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?”

thanks. You go

ceremony with her, Kieran guzzled four or five glasses successively. Soon, he had consumed half

drunk too fast and possessing low alcohol tolerance, he started growing dizzy, and his cheeks flushed

the towel wrapped around her. While it

could neither conceal

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

the wine glass, he drank

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

frenzied drinking, Inez kindly urged, “Red wine is intoxicating. It’s best that you don’t drink too much

it after drinking a

finished the entire bottle of red wine, he stumbled toward the bed

he inched close to Inez and

birthday, Inez. I hope I can keep you company for every birthday you celebrate henceforth,” he murmured in her ear, his voice

clutched the top of the covers

I want to give you

has a gift

over her shoulder. “What is

“It’s… me.”

in a seductive voice, Kieran leaned down and planted a kiss on her

struck a

eyes fluttered closed, and she unknowingly lost herself in his

unlit,

Cedrick did not sleep the entire

not had a manic episode in two days, making it evident that Joshua’s medicine was

he felt that he should still take her to the laboratory

to wait

had he expected her to

she stepped into the basement until she closed her eyes to sleep. She kept

transpired when she personally drove the latter to the Harris residence on Mount Tranquil played in her mind

Annie suspicious, especially because her attitude toward

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

mind was whirring, she distinctly sensed someone picking her up. At