Love Is a Sweet Addiction

The property management wouldn’t call at late night. But she thought that her phone had fallen into the lake and she didn’t get a new one. She immediately sat up from the bed and walked quickly towards the living room.

Hearing Esther’s voice, Shaw exclaimed, “Oh my god! Miss Esther, are you home?”

Esther was startled by Shaw’s agitated reaction. Esther suspiciously responded, “Yes, I am at home. What happened?”

“When did you come home? Why didn’t you answer the phone?”

“I was taking a shower. I thought it was the property management, so I ignored it,” Esther was a little nervous because of Shaw. Esther asked again, “What happened?”

Shaw said, “Oh! Miss Esther, Terence has been looking for you from five o’clock until now. He is still looking for you.”

“What? Terence was looking for me?” Esther was stunned for a moment.

“Yes! We couldn’t contact you by phone and you were not at home. Terence is so anxious that he has been looking for you all the time. He didn’t even have dinner.”

“I told him last night that my phone fell into the lake,” Esther responded. It seemed that Terence did not believe her. He thought that she deliberately turned off the phone and disappeared.

But it wasn’t the time to care about this. Esther quickly asked, “Where is Terence? I’ll go find him.”

“Well, you’d better stay at home and don’t move. I’ll call him,” Shaw shook her head and was speechless.

Shaw immediately hung up the phone after saying it. Esther, who was on the other side of the line, held the phone and was lost in her thoughts.

Esther wondered, ‘Did Terence go out to look for me? The whole night?’

She unconsciously turned to look outside. It was still raining. She didn’t know where he went to find her. She wondered, ‘He hated me and didn’t want to see me. Why did he look for me while it was raining?’

After putting the phone back, Esther couldn’t fall asleep. She kept walking back and forth in the living room and waited for Terence.

It was a long and difficult time.

After forty minutes, Terence didn’t return. She wondered, ‘Where did he go? Why hasn’t he returned after so long?’

It was midnight when Terence was back.

Esther quickly walked over and opened the door.

Outside the door, Terence, who was drenched, was about to enter the password. He froze when he saw Esther. He stared at her with cold eyes.

Seeing him, Esther guiltily explained, “I’m sorry, I … I didn’t expect you to look for me, and I didn’t expect you to call me. I thought … you hated me and you wouldn’t care about my life.”

“That’s why you disappeared?” Terence said in a hoarse voice.

Esther lowered her head and said, “I didn’t mean it. I was in a bad mood and went out to relax.”

“Then why don’t you call me?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“I don’t think you want to receive my call…”

“You think? Why are you always so self-righteous?”

Esther bit her lips and looked up at him. He was totally drenched and his handsome face was pale.

She knew him long ago. But she never saw him like this. Not to mention he was drenched because of her.

“Terence, don’t you hate me? Why did you run out to look for me? What if you catch a cold? What if you get sick? What should I say to Lady Gibson? She will lock me up in the ancestral hall again. She…”

Esther cared about Terence. But she didn’t express her feelings in the right way. It seemed that she was complaining. As she finished speaking, her eyes turned red and she was about to cry.

“Why are you looking for me? I don’t need it. I would rather you insult me and mock me. I don’t want to see you like this…”

Esther felt a pain in her back as she was pushed against the wall. She stopped saying.

Terence kissed her angrily. His lips were cold and soft.

Terence kissed her! As usual, he forcefully kissed her!

Esther was stunned. She unconsciously raised her hands to stop him. She stared at his pale face and wondered why he kissed her in this situation.

She finally got free and said, “Terence, why do you kiss me to shut me up every time you can’t win? Do you use this method in front of other women?”

Terence looked down at her and gnashed his teeth, “Only you! No one else would dare to argue with me!”

“I didn’t argue with you. I only said some facts…”

“Next time you dare to disappear, I will kiss you and make you unable to get out of bed!” Terence said and turned to walk into the house.

Esther leaned against the wall and watched him enter the bathroom. Thinking of his words and actions just now, she felt complicated.

She wondered, ‘Is he concerned about me? He hates me so much. Why does he care about me?’

After hearing the sound in the bathroom, she recovered from the shock and quickly made ginger soup in the kitchen.

Terence looked pale. He might get cold. Perhaps he was in the rain for a long time. She could not let him catch a cold, or it would be troublesome.

Ross had told her several important points. One thing was that Terence shouldn’t get cold.

After Terence came out, Esther immediately gave the ginger soup to him.

He took a glance at the soup and ignored her.

“Terence, please drink it. Otherwise, you will catch a cold.”

“I am not that delicate,” Terence sneezed after saying that.

“Look! You are delicate.”

Probably he realized that something was wrong. He picked up the soup and drank it.

“Well, did you have dinner? Did you take the medicine tonight?” Esther asked.

Shaw told her that Terence went to find her without having dinner. Esther thought that he didn’t take the medicine.

Terence didn’t respond. Esther guessed that he didn’t have dinner nor take the medicine.

She stood up from the sofa and walked into the kitchen, “I’ll go and make you some noodles.”