Love Is a Sweet Addiction

After Doris left, Anne explained fawningly, “Grandma, don’t listen to her nonsense. Actually, it was James who asked me to invite Esther. He said that he didn’t want us to go against each other. After all, we still have to live together in the Gibson’s in the future.”

Betty couldn’t tell whether Anne was telling the truth. She patted her shoulder and said, “Forget it, it was over. Let’s talk about you and James.”

“What’s wrong with James and me?” Anne raised her hand to wipe away the tears and said angrily, “He lied to me and made me embarrassed!”

“Alright, no matter what he did, you can’t scold him like this and make such a scene!” Betty took out a piece of tissue to wipe away Anne’s tears, then she explained, “Men are like babies and need to be cared for, especially someone as outstanding as James. How can he have a good impression of you if you keep yelling at him like this?”

Anne said angrily, “Men need to be cared for. Then what about me? It was obviously his fault. Why should I care about his feeling?”

“Because you love him and because he is the future successor of the Gibson’s.”

Anne didn’t know how to reply.

Betty continued, “Unless you can give him up and break up with him, then you can lose your temper on him and mock him as you want, just as what Esther did”

“No, he’s finally mine. I won’t do that.”

Now that Arno had become Esther’s husband, and there was no hope for her. If she lost James as well, she would become the biggest fool.

She was waiting to marry into the Gibson family to take revenge on Esther. How could she give up such a wealthy and influential man like James just because of such a trifle?

“That’s it. If you want to marry him, then hurry up and apologize to him. Say something nice and control your temper. Otherwise, he will feel that you are not as sweet as Esther and regret choosing you.”

Anne became silent. She had been spoiled since she was born. Men always chased after her and she had never apologized to a man.

After thinking for a while, she shook her head and said, “Forget it. I’ll wait till he comes back tomorrow.”

Betty nodded, “Well, remember to apologize to him tomorrow. Don’t be a baby anymore.”

“I see, Grandma,” Anne replied perfunctorily.

Esther hung out for quite a long time, and when she came back to the Gibson’s, everyone had fallen asleep.

She tiptoed to her bedroom and laid on the bed, but she could not fall asleep. She felt that it was necessary for her to find out everything about Terence until there was no doubt.

Since they had brought out the elephant in the room, she could go directly to Terence’s bedroom and talk about it with him face to face, right?

She leaped out of bed but hesitated as she walked out.

If she came to him, would he press her against the wall again like last time? And would she be scared by that woman’s profile on the wall and couldn’t fall asleep?

Moreover, she didn’t know whether Terence was home or not. He was probably living in the Aastha Villa these days.

Then she turned back to her bed and continued to face insomnia.

She didn’t know how long she took before she fell asleep. Because she was too tired, Esther was woken up by the maid the next day.

She looked at the time. There were less than ten minutes left before breakfast. In order not to be the last one, she rushed into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. Then, she got dressed.

As she got dressed, she asked the little maid who was tidying up the room whether Terence had returned home last night.

The little maid shook her head, “I don’t know, and I can’t just ask around about where Mr. Terence is.”

Mr. Terence … It sounded so old. Esther felt that she liked to hear people call him Terence. After all, he was only 32 years old.

Then she found herself a little ridiculous. This was not the right time to think about that.

Although she was in a hurry, when she arrived at the restaurant on the first floor, everyone else was already waiting for her.

Even James, who was away on a business trip, had sat down. It seemed that everyone was punctual, so she had to set the alarm clock properly in the future.

“Good morning, Mom and Dad. Good morning, Amanda. Good morning, everyone.” She greeted everyone sweetly.

“Sit down and have your breakfast.” Gill said to her and then said to everyone, “Hurry up and have your breakfast. Some of you have work to do.”

Everyone was about to have their breakfast, but suddenly, Amanda said faintly, “Esther, I heard that you didn’t come back until eleven o’clock last night. Don’t take me wrong, but it’s not safe for a young girl like you to come home so late.”

Esther’s hand that was holding the chopsticks paused slightly. She did not feel that Amanda was caring about her. She was complaining to the two elders.

She looked up at Amanda but found that James, who was sitting beside her, was looking at her indifferently.

What was wrong with this family? Why was everyone so unpleasant with her?

“Esther went to a birthday party with Terence yesterday. That’s why she came home a little late.” The one who spoke was Gill. Esther was stunned. Obviously, she did not expect Gill to defend her like this.

What did she just say? She went to the birthday party with Terence? Even Gill admitted that the man was Terence…

Gill looked at her and said seriously, “But Esther, Amanda is correct. Girls can’t stay outside too late, especially when you are from the Gibson family. Not to mention it’s unsafe, it will also damage our reputation if someone sees you. Remember to go home early if it’s not an emergency.”

“I see. Mom. And thank you, Amanda.” Esther said respectfully.

She looked at James and found that he put on a long face again. It seemed that ever since she married into the Gibsons, he was never nice to her, not even once.

If they were alone, she would directly ask him about his identity as Terence, and about why he had to keep it from her and lie to her that Terence was ugly. She wanted to find out his intention.

However, it seemed she didn’t need to ask. Anyway, neither he nor Anne was nice people. Who knew what they were planning about?

“Hasn’t Uncle Terence moved back from the Aastha Villa yet? It’s been so many days. Is Uncle Terence planning to stay there longer?” Sarah looked at Esther and asked deliberately, “Auntie, haven’t you found Uncle Terence?”

Esther looked at her speechlessly. Sarah didn’t have to rub it in. She was looking for trouble again, wasn’t she?This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Clark took a glance at Sarah, “What are you talking about? Isn’t Terence already back?”

“Grandpa, is Uncle Terence back? Why don’t we know?” Sarah touched James with her elbow, “James, do you know that?”

“No, I don’t.” James looked at Esther as if he was asking her how did it feel to be alone all the time.

Esther knew that they were trying to provoke her, but she couldn’t help but fall for it. She felt a sense of loss.