Love Is a Sweet Addiction

“Terence? He is probably working,” Esther said with a bitter smile.

Terence rarely returned home early. Most of the time, he worked overtime in the company. Esther did not want to go back home as it was empty and cold.

Lila smiled. She took out her phone and turned on the GPS. She typed in Terence’s phone number and quickly found that he was not working.

Terence’s position was changing. It was obvious that he was outside.

Lila looked up at Esther and said with a smile, “In that case, let’s have a few drinks. Red or white?”

“I would like some juice.”

“Okay. Waiter, juice please,” Lila ordered.

Esther picked up the cup and took a sip. Esther stared at Lila and asked, “You followed me to the coffee shop. You must have something to say.”

“What do you mean?”

“Feel free to say. I’m listening,” Esther seemed to be disappointed in her life.

Esther wished that Lila could say so many bad words that Esther could totally give up on Terence and hate him. Then, Esther would no longer be affected by Terence. They wouldn’t interfere with each other’s affairs.

Lila’s expression changed slightly. Then she laughed, “What are you talking about? I came here to have fun with my friends. How could I be following you?”

“Aren’t you best at tracking others?” Esther shook her head and said, “Although Proley is small, I don’t think it’s a coincidence. I don’t believe that you coincidentally passed by Spring River Sales Center and coincidentally appeared at the entrance of the coffee shop.”

“Well, if you say so,” Lila gave Esther another glass of juice and said, “Take it easy. I won’t do anything bad to you tonight.”

Esther smiled, “Really? Then I will leave.”

Lila hurriedly responded and smiled, “Wait, it’s raining outside. I’ll send you back later.”

…

After coming out of the company, Terence went back home. He found that the room was dark and empty. He felt quite anxious and worried.

Without staying long, he left the house and walked out.

He didn’t know where Esther was.

He realized that he knew little about Esther. He didn’t know what she liked, where she liked to go, and what she liked to do. It was difficult for him to find her.

He first went to the supermarket downstairs, then went to the nearby restaurants. Also, he went to the square where she fell into the water yesterday.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Because it was raining, there was almost no one in the square. Esther probably wasn’t here.

The phone in the small cabinet rang. Terence quickly picked it up, but he was disappointed to see Shaw’s number on the phone. He answered the phone, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. I just wanted to ask if you have found Miss Esther.”

“No.”

“No?” Shaw was a little surprised, “Is Miss Esther at home? Have you gone back to check?”

“Yes, I have. She is not at home,” Terence didn’t want to waste time and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up.”

“Okay, I’ll go out and help you find her. Contact me by phone.”

Terence said bitterly, “Thank you. But there’s no need. Even I can’t guess where she would go.”

Shaw thought about it and said, “Miss Esther likes quiet places and loves to be alone. Perhaps she is hiding on a deserted road.”

“I do not know,” Terence’s tone was a little low. Shaw did not dare to ask any more questions and hung the phone up.

Shaw’s guess was not necessarily accurate, but Terence got out of the car, held an umbrella, and walked along the sidewalk. He paid attention to every corner that could hide people.

It was raining heavily. Terence was drenched even though he had an umbrella.

However, he did not care. Right now, he only wanted to find Esther as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would get more anxious.

…

After coming out of the bar, Esther noticed that it was nine o’clock. It was time to go home after running away all day.

She wondered if Terence had returned. She didn’t know whether he would be anxious when he didn’t see her after returning home.

She thought, ‘Forget it. Stop thinking the nonsense.’

Esther took a deep breath and realized that it was cold outside. Although she wore a shirt, she felt cold. She tightened her clothes and hailed a taxi. Then, she went straight home.

She got off the car and looked up. She only saw a dark balcony. She knew that Terence was not back.

It was so late. She wondered, ‘Is he still working?’

Nothing was different in the house. It seemed that Terence had not come back. She went to the kitchen and found that the table dirtied by her this morning had been cleaned up.

When she left in the morning, the table was still a mess. It seemed that Terence had tidied it up before leaving.

She didn’t think twice about that. She went straight into the bathroom to take a shower. The phone in the living room rang when she was taking the shower. But she didn’t pick it up.

When she stepped into the bedroom after taking a shower, she saw the sexy pajamas on the bed.

It was mocking and ridiculous.

Seeing it, Esther thought of last night. She sacrificed her pride. In the end, she got nothing but Terence’s sarcasm and a cup of milk with contraceptives.

She was a joke.

She excitedly picked up the pajamas and stuffed them into the corner of the wardrobe. She did not want to see the pajamas again.

After that, she sat on the bed for a moment before lying down.

The room was quiet. She unconsciously glanced at the time. It was ten o’clock. She thought that Terence would be back.

When she was about to fall asleep, the phone in the living room rang again.

Usually, no one called other than the property management, so Esther had ignored it before. She did not expect the phone to ring so late at night.