Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Well, Sarah is right.” Amanda nodded in agreement. “We don’t have to worry about anything except for your delivery.”

“Anne, why are you being quiet?” Sarah saw that Anne was in a daze and asked in a fog.

Hearing their words, Anne was a little guilty, but at the same time, she was a little upset. She stood up from the chair and said, “I’m going to rest.”

She didn’t know if Esther’s baby was deformed, but what she knew was that her baby was not necessarily male and definitely not one of the Gibsons.

In the beginning, she lied about her being pregnant with a male baby to marry into the Gibson family. But the truth was she had never had it checked.

After coming out of Amanda’s bedroom, Anne went straight to hers. When she passed Esther’s bedroom, she heard Esther talking to someone on the phone so happily about something.

Anne thought she was probably talking to Terence.

At this time, she must be overjoyed and smug about her tricks on others having worked to embarrass them. It was indeed worth a celebration.

Thinking of her satire on Terence being an illegitimate child, Anne was so embarrassed with her face burning with shame. In the end, she gnashed her teeth in hatred.

She stood in the corridor, listening to Esther’s cheerful voice coming from the crack of the door. “My baby will definitely be happy to hear that… No way. Since it’s so small and hasn’t gotten legs, how can it interact with me… Well, just focus on work. Let’s talk about it when you return…”

As expected, Esther was immersing herself in happiness. Anne gritted her teeth and walked past her bedroom quickly.

Inside, Esther was still pestered by Serena who insisted on buying gifts for the baby.

Esther declined countless times. “There’s no hurry. You can buy it after the baby is born.”

“It’s a rare chance for me to go on a business trip. I will regret it if I don’t do it now,” Serena said, “Tell me what color you want for shoes. If not, I’ll choose a pink pair and a blue one.”

“Fine, just choose a blue pair.” Esther had to compromise.

“Good choice. If it’s a male baby, pink isn’t appropriate. But a female baby can settle for blue shoes. Well, then I’ll buy the blue ones,” Serena smiled and said, “Then I will take them. Let’s talk when I get back.”

“See you. Thanks for the shoes.”

“Not at all. It’s my job as the baby’s closest auntie.” Serena had decided on her identity.

After hanging up the phone, Esther took a deep breath. The smile on her face fading away, she unconsciously stroked her flat belly.

Everyone was looking forward to the birth of the baby so much, but she was afraid that the result would upset them. She hoped not! This was her biggest wish for now.

Although she believed in Terence’s mother and believed that Terence was Clark’s child, she was still a little nervous in the process of waiting for the results.

Because of such feelings, she didn’t even have a good sleep in the afternoon.

So when Terence returned, he saw Esther sleeping on the sofa upon entering the bedroom.

He unconsciously slowed down and gently walked to her side to sit down. He reached out his hand to feel her forehead and her palm. After finding nothing unusual, he covered her in the coat on his arm.

Esther had woken up upon feeling his palm on her forehead. She sat up and stared at him with a smile. “You’re back? Don’t you have to work overtime today?”

“No.” Terence touched her forehead again. “It seems that you didn’t take a nap in the afternoon?”

“Yes.”

“Were you waiting for the Gibson Group’s press conference?”

Esther nodded and admitted it.

“I watched the press conference, but…”

“But what?”

“But I can see that you are not happy about it.”

“It seems that you have watched it very carefully.” Terence smiled.

Esther said, “I just watched you carefully.”

“I’m so honored.” Terence still wore a smile.

Esther, however, could see a hint of sadness in his charming smile. She habitually put her arms around his neck and said, “Terence, I know you are upset. You don’t have to hide it from me. I am your wife.”

The smile on Terence’s face faded away as he stared at her carefully.

Esther continued, “You must want to see your mother now, right? Can I go with you since I haven’t seen my mother-in-law yet?”

Terence was slightly surprised, “You want to see my mother?”

“Of course.” Esther nodded.

“Alright. I will take you there tomorrow.” Terence nodded after thinking for a while.

Esther gave a happy smile…

The next day.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Esther had never seen her mother-in-law and didn’t even know which cemetery her grave was in.

She had only heard that Terence’s mother was very beautiful and popular among men. She did not know exactly how beautiful she was. In fact, she had wanted Terence to take her to see his mother several times, but she never spoke of it lest doing so would make him unhappy.

When Terence parked the car at the foot of the Fairy Mountain, she was surprised to shift her gaze from outside to Terence, asking, “Terence, has your mother been buried here since the beginning?”

Terence nodded and forced a smile. “She liked it here when she was alive, so I buried her ashes here.”

It turned out that Terence had buried his mother here. No wonder he met Miss Shirly in this remote place, which she had been confused about.

“Get out of the car,” Terence said softly.

When Esther came back to her senses, she nodded and got off the car with him.

It had been a while since they hit this place last time. Thinking of their first meeting, she wondered whether Terence came to visit his mother or reminisce about memories with Miss Shirly at that time.

Because she had been frightened here last time, Esther unconsciously carried the flowers with one hand and held Terence’s arm tight with the other.

“What’s wrong? Are you afraid?” Sensing her nervousness, Terence looked down at her.

Esther was too embarrassed to tell him about her last experience here and smiled at him unnaturally. “It’s my first-time meeting with my mother-in-law, so I can’t help but be nervous.”

Terence smiled and raised his hand to pat the back of her hand. “Don’t be nervous. My mother is very kind and easy-going.”

“Really?”

“Of course.”

“I guess so.”

“Why do you guess so?”

“Because you are very easy-going most of the time,” Esther said with a smile.