Love Is a Sweet Addiction

The young couple greeted Gill. Gill nodded with a smile, “It’s good that you’re back. Esther, it must be hard for you to get pregnant. Are you sick?” As Gill spoke, she pulled Esther and looked up and down.

Esther said with a smile, “I am fine. Thanks for your concern.”

Esther thought that Gill would be angry because of her refusal to cooperate with the paternity test. However, Gill didn’t get angry.

It was the weekend. Everyone didn’t have to go to work. Besides James, Amanda and Anne were in the living room.

After greeting Amanda and Anne, Esther originally planned to go to the study with Terence to visit Clark. However, Anne stood up from the sofa and walked towards her.

Anne’s gaze swept across Esther’s body from head to foot before landing on her lower abdomen. Anne smiled with a hypocritical expression, “I heard that you are also pregnant. Congratulations.”

“Thank you.” Esther deliberately ignored the ridicule in Anne’s eyes and replied. Then, she stepped forward to catch up with Terence and Gill.

“You are pregnant with the child of the Gibson family. It’s best to be careful. Don’t walk too fast, or you will fall.” Behind Esther, Anne’s voice sounded.

What Anne said made Esther pause. Esther thought, ‘What did she mean by this? Did she mock Terence for not being the real child of the Gibson family?’

‘Gill had clearly said that no one else knew about it except Clark. How can Anne know about it? Moreover, if Anne knew this news, it would be spread very soon. If this was the case, it would definitely make Terence lose face.’Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Esther quickly looked up at Terence and found that he didn’t care about what Anne said. Esther faintly exhaled and walked with Terence to visit Clark.

Standing in front of Clark’s study, Gill winked at Terence and Esther and whispered, “No matter what your dad says later, don’t argue with him. Remember… Esther is pregnant.”

The last half of the sentence was said to Terence. Terence nodded.

However, what Gill worried about was unnecessary. Clark did not show any displeasure or dissatisfaction at all. It was as if nothing had happened. There was no confrontation or dispute over the paternity test. It was as if Terence and Esther had just come back from a trip.

“It’s good that you’re back.” This was the first sentence Clark said to Terence and Esther.

“Dad, this is the tea we brought back from Proley. I wonder if it suits your taste.” Esther handed the tea in her hand to the table in front of Clark.

“You are so considerate.”

Esther smiled, “Terence picked it for you.”

Clark nodded and looked up at Esther, “I heard that you are pregnant.”

Esther nodded, “Yes.”

Clark nodded, “Well. Then stay home and take good care of yourself.”

Esther looked at Clark, then at Terence. She said, “Then I will go back to my room to rest. Terence, have a good chat with Dad.”

Terence agreed and watched Esther as he warned, “Take care of yourself.”

Esther nodded and walked out of Clark’s study.

Esther was a little worried about leaving Terence alone in Clark’s study. After all, Terence was a stubborn person. If he got into a conflict with Clark because of the paternity test, he might anger Clark again.

Esther walked to the second floor somewhat uneasily. When she took the stairs to the corridor in the direction of her bedroom, she unexpectedly met James.

James stopped in his tracks after he saw Esther. He revealed a faint smile as his gaze swept across Esther’s body, “I heard that you are pregnant. Congratulations.”

Esther smiled, “Thank you, and congratulations on becoming a father.”

Esther could tell that the smile on James’ face was no different from Anne’s.

Thinking about it, it was really fast. A few months ago, Esther and James were two lovers. In the blink of an eye, they had married each other and were going to be a father and a mother. The saddest thing was that they lived in the same family. It was the saddest thing for them.

“I didn’t expect you would be a mother so quickly,” James said as he suppressed the discomfort in his mind.

“I didn’t expect it either.” Esther turned around and glanced over toward the stairs. Then she said to James, “Please make way. If Anne saw us talking together, she would misunderstand.”

James moved the corners of his lips and hesitated to speak.

Esther ignored him and squeezed past him, pushing open the door and entering her bedroom.

James suddenly turned around and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her back and glared at her, “Esther, you’re still pretending at a time like this? Aren’t you tired?”

Esther was stunned by his action. She hurriedly twisted her wrist and struggled. At the same time, she lowered her voice to warn him, “James, what are you trying to do? If you don’t let me go, I will scream! Then Anne will teach you a lesson later!”

“Don’t make it sound so bad. I am never a man who is afraid of women!” James didn’t let go of Esther and sneered, “As for you, Esther, Uncle Terence can’t even protect himself. What’s the point of you getting pregnant with his child? Why are you pretending to be idle? Do you have to wait until Grandpa breaks off all relations with Uncle Terence to give up?”

“What do you mean?”

“What do I mean? Everyone knows that Uncle Terence is not related to the Gibson family by blood. The child in your belly is meaningless to the Gibson family. Do you still need to pretend to be happy in front of me?”

Esther was surprised. Meanwhile, she felt that it was incredible.

Why did James and the others think that Terence was not related to Clark by blood? Why did they think that the child in her belly had nothing to do with the Gibson family?

Even Esther did not know whether Terence was related to Clark or not. However, James and the others were sure about that.

“Even though the child in my belly is not related to the Gibson family by blood, as long as it is Terence’s child, I feel very happy and satisfied. You should take care of your own affairs. Don’t worry about my affairs anymore.” After saying this coldly, Esther twisted her wrist to break free from James’ hand.

James did not expect Esther to say such a thing. He gritted his teeth in hatred.

Just as James was about to say something, Anne’s voice suddenly sounded behind him, “James, since Esther has already said so, don’t worry about her child.”

Hearing Anne’s voice, Esther instinctively became fearful. She secretly complained in her mind, ‘Why am I so unlucky? I have just returned home. But I have provoked both James and Anne.’