Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Anne in the corner stamped her foot in anger and stoked the fire. “Esther, you shameless woman, how could you accuse me of your own misconduct. When did I spend the night outside and be lavish in spending money? It’s obviously you who concealed your past from James and disgusted him. How dare you say that I seduced him? You’re so bad and deserve a good beating!”

This was the first time that James had seen an adult being beaten up. And that adult was even a woman. He started to take pity on her, but what Anne said stopped him from thinking this. At the thought of how she had deceived him and married his uncle for revenge, he wished that Betty could hit her a few more times.

The more stubborn Esther was, the angrier Betty became. She did not believe that she could not bring this young girl to heel.

She hit Esther several times and then glared at her, shouting, “Esther! Do you admit your mistake? Do you want to apologize now?”

Esther’s face was wrinkled in pain. She tried to hold back her tears, looked Betty straight in the eye and said coldly, “Madam Cusack, you can continue hitting me, but this will be the last time for you to do that. Since you punished me like this after my marriage, I have renounced you. From now on, I won’t step into the place, nor will I call you Grandma again….”

“You…” Betty glared at her in disbelief, her fingers trembling as she pointed at her. “You want to sever ties with me? You…”

“No, Mom, Esther is talking nonsense. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about after the beating….” Doris held Esther in her arms and said in a choking voice. “Esther, how can you say this? Don’t you want your Dad and me anymore?”

Esther closed her eyes. It wasn’t that she didn’t want her parents, but she couldn’t bear it anymore….

“Get away!” Betty angrily shouted at Doris, “Since she wants to cut ties with me, I’ll just beat her to death!”

“No, don’t…!” Doris shook her head, refusing to let go.

“Mom, let go!” Esther shouted, “After this, I’ll be done with her!”

Doris was stunned without knowing how to persuade her daughter.

Betty raised her crutch in an attempt to beat Esther up. For a moment, the living room was in chaos, with the sound of crying and cursing.

Suddenly, Carol, a servant of the Cusack family, called at the door, “Madam Cusack, someone claims to be from the Gibson family and is now waiting outside. She said that there is an emergency.”

A woman from the Gibson family? Everyone in the living room was confused.

“Who is she?” James, who remained silent all the time, frowned and asked.

“Well … she said that she was Mr. Terence’s assistant.”

“What is his assistant doing here?” Anne also asked.

She was waiting to see Esther be punished. The person came at a bad time for her.

Regardless of his identity, since he was from the Gibson family, Betty had to see what happened. She glared at Esther and ordered, “Go out and kneel down. I’ll deal with you later!”

It was raining heavily outside the door, and the weather was cold and overcast. Hearing what Betty said, Doris immediately grew anxious. “Mom, it’s raining hard outside!”