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.

an amazing bowl of braised

mockery was seen from her eyes. She knew that a rich man like Zac would not know a single thing about cooking, and wouldn't even know how to cut vegetables. She was sure there was no way he could quip up a good bowl

flashed with overconfidence and said, "There is nothing that I can't do. Just wait, and you'll taste the best bowl of braised noodles in

he simply couldn't stand being provoked. Thinking of him cooking noodles tomorrow was a funny

sure it's better than his." He moaned softly and reached into her nightdress. Understanding his intentions, she quickly grabbed his hand and said,

didn't bother to force

sleep, but suddenly heard the sound of his voice again. "You are so easily fooled that a bowl of noodles could persuade you to be with someone,"

truth of

can sing beautifully. He sings me to sleep every night to help me fall asleep," she said with slight resentment, deliberately trying to provoke

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 volcano that was about to erupt. He spat out

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 around

calming the anger and jealousy

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 to lose her. As long as she was by his side, he would do anything for her. Even if their future was filled with moments of

your actions," she said blamingly. Someone had already sent over photos of him and Leila

your eyes?" Zac said with a bitter

times with the strongest laundry detergent, it would be

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glumly while he dimmed