A Beautiful Misunderstanding

He placed the magazine on his bedside table and turned his eyes towards her, placing his head an inch away from her. His eyes seemed even darker than the dark night sky that Essie could see through the window.

"You don't believe me?" he asked.

There was a bit of mockery when she rolled her eyes and answered, "Why should I believe a person who has lied to me?"

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Why not? A man had once abandoned you but you came back into his arms again, didn't you?"

"He only did that because he had to," she pouted.

"Well, the same goes for me," he whispered softly, as if he was only talking to himself.

She sneered and said, "You deserve it." She suffered through so much hardship and misfortune ever since he met her. It was unfair that she was forced to help him while he controlled and fooled around with others.

His face started to seem overcast and his eyes got even deeper. He asked with a soft, gloomy tone, "Why do you love him so much? Is he really better than me?"

She softly pushed him away. His breath was so strong she felt like she couldn't breathe properly. She turned to face away, took a long deep breath and released a sigh. Her peacefulness quickly turned to disdain and said, "He can outperform you with just a flick of a finger."

He furrowed his eyebrows together and looked at her arrogantly. "Why so?" he asked demandingly. His teeth were clenched and his eyes were squinting meanly.

cook an amazing bowl of braised noodles.

man like Zac would not know a single thing about cooking, and wouldn't even know how to cut

suddenly flashed with overconfidence and said, "There is nothing that I can't do. Just

idea made her laugh in her mind because she knew that he simply couldn't stand being provoked. Thinking of him cooking noodles

into her nightdress.

soon?" he murmured helplessly. He didn't bother to force it and just turned to

heard the sound of his voice again. "You are so easily fooled that a bowl of

The truth of the matter was, the only thing that was important to her was that Hanson

to sleep every night to help

words, as though he was just stabbed by a rose's thorn. He reached out to grab her chin and stared deeply into her eyes. His face was lurid and his eyes felt like a

sings to me on the phone. I'm not a provocative woman. Before we officially sign the divorce agreement, I will keep my nose clean. I am not like you, who spends every day fooling

calming the anger and jealousy he felt in

so when the truth was that his heart could not take another woman besides her. All the days they spent apart, he felt as though he had lost his soul and purpose. He felt as though he was suffering from mental confusion and his thoughts had become erratic. He knew for a fact that he wouldn't risk anything

had already sent over photos of him and Leila to her

your

if you tried to wash yourself a thousand times with the strongest laundry detergent, it would be impossible to wipe yourself clean anymore," she said

words sank into Zac's heart. He knew that after what happened with Valery, Essie would have a negative image of him. However, if

glumly while he