Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Esther let out a scream of pain and then recovered from her stiff neck.

Having felt a sharp pain, she shouted at Terence angrily, “Terence, Easy! It hurts!”

“Then you wouldn’t recover until tomorrow.” Terence glanced at her, and said with dissatisfaction, “You are too weak to accompany me to visit Mr. Russell.”

“What? I don’t need to fight when we visit Mr. Russell, do I?” Esther turned her neck and found that the pain had gone.

His rude move just now was quite effective.

“Are you feeling better?”

“I don’t feel good.” She did not want to admit that and praised him.

She had woken up with a stiff neck. It wasn’t a big deal. Terence had seen through her and did not care what she had said. He just went into the dressing room to change clothes.

“Are you going out?” Esther touched her neck and watched him get changed.

“Don’t you want to go out and take a walk?”

“How do you know that?” Esther was overjoyed. She stood up, walked to the dressing room, and changed her clothes as quickly as possible.

She didn’t expect him to be so observant that he had noticed her wishes to go out for a walk.

The scenery outside the window was so beautiful. Especially at sunset, it was as beautiful as a painting. How could she miss it?

So it was a no-brainer to him.

After changing their clothes, they left the suite and walked along the river.

There were even more people rowing the boat. It was more lively than it was just now.

Esther looked at the empty boats in front of her. She wanted to row a boat but was too embarrassed to invite Terence. She supposed that a man as cold and elegant and practical as him wouldn’t like these things.

It was surprising that he accompanied her to visit the ancient town. She told herself not to be so greedy.

However, to make him less dull, Esther asked, “Terence, do you like rowing boats?”

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She was a little disappointed.

Terence glanced at her. He saw the disappointment on her face. He didn’t like rowing a boat and wasn’t going to force himself to win her favor.

In other words, he was not that into her so that he was unwilling to humor her or change for her.

Soon, it was time for dinner.

Esther asked Terence what he wanted to eat for dinner. Terence said that Shaw had ordered dinner downtown.

Esther was disappointed. “People come here to enjoy local specialties. What’s the point of eating downtown when we are here?”

“The hotels are cleaner than the snack bars here.” Terence raised his watch to check the time. “The timing would be perfect if we leave now.”

Esther thought for a moment and said, “Why don’t you go alone? I’ll just eat something here.”

“You’re not going?”

“Can I?”

“You want me to eat alone?”

“Shaw will be with you.”

Esther looked at her and said, “Esther, you are so confident of yourself.”

“What do you mean by that?” Esther was puzzled. Did he mean that she let him dine with Shaw?

She was not confident of herself. She had observed him and Shaw along the way. They had talked about nothing other than work. Moreover, Shaw was his assistant. They would spend more time together in the future. She could do nothing if they fell in love with each other.

Terence hesitated and said, “Forget it, I won’t go.”

“Why?”

“I don’t trust myself.”

She was lost for words. Was he kidding?

She said nothing about his decision. She comforted him while choosing a restaurant online, “Don’t worry, I will find a nice restaurant.”

After doing research online, she took his arm and walked a few dozen meters. She pointed at an antique restaurant and said, “I think this one should be good. It looks clean and has a high satisfaction score on the Internet.”

Terence frowned, glanced around the restaurant, and nodded in agreement. Its environment was okay to him.

They had just stepped into the restaurant when they heard someone calling Esther. Esther was surprised and looked around.

“Here!” Linsay smiled and waved at Esther.

“What a coincidence! I’ve decided to ask you to go to a night market after dinner.” Esther walked over to Linsay, who was only a few steps away, looked around, and asked, “Where’s your friend?”

“She is not feeling good. She has gone upstairs to have a rest.” Linsay pointed upstairs and stood up from her chair. When she saw Terence, who was behind Esther, her fair little face flushed. She greeted him shyly, “Hello, Terence.”

Terence smiled politely and replied, “Nice to meet you.”

“What a coincidence that we met here. Why don’t we eat together? I’ll treat you.” Linsay said.

Esther nodded without hesitation. “Great, you got the bonus last month, and we haven’t celebrated it.”

Terence, on the other hand, said seriously, “Let me pay the bill.”

Esther looked up at Terence, who seemed to be unhappy. She knew him, so she nodded and said, “All right, let the men pay our bill today.”

Linsay hesitated for a moment and nodded. “Okay, I’ll treat you next time.”

They ordered the dishes together, then Esther and Linsay chatted about the scenery here. They were talking and laughing, while Terence was quietly drinking his tea.

When the dishes were served, Esther picked up a chopstick of steamed shrimp and rice noodles and was about to give it to Terence. Before she could do that, Linsay picked up a piece of fried pork in a scoop and put it into Terence’s bowl. She smiled and said to Terence, “I heard that you have been abroad for a long time. You must have never eaten it. It’s called fried pork in a scoop and is famous in Randall City. Terence, try it.”

Esther was surprised, but she didn’t think too much about it. She just placed steamed shrimp and rice noodles in her bowl. She smiled and said, “The fried pork in scoop here is indeed delicious. People have said so online.”

Terence, however, frowned slightly and said, “I don’t eat anything with high calories. You can eat it yourself.” After saying that, he exchanged his bowl with Esther’s.

“Sorry, I didn’t know that.” Linsay was a little embarrassed.

“Really?” Esther looked at Terence and said, “I’ve never heard about that!”

Terence glanced at her and said nothing.