Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“I…!” Esther opened her mouth and glanced at Terence. She smiled. “Mr. Russell, you may not know that Terence and I met in the Fairy Mountain and fell in love with each other. That place has a special meaning for me and Terence. That’s why Terence wanted that land so much.”

“What did you say?” Russell was surprised and looked back and forth at the two people in front of him. “How… did you get to know each other?”

“Back then… Terence encountered some danger there. I happened to save his life there, and then we were together. It was a dramatic encounter and love.” Esther lowered her head and did not look at Terence, because she had already felt that his expression was changing when she had just said that she and he knew each other on the Fairy Mountain.

She faintly felt that… other than surprise, his deep gaze was more displeased.NôvelDrama.Org © content.

Perhaps for him, this was an inviolable memory and romance between him and Miss Shirly. How could she blaspheme it?

But in order to help him have this piece of land, she couldn’t care so much for the time being. At worst, she would apologize to him after the matter was over.

She didn’t expect that Russell’s originally dissatisfied attitude would change greatly because of her lies. After a moment of surprise, he sighed, “So this is the reason why Terence wants to take this land?”

He turned to Terence and asked, “Terence, is that true?”

Terence raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Why else would you think it is?”

Russell thought about it and suddenly smiled, pointing at Terence, “You have the same temper as your mother. You are strong and calm. It is not easy to get along with you!”

Esther was puzzled. ‘Why was Russell always talking about Terence’s mother? Did he have such a good relationship with Terence’s mother? Was the grudge between him and the Gibson family caused by Terence’s mother? So dramatic?’

‘This was a matter between elders. As a junior, I’d better not make random guesses.’

Esther smiled and asked, “Then… I wonder if you will achieve Terence’s wish?”

Russell thought about it and nodded. “About this… please let me think about it carefully. Tomorrow night, we will discuss the contract in detail.”

“So you agreed to help?”

“Yes, I agree for now.”

“Thank you, Mr. Russell!” Esther thanked him excitedly and finally turned to Terence. She grabbed his arm and smiled. “Terence, Mr. Russell has promised to give us the land. Hurry up and thank him.”

“Thank you, Mr. Russell,” Terence revealed a smile to him.

Mr. Russell seemed to be in a good mood. “It’s rare to meet such an infatuated man like Terence. How can I not achieve him?”

“Anyway, thank you, Mr. Russell,” Terence said.

Russell nodded and suddenly asked, “By the way, are the two of you free tomorrow? Tomorrow afternoon at the Century Hotel, there happens to be a banquet for our family. I sincerely invite the two of you to participate. I wonder if you would like to honor me.”

There would be some big shots of the upper class on the banquet of the Anetly family. It was a good opportunity to know more people.

However, Esther did not dare to directly agree to such a thing, so she could only turn to Terence.

She knew that Terence didn’t like noisy places with many people, so she reminded, “Terence, Since Mr. Russell is so sincere, should we take some time to see the Anetly family’s banquet?”

“Of course.” Terence gave her a doting smile.

The sweet interaction between the two of them directly made Mr. Russell happy and smile even more.

However, after Terence and Esther bid farewell and left, his smile froze bit by bit until it finally transformed into a disappointed sigh…

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After the two of them came out of the Chaney Mansion together, Terence immediately released Esther’s hand and walked towards the car.

Esther felt a chill and quickly followed.

The two of them got into the car together. Terence turned on his headset and answered a call.

Esther could see that the expression on his face was not very good, and she thought it must be because of the lie she had just made in front of Russell.

She really wanted to explain it to him and apologize, but Terence kept talking to the phone until the car stopped.

He moved the phone to the side and said to Esther indifferently, “You go back first. I have something to do downtown.”

“I…” Esther still wanted to explain, but Terence did not give her a chance to explain, and continued to talk to the person on the other side of the line.

Esther had no choice but to push the door open and get off the car.

At noon, Esther ate something alone in the ancient town, then returned to her residence. She did not even bother to change her clothes and lay on the bed.

Although the cooperation with Russell was smooth, she could feel that Terence was not happy, nor was she happy. They were not as harmonious and sweet as when they went out in the morning.

She thought of the words that Anne had told her about the reason why Terence insisted on buying the Fairy Mountain and the words that Terence had said in front of Mr. Russell. He had personally stated the importance of the Fairy Mountain to him, which meant that he admitted what Anne said.

Esther turned around and gave a bitter smile.

Because she was in a bad mood, she didn’t even go to ancient town when Linsay asked her to go with her. She just lay in bed for the whole afternoon.

Terence still didn’t come back to eat dinner with her. He seemed to have suddenly disappeared without a trace. There was no news at all.

When it was dark, she tried to call him, but his phone was turned off.

Was her phone out of battery? Or did he deliberately not want to receive her call?

Was the lie she had told in front of Russell really that unforgivable?

Terence’s mobile phone was indeed out of battery, and it had only started to be recharged in the car on the way back.

When he parked the car outside the inn, his phone suddenly rang with a message.

The message was sent by Anne. It was an audio message. Terence had a very bad impression of this woman, but he still clicked on the play button after hesitating for a moment.

Anne’s voice entered his ears. “You want to use this trick to stop me from marrying James? Don’t even think about it. Do you really think that I can’t marry James after you helped Terence steal the land of the Fairy Mountain?”

“You can rely on the child in your belly, as long as you can successfully give birth to him.” This was Esther’s voice.

“…”