After sending Holy back home, Zac felt like he needed to explain himself a little bit more about what happened at the ball that day. He was sure that Essie was convinced with Holy's words and would punish him mercilessly, or maybe even get him sentenced to death.
He would die even more severely and miserably than a convict in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.
"That night at the ball, Leila and I only attended as friends. There's nothing more to that," Zac said defensively.
Essie contemptuously sneered deep inside.
'Friend?
I think you mean your girlfriend!' she thought aggressively.
"There's no need for you to explain. I don't care about those things. I'm just here to accomplish a goal," she responded with a cold expression that was filled with an ominous hollowness.
"I know." On his face appeared a wry and wounded smile. Zac realized that Essie didn't care for him at all. Her heart was set on Hanson. Essie was only by his side because he didn't want to let her go, and forced her to back into his life.
"Anyway, I just don't want you to misunderstand me," he said with a voice seeping in through her skin like an autumn wind.
'Misunderstand?'
a cold, mocking smile appeared on her
in contact with Leila? Is it possible for you to simply let her
child could tell that you are dating. What's the
definitely make me feel at ease if you just decided to be honest and tell me that all I
There's no reason for us
was that a married person should avoid such suspicious behaviors. I will be more observant towards these actions of mine in the future, and I hope you can do the same," replied Zac seriously. In Essie's mind, his words were more like a
there's no need for you to force me to do anything else," she said bluntly with a cold staring expression as she looked out the window. Essie thought that his mere purpose was to bewitch her and make her loyal to his family, just like Valery was. Everything that
answered with a chilling voice
the moment, there was a thick fog blocking clarity between the two of them. They were both unable to see each other's true intentions. Despite how much time they spent together, their shadows remained
came, the Rong Mansion was unusually
been caught up in Ivy's mind, so she released a heavy sigh and leaned back on the
over to sit next to her and placed her hand empathetically on her shoulder. "Is anything wrong, Ivy? Didn't you have a
fun... However..." Ivy pouted looking a
sister-track clothes?" Daisy asked, clearly concerned. Yesterday, the magazine Daisy worked for had an outdoor shooting,
it has nothing to do with you." She leaned over Daisy's shoulder, and murmured with a soft, low voice, "What should I do, Daisy? Someone is trying to compete against me and wants to take Hanson away from
was shocked to hear what Ivy said and assumed that she found out about her relationship with Hanson. She was flustered and broke a sweat from nervousness. She took a deep, long breath to calm herself down,
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