyone she cherished.

After thinking about it, Esther agreed. She couldn’t break the contract just because Lila was a little bit in love with Terence. If she really did so, she would appear anything but generous.

Furthermore, she was interested to see how Lila would seduce Terence with the clothes she designed.

Esther stayed at home for a day. In the afternoon, when Esther went to the supermarket to buy some greens, she sent a message to Terence asking if he wanted to come back for dinner.

This time, Terence didn’t let her down. In less than two minutes, he texted back a simple but extremely encouraging word, “Yes.”

In fact, when she sent this message, she did not hold out much hope. After all, Terence had just arrived here, so many people here would rush to invite him to dinner, or maybe he would try to cultivate good relations with local bigwigs at dinner time.

She did not expect that he’d love to have dinner at home. It was strange how things turned out.

Esther had been wandering around in the grocer with a shopping cart for a long time but couldn’t see anything she wanted to buy. After receiving Terence’s message, Esther immediately perked up and began to choose the ingredients that she knew how to cook, and also Terence liked to eat.

This was the first time she cooked for Terence, so she couldn’t help but feel a little nervous. Of course, she was happy.

When Terence received her message, he was communicating with the previous person in charge here. He was extremely depressed. At that time, he only had work in his eyes, so he naturally didn’t think about whom he would have dinner with.

Kilborn was in charge of Spring River Estate before. However, he was unable to deal with the rising problems, and therefore, progress was slower than expected.

Lawrence Hooper, the person in charge, complained to Terence, claiming that Kilborn had no intention of working at all. Instead, he idled away his time in pleasure-seeking, so he always missed the work for days.

After Lawrence left, Terence casually threw the documents onto the table, leaned back into the leather chair, and rubbed the space between his eyebrows tiredly.

Miss Young handed him a cup of hot coffee and said, “It’s not like City R where I can get freshly ground coffee nearby. You’ll have to make do.”

Terence glanced at the instant coffee in the cup. He picked the cup up, took a sip, and then put it down.

Miss Young sat down on the chair opposite him and said, “I heard that Kilborn was not interested in doing business. He was all about messing around.”

Terence looked up at her and said, “If I were Kilborn, I wouldn’t work for the Gibson Group too.”

“That’s for sure. If Master Gibson hadn’t forced him to work for the Gibson Group, he probably wouldn’t have stayed here,” Miss Young smiled and said, “I heard that his major is medicine. Back then, he was a famous doctor in a large hospital in the United States. But Master Gibson forced him back home to do business. From this point, Master Gibson is quite selfish.”

When Miss Young finished speaking, she covered her mouth in embarrassment as she said, “I was being too disrespectful to Master Gibson, wasn’t I?”

“A little bit, but what you said is the truth,” Terence said.

Master Gibson forced Kilborn who had no interest in doing business back to his homeland, but didn’t cultivate him, even didn’t allow him to work in the headquarter just because he did not have the blood of the Gibson family in his veins. It was entirely in character for Master Gibson to put his business first. If he was not that selfish and overbearing, how could he develop such a business empire?

“Here’s a thing I can figure out. Kilborn doesn’t look like a pushover. How could he be willing to stay in the Gibson Group? That shouldn’t be happening!”

Terence was obviously not very interested in this person. He lowered his head and casually flipped through the documents on the table.

Miss Young continued, “Could it be that he thanked your family for raising him? If so, he’s a good-hearted guy.”

“His patience is limited. One day, he will explode,” Terence looked up at her and said, “Alright, go out to work.”

Miss Young said, “Terence, didn’t you say that you wanted to go to the construction site to take a look? If you are determined, I have to fix your visit up in advance.”

“We will depart in half an hour.”

“Okay, I will schedule it right away.” Miss Young got up and left the office.

After Esther made a meal, she looked at the time and found that Terence should be back soon.

She didn’t want Terence to dislike her meal, so she tasted every dish on the table. When she found it all tasted good, she felt relieved.

Esther waited for more than ten minutes, but Terence still did not come back. She touched the bottom of the plates and thought the food would be cold soon.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

She took out her phone and wanted to call Terence, but she was afraid of disturbing him, so she called Miss Young instead. Miss Young told her that Terence was still discussing the project with the person of charge in the construction site and persuaded her to have dinner first.