The Ex and Her Riches

“Are you trying to emasculate your future husband ahead of time, Inez?”

Huddled under the covers, Kieran stared at Inez innocently.

Words cluded Inez.

She pulled the covers over her face in utter mortification, hoping against hope that the ground would open up and swallow her whole. “Would you believe me if I told you it was an accident?”

“Yeah.” Kieran nodded solemnly. “I believe everything you say. Besides, if you had truly wanted to render me incapable of fathering a child, you wouldn’t have kicked me so lightly just now.”

He was exceedingly frank, but Inez was so embarrassed that she might combust anytime.

“Sleep earlier, then. You’ve still got to go to work tomorrow morning.”

Turning over, she gave her back to him. She closed her eyes and feigned sleep, almost hugging the edge of the bed. Her entire body was stiff, and she still felt flustered.

Kieran bore his eyes into the back of her head. As he recalled Treyton’s advice, his heart started racing wildly.

He tentatively reached out toward her to touch her fair and smooth back, planning on letting nature take its course.

However, he withdrew his hand mid–way.

Verily, he could not bring himself to do such a thing while sober, for he was too shy.

Feeling dejected, he sat up, only to inadvertently glimpse the marble dining table opposite the bed. On the table were a bottle of unopened red wine and two glasses. On top of that, there were exquisite red candles that were unlit.

He got to his feet and went over, swiftly uncorking the bottle of red wine.

Upon hearing movements, Inez slowly sat up. “What are you doing, Mr. Kieran?”

When she asked that question, Kieran had already opened the bottle of red wine. Ignoring her, he poured himself a full glass and downed it resolutely.

Undeniably, the saying that alcohol emboldened a timid person was true to a certain extent.

He picked up the empty glass at the side and brandished it at Inez. “Can you sleep, Inez? Would you like to have a drink with me?”

go ahead,

standing on ceremony with her, Kieran guzzled four or five glasses successively. Soon, he

drunk too fast and possessing low alcohol tolerance, he started growing

the towel wrapped around her. While it was uncomfortable, it gave her

conceal

her from afar. Under the influence of alcohol, his mouth became increasingly dry at the sight of her slender and alluring figure

he drank straight out of

his mouth, running down his neck to stain the white bathrobe he wore. It added a sense

urged, “Red wine is intoxicating. It’s best that you don’t drink too much since your alcohol tolerance

I’ll get it after drinking a

wine, he stumbled toward the bed with his mind

close to Inez and carefully

Inez. I hope I can keep you company for every birthday you celebrate henceforth,” he

of warmth suffused Inez. She clutched the top of the covers nervously without

Kieran continued, “Tonight, I want to give you the greatest

has

glanced back over her shoulder.

“It’s… me.”

a seductive voice, Kieran leaned down and planted a kiss on her soft lips. Then, he

words struck a chord

eyes fluttered closed, and she unknowingly lost herself in his

candles on the table remained unlit,

not sleep the entire

in two days, making

felt that he should still take her to the laboratory for an

planned to wait until she was sound asleep before furtively putting his

never had he expected her to suffer from

basement until she closed her eyes to sleep. She kept thinking

latter to the Harris residence on Mount Tranquil played in her mind like

the more she found Annie suspicious, especially because her attitude toward

even gave him twenty whips, resulting in him losing his voice and contracting rheumatism, her expression showed obvious distress and indignance on his behalf. It was the first time I’d ever seen a stranger being emphatic to such an extent. Is she overly kind, or does she harbor a different degree of affection toward him at the end of the day? But then, all this is just my conjecture. Without solid evidence or a confession from her, it doesn’t

sensed someone picking