Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“What’s that?” Casting a glance at her, Lauren relied in a calm tone as usual.

“Well … has Mr. Terence been in love before?”

Lauren finally turned around, asking seriously, “Why do you wanna know that?”

“I saw a portrait of a woman in his room last night. That woman looks so pretty. Well … she and I look kind of alike.” Although she knew that Lauren wouldn’t tell her too much about the privacy of Terence, she still asked the question. Since she didn’t know who else to ask except Lauren.

She thought that Lauren would critique her as usual and stop her from asking questions. But that didn’t happen. Instead, she answered in a calm tone after a moment of hesitation, “She’s Mr. Terence’s ex-wife. He loved her.”

Esther was surprised, “What? Mr. Terence was once married?”

“Didn’t your grandmother tell you that?” Lauren asked.

Esther shook her head. What Betty told her about Terence was how good he was. How could she tell her his marriage? She would only spare no effort to hide it from her.

“Then … where is she now?”

“She died.”

“Oh…” Esther was shocked again, and at the same time, she also felt scared.

Thinking of how weird the woman looked in her dream and how tightly she was strangling her, Esther could feel her own fear creeping up on her.

That woman had died. No wonder she had such a nightmare.

She plucked up the courage to ask Lauren another question, “How did she die?”

“She committed suicide. Her marriage to Mr. Terence was very short. I don’t know the details.” Lauren stared at Esther with a serious expression after answering the question. Then she added, “Mrs. Gibson, you’ve asked me about the thing, so please don’t ask anyone else about it. Otherwise, Lady Gibson would definitely get angry if knowing it.”

The warning from Lauren kind of surprised Esther, since she didn’t think it that serious.

Since Lauren had said so, she should do as she said. Besides, she wasn’t that interested in gossip and wouldn’t talk about the privacy of someone else everywhere.

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After a quiet week at the Gibson’s, Esther’s vacation was over and she had to go to work.

In the past week, she had not done anything related to Terence other than asking her servant to get her phone back from him. Of course, she also tried so hard to avoid James, except that they had to have dinner at the same table.

In the morning, Esther hesitated to ask Clark and Gill whether they could allow her to go to work.

Clark didn’t stop her like always. Instead, he supported her in going to work. “Young people should go to work and see more of the world, but you don’t need to work in other companies. You can get whatever position you like in the Gibson Group.”Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

In the Gibson Group? … Did it mean she had to see James every day? She wouldn’t like that!

“Dad, I like my job now. Besides, I don’t know much about the Gibson Group. I might not be qualified for a high position in the company while Mr. Terence might be offended if I work there as a ground-level employee. I do appreciate your advice, but I’d better not work in the Gibson Group.”

Clark said after thinking for a moment, “I can promise you, but I’ll lay on you one condition.”

“What’s that?” Esther felt a little nervous. What condition would Clark lay on her?

“Have a baby with Terence as soon as possible. Then I can babysit the kid when I retire.”