A Beautiful Misunderstanding

Zac and the woman got on the Rolls-Royce and soon disappeared. Far away from them, Essie's eyes stayed glued to the place they had stood earlier. It took her a long time to snap back into reality.

'Does it mean that he could not make money by hyping up shares? Is it possible he had sold himself for that apartment?'

She scratched her head while pacing back and forth. The more she thought, the more she was convinced her suspicion was true.

And now, she felt guilty. 'This is all my fault,' she muttered.

His self-esteem must have been wounded by what aunt Wendy said. And she even forced him to sign the property agreement, it would be like rubbing salt into his wound. His self-esteem would be completely shattered!

Although he looked cold on the outside, it turned out he was a simple-minded man. He handed over the credit card easily and didn't worry when the property ownership certificate had the wrong name.

Now, she was afraid that he would be tortured by the old rich woman.

All kinds of terrifying illusions came to her mind. The more she thought, the more scared she felt. The idea made her wince!

In the end, she decided she wouldn't let such a thing happen. She was willing to do all she could in order to rescue Zac from that trap he had fallen into.

As soon as she got home, she took out her cellphone and dialed his number. "Zac, where are you now?"

"What's wrong?" His voice was so low that it seemed like he didn't want the lady beside him to hear it.

"My stomach is going through an excruciating pain. Come back quickly. I can't bear it!" She let out a cry to make herself sound more convincing.

"I'll be right back."

as a clue, she picked up the eye drops and dripped two drops into her eyes,

twisted in worry. Without waiting for her reply, he moved forward and was about to pick her up. However, she stopped him. "No, I...

"I'll make some brown sugar and ginger soup for you." Last month when she had suffered intense cramp, he had googled for a solution. That was when he stumbled upon this recipe. It had

close to her, a feminine smell wafted through her nose. The thought that came along with it

through her body. If that woman had

continued to feed her

her stomach and said, "It's quite

hurriedly grabbed the corner of his shirt and stuttered, "You-- I think you should...." She trailed off. Zac looked at her, waiting for her to finish the sentence. After mustering up some courage, she said, "You should sleep with me." This seemed like the only alternative to stop him from visiting that old woman. She decided to keep him by

came as a big surprise. He was completely taken off-guard. His eyes were shining like stars reflected in

first." She gently pushed him away. She couldn't

Then he lay down next to her. The clean pajamas only had his pure and charming masculine smell.

her head. She wanted to ask him where he went, whom he had stayed with and what he had done. But on second thought, she decided against it. Her queries wouldn't bring the truth out of him. No man would openly blurt out such a disgracing story. And

played with her face, she tightened her

stomach was still aching. He reached out his hand and gently massaged her tummy. "Does this make

was sincere love and care in his actions. She couldn't help

had shown his love for her. He even climbed the window and risked his life just to save her. Heroically, he drove away the gangsters who had tried to assault her. In short, he always

him any good luck instead pushed him into the abyss. Guilt

tried, she couldn't get rid of

slid down her chin, but she quickly buried her head in the pillow. The last

fall asleep. Perhaps it was his warm presence