Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Only a whiny crazy woman will pretend she went missing or commit suicide. This is not me. I will never do it,” said Esther.

The corners of Terence’s lips twitched, and he said gloomily, “You were out of touch, wandering outside at that hour of the night. Proley can be dangerous. Do you think I could chill when my wife might be in danger at midnight outside?”

Esther lowered her head guiltily. “Don’t you hate me? Why do you care whether I have returned home or not?”

“You don’t love me either. Why did you take the risk of being bitten to death by me and insist on staying in my room to help me?”

Esther couldn’t argue with that.

She smiled bitterly and said, “So what does this mean? It means that we are already husband and wife. We are a family. We will spend a lifetime together. Even if we don’t love each other now, we hope the other half will be safe and sound. Even if we don’t love each other at present, we will fall in love with each other in the future.”

She had always thought so. From the moment she married Terence, she did not have any improper thoughts about other men, even if it was James whom she had once loved.

It was not difficult for her to fall in love with Terence, really.

Hearing her words, Terence was slightly disappointed. He didn’t agree with her.

She risked her life to help him. He wondered whether all of it was only out of the idea that he was her partner for life. Was there really no other factor in it? For example… Love?

However, he quickly calmed down. He was so worried about her safety last night. He took the risk of being ill and looked for her all night. But he also couldn’t guarantee the reason he had done this was because he loved her.

Everyone said that he married her and treated her differently because she looked similar to Shirly. But was that true? He didn’t know…

…

No one was as anxious as Lady Gibson when they heard the news that Terence had fallen ill in Proley.

Gill put down the phone. When she stood up from the sofa, her legs went weak. Lauren hurriedly held her arm and said with concern, “Madam, don’t worry. Didn’t Mrs. Gibson say that Mr. Terence is fine now?”

“But there is no good hospital over there. Terence was very weak last night. I am afraid…” Gill shook her head and choked on tears.

“Madam, are you worried that the hospital in Proley does not have suitable blood packs for Mr. Terence?” Lauren comforted Gill with a smile, “Have you forgotten why Esther became Mrs. Gibson?”

Gill thought for a moment, but she was still worried.

“That’s right. Doris, have you forgotten Esther? She is a mobile blood bank. With her here, Terence will be fine,” cut in Amanda, pretending to be caring.

Gill glanced at her but didn’t say anything.

“Madam, you should go back to your room and rest. Let me help you.” Lauren held Gill’s arm as they walked towards the bedroom.

As soon as Gill left, Anne put down the fruit plate on the table and asked curiously, “No way! Terence fell ill last night? How is Esther? Was she scared?”

Amanda shrugged, “Who knows?”

“She might not just be scared. She probably fainted from fear,” Sarah sneered. She paused for a moment and then said with a sympathetic look, “Poor thing. She had to get up the next day to be a blood pack for Terence. I get goosebumps by just thinking about it.”

Sarah rubbed her arms.

Anne also felt the goosebumps rise on her arms. She clutched her arms and rejoiced in her heart, ‘Fortunately, the Gibsons did not insist on letting me, the real daughter of the Cusack family, marry Terence. Otherwise, I would have been scared unconscious last night and forced to be Terence’s blood pack this morning.”

“I’m curious about Esther’s current state,” Anne said gloatingly.

“Awful.” A displeased voice sounded from the side.

Anne was stunned and turned to James, who was seriously changing the channels. Not only her but even Amanda and Sarah, who were on the sofa next to her, also looked at James at the same time.

Sensing that everyone was looking at him, James put away the controller and looked around at everyone. “Why are you staring at me? Did I say anything wrong? Uncle Terence is already very pitiful for being ill, yet you are still gloating here. Aren’t you awful people?”

“James, why are you being protective of Terence?” Amanda unhappily lowered her voice and said, “Have you forgotten that he is the one who wants to snatch the Gibson Group from you?”

“That’s a different thing. There is a line that you wouldn’t have crossed.” It was rare for James to be virtuous.

Anne suddenly grabbed a pillow from the side and threw it at him. She huffed, “James, why are you pretending to be righteous? Why are you pretending to be caring for your little uncle? You are caring about that Esther, aren’t you? When you heard that she fainted from fear last night and had to be a blood pack for your Uncle Terence this morning, do you feel sorry for her? Do you want to fly to her immediately? You!”

“Anne, are you crazy?” James interrupted her, then looked up in the direction of Clark and Gill’s bedroom. He lowered his voice and said, “You’re so loud. People will misunderstand. What will Grandpa think of me if he hears you?”

“That’s right, Anne, what’s wrong with you?” Amanda couldn’t help but blame her. “That’s not the kind of thing you can make up. The blame may fall on James.”

Although Anne knew that Amanda was right, she felt wronged and said sadly, “When did James ever care about his Uncle Terence? Just now, we were just joking, and he blamed us for being heartless! He is protecting Esther!”

Amanda glanced at Anne and then glared at her son.

James was spoiled and did not admit defeat. “How did I protect Esther? She and I have already broken up. Can you stop talking about her all day long to make you and me feel uncomfortable?”

“Dare you say that you don’t have feelings for her? The last time we saw her at the Anetly’s in Randall City…”

“Can you stop talking about the Anetlys?” James was furious.

That day was a disgrace to him. He was thrown out by Russell. Moreover, he still lost to Terence in that case. Thinking about this matter, he still felt aggrieved.

However, Anne did not think so. She said angrily, “Why can’t I mention it? Is it because I’ve hit the nail?”

“You…”

“Enough!” Just as James was about to rebut, Amanda finally couldn’t bear it and interrupted him. She glared at him and reproached, “James, can you stop talking? Don’t you know that Anne is pregnant and can’t be irritated?”