Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Esther was dressed in a floral cheongsam that was light blue. The collar covered her slender neck, which looked attractive. The buttons had delicate patterns and they spread to the skirt above her knees, through which a small part of her white legs could be seen. Besides, this well-tailored cheongsam highlighted the gorgeous curve of her body. In short, it was a mixture of unmatched beauty and elegance.

With light makeup, a casual bun, and a jade hairpin, she looked much more beautiful than before.

She had seldom worn makeup or done her hair, so she looked very alluring now.

Terence stepped forward. Esther looked at him shyly. “Welcome back.”

He did not say anything. Instead, he moved closer to her and reached out to caress her face. His finger gently brushed past her delicate cheeks, eyebrows, and lips…

Esther didn’t know what he was going to do and wondered whether he was tempted.

She got a little proud, but Terence frowned slightly. “Why are you so dressed up today? Who are you going to seduce?”

Esther was a little embarrassed under his gaze. However, after hearing what he said, she laughed, “It sounds you are praising my getup.”

“So what? I won’t do the business at the sacrifice of a woman. Besides, you’re my wife.”

Esther took two steps back and spun in front of him. “Terence, do you mean I am dressed like a prostitute?”

In order not to be too sexy, she had even asked the tailor to add an extra buckle on her skirt so that her thighs wouldn’t be exposed. Nevertheless, he thought such a conservative and elegant cheongsam was indecent. He must have a nasty mind.

Terence raised an eyebrow. “The harder you tried not to be sexy, the more seductive you look.”

Esther didn’t know what to say but thought, ‘Come on. Russell is in his eighties. I will never try to seduce him!’

“Do you want me to change my clothes?”

“No.” Terence wiped the sweat off his forehead with a towel, turned around, and walked into the bathroom.

After he came out of the bathroom, Esther handed him a suit. He glanced at it and asked, “Is it for me?”

“I packed up your luggage. I really like this suit, so I brought it here.” Esther answered.

This suit brought a little taste of China, and its color matched her cheongsam’s. She got fond of it at first glance.

Terence did not take the suit. Instead, after checking it out, he suddenly leaned over and pressed her against the back of the sofa. He stared at her and said evilly, “Esther, do you know what this suit is used for?”

“For what?” Esther was stunned. She pressed her hands against his bare chest, trying to stop him from approaching her.

“It’s for marriage!” he said as she could feel his breath on her face.

“Marriage?” Esther didn’t see any tag on it and thought it was new.

“Who did you get married to?” she asked.

“To you.”

Hearing this, Esther heaved a sigh of relief and was glad that it was not Shirly!

On the day of the wedding, he did not attend. Hence, she had to stay in the Gibson’s to deal with everything herself. No wonder he did not even remove the tag.

“This … shouldn’t matter. You’ll just wear it for a day.” Esther pushed him away and looked at the suit in her hand. “Moreover, I think this suit is not too fancy, so you can visit the customers in it.”

“I … I’ll help you get changed.” She forced a smile, picked up his shirt, circled behind him, and helped him put it on.

Now that she did not care, Terence naturally would not care too much about it either. She put the clothes on him one by one, and then considerately helped him with his tie.

However, she was not skilled. More exactly, she did not know it at all.

After two efforts, she said with a guilty face, “Sorry, I have never done this before. I don’t know how to…”

Terence was very pleased. If she was skilled, he would get annoyed.

“I’ll do it myself.” He took the tie in her hand and quickly put it on.

Esther opened her eyes wide to study. Her serious look was somewhat cute.

After that, Terence gently grabbed her chin and looked around. “The lipstick is running. You’d better fix it.”

“Okay.” Esther was awkward. She turned around at once and walked quickly to the dressing mirror.

…

They would meet Russell at ten o’clock, so they arrived at the Chaney Mansion at twenty-five past nine, which was a proper time.

When they got out of the car, Esther asked Terence, who was taking something from the trunk, “Terence, what do you bring for Mr. Russell?”

Terence took out a large box. “It’s said Mr. Russell likes tea, so I select a set of clay teacups that are collectible, but I don’t know if he will like them.”

Esther said, “Even if the teacups are collectible, they are not rare in recent years, so they are not valuable at all. Even my grandmother has received five sets of rare teacups with the certificates. Mr. Russell has a higher status. I guess he has had a lot of teacups.”

“I don’t know this.” Terence looked upset and thought, ‘Why didn’t you tell me earlier?’

Esther smiled with a shrug. “Don’t worry. I also get a present for him.”

“Really?”

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Terence’s lips moved. “What gift have you brought?”

“You will know later.” She took out another box from the trunk and smiled at him. “Let’s go. We should enter the mansion now.”

Terence told his intention to the security guard at the door. Then, the security guard reported to his superiors one by one, and finally, a man in his thirties walked out to welcome them.

Nonetheless, this man did not ask them into the house but looked at them with a puzzled face, asking, “Are you … from the Gibson Group?”

“Yes, I’m Terence Gibson.”

“But a few people have claimed to be from the Gibson Group and are talking to Mr. Russell.”

Hearing this, Terence and Esther looked at each other. Terence frowned slightly and realized what was going on.