Love Is a Sweet Addiction

After a moment of silence, Esther looked up at Terence. “You just don’t want me to know the real reason why you were chased out of the Gibson Group by Master Gibson, right?”

“Everyone should have some privacy, especially some that are not too good,” he said.

“But we are a couple.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“Esther, don’t push me.”

Esther nodded. “Alright, since you don’t want to say it, then forget it.”

“Good.” Terence patted her shoulder but did not let her go. His slender arms were still around her body, and his handsome face was gently rubbing against her hair.

Although he had explained it to her, Esther still felt a little aggrieved and unwilling to give up.

She felt that it was necessary for her to figure out the truth about this matter. After all, Gill said that it was because of her. Since it was because of her, she had the responsibility to solve it.

If it wasn’t for the sudden knock on the door of the ward, the two were still hugged together silently.

Esther quickly went out of Terence’s embrace. She sniffed her sour nose and said, “Come in!”

The door was opened, and Lila appeared in front of the two.

Esther was stunned and then looked up at Terence.

There was no surprise on the latter’s face, as if he had known that Lila would come.

“Terence, Miss Esther.” Lila walked over with a bright bouquet of perfume lilies in her hands and handed them to Terence with a smile. “I heard that Terence is not feeling well, so I came to see you. I wish you an early recovery.”

The smell of the perfume lily was extremely pungent. Esther sneezed violently. Then she felt a little embarrassed. So she said awkwardly, “You guys chat. I’ll go to the shopping mall across the street to buy a mobile phone and make up for my card.”

However, her wrist was held by Terence.

“No need. Miss Young has already bought a phone for you. It will be delivered tomorrow.” After saying that, he turned to Lila with a fake smile. “I’m sorry, Miss Lila. My wife is allergic to perfume. So I can’t accept it. But thank you for your flower.”

Lila was kind of unpleasant, but she quickly put on a smile and said, “I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t buy flowers with perfume.”

After that, she stepped forward and placed the flowers outside the balcony.

“I still want to go outside. I was a little dizzy after sleeping for a long time.” Esther said to Terence, “Terence, don’t worry. I’m only going to the shopping mall opposite.”

Terence hesitated for a moment before letting her go. “Fine.”

After Esther left, Terence directly turned to Lila and frowned: “How did Miss Lila know that I was in this hospital?”

Lila seemed to have gotten used to his coldness. She looked at him and smiled. “Proley is a small city. How difficult is it to know your whereabouts? You are not angry, right?”

“I’m not angry. I just don’t want to see you.”

“Why? When I heard that you were not feeling well and was hospitalized, I immediately rushed over in worry.” Lila said with pity. “Aren’t we friends? It’s normal for friends to care about each other, right?”

Terence shook his head and said, “No, I can’t afford to have such a beautiful and scheming friend like Miss Lila. I don’t want you to affect the harmony of my family.”

“Are you referring to Miss Esther?”

“That’s right. After all, she is my wife. She will definitely feel unpleasant when she sees you come to me every few days.”

“But I don’t think Miss Esther cares about this so much. And she is a tolerant woman.”

“But I care.” Terence said, “I care about her feelings.”

“…”

Lila sighed faintly and said, “Alright then. Since you said so, I won’t disturb you two. I’ll head back first.”

Lila thought, ‘Anyway, my purpose is just to disgust Esther. Since she had already seen me and left, I achieved my goal. Now I’d better go to avoid making Terence angry.’

“Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Lila,” Terence said with a fake smile.

…

Esther had escaped from the ward not to show her tolerance and give Terence and Lila a chance to be alone. She had her own purpose.

After coming out of the hospital, she immediately found a telephone booth and dialed Ross.

Receiving her call, Ross was surprised. “Esther, it might not be good to look for me at night.”

“Why?”

“Aren’t you afraid that Terence will be jealous?”

“Don’t worry, he has Miss Lila accompanying him.” When Esther said this, she could not hide her jealousy.

“So you are jealous and then deliberately looked for me, a handsome guy, to take revenge?”

“Dr. Ross, I’m not in the mood to joke with you right now. Are you still in Proley?” Esther said seriously.

Seeing her so serious, Ross unconsciously became serious. “Still there. I’ll leave tomorrow morning. What’s wrong?”

“I want to talk to you about something. Do you have time to come out?” Esther looked around and her eyes fell on the shopping mall opposite the hospital. “Well, there is a coffee shop opposite the hospital. If it’s convenient for you, I’ll wait there.”

Ross thought for a moment and refused with a smile, “Sorry, Esther. I’m not convenient.”

“It’s not City R. What’s so inconvenient about you? I’ll wait for you in the coffee shop.” Esther could tell from his tone that he was deliberately avoiding her, and she had already heard the TV. This guy was most likely in the hotel.

The more he avoided, the more Esther wanted to see him.

“Esther, I said it was not convenient. You can’t do this to me.” Esther didn’t give him a chance to refuse. She directly hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, she took a deep breath and walked in the direction of the coffee shop.

Ross had indeed come and had come just in time.

As soon as he entered the door, he quickly closed the curtains, complaining, “If Terence sees me drinking with you in the middle of the night, he won’t let me go.”

“Don’t worry, he should be quite busy now.”

Ross sat down opposite her with a smile and glanced at her. “You didn’t go to guard your husband, but came here to drink with me. Is it because you look down on the charm of Lila? Or do you think too highly of your husband’s self-control?”