Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Although … he might have heard it the moment they entered the break room.

Being slapped by Esther, Terence’s expression did not change much, but he let go of her.

As soon as she was free from Terence’s arms, Esther headed straight for the break room, totally leaving the water thing behind.

“Where’s the water?” Reid asked, looking at her empty hands and flushing red face.

“I didn’t find any,” Esther said.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you flushing deeply?”

“Nothing. Maybe it’s because it’s too hot here,” Esther patted her face and pulled Reid’s arm, “Let’s go downstairs to get some fresh air and find something to drink and eat.”

Reid agreed, “Sure, I also happen to be hungry.”

They walked out of the break room and went down to the banquet hall on the first floor.Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Esther couldn’t help but raise her head to look at the break room upstairs. Through the transparent glass wall, she saw Terence standing there with his hands crossed around his chest, smiling mischievously at her.

To avoid further eye contact, Esther quickly lowered her head and hid in a corner to have some water.

The guests gradually arrived and the birthday party officially began.

Anne took the microphone and said a few words of courtesy. Then she smiled and said, “Today is my birthday. In addition to trying to make everyone have fun, I would like to introduce a friend of mine to you, who will also be my dance partner tonight.”

“Of course, there is something more important tonight. That is to introduce my younger sister Esther and her husband to everyone. I believe you must know that Esther has married Mr. Terence, right?”

The volume of the stereo was very high. Anne’s voice resounded throughout the banquet hall. Esther, who was hiding in a corner drinking juice, almost spat the juice in her mouth out after hearing Anne’s words.

Esther thought, “No way! Does she want to…”

Anne’s voice continued to reach everyone’s ears through the stereo, “You might have heard that Mr. Terence is not well-looking and is sick, but very few of you have really seen him. You must be very curious about what Terence looks like, right? I am very honored to have him here tonight. Of course, I will share this honor with everyone.”

Her friends immediately started to heckle, shouting that they wanted to see Terence in person.

Esther looked at Reid, who was busy eating. She was at a loss for words and said, “What should we do now? It’s your turn to go on stage again.”

“What do you need me to do?” Reid took a sip of juice and said, “I’ll listen to you this time. I won’t do anything rash.”

“Well, why don’t you just say you are Terence and say hello to everyone? No more cursing this time.” Esther looked at Reid’s face. Although she had painted it ugly, it wasn’t so ugly that he couldn’t live with it.

“Sure, you are the boss.” Reid stood up from his chair, bent his arm, and stretched it out to Esther, “Let’s go, my dear Esther.”

Esther hesitated for a moment and then put her arm in his. Since they were pretending to be husband and wife, they had to be more intimate.

It was quite embarrassing and even risky to fake couples with Reid on Arno’s watch, for he might disclose the truth. However, Anne had left her no choice but to continue faking.

With everyone looking, Esther and Reid walked towards Anne who was standing at the center of the hall. Anne intimately held her other arm and introduced her to everyone with a smile, “This is my younger sister Esther, and the one next to her is the Mr. Terence of the Gibson family that we’ve been waiting to see.”

Anne then turned to Reid and handed him the microphone, “Mr. Terence, my friends have always wanted to see you. What about saying a few words to them?”

Reid looked at Esther and took the microphone. He looked around and said, “Hello, everyone. I’m Esther’s husband Terence, the person you’ve always wanted to see. Well… Although I’m not handsome enough, my love for Esther is the sincerest…”

Esther didn’t know what to say. Was he reciting lines from soap dramas?

Reid himself also couldn’t go on anymore. He turned to Esther, smiled, and said, “Darling, actions speak louder than words. Let’s show them our love.”

Esther was embarrassed. She thought, “What does Reid want to do? Does he want to molest me?”

“Then have a kiss,” Anne suggested maliciously. She did not believe that Terence would fall in love with Esther so quickly. As far as she knew, Terence had never even touched Esther since the day they got married.

Seeing the man in front of her being so intimate with Esther, Anne started to doubt who he really was.

James told her definitely that Terence was very ugly. Although this man who came with Esther was not good-looking, he wasn’t very ugly. Moreover, no one here had seen Terence before, Esther could say whatever she wanted.

Reid at first thought a hug with Esther would be enough, but he didn’t expect Anne would suddenly ask them to have a kiss. He thus felt embarrassed.

Esther was also acutely embarrassed. After all, she wasn’t a real actress, it was quite difficult for her to kiss a stranger.

However, with so many people watching, she had no other choice.

Serena’s bad ideas indeed never end well. Now Esther didn’t even have the chance to regret it.

In order to escape from the crowd’s gaze as soon as possible, Esther finally threw her caution to the wind after a long time of hesitation and smiled to Reid, “Honey, come on. Don’t be shy.”

Reid cleared his throat and leaned over to Esther, “Are you sure you want to do this?”

“We have no choice.”

“But I’m afraid Serena will be jealous.”

“You are really thinking too much,” Esther tried her best to keep smiling, “Now, pretend I am Serena and try to be more intimate with me.”

Seeing them whispering closely, Anne’s looked pale. It was hard to tell if it was out of jealousy or suspicion. However, she did not make it known to others. Instead, she continued to wait for Esther and Reid’s kiss like everyone else.

Reid also threw all his worries behind. He pretended that he was holding Serena instead of Esther and held her waist with one hand and her face with the other…

Esther closed her eyes and resisted the urge to run away, waiting quietly for Reid to kiss her.

Just as Reid’s lips were about to touch Esther’s, a man suddenly said ruthlessly from above the spiral stairs, “Wait!”

Esther was shocked by this familiar voice and instinctively retreated from Reid’s embrace. She did not look at the man like others, but turned her face away out of embarrassment and turned her back on the staircase.

When the people in the banquet hall heard this sudden voice, they all looked up to see who was speaking. They were then all fascinated by the handsome man who was walking down the stairs gracefully with one hand holding the railing and the other in his pocket.