Love Is a Sweet Addiction

It seemed that Lila made a mistake in the first place. She thought that men all liked beautiful women who took the initiative, especially a man who just came back from a country where people were so open in their attitudes towards sex. She didn’t expect that Terence would be an exception.

If she had known that he was not interested, she would have pretended to be a sweet and bright girl as Esther did. Lila was better than anyone in terms of acting.

…

After getting out of the car, Esther let the driver leave.

When she finished the call, she found that she was in an unfamiliar place. She looked around for a long time but couldn’t know which way was the right way home. However, she was not in a hurry to go back.

She was not in a good mood. She wanted to make herself feel better by taking a walk alone. And this small beautiful city was indeed a good place for a walk as well.

Terence had asked her to pay attention to safety many times. But what she saw was this city was full of trees and flowers in bloom. The cool breeze brought her fresh flowers. She didn’t have the suffocating feeling that she felt in a big city.

Although it was midday, there were still many middle-aged women walking and chatting at the square by the roadside. There were also parents taking their children with them. It looked very safe.

Esther didn’t want to go to a restaurant. She took out the sandwich and yogurt that Terence rejected from her backpack and sat down on a chair by the road to eat.

Behind her was a quiet two-lane road. Above her head was blooming redbuds, and in front of her was a gleaming lake. Such a beautiful view, however, couldn’t make Esther feel any better. Even the sandwich tasted bad.

She couldn’t help thinking of Terence having lunch with Lila and Gill urging her to get pregnant. These two things together made her so agitated.

How was she going to ask Terence for a child? Last time Terence had told her that he didn’t want a child so early in front of his parents. If she mentioned this again, would it make her impatient?

Perhaps Terence shared the same thought with her. He thought that getting pregnant was not a good idea when they didn’t love each other. Or he might not be willing to let any woman other than Shirly have his child at all.

What should she do? Did she have to seduce Terence and tell him after she was pregnant?

She stared at the lake with a blank look for a while and then she took out her phone from her bag and called Serena. On the other end of the line, Serena seemed to be a little excited. “Honey, why do you have time to call me? Aren’t you with your man?”

“Are you drinking now?”

“No, why do I drink at noon?”

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“When am I not excited or happy?”

That was true. Serena was the most optimistic of all the people Esther knew. When was she not excited?

However, Esther didn’t think that Serena was born a happy person. She was happy because she had never truly loved a man, and nor had she truly been hurt by a man, wasn’t she?

If Serena had the same problem as Esther one day, would Serena still be so happy? Definitely not.

But no matter what, Esther still envied Serena. She envied her good luck. She envied that she wouldn’t fall in love easily.

“You won’t call me just for no reason. So what is it?” Serena’s cool voice pulled Esther back to reality.

“I do have something to tell you.” Esther felt a little embarrassed and didn’t forget to ask her before she jumped on the real business, “Where are you now? Who are you with?”

“I am in my own office. Just me.” Serena suddenly laughed mischievously. “Honey, are you going to share your little awkward secret with me?”

“It’s really awkward.”

“That’s great. I like hearing awkward secrets.”

“Serena, I am serious.”

Serena cleared her throat and stopped laughing. “Alright, I’m serious too. So tell me.”

This was really an embarrassing thing to talk about. So even it was in front of her good friend, Esther hesitated for a while before she finally said, “I want to get pregnant. Do you think I should tell Terence directly or wait for a chance to have sex…”

The other end was silent.

‘Even though Serena is quite open about sex, she is surprised. So how am I able to do it?’ Esther was depressed.

After a while, Serena asked, “Why are you in such a hurry to have a baby with him? And … does Terence want a child? That matters the most.”

“He doesn’t want a child. In fact, neither do I.” Esther sighed helplessly. “But I have to.”

“Alright, rich family’s drama. Baby is a good way to get more for the parents. I understand.”

Serena was straightforward and she didn’t care how the listener felt. In fact, Serena was right when Esther thought about it carefully. Wasn’t Esther trying to get pregnant for Terence to return to the headquarter and get a good place in the group?

People fought for themselves. This was even more important when someone was in a place of fractional competition like the Gibson Group.

“Terence doesn’t want a child. That makes it difficult,” Serena said with resignation. “But why do you think he doesn’t want a child? He doesn’t need to get pregnant or have a child in his belly. He only needs to give his seed.”

“Maybe it’s because we aren’t prepared emotionally,” Esther smiled bitterly. “Serena, stop making guesses. Tell me what to do.”

Serena thought for a moment. “Since he doesn’t want it, you can only think of a way yourself.”

“I agree. That’s why I called you for advice.”

“Esther, don’t suggest that I’m good with men, okay?”

“Weren’t you confident about your theory that morning?”

“That was because I drank wine.” When Serena finished, she felt being modest was quite boring, so she said, “Alright, listen to me. First, you have to change your dull impression.”

“How to change?”

“Are you good at sweet talks? Have you ever called him hubby? Do you know how to flirt? Do you ever wink at him? If you don’t know how to do it, practice in front of a mirror first.” Serena paused and continued after a while, “Do you have the guts to ask him out for a meal? Do you dare to get him drunk or get yourself drunk?”

Esther rolled her eyes and didn’t speak. She had never done what Serena had said, and she didn’t dare to do that either.