Chapter 273
The two of them tossed and turned for a while. Edward knew that he wouldn’t be able to touch her, but he still hugged her and kissed her again and again. Only then did he slightly suppress the heat from the bath and pick up a cup of clear water to drink.
Nelissa raised her head slightly in front of Edward’s chest. She leaned her chin against his broad shoulders and watched him gulp down his full Adam’s apple. He was very sexy. After drinking, he still had a faint smell of alcohol on him, giving off a mature masculine vibe.
It was very charming.
Thinking that this man was her husband, Nelissa blushed and her heart beat fast.
She suddenly remembered to ask Edward, “Honey, have you read the news about Sophie today?”
“Mhm.” Edward’s thin lips curled into a smile, and his deep eyes shone brightly. One could tell that he was in a good mood.
Nelissa knew that Edward liked to hear her call him husband, so she put her fair hands around his neck, gently rubbed his male skin with her cheeks, and said intimately, “Are you still laughing? You’ve been scolded for being heartless. You don’t have any image at all.”
Edward didn’t take it seriously. His handsome face was full of arrogance. He said, “If you are heartless, you are heartless. You don’t have so much sincerity. I only gave you my sincerity, and I don’t live with other women. I have nothing to do with what others think of me, and I don’t have time to create my own image. Now I don’t even have enough time to accompany you every day.”
Edward was telling the truth. Nelissa was the only woman he was truly looking forward to. For a man of high status like him, such a scandal was not a big deal at all. The operation of the group was still normal, and the stock price would not fall. It was nothing more than a reputation outside. However, as a man, Edward did not care about the so-called reputation at all, which was more important than his wife and child.
Nelissa poked Edward’s strong chest with her fingers and whispered, “I thought you were not romantic when you were romantic, and you were not serious when I asked you to speak seriously.”
Edward lowered his head and stared at Nelissa with deep affection. He teased her in a sexy voice, “What’s wrong with me, huh?”
Nelissa bit her lips lightly, and the delicate fingers on his chest were pinched in his warm palm. The man’s fingers rubbed her fingertips carefully. It was a kind of intimacy between the skin and the flesh. Nelissa looked down at the man’s big hands with clear joints and said softly, “Why did Sophie suddenly slander you in front of the media? Is she going to take revenge on you?”
“If I can’t be a couple, I have to slander him. A feud of love?” Nelissa felt that Sophie was really a weirdo, and she couldn’t understand it.
Edward shook his head and looked down at her warm face. He opened his thin lips and said in a low voice, “I’m more inclined to believe that she’s using my business to expose her mother’s identity.”
“Hmm?” Nelissa suddenly looked up at Edward’s eyes and understood a little. She felt a chill in her heart and felt that the rich and powerful family was as deep as the sea. It was not as simple as the environment she had experienced before.
Edward said in a calm tone, “Sophie’s family affairs are enough to make her suffer. She won’t spare any effort to take revenge on me. This time, she just wants the media to expand her family. As long as the media digs out who her biological mother is, Chen Li’s identity will naturally be exposed, including the fact that Chen Li has been Ryan’s mistress for so many years.”
Nelissa now completely understood. She had heard from Edward that Chen Li had no title or status with Ryan. They had never been married, and Chen Li could not attend public occasions. Except for Sophie’s daughter, the relationship between Chen Li and Ryan was not close. This time, did Chen Li want to use the media to publicly announce Ryan’s forced marriage?
Nelissa leaned against Edward’er and brushed her slender fingers against the cuffs of his suit. She asked curiously, “Do you think Sophie is Ryan’s daughter or not?”
Edward shook his head and said nothing. His handsome face was unfathomable.
Nelissa didn’t continue to ask. After all, it was someone else’s family business. She couldn’t speculate about this kind of thing. It was just that Sophie suddenly went out for a trip at this time and happened to escape the DNA test with Bo Xing.
After dinner, Nelissa and Edward stayed warm for a while and proposed to take a shower. Edward was worried that she would get wet, so she took her into the bathroom to wash her wounds. The water from the shower had soaked her white shirt and trousers. After she washed Nelissa, Edward’s body was already half wet. Facing her beloved woman’s white naked body in front of her, Edward could only suppress his impulse no matter how much he felt. He was afraid that he would hurt Nelissa.
After Nelissa dried her body and put on her dry pajamas, Edward hurriedly took a cold shower.
He had never moved a woman so easily, but Edward was so happy. When he went out after washing up, Nelissa was sitting on the hospital bed and playing the Internet with a notebook. She was covered with a thin quilt, and her white feet were exposed. Her jade knot was crystal clear.
Edward wiped his hair with a towel, walked over with his slender legs, and pulled the quilt down to cover Nelissa’s feet. Then he sat down beside the bed, leaned over, took a bite of the red apple in Nelissa’s hand, and asked her, “What are you looking at?”
“The entertainment gossip.” Nelissa turned the notebook to him. She was always busy at work, taking Noelle to go out for Nathan during the weekend break, and cooking at night, so she didn’t have much time to watch the gossip on the Internet. Now that she was free, she didn’t know how to kill time. It was quite interesting to just go to the relative community to read the gossip post.
Edward glanced at the notebook and was not very interested in it. He said to Nelissa, “I’ve already asked my assistant to help you with your resignation. You just need to recuperate.”
Nelissa’s eyes turned and she was a little surprised. “So soon? I don’t have to go back to the company to work?”
Edward nodded. His long, slender, and muscular hands silently warmed his head as he said in a gentle voice, “There’s no need.”
Nelissa took a small bite of the apple. Sometimes, she admired Edward’s execution. He could always arrange a lot of things in one day. He was not a man without plans. He was quite powerful and capable, and it was not easy for him to be the president of a large group.
“Honey, you’re amazing.” Nelissa praised him with a sweet mouth and became more and more fond of being coquettish to Edward.
Edward seemed to enjoy it very much. He held Nelissa’s slender waist with his big hand and brought up the past again. “Come to work in my company, you can do it more easily.”
However, Nelissa shook her head and handed the apple to Edward’s mouth. She said in a friendly tone, “If I can’t make it, I’ll come to your company again, okay?”
Edward took a bite of the apple and fell silent.
Nelissa knew that Edward wanted to raise her and wanted her to completely rely on her. She didn’t want her to go out to work, but she wanted to be with him. She didn’t want to be too far behind him.