“If I suggest kissing her after just getting to know her, won’t she take me as an indecent man? Besides, kissing her will mean that I treat her as my girlfriend. I don’t want that for now.”Ryan shook his head decisively.His words were logical, but Freya was dissatisfied after hearing him. “Ha, you’re saying that you’re not indecent if you kiss me and you don’t have to take responsibility either, right?”“I just want to see if I’ll feel repulsed when kissing women. Can’t I do that?” Ryan looked as if he was wronged. Under the dim lights, every inch of his face exuded hurt. “You promised me.”“...”Freya had not promised him at all. Of course, she did not reject him either.Every cell in Freya was annoyed and flustered.“Hey, look there. Who’s that?” Ryan suddenly pointed to her left and said in surprise.Freya thought Forrest had come down. She immediately looked over nervously. However, she did not see anything at all.“There’s no one…” A dark silhouette came close to her fr
“Yes, I liked it a lot when I kissed you,” Ryan interrupted her.Freya’s heart skipped a beat. She could not meet his gaze anymore. “Is that so? But I think you’ll like kissing other women a lot too.”“I don’t know about that.”The corners of Ryan’s mouth were curved. “Freya, if only I was the one who got to know you first.”“...”Freya held her breath.Did he mean what she was thinking? Was she just overthinking?“You… Stop talking nonsense. It’s late. Let’s go back.”She started the car and drove while feeling overwhelmed.Things were getting increasingly out of hand tonight.“Freya, when I kissed you just now, I thought it felt familiar like I’ve kissed you before,” Ryan suddenly said, “Did we kiss each other before in our past lives?”Freya’s head buzzed. She did not know how to answer that question. She spoke again when the car had driven a considerable distance, “Is that so? I think you must be really drunk.”“Maybe. I drank quite a lot tonight.” Ryan’s voice softened
Forrest and Jessica stayed in a small condominium in the US back then.When he was young and wild, he often fooled around with his friends. He would even drink until he got drunk and only got home at midnight. Back then, no matter how drunk he was, Jessica would always be there to help him up.It felt like he had a home in a foreign country with her presence.However, it was all too realistic that Forrest was left in unbearable pain for all those years.He really hated this woman.When they reached the suite’s door, Forest suddenly pushed Jessica against the wall. He kissed her like a madman.The back of Jessica’s head hit the wall. It was so painful that she almost fainted. Before she could recover from it, she felt an intense pain on her lips. Blood flowed in their mouths.She was in pain, but she felt like she was alive again.She had been constantly scheming and calculating everything all these years, yet she was not satisfied. Instead, she was like an old person who was ab
“Strained?”Forrest laughed. “Am I the one who wants it to be this way? Jessica, you should know it better than anyone else. You’re too cruel. After returning to Australia back then, what did you promise me? You said you’d let me propose our marriage to your parents after some time. However, I waited and waited. In the end, you broke up with me before you got married to another man. “Never mind that, why did you switch my sister’s medicine? After she got pregnant, you even threatened her with the Lynch family’s matters. You did not allow her to get an abortion and had her marry your useless brother. How had all of you Snow family members hurt and betrayed Freya? She has always been doted on in our family since young. The Snow family destroyed everything.“If you have even a sliver of conscience, or if you even have a trace of guilt toward me, you wouldn’t have hurt my sister like that. What’s done is done and can’t be reversed, do you know that?”Jessica clenched her hands that we
Forrest said coldly, “Jessica deserves it. Who asked her to be greedy for power?”“Brother, being born in a family like the Snow family and being educated to bear responsibilities ever since young, it’s understandable that there are many instances where she doesn’t have a choice. She’s a member of the Snow family. They’ve given her the best education and honorable status. Her parents raised her painstakingly, and she’s the eldest sister. She has to take on her responsibilities. Jessica didn’t only have you back then. There were also her parents who had great expectations for her and her brothers whom she had to protect.”Freya said resignedly, “Besides, the Lynch family was so insignificant at that time. The Snow family could crush us with just a finger. If Old Master Snow found out his granddaughter behaved recklessly for a guy from a small place, do you think he’d have let the Lynch family go? He would surely have caused you problems and forced you to leave. For your family’s safet
...Two days later, Freya returned home after getting off work. When she arrived at the dining hall’s door while pushing Dani in her stroller, she heard pleasant laughter ringing inside.“Summer, you’re so adorable.”Heidi was grinning from ear to ear.Freya’s footsteps halted. In that split second, Heidi saw her and waved her hand. “Freya, you’ve gotten off work. Come over quickly. Let me introduce you.”Under the bright chandelier, a sweet-looking woman was sitting beside Heidi. She looked like she was in her 20s. She was graceful, and her smile was bright when she smiled at Freya. At first glance, she was a woman who would be adored by elders. One could tell she was a polite person.“This is Summer. I’ve mentioned her to you before. She’s also your godfather’s closest friend’s daughter.” Heidi’s voice was filled with delight. “I asked Ryan to bring Summer over for a meal.”“Hello, Freya. Nice to meet you.” Summer showed Freya an elegant and sincere smile. Then, she pouted her
Freya was not a petty person. Usually, when guests wanted to carry Dani, she would agree to let them hold her. Not only that, she was happy as a mother when others liked her daughter for being so adorable. However, she felt like Ryan was trying to please another woman at that moment and was using her daughter to do so. She did not like that at all.If she were to refuse him, the atmosphere would become awkward. It would make her look childish as well. Therefore, she could only bite the bullet and hand her child to Ryan.After Ryan carried Dani, he immediately moved closer to Summer’s side. They were looking at the child together with their heads lowered. Ryan even made Dani laugh from time to time. When Dani giggled, Summer would smile happily as well.“Ryan, look. She has two little dimples when she smiles. That’s so adorable.”Freya could not continue looking at this scene.She averted her gaze and took two sips of water from her glass.Heidi had a mysterious smile on as she
“Mm.”Ryan changed his shoes. The curved corners of his mouth showed that he was in a good mood.Freya raised her head and glanced at him indifferently. She thought he was an eyesore. As Heidi and Nathan were not here, she did not want to pretend anymore.“Dani, did you miss me…”Ryan reached out to touch Dani’s little face, but Freya quickly carried Dani away and avoided his hand.“What are you doing?” Ryan raised his eyebrows.Freya did not look up. She simply said sarcastically, “Has Miss Wright gone back already? I thought you’d ask her to stay the night.”“No way.” Ryan sat beside her and crossed his legs lazily. “Summer is a proper lady. She’s not some casual woman. Even if she does spend the night here, my mom will arrange for her to stay in the guest room in the official residence. How could she stay at my place?”Freya smiled. “Oh yes, Summer isn’t just some casual woman.”She was the casual one. She simply let Ryan kiss her multiple times.As he said before, he did