North stared at Leon’s text message and gulped. She did not rush to reply. She wanted to approach this tactfully. [Leon, are men always very mysterious?]Gerald chuckled. It seemed like North was trying to enquire about relationship problems. He paused for a while before he asked. [Like?]North replied. [Would you usually be… angry with your wife?]Gerald could not help but chuckle. His eyes were glinting in playfulness. [Hmm, it depends. We don’t really fight. Why?]North’s first thought was that Leon was indeed a married man as predicted. Her second thought was that normal people would not be angry at their spouses for no reason. She repeated the incident to Leon. [...Just because I didn’t wait for him, he wanted to sleep in a separate room. It’s ridiculous!] Gerald looked at her text message as his eyes darkened. It seemed like North still did not understand why he was angry. What should he do? He was not angry about the fact that she did not wait for him. Instead…
After he read the message that North sent to Leon, he listened to the voice message that she sent to him again.“Hubby… I know I’m wrong, please don’t be angry. I can’t sleep when I’m not with you. Do you really want me to sleep alone?”[He actually wanted to sleep in a separate room! What kind of husband is he!] [He’s so cold-hearted! I’ve already lowered myself, but he still didn’t reply to my message!] [Do you think he can’t get it up anymore? It must be because he’s too stressed!] Gerald was silent for a whole minute after reading her messages about him not being able to get it up due to stress… He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He replayed the voice message again. After hearing it for the third time, he smiled and replied using Leon’s account. [Is it true that you can’t sleep well?] North immediately replied, [Of course not. I have very good sleep quality. I’m just finding an excuse.] [Leon, how can I get back to the master bedroom? Do you think he’ll
Everyone in the virtual meeting was stunned. What was North saying? Gerald had erectile dysfunction and he needed to see a doctor…?Did they accidentally overhear Mr. Gerald’s secret? Would they be silenced for that?Connor broke the silence and said, “Mr. Gerald, the meeting is almost over. We’ll… excuse ourselves first.”“Right, we should leave now.”“Goodbye, Mr. Gerald.”Gerald chuckled and rubbed North’s chin. His voice was soft. “What did you just say? Do you want to repeat yourself?”North shivered as she felt Gerald’s dangerous gaze on her. “I-I was saying…” “You’re doubting my ability?” Gerald said and paused. He sized her up. “So, are you… offering yourself to test if I can still get it up?” North was speechless. That was her intention, but why did it sound so odd when it came out of Gerald’s mouth? Gerald was curious. “Tell me why you thought that?” North kept her mouth shut. How was she supposed to clarify? Gerald chuckled when he noticed that she was si
Gerald gradually tightened his hold over North’s waist. He could feel her trembling and going limp in his arms. North was instinctively leaning close to him.After the kiss, North’s eyes became watery and red. She wanted to be fierce but failed. It made her sound willful. “What are you doing?!”Gerald patted North’s back gently. He had probably frightened her because he had suggested sleeping in different rooms all of a sudden. But he did not want to make a fuss about it. He asked gently, “Why did you insist on sleeping in the master bedroom?” North was in a daze because of the kiss. She answered without any hesitation, “We’re married.” She thought. “Shouldn’t a married couple sleep together?”After a pause, Gerald laughed.That answer might have pleased him. “I would have let you come back to sleep with me tonight even if you hadn’t come to me.”He had thought that the concept of being married had yet to sink into North’s mind. It turned out that he was wrong. He carried
Everyone was aware of the relationship between Mason and Gerald. Nelly and Gerald grew up with each other. There were quite a lot of scandals about them when they were young. But it stopped when Nelly went abroad. But Nelly had come back from abroad and was there to discuss a business deal with Gerald. It made others wonder if it would be awkward since North was still there. While everyone was having such thoughts, Nelly arrived.North narrowed her eyes. Gerald pinched her hand. “I’ll make her leave if you’re upset. Mason’s assistant should be discussing this cooperation with me.” North shook her head. She would not be unreasonable if they were merely talking business. Since Nelly had come to Deep Pool Corporation, it led to a lot of gossip.“What if Mrs. Howard bumps into Ms. Nelly?” “I’m sure Mr. Gerald will handle it well, right?” “Who do you think Mr. Gerald likes?” “I think it’s Mrs. Howard. Didn’t he make their relationship public for her…” “But I’m sure the s
Moreover, no one would criticize Nelly for approaching Gerald since she was North’s friend. North held her chin. It had been a long time since she had met such a cunning b*tch.She asked, feigning confusion, “A ruby necklace? Ms. Nelly, we’ve just met twice. Why are you so generous?” Everyone who had praised their friendship was stunned by her words. They had just met twice. But it was a different story on Twitter…“North,” Nelly hurriedly said to interrupt everyone’s thoughts. “Our friendship was written in the stars. Plus, we don’t have to care about how long we’ve known each other if we want to be friends, right?”“Mm, that’s right. But let’s forget about the necklace. Ms. Nelly, I’m a bit cautious. I can’t accept others’ gifts casually.”North remarked profoundly, “To be honest, I knew this person. She also gave me a lot of gifts at first. She pretended to be my friend and got close to me. But she just made a fool out of me and used my name to get close to my fiance.” N
Gerald turned around and watched North intensely.North became frightened by his stare. “W-What…”“Mason won’t do that.” Gerald must have seen through North’s thoughts, so he went straight to the point. “Mason and Nelly are vastly different. They don’t look like siblings who grew up in the same family. So, the things you’re worried about won’t happen.” North blushed and was awkward because he had seen through her. She said, “No, I’m not thinking about anything.”Gerald smiled gently and did not expose her. He indulged her and nodded. “Mm, you’re not thinking about anything.”North thought. “Why do I feel like he’s trying to pacify a kid?!” But she was not worried about Mason since Gerald had said so.…A few days passed by.The design competition was around the corner. North stayed home to practice because she was the representative of Peacevale University in this competition.There was a show event before the design competition. All the famous designers and judges would
“There’s more.” Ivan’s tone sounded weird. “Look closer. Who did Reina bring up?” North tapped on the post and started reading it.ReinaV: [I got a good result by becoming the champion of the previous design competition. But I won’t take it lightly this time either. Ms. Star and Mr. Leon, thank you for your suggestions and guidance. I won’t let you guys down!]North widened her eyes. “Who did Reina talk about?” She was Star. But she had never taught Reina.Reina had plagiarized North’s designs and even called the latter her teacher. Was there something wrong with her brain?Ivan cocked his brow. “So, Ms. Star, you must join this competition.”North could not humiliate Reina if she did not join the competition. After hanging up, North used her private account to read the comments of Reina’s post on Twitter with interest. [Hear me out. Reina was the champion of the previous competition. All the judges gave her high praise. Mr. Avery, the founder of the design competition, ev