Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Mrs. Gibson, we bought the house with all our savings. How can such a big company hand over such a crappy house to us? Where is your integrity? Where is your conscience?”

“That’s right. You agreed to give us an explanation a month later. It’s already been a year, yet you’re still delaying it. What exactly do you want?”

“If you don’t give us a definite answer today, don’t even think about leaving here.”

Esther dodged the attacks of these people while helplessly explaining, “I’m sorry. I don’t know. I don’t know anything. I’m just a housewife … I didn’t participate in the work of the Gibson family.”

“You think you can get out just because you say that you don’t know? Then why don’t you let someone who knows come out and talk?” A man roared.

“That’s right. You must give us an explanation today!” A woman agreed and even pushed the security guard’s away. She grabbed Esther’s arm and said, “Don’t hide behind. Stand out!”

Esther was frightened and did not know what to do for the moment.

Just then, an angry roar came through the sales center, “Stop!”

The dignified and cold male voice instantly shook the crowd, and they turned around immediately, watching Terence walk over with his slender legs.

Just when everyone was stunned, Terence stepped into the crowd and protected the frightened Esther into his arms. He then swept his sharp gaze across the crowd and said in a cold and hard tone, “Mrs. Gibson is right. She is just a woman and has not participated in the work of the Gibson family. She has nothing to do with Spring River Estate.”

Embraced by Terence, Esther finally let out a sigh of relief in her heart. She was no longer frightened. With Terence by her side, no matter what the outcome was, it was better than facing a group of unreasonable people who were like hungry jackals and wolves alone.

“You are Mr. Terence, the latest person in charge of Spring River Estate?” Someone asked, staring at Terence.

“It’s him, it’s him!” Said another person.

Terence tightened his grip on Esther and said to everyone, “Yes, I am Terence!”

“It’s really you? You finally dare to come out and meet us?” A big and sturdy man scolded angrily and incurred everyone’s anger.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Terence was not frightened by the crowd’s anger. His tone was as steady and cold as always, “It’s not that I don’t dare to come out to see you, but it’s useless to meet you. Lawrence has already accepted your requests and let the quality department re-examine the buildings. And the quality department has also re-made the full assessment report…”

“Cut the crap!” The man interrupted him in a huff. “Who doesn’t know that you guys cheat? Those so-called qualified reports are fake reports that you colluded with officials and businessmen. Will my house leak if you are qualified? Will there be cracks on the walls?”

“If you have any doubts about this, you can go to the relevant department to appeal to our company. This is the right of all the owners.”

“Isn’t the relevant department still on your side?”

“Sir, you really think highly of the Gibson Group.” Terence sneered, “Now that you mention it, even I feel like the entire world belongs to the Gibson Group.”

“You…” Everyone was angered by Terence’s cold attitude. The man who had just spoken shouted, “Anyhow, you must promise to solve the quality problem of the house today. Otherwise, don’t even think about leaving. At most, we will perish together!”

“That’s right, that’s right! At most, we’ll perish together!” Someone chimed in.

Esther had never seen such a scene before. She was so scared that she gripped the corner of Terence’s clothes tightly. Her face paled as she asked, “What should we do? It’s not going to be a fight, is it?”

The owners had caused a lot of trouble for a long time so the Spring River Estate had hired a lot of security guards here, but if they fought, there would be casualties, and things would go out of control.

As soon as they heard the agitated shouts of the owners, the security guards immediately surrounded them. Lawrence was even more nervous. He pulled Terence’s arm and told him to withdraw first.

Terence was surrounded by the crowds and could not escape at all, but he did not intend to escape just like that.

Before Terence could say anything, the man had already raised the wooden stick in his hand and smashed it at Terence. He was shouting excitedly, “Did you just mean that you passed the quality inspection so everything’s fine? I worked hard to save up the money for ten years and took out all my parents’ savings to buy the house, yet I got a crappy house that I couldn’t even live in? If it was you, what would you do?”

He was so agitated and angry that smashed the stick in his hand randomly. Esther screamed in fear. She thought the stick would hit her head. Unexpectedly, Terence swiftly held her and took a step back. He raised his arm in the air and blocked the smashing stick.

The wooden stick was not heavy, but it hurts when it struck his arm, but Terence just snorted by himself. Other than Esther, no one even heard him make a sound out of pain.

Terence looked down at his arm and it was in so much pain that he almost lost consciousness. When he looked up, his eyes were bloodshot. He almost grabbed the other end of the wooden stick in the next moment and then pulled a little forward. The big and sturdy man was pulled forward by Terence and stared at Terence in panic.

After all, he was the one who hit someone first, and Mr. Terence seemed to have a stronger aura. In his understanding of the rich, it was simply too easy for Mr. Terence to fool him to death once he got serious.

“I won’t argue with you about that. I will find a way to solve the problem of the house for you, but…” Terence’s tone became cold for a bit, “I will give you one minute to take everyone away. Otherwise, you will bear the consequences.”

Seeing that Terence was beaten, Lawrence immediately rushed up to block the excited crowd in front of Terence and said, “Everyone, hurry up and go back. There won’t be any results even if you make a ruckus here. Since Mr. Terence has agreed to help solve the problem, then he will.”

Although the man was a little worried about his own end, when he thought of how he had finally met the real person in charge of the Gibson family, he quickly regained his courage. The other owners who came with him also did not want to just walk away like that. Under his encouragement, they quickly began to get agitated again. “No, we will no longer believe in your so-called promise! You must immediately refund us… Immediately!”

Terence was surrounded by them and could not get away, his handsome eyebrows frowned.

At this time, a nanny van slowly stopped at the door of the sales center. Someone in the chaotic crowd whispered, “It’s Lila! The big star!”