Love Is a Sweet Addiction

No one had seen Arno except for Anne’s best friends Jennifer and Linda. They met him in the bar that day.

At this moment, the colorful lights in the banquet hall were flashing, and the music was beautiful. A man who was as good-looking as a work of art slowly walked towards the crowd. The scene was indeed gorgeous.

“What a handsome man!” a woman cried out in fascination.

Someone asked, “Who is he?”

“Is he the important person Anne just mentioned? Her dance partner tonight?”

The guests continued to discuss this mysterious man.

Esther was speechless as she listened to their discussion. These women had been tricked by the Arno’s good look. If they knew he was a fool for women and didn’t respect others, they wouldn’t speak so highly of him.

However, what made her most worried and uneasy was that Arno suddenly interrupted her and chose to come down at this time. Could it be that he wanted to call her bluff in public? Then she would be humiliated greatly today.

Anne, on the other hand, was extremely pleased with her friends’ comments. She didn’t bother to tease Esther anymore and walked towards Terence.

“Arno, you’re here!” She held Terence’s arm affectionately and smiled happily, “I was just about to send someone to invite you down to dance with me.”

Terence looked down at Anne for a short instance. He then went back to look at Esther and Reid.

Seeing Terence walking over, Reid whispered to Esther, “Esther, who is that? He looks murderous.”

Esther could answer neither of the questions. She did not know anything about this man.

Realizing that Terence was looking at someone else, Anne was slightly annoyed. However, on the surface, she was still smiling brightly. She also sent a waiter to change the music to dance music.

Terence’s eyes never left Esther. Anne was worried that they would get back together. She even started to regret having brought them to her birthday party at the same time. Therefore, she must try her best to regain Terence’s attention.

An elegant song started to play. Everyone smiled, waiting for Anne and Arno to start the dance. That scene must be extremely beautiful with such a beautiful lady and handsome man.

Anne smiled sweetly and held out her hand to Terence, “Arno, come on.”Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

However, Terence only cast her a glance before looking back at Esther. Then, he smiled and said, “I think we’d better deal with the unresolved issue before dancing. What do you think?”

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Anne didn’t understand what he meant. She asked, “Aron, what are you talking about? What unresolved issue?”

Terence pushed her away and walked over to Esther. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he took Esther, who was very embarrassed, into his arms.

Why would he hug Anne’s sister? What was going on? Everyone was shocked. Esther froze…

Anne looked worst among all. Her hands were tightly clutching the hem of her dress.

“Sorry, it was just a little joke my wife and I played on everyone, but the joke should be over now.” Terence’s held Esther in his arms intimately, and the smile in his eyes was extremely indulgent. Seeing the way he looked at her, even Esther almost believed his words.

Everyone was silent. They were all confused by the sudden change. This handsome man was Anne’s important friend and dance partner a moment ago. Suddenly he took Esther, who never got along with Anne, in his arms and even called her his wife. How did this happen?

Esther was also a little dumbfounded. Reid was right. She indeed was slow to react to emergencies. Now, she had no idea what to do next. Arno was definitely here to expose her secret!

She looked at Anne, who was green with envy and then at Reid, who was as surprised as everyone else. She was so embarrassed that she didn’t know what to do.

Reid was the first to come to his senses. He went along with Terence and said with a hollow laugh, “Yes, that’s right. Actually, I’m not the real Terence. I was just joking. Well, now that the joke is over, I should go. Goodbye, ladies and gentlemen…”

Reid hadn’t forgotten the murderous look Terence had when he walked downstairs. If he really was Esther’s husband, he would be toast.

Therefore, he must leave as soon as possible!

“Arno, are you joking?” Anne also realized what happened. She forced a smile and said to Terence, “Today is my birthday. You are my honored guest. I’m still waiting for you to dance with me.”

“Miss Anne, you are wrong. I am not your distinguished guest, but the person you have always been trying to humiliate. I did not come here because of your invitation, but to accompany Esther as her husband.” Terence replied. He then revealed a charming smile to the guests, “Hello, everyone. Let me introduce myself officially. My name is Terence, and I am Esther’s husband. I am the person you have always wanted to meet.”

Everyone let out a low shout of surprise and began to gabble.

Esther was anxious in Terence’s arms. She thought, “Why is Arno so fond of pretending to be others? Now he is even pretending to be Terence!”

He scared Reid away and took over his role as her husband. What’s wrong with him?

“You are Terence? That ugly Terence Gibson?” someone whispered.

“No way…” another person said.

“Anne, is it true?” Jennifer tugged at Anne’s arm.

Anne sized Terence up and said, “Absolutely not. He is not Terence. He is just Esther’s kept man.”

When he was in the hospital that day, James saw him in person. If he really was Terence, there was no reason that James could not recognize him. It also didn’t make sense if James should lie to her that Terence was very ugly!

Terence did not directly answer her words. Instead, he opened the camera on his phone with one hand and held Esther intimately into his arms with the other. Ignoring Esther’s look of shock, he lowered his head and kissed her. Then, he took a photo of the kiss.