Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“No, there’s no need. I think this place is pretty good.” Esther smiled at the receptionist.

The receptionist, Cecily Kingsley, turned to Terence and asked, “Mr. Terence, what do you think?”

“As long as the security is good enough, I don’t care about anything else,” Terence said.

“Don’t worry. The security has always been very good here.”

Terence nodded and did not say anything else.

Cecily added, “If you need anything, you can call me directly. I will immediately get it for you.”

“No need. I see a supermarket downstairs. If there is anything we need, we can buy it ourselves.” Esther smiled at her and said, “Miss Cecily, you must have been busy for the whole day. Hurry up and go back to rest.”

“Alright, then I won’t disturb you.”

After Cecily left, Esther circled the room, looking at this and touching. She thought that every item was quite exquisite and she was satisfied with most of them. Apart from the ash-colored curtains in the living room, which made her feel a sense of uneasiness.

Esther turned back to look at Terence, who was working on the sofa, and asked, “Can I change the curtains to ones with a light color?”

“Up to you.” Terence did not even raise his head.

“Then I will go to the supermarket downstairs. Do you need anything?”

“No.” After that, Terence immediately added, “The security here is not very good. Don’t walk out of the gate alone.”

Esther nodded. “I understand.”

“If you want to go shopping outside, remember to ask Miss Cecily to accompany you.”

“Alright.”

Terence spoke indifferently, and Esther also answered indifferently. She knew that he was not genuinely concerned about her. He was saying these words out of responsibility for her.

Although Cecily had already arranged the house very well, it was still a new house to live in. Esther did not know how long they would live there. So there were still a lot of things to buy. Esther quickly filled up the shopping cart.

After passing through the daily necessities area, Esther thought for a while and bought a new set of towels and toothbrushes that Terence was used to, and also a new set of housecoats and underwear for him.

When choosing these things for Terence, Esther felt a little soft in her heart. After all, this was the first time she bought these personal clothes for a man other than her father, and this man was her husband.

The size of the curtains was just right. It was a classic champagne color. The embroidery on the curtains was quite beautiful.

Esther moved a high-legged chair and stood on it, but she was still not tall enough. She tried several times but failed to hang the curtains.

When Terence came out of the study, he saw Esther standing on tiptoe on the chair, with heavy curtains in her hand, looking dangerous.

With a slight frown, Terence strode forward and wrapped an arm around Esther’s waist, pulling her down.

The feeling of her body suddenly rising into the air startled Esther. She let out a low cry and instinctively hugged Terence’s neck tightly.

“What are you doing?” Esther immediately let go of Terence and asked after her legs touched the ground.

“I was about to ask you what you were doing.” Terence’s expression was gloomy.

“Can’t you see? I am hanging the curtains.” Esther did not realize how dangerous her actions were. Her tone was full of reproach, “You gave me a big fright.”

“Why don’t you call the shop owner to hang it for you?”

“He said he wouldn’t come for I bought too few items.”

“Why didn’t you call me then?”

“I…” Esther was surprised. “Because I saw that you were busy.”

“If you fall and become crippled, I will have to send you to the hospital and accompany you. At that time, I will be even busier.”

Esther didn’t know what to say in response. Terence made it impossible to refute.

Terence glanced at her unhappily. He climbed onto the high chair and said, “Give me the curtains.”

Esther hurriedly handed Terence the curtain in her hand and said, “Just hang these rings up. Remember, don’t hang them in the opposite direction.”

Terence raised the curtain and easily hung it up.

Esther looked at the curtain that she had been working on for a long time. It took Terence only a few minutes to hang it up. She sighed in resignation. If Esther had known that height advantage was so useful, she would have asked him to help.

“Next time you have this kind of work, remember to call me. Don’t be so reckless.” Terence glanced at Esther, obviously complaining that she was not tall enough for things like this.

“I see.”

Seeing Terence turn around to leave, Esther hurriedly called out to him, “Wait a minute.”

“Is there anything else?” Terence turned around.

“I just bought you a set of housecoats. Take a look and see if they fit. If they fit, I’ll wash them later.” As Esther spoke, she found the new housecoats and began to try them on Terence.

“It looks suitable.” Esther nodded.

Looking at Esther’s serious appearance, although Terence was not very satisfied with the style of the clothes, he still held back. Anyway, it was just clothes to wear at home. It didn’t matter.

“I have clothes. You don’t have to buy them for me next time,” Terence said.

Esther checked the thread of the housecoats and said, “Who knows how long we’ll be staying here. It’s good to prepare one or two extra sets.”

“It seems that you are more optimistic than me.” Terence lifted the corners of his lips mockingly.

“I’m just trying to make the best out of a bad situation.” Esther said, “Besides, I suddenly feel that … leaving City R is quite good.”

Especially now that Anne had married into the Gibson family, Esther’s days would be more miserable than before. She might as well live in a small place like Proley. This was what Esther suddenly thought of when she was shopping in the mall.

Terence ignored Esther and walked towards the study.

“It’s late. Aren’t you going to sleep?”

“You may go to sleep first.”

“Then … are you going to sleep in the study?” Esther wanted to ask Terence, but she didn’t say it out loud.

Esther thought to herself, ‘Forget it. He could sleep wherever he wants. Anyway, no matter where he sleeps, I will be sleeping in the master bedroom. There are only two rooms here, and one of them has been used as the study.’

Esther returned to the bedroom and looked at the two-meter wide bed in the middle of the bedroom. Her face began to burn slightly.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Esther and Terence had slept in the same bed for several days in Randall City. Also, during the days when she was haunted by bad dreams, she went to Terence’s room to sleep for a few nights. And the rest of the time, they slept in separate rooms like fake couples.

This was Gill’s idea. Perhaps it was also Terence’s idea. It could be seen that he did not like the existence of another woman in his bed…