Chester softly exhaled a mouthful of smoke.He tried to fight his split personality.“What is everyone staring at? Start eating.” Chester lifted his exquisite chin.“Yeah.” Only then did everyone recover from their senses. “President Jewell, it’s been a long time since we had a meal together. Come. Let’s all toast to President Jewell.”Subsequently, everyone took turns to drink a toast to Chester.If that had happened in the past, Chester surely would not care to drink with them.However, alcohol appeared to be the only thing he could use to numb himself today.As a doctor, he knew full well that he could not drink alcohol after having gastrointestinal bleeding, but alcohol could prevent him from losing his sanity.Alcohol could prevent him from thinking about Charity all the time.…On the top floor, the server in the restaurant pushed a trolley of flowers and cake toward Charity.Monte rose to his feet and received the flowers, from where he took out a beautiful diamond ne
After dinner, Monte staggered as he stood up. “Lizzie, I think I’ve drunk too much. Can you bring me to the room to rest?”“Okay.” Charity held him by his shoulders.Monte was secretly pleased, and more than half of his body was leaning against hers.Charity tottered as she brought him into the room. Before she could switch on the lights, Monte pushed her to the wall.“Lizzie, I miss you so badly. Do you miss me?” Monte kissed her greedily and desperately. “Do you remember how happy I used to make you?”Charity covered his lips with a calm gaze.“Lizzie, there’s no one here. You don’t have to be shy.” Monte’s Adam’s apple bobbed. With his hand around her waist, he could not wait to act.While her hands were around his neck, Charity let out a creepy laugh. “Who said… no one’s here?”Monte was stunned. However, he suddenly laughed wickedly. “Lizzie, you’re bad. You really do know how to scare–”Before he could finish his sentence, he felt something sharp thrust into his shoulder
“It’s because Monte carried you into the room.” Chester smiled wildly. “I’m the only one who can touch your shoulders.”Charity’s head began to hurt. “Chester, you’re drunk.”“Yes, I am.” Chester bent over and lowered his head. As he whispered, his breath caressed her ear. “When I heard other people saying that Monte had taken you to the top floor for dinner, I would’ve f*cking chopped Monte off if I hadn’t made myself blind drunk. How dare that b*stard touch my woman. Even if it was just an act, I could hardly tolerate it.”Charity tilted her head imperceptibly, revealing the grand diamond necklace around her neck.Chester shifted his eyes down her neck and caught sight of the necklace.He gently caressed the diamond pendant and asked with a hoarse voice, “Was it from Monte?”Charity was speechless.“Or was it from Max?”“What does it have to do with you?” Charity could not be bothered to get herself involved with a drunkard.Chester tugged the diamond necklace hard with his
Charity pushed Chester. “Move away. This is the corridor. It’ll be troublesome if someone comes over later.”If she stayed there and a waiter saw them, her plans would be ruined. However, Chester refused to budge. In that case, Charity had no choice but to scratch his chest hard. Chester hissed in pain and grabbed her wrist, dragging her to the emergency exit behind a door. “No one will see us here.” Chester pressed Charity against the door. His bright, handsome eyes were filled with bewilderment. “Let me go. I want to go back.” Charity did not want to get involved with him anymore. “Chester, I told you very clearly last time. Let’s just go our own way, okay? I believe you can do it. After we broke up, didn’t you have lots of fun over the years and so many women by your side? You can continue to do that in the future.”The dark stairway fell silent for some time before Chester said in agony, “But whenever I close or open my eyes now, all I see is you.”Charity stared int
Ken was taken aback. After a moment, he said, “Of course. There are many things in this world that I can’t have simply because I want them.”“Elaborate on it.” Chester passed a cigarette to him. Ken accepted the cigarette and said, “You know that my parents divorced when I was five years old. I had a happy life before I was five, but it only took an instant for everything to fall apart. No matter how much I begged my dad not to divorce my mom and abandon me, he still left even after I knelt and pleaded with him not to leave. It was because he had another woman outside, and that woman was pregnant too.”Ken smiled. “I asked for a complete family and for the people I loved not to leave me. However, those were just my wishes. Everyone is an independent individual. They’re not obliged to satisfy me.”“That’s right. She’s not obliged to satisfy me either,” Chester muttered. Some people wished for family love, while some hoped for romantic love. However, emotions were the hardest to
When Chester was about to get in his car, he suddenly turned back and said to Ken, “Remind the presidents who ate together tonight that they didn’t see Eliza and Monte eating together upstairs. Also, take care of the security footage that hasn’t been deleted.”Ken was stunned. He nodded. However, he was confused and wondered what spell Eliza had put Chester under. She had rejected Chester countless times, yet the selfish President Jewell was still helping her. It was bizarre. …After returning home, Charity received a call from Steven. “Miss Robbins, the woman has been arranged to enter Monte’s room. As for the hotel’s security footage… I realized someone had already deleted it. It seems like the restaurant’s waiters have been told to keep their lips sealed beforehand too… Do you need me to investigate this? I think someone is helping you in secret.”Charity immediately thought of Chester. “No need to investigate. I know who did it.”She did not expect that he would still v
Monte was still unaware that there was a huge commotion outside until there was the sound of something heavy banging on the door.“Who’s being so noisy?” He threw a tantrum and sat up. Then, he saw an unknown woman whom he had never met before lying beside him. The woman’s hair was fanned out, and she was naked with the smell of cheap perfume on her.“Who… Who are you?”Monte was so startled that he stood up from the bed instantly. At the same time, Lillian barged in with two of her brothers with a bang. “Monte, you bastard!” Lillian charged over and slapped Monte twice. The fire of fury burned in her eyes. She was exasperated. Lillian was a proper elite lady. Her family had spoiled her since she was young.However, everyone had found out that her fiance was having an affair behind her back. Never mind that he was having an affair, but he even said she did not have good looks or a nice body. He said she was like a dead fish on the bed. What Lillian felt was not just a
Monte took a quick bath. After thoroughly removing that woman’s scent, he rushed to the hospital for a check-up. On the way, he received a call from Mr. Patterson. “Monte, you unfilial son! I told you to treat Lillian nicely, but look at what you did. You created such a scandal, and now everyone knows about it. I’m utterly embarrassed because of you. Your Uncle Tanner even called to say they want to cut off contact with our family.“Also, I heard from the Tanner family that you’ve been infected with HIV?“I should’ve strangled you to death when you were born back then.”Cold sweat broke out on Monte’s forehead. “Dad, I was scammed. Someone wants to ruin our partnership with the Tanner family.”“You only got scammed because you’re stupid and perverted!” Mr. Patterson scolded. “If you’ve really caught some dirty disease, don’t appear in front of me anymore.”Mr. Patterson hung up after speaking. Monte gripped the phone tightly. He never thought Eliza would set him up like this