When Eric thought about the way Crystal had stood up to Richard, he remembered the wh*re who’d spat wine in his face the last time he’d been at the club. The girls were similar in height and figure, and they both had the same stunning eyes. Eric shook his head in an attempt to shake the feeling of déjà vu. Could they be the same girl? - he asked himself - No. That was impossible. After all, the wh*re had a mole at the corner of her eye!
Eric turned to the entrance of the club and saw Crystal and Serenity outside. They were waiting for a taxi. Until next time he thought, and he smiled, confident that there would be the next time.
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Because Crystal didn’t think it would be safe to leave Serenity alone, she brought her friend home. When they arrived, the lig
Crystal came up behind Nathan and wrapped her hands around his waist. She kissed the back of his neck and shoulders and said, “Whatever it is that you’re cooking, it smells delicious.”“I hope it tastes as good as it smells,” Nathan replied, and even though Crystal couldn’t see his face, she could tell that he was smiling. After a moment, Nathan chuckled, and he said, “I almost forgot that it’s your Birthday! I have a present for you. It’s in my pocket. You can get it if you’d like.”“A present?” Crystal exclaimed happily. “For me?” After everything that had happened at the bar, she’d pretty much forgotten that it was her Birthday.“Go ahead!” Nathan laughed and said, “Take a look!”
Crystal shuddered as a wave of pleasure passed over her body. As soon as it passed, though, her senses returned to her, and the reality of her situation numbed her. She had given Nathan a month to prove that he was worthy of being her husband, but almost immediately after he agreed to her terms, she had allowed him to seduce her.Crystal was disappointed by her lack of self-control, and she knew that she needed to get a handle on the situation before it passed the point of no return. After all, it was possible to get pregnant after having sex only once, and the last thing she wanted in her life right now was a screaming baby. And she especially did not want to have Nathan’s screaming baby.When Nathan put the moves on Crystal, he got her juices flowing, but she wanted more than sexual passion and pleasure from a marriage. She wanted love.
(Warning: This chapter contains a sexual scene. Harsh and brutal words. If you're not comfortable reading it kindly skip it and move to another chapter)Twenty-six minutes later, there was a knock at Eric’s door, and he rushed to open it. His delivery had arrived. Lyla was tall and slim with long, brown hair, medium-sized breasts, and c*ck-sucking lips. She had a trench coat in her right hand, swung over her shoulder. In her left hand, a pair of high heel sneakers hung loosely between her fingers. Otherwise, she was completely naked. She smiled softly, and in a sultry tone of voice, she said, “I’m here. Would you care to invite me in?”“Lyla,” Eric gasped. “It took you so long….”Overcome by lust, Eric dragged her into the room, threw her ont
Crystal looked at Serenity and forced herself to smile, saying, “I’m here. Don’t worry.” Serenity frowned. “What were you thinking about anyway?” she asked.Crystal sighed and said, “I was just thinking about everything Nathan bought for me. If he can afford to buy me such lavish gifts, why do you think he wanted my inheritance? It doesn’t make any sense!”“Perhaps it is you that he is after?” Serenity suggested. “Maybe it has nothing to do with the money.”“That’s ridiculous,” Crystal scoffed, and she faked a laugh to show her friend how preposterous she thought the idea was. “Look at me. I’m hardly anyone’s dream girl!”“I suppose you’re r
Eric reached into the back seat for a bouquet of pale orange flowers that he’d purchased earlier that morning. They were called Juliet Roses, and they were wrapped in vintage brown paper that had been imported from England.Eric watched Crystal cross the street, and he was about to get out of the car when he saw a van drive up alongside her from the corner of his eye. What the hell is going on here? - he wondered. The van stopped, and for a moment, his view of Crystal was obscured, and then it took off like a bat out of hell.At that moment, inspiration struck, and for fear of losing his nerve, Eric didn’t give himself time to think. Instead, he jumped straight into the action.Without a word of explanation, Eric ordered Antony out of the car, and he slid into the driver’s seat. He smashed his foot
“I didn’t fake an accident,” Eric laughed. “I staged a collision, and my neck is in more pain than you could imagine. But it was for a good cause.”Crystal smiled shyly when she heard that. She was a little bit upset about Eric’s trick, but nobody had ever gone to such lengths to get her attention. “Hang in there,” she said. “We’ve called an ambulance. Someone will come in a matter of minutes. I have to get to class, though. I have to go. I can not stay any longer,”Eric saw that Crystal was going to leave, so, while clutching his neck, he jumped out of the car. He stretched out an arm in Crystal’s direction and cried, “You’re not going to let me die, are you?”“You’re not going to die,” Crystal scoffed. &ldqu
Crystal frowned as she waved for the taxi to leave. “You can go now,” she said. “You’re no longer needed.”When the driver heard this, he called Crystal a bitch and drove away. Before he’d gone more than two inches, though, Eric kicked the side of his car.“Who do you think you’re talking to?” Eric shouted. “Not only will I not accept your ride, but I will make sure that your career as a driver is ruined.”“Are you out of your mind?” the driver shouted.“Just keep your mouth shut and move along,” Eric warned. “I’ve already memorized your license plate number.”The driver sighed, shook his head, and drove away. Once he w
