Chapter 19

Etan’s eyes swept over Jean’s full, pink lips. “You seem to be very confident in yourself. But not everyone is into you,” he said with a poker face.

The more impassive he was, the more Jean wanted to expose his hypocrisy.

She kicked off the slippers she had just put on, walked barefoot toward Etan, and then stopped about ten centimeters from him.

Her pink lips turned up. “Really? Like someone said last night that you would not be interested even if I stripped naked in front of you?”

Her smile had a natural charm that was bewitching yet innocent. It aroused his itching desire.

“Are you seducing me?” he said with a straight face.

“Seducing you? Do you know what real seduction looks like?” She giggled.

She suddenly tumbled forward.

He reached to catch her as she plunged straight into his arms.

His heart skipped a beat as he smelled the same subtly pleasing scent on her body.

She furrowed her brows as she leaned in his arms as if the bones in her body had gone missing. She put her hand to her chest and murmured, “My heart is thumping violently, my legs weak. Can you help me take a look?”

Her voice was soft, mellow like honey, capable of taking down any defenses.

The skin of her long, slender legs was fair and lustrous.

She bit her lower lip, looking at him shyly with a pair of foggy eyes. She looked irresistibly tempting.

Etan’s eyes darkened. He put his arm around her wasp waist with one hand.

His mind told him he should throw this woman out, but his hand did otherwise, tightening his grip on her.

“Aaaah… it hurts!” She let out a soft cry, pursing her lips. “You’re so naughty! I will get your handprint all over my waist tomorrow.”

These inexplicit words were fatal to men.

“Really? Let me have a look at it.” His voice was hoarse, eyes bursting with kindles of desire.

“Not a chance.” She flipped in his arms, then stepped on his feet and tiptoed as she curled her hands around his neck. Her lips turned up in a smile as she saw his sexy Adam’s apple rolling up and down his throat when she brushed her lips across his chin.

Their eyes met. They saw their own reflections in each other’s eyes.

They were attracted to each other like magnets at that moment. They drew closer and closer to each other. Just when their lips were about one millimeter from each other, Jean suddenly looked away. She put her lips to his ear and tittered. “Now, this is a seduction. Don’t thank me. And it was a free lesson. Thank you for taking me in last night.”

Etan came to his senses and realized that he had been played.

His face darkened like an icy abyss. He clutched the back of her neck and pulled her closer to him.

She put her two fingers on his lips. “Don’t cross the line. You are my best friend’s boyfriend, remember?”

Earlier, a voice in her mind told her, ‘What Anne did last night was not in bad faith. Take revenge on her. Since she cares so much about her boyfriend, steal him from her.’

But her sanity got the better of that voice.

If she did what that voice told her, what was the difference between her and those she hated?

He was still clutching her wasp waist with no intention to let go. “Do you know the fate of those who play me?”

His hoarse voice had a hint of suppressed anger.

Bewitchery faded from her face, replaced by an innocent smile. “How is this a play? I was just showing you what seduction is.”

They were inches from each other and could feel each other’s breath. But she was extremely composed.

“You might be an important person, but not all women are into you.”

Etan did not look up or spare her a glance when Jean opened the door and walked out.

He put down his coffee with his lips turning up.

This woman did not seem to know her place.

If she was a woman who would do anything to move up in the world, she should not have missed the chance to get a powerful backer like him.

But she passed it up.

She either did not give a damn or was just playing hard to get.

His cell phone rang. He glanced at it and picked it up.

“Grandma.”

“Please bring Anne home for dinner tonight, Etan.”

“Umm… Okay.”