Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Amanda said, “Terence, you heard it too. If you don’t care about your wife, I will tell Master Gibson about this and let him handle it!”

“Don’t worry. I will take care of this matter.” Terence said in a deep voice, and then hung up the phone.

…

After coming out of the hotel, Esther did not go home directly. Instead, she found a coffee shop to rest for more than half an hour, and only returned to the Gibson’s after the alcohol in her body had slightly receded.

To her surprise, Terence was actually at home, and he was in her room.

Esther glanced at him. Was he… waiting for her?

His face looked very bad. Could it be that he knew what had happened to her at the hotel?

All along, the biggest contradiction between her and Terence was her and James’s past. Every time he got angry with her, it was mostly because of this matter, so this time…

She walked straight to the coffee table and poured herself a glass of water before turning around to look at Terence, who had a gloomy expression on his face. “If you specially came back because of what happened at Royal Hotel, I can explain it.”

“I’m waiting for your explanation.” Terence crossed his arms in front of his chest, his cold eyes staring at her.

Sure enough, he came back because of this matter. She didn’t expect that the news spread quite quickly and reached him in a short time.

Esther took in a deep breath. “Just now, when we were testing out the food, Anne asked me to try every wine. After trying it out, I was a little drunk. When I was resting in the lounge, I almost fell because I was out of balance. James just came in and helped me up. Then Anne came in and began to cry and complain that I had deliberately seduced James. James explained what had happened to her. Not only did she not listen, but she also believed that James was deliberately covering for her. Then the two of them quarreled, and then Anne began to pretend that her belly hurt and went to the hospital.”

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She felt that Anne was pretending because she knew Anne’s character too well, and she knew Anne was pretending when she looked at her expression at the time.

If her belly really hurt, how could she still have the mood to quarrel with her? After all, this child was a key for her to marry into the Gibson family. She valued it so much that she would definitely protect it well.

“You mean that James saw you and helped you when your legs went limp, and when James helped you, Anne happened to see you? Then Anne’s pain was fake, and she was pretending to go to the hospital.” Terence looked at her with a sneer. “Are there so many coincidences in the world? Are you making up a TV series?”

“I didn’t make it up! This is the truth!”

“But do you know what Amanda said when she called me?” Terence gritted his teeth. “She said that you deliberately seduced James and deliberately made Anne angry and her belly hurt. She asked me to take care of you. Otherwise, she will let Grandpa know.”

“So? You would rather believe her, wouldn’t you?”

“Esther…” Terence walked over to her, looking down at her from a close distance with a sneer. “I really want to believe you, but I know your words and actions, your thoughts about James, and everything you have done for him. How can I believe you? How can I refute Amanda?”

“I have already said it many times. I no longer have any feelings for James. What I did in the past was not for him. How many times do you want me to say it to believe it?” Esther was furious.

“That day, you told me that you wanted to prove your innocence with your actions in the future. Only a few days have passed, and such a thing has already happened.”

Esther was even angrier by his words and shouted, disregarding her image, “Terence, you don’t have to believe me, but please don’t insult me, okay? I am not as cheap as you think, and I am not as shameless as you think!”

“Do you not dare to admit what you have done?” Terence grabbed her arm and pushed her to the wall, using his own body to hold her back, not giving her a chance to continue going crazy.

Thinking of what Amanda said when she called him, and the warning to him, he had a feeling that his face and self-esteem were all thrown away by this woman.

Under such circumstances, it was no wonder that he would be so angry and had specially run back from the company.

However, Esther could not understand his feelings, nor could she understand them, because she was very wronged. She even became rebellious under the stimulation of Terence, and deliberately said angrily, “Alright, even if I still have feelings for James, so what? Do you have the face to care about me?”

She pushed his body hard, but she could not push him away. She ignored his completely gloomy face and continued to boast shamelessly, “Terence! What era is it now? Why can you spend the night with a woman? Last night, you didn’t come back for a night, so why can’t I? Do you want to care about me? Take care of yourself first!”

“You…!” Someone was about to explode in anger.

“Am I wrong?” Esther sneered, “Terence, you’d better remember that although I have no power nor background, I am not a push-over that can be easily bullied. I’m not the kind of woman who had no thoughts and no personal opinion in the old era who could allow her husband to go out with other women as she obediently stayed in this cold home and begged for forgiveness. If you can’t accept a wife like me, you can just divorce me directly!”

“What did you say? You want a divorce?”

“Rather than being tired of each other like this, we’d better divorce!” Esther said angrily.

“Esther, you were the one who said this. You better not regret it!” Terence suddenly loosened his hands, let go of her, and then turned around and strode toward the bedroom door.

Esther, who had been freed, suddenly became speechless. ‘What had I just said? Divorce?

I actually said such important words, and what did he mean by the last sentence? Did he mean to agree?

No, how could I divorce at this time? If I divorced, how could I take my parents out of the Cusack family? What could I use to fight against Anne?

But… was such a man and such a marriage what I wanted? How could I accept the fact that Terence was publicly flirting with another woman outside? How could I accept Terence’s misunderstanding of me over and over again, lowering my head again and again?’