Crystal walked out of the VIP ward and into the white marble-tiled corridor. The corridor was very long, and the nurses’ station was at the end of it, around the corner from the elevator. As Crystal approached the corner, she happened to overhear four nurses gossiping. She heard Nathan’s name, so she slowed her pace to hear more.The first nurse had her phone open so that everyone could see a picture of a good-looking man. “Who is he?” the second nurse asked.“Don’t you guys watch the news?” the first nurse scoffed. “He is only one of the wealthiest bachelors in the city! Here, I’ll show you another picture of him.” The nurse swiped left, and a second image appeared.“He’s hot!” the third nurse agreed, “but he’s nothing special
Crystal looked at Mrs. Bush in a trance.“Amos Davis is…”Eric stood up and pressed the wound with a swab of alcohol.“Is Amos Davis Nathan’s father?” Crystal asked again.“Yes.” Eric looked down at her. “Are you surprised?”“So you and Nathan...”“You have a good imagination. We are not related.”“What about the child?”“Isn’t it obvious? The child’s death was the main cause of her nervous breakdown.” Eric held out his injured hand and said, “Honey, aren’t yo
At night, Crystal woke up sweating from her nightmare.The servant somehow slipped down on the carpet and fell asleep by the door.Crystal opened her eyes in tears. It was dark and still. She looked down at the overlapping lights, her heart aching as if she had been sliced open by razor blades.She tiptoed out of bed and picked up the phone from the bedside table.She walked barefoot into the bathroom, sat on the toilet, and stared at the black screen for a while.A week before, she had lost control of herself and seemed to have unconsciously dialed the number she had branded at her fingertips.But there came a female voice without feeling:
Eric looked at Crystal in shock.“You can rest assured that these small cuts will not affect the child’s physical health. And it won’t affect your revenge on Nathan!” Crystal said happily, her jaw suddenly strangled.Eric clutched her jaw tightly. “I thought you were a strong woman, but you’re just so vulnerable.”“That’s right. I’m vulnerable. Didn’t you know that?”That was why Eric asked the servant to put the blades away.Just now, it was also the servant who heard that Crystal was looking for the blade, so she rushed to find Eric immediately.Looking at the sweat on his forehead, the way he was out of bre
Inside the villa, doctors came in and out. Luckily, Eric sent Crystal into his car, and he gave her warm measures in time and kept her cold feet warm.“Miss Smith and the baby are fine. But Miss Smith was cold and somewhat weak. As for her feet, it’s taboo to touch cold water in this weather,” replied the doctor. “You’d better help her now, help her to activate her blood lest she might fall off rheumatism when she is older.Eric had Crystal’s feet rubbed by himself with the best essential oil.Crystal fell asleep in a daze. Her tears never stopped, as though she had dreamt of something sad.Her dry lips moved, calling someone’s name.Eric got close enough to hear her.
Crystal seemed to see Nathan staring at her with an angry face in her bewilderment.Her heart was beating wildly across her chest. She broke down and wanted to reach out and let him take her away.Suddenly, she didn’t want to take care of anything. She was not as strong as she thought.She just wanted a man who loved her, and she loved. She wanted to be cared for, have a child, and live a simple life. But the next second, the figure turned into Eric.He held down the handrail of the wooden bridge and jumped into the lake.Splash! Splash!Several bodyguards also jumped down one after another.Eric quickly walked over to her, took
Vic came in from the outside and was quite surprised to see this scene.He had expected Nathan’s return to make up with Crystal.Crystal was thrown into the bathroom, and her body crashed against the cold porcelain wall.Nathan hadn’t given up yet, even though she had made it so clearly.He picked up a birdbath and jabbed it into her hand. “Pee.”Crystal held the basin. “Do you want to check, and then you give up and let me go?”“Now!”He tugged at her trousers.Crystal went out today wearing suspenders, and Nathan took off her coat and stripp
Crystal pulled away from his hand hard and turned to leave.He instantly retrieved her body, and she hit him hard on the chest.Nathan held her tightly, his last icy line collapsed.“Don’t go. Don’t leave me.” He said.This man, who had just been proud and arrogant, was momentarily weak again.Crystal was not feeling any better, and her heart was trembling.“I miss you so much. I’ve been thinking about you, Crystal, every minute of the day. My life was dull and sad. I function every day, but I’m dying inside,” His voice, with the hot air, blew in her ear.Crystal felt as
A man was sitting with his legs crossing on the dark blue leather sofa, silent and noble in the living room.Crystal stood at the door, only by seeing him at a glance did she want to run away. However, her feet were like a tree with deep roots, so steady and heavy that she could not move it a little.Every night, the man she saw in her dream was now sitting in front of her. The man put out the cigarette and said casually, “Miss Smith, here you are.”The voice was like thunder, which immediately woke Crystal up.She jerked around to leave…“Miss Smith, don’t you want your watch back?” Nathan’s cold voice sounded again.It’s him!
“More than 20 years?” Nancy didn’t understand. “That is to say, I’ve been waiting to meet you since I was born,” he gave Nancy a charming smile, “You’re in a cold sweat, am I so horrible?” Nancy shook her head, “No...” “I don’t want to be someone you’re afraid of,” he kissed on the back of Nancy’s hand, “I just want to be a big tree, to provide shade and shelter for you.” Nancy lowered her head in a panic, dared not look at him. That’s so unreal, and such dreamlike happiness would catch everyone unprepared, especially someone a boy crazy like Nancy. Marcos was like a noble prince; no woman could resist his charm and tenderness.