Love Is a Sweet Addiction

When they got out of the restaurant, Esther followed Terence to the first floor and then to the backyard.

As they approaching the Parasol Tree Garden, Terence stopped and turned to stare at her, “Why are you following me?”

When he stopped, Esther, who was preoccupied, almost bumped into him. Fortunately, she stopped in time.

“I…” She paused, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Actually, she didn’t know why she had followed him all the way. His identity had been thoroughly verified and the questions in her heart had been basically answered. Now what she needed to do was to accept and think about it, which depended on her psychological qualities.

To be honest, after knowing that he was Arno, she had a complicated feeling of anxiety and happiness. After all, she was surprised to know that her husband was so handsome, even though she wasn’t appearance-oriented and never judged people by their looks.

Everyone was long for beauty. She was just a normal woman.

“Don’t you believe I am your husband?” Terence raised his eyebrows, “Do you want further testing?”

“No, I don’t.” Esther shook her head.

“Then for what?”

“I just…” She looked up at him and asked in puzzlement, “I’m wondering why you deliberately didn’t let me see your face before. Why didn’t you tell me you were Terence when we met outside before?”

Although it seemed accidental that she couldn’t see Terence’s face when they had sex at night. It happened several times. If he hadn’t deliberately concealed it, he would have taken the initiative to turn on the light and talk with her. But he didn’t, never.

The worst part was that he cheated and teased her with a fake identity outside.

“Nothing. It’s funny.”

Esther was speechless. Did he tease her on purpose?

Seeing he was leaving, Esther blurted out by instinct, “You’re heinous.”

Terence turned around and smiled at her, “Why am I heinous?”

“Why did you lie to me, saying you’re Arno? Are you happy to see me make a fool of myself?”

Every time she was bullied by Anne and made a fool of herself, he was there. Moreover, he always stood by. It was fine if he didn’t help her. How could he add fuel to the fire?

Especially that day at the bar, if Ross hadn’t repeated saying how ugly he was, she wouldn’t have believed that he was ugly.

Facing her accusation, Terence raised his eyebrows dismissively, “Aren’t you heinous? You’re married. But you went on a blind date, even thinking about remarrying.”

“I…” Esther was stunned. Then she muttered, “Didn’t you go on a blind date?”

“So, pot meet kettle. We are both heinous.”

“As I told you, my friend forced me to go there.” She spoke.

“How do you know I didn’t?” Terence shrugged carelessly. Then he looked at her and asked, “Is there anything else? If not, I’m going out.”

Esther didn’t say anything. Terence turned around and left.

Watching him leave, she felt the happiness in her heart was gone. Just now, she thought that Anne wouldn’t have any chance to gossip that her husband was ugly everywhere. She didn’t expect that this man was not ugly, but he was mean.

It seemed that she would come a cropper sooner or later.

…

After work, James was flirting with a woman on the phone on his way to the garage. When he got in the car, the door on the other side was open, Anne got in.

James was taken back by her. Then he quietly turned to the phone and said softly, “Baby, you guys play first. I’ll be there soon.”

Anne was unhappy to hear him speaking to a woman in a flirtatious tone. Looking at him, she questioned, “Who is that? How can you call her ‘baby’?”

James put his phone in the box and said calmly, “You know I have many babies. Why do you bother to ask?”

“James! You…!” Anne was furious. How could he talk to her that way? How could he say that?

“Do you want to fight? I don’t have time for this.” James waved his finger and pointed to the outside expressionlessly, “Please get out of my car and do whatever you want.”

When Anne found he was resolute, she thought of her grandmother’s words that James was the future successor of the Gibson Group. He grew up being spoiled. People always pleased him. It was too difficult for him to flatter others in return.

Hiding the jealousy in her heart, she held his arm and said coquettishly, “James, I’m here to apologize. Please don’t do this to me, okay? I’m upset. Besides, I love you, so I don’t want you to call another woman ‘baby’.”

Her sudden change in attitude made James uncomfortable. He turned to her and sneered, “Apologize?”

“Yes. I was angry with Esther and Terence last night so I shouted at you. However, I regretted it. I thought over the thing last night. I was desperate to vent anger for both of us. Thus, I was tricked by them.”

“I don’t think so.” James expressionlessly got her hands off his arm and mocked, “Didn’t you shout at me because you knew the man was Esther’s husband and became jealous?”

“No, absolutely not!” Anne hurriedly shook her head and grabbed his arm again, “James, you misunderstood me. I’m not interested in that man at all. I don’t know his name and who he is. How can I like him? In my heart, you are the most outstanding man in the world. I told you that you were the only man I wanted to marry. I’m telling the truth, I swear.”

As she spoke, she raised her three fingers, with a pitiful expression on her pretty face, “James, believe me. Don’t be mad, okay?”

“James.” To please him, she took the initiative and put her hands around his neck, kissing and flirting with him in his favorite way.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

The way she pleased men was always good, way better than other women. That was why James was obsessed with her back then.