Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Enough!” Esther’s cheeks immediately flamed, and she snapped, “Serena, have you lost your mind? You’re telling me this early in the morning?”

What the hell did she talk about? Esther hadn’t slept with Terence.

“Well … I’m sorry. I was drunk last night.”

It almost drove Esther crazy. “So, you are yelling drunken gibberish to me?”

“Of course not. You know, people always tell the truth after drinking.”

“Alright, I need to go. You’d better get some sleep.” After getting off the phone, Esther made her way to the bedroom door.

Terence started to set off to work. Esther hurriedly stopped him and asked, “Terence, have you taken the medicine?”

“Yes.”

Esther had prepared the pills on the table to remind Terence. How could he forget?

“Are you coming back for dinner tonight?” She asked.

“I’ll tell you later.”

“Well, give me a call when it’s settled.”

Before Terence shut the door, he said to Esther, “If you feel bored, you can walk around with Miss Cecily.”

Esther nodded in response.

She didn’t follow Terence’s advice for not wanting to bother Miss Cecily. Although she wanted to go out for a walk on the weekend, Esther still gave up the idea on second thought.

Miss Cecily took Esther by surprise by showing up at her door thirty minutes later.

Esther cut her eyes at Miss Cecily and asked politely, “Are you looking for Terence, Miss Cecily?”

Miss Cecily shook her head no and smiled. “Mr. Terence asked me to bring you out for a walk.”

“What? Is it his order?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to trouble you.”

“It’s okay. It’s my job to serve Mr. Terence, so it doesn’t matter if I work in or out of the office.” Miss Cecily glanced at Esther’s pajama and said, “Do you need to change your clothes, Mrs. Gibson?”

“Alright, I’ll go change.” Esther paused before speaking. “Miss Cecily, you can call me Esther. It sounds awkward to hear someone call me ‘Mrs. Gibson’. It’s embarrassing.”

“Alright, my name is Cecily Kingsley. You can call me Cecily or Kingsley.”

“OK, deal,” Esther said with a warm smile.

Esther found Cecily easy to get along with, kind and sweet even though she was quiet. Cecily would not appear timid because Esther was Terence’s wife.

Esther got to change and received a local travel book from Cecily in the car. “These are some famous attractions in Proley. See if you are interested in any place,” said Cecily.

Esther’s eyes darted around the travel book. There were many interesting attractions. She had a tough decision, so passed it to Cecily.

After a while, Cecily pointed to one of the itineraries. “Then let’s pick this one. We can turn around and come back if we feel tired.”

“That sounds great,” Esther nodded in agreement.

Proley had lots of attractions in close distance. They first went to the sacred mountain. After worshiping the Buddha, they walked around before leaving for the neighboring botanical garden.

Cecily took Esther to try the local specialties at noon and to the ancient town after lunch.

While traveling the ancient town, Esther pointed at a building a little further off and asked, “What’s that?”

“It’s a huge studio for film and television. You might see celebrities filming. We can go there if you’re interested.” Cecily suggested.

“Great, does anyone film today?” Esther had watched plenty of movies and TV shows, but she had never seen any filming location.

“I don’t know. I should ask around later. We can’t get in if someone really famous booked the whole studio.”

“Oh,” Esther gave a knowing nod.

Cecily guessed it right. Someone booked the studio today. It was said to be a big star, but the security guard didn’t shed a little light on the name out of safety concern.

“Oh, it’s her. That makes total sense!” Cecily exclaimed and showed her phone screen to Esther. She said in excitement, “My friend told me that it was Lila. I love her very much!”

Lila … This name sounded familiar to Esther.

Her heart constricted while thinking, ‘Is it really the Lila I know? Why does she film in Proley? What a small world!’

“Esther, what’s wrong? You don’t like her?” Cecily noticed Esther’s blank expression and rigid limbs.

Esther shook her head. “No, I don’t know her well.”

“She has been known as the ‘spicy girl’ all over the country for the past few years. You know, Lila is really a master of fashion and always knows how to dress. My colleagues take her as their idols.”

When it came to Lila, Cecily became a chatterbox that she didn’t usually do.

Esther didn’t want Cecily to see through her mind and gave her a half-smile. “Then I think we should go.”

“I want to wait for Lila here. I haven’t had a chance meeting her.” Cecily stood on tiptoe to look out towards the studio. “Should we wait a while?”

Esther scanned around the entrance and saw a few tourists directing their eyes towards the studio like Cecily. It seemed that she was popular. The crew kept it a secret, yet there were still so many tourists coming for Lila.

Esther met Lila and had a lot of dealings with her. They once fell in love with the same man, so she really didn’t want to meet Lila again.

Cecily realized she had gone a little overboard when Esther wasn’t interested in it. She scratched her head in embarrassment and chuckled. “Sorry, I’m a little overwhelmed. Let’s go if you’re not into Lila.”

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A sudden noise rose around Cecily and Esther as they turned around to leave. The crowd rumbled in anticipation, “She’s out! Lila is out.”

“Where?”

“She’s in the nanny van, in the second row.”

“But I can’t see her clearly!”

“It’s really Lila. This is her car.” Cecily excitedly pulled Esther into the crowd.

Cecily was so excited to see Lila that she forgot her job. She didn’t care about Esther and dragged her into the crowd. She swung the other hand in the air and shouted to the car, “Lila, Lila…!”

“Cecily, I’ll be mad if you don’t let me go!” Esther couldn’t break away from Cecily and threatened in anger.

But the noise of shouts and shrieks covered up her angry voice, and Cecily was too busy throwing herself in the fervent crowd to take care of Esther.