Timothy drove Chelsey home, purposely ignoring the Rolls-Royce that was tailing them. He did not even bring up the observation to Chelsey.Upon arrival, Chelsey invited Timothy into the house. Since her marriage to Lucas three years ago, she had not invited any friends to their place.Timothy happily agreed and entered the villa. Chelsey made some tea for Timothy while he wandered to the fireplace, where he found some half-burned photo frames in the area. He could make out Lucas' and Chelsey's faces in the photos.A grin appeared on his lips when he realized that Chelsey had burned her photos with Lucas. At that moment, she emerged from the kitchen with freshly brewed tea. Seeing him standing by the fireplace, she called out to him gently, "Tim, have some tea.""Sure." He took a seat on the couch, and she served him a cup of tea.Taking a sip, he commented, "Mm, this is good stuff. The tea has depths and comes on strong. This is the best Darjeeling tea. I gifted Mr. Johnson some o
"Chelsey Jenson, how dare you sleep around when we're not even divorced yet? What do you take me for?" Lucas' voice boomed, prompting Chelsey and Timothy to cast astonished glances at him.Instead of a lustful scene, which he had expected to see, Lucas found them engaged in arts.Chelsey watched on with admiration as Timothy focused on creating a painting. The room was filled with an intellectual atmosphere, with no indecent activity in sight. Even the air smelled of the crisp and calming scent of paper and paint.Knowing that Lucas must have misunderstood, Chelsey frowned at him and chided, "What's wrong with painting? You can be quite crass, can't you? Can't you at least show me some respect in front of our guest?"Timothy merely cast an indifferent glance at Lucas before going back to painting. In contrast to Timothy's calmness, Lucas appeared brash and crude.Lucas tried to suppress his anger. He went up to Timothy and asked calmly, "Are you painting?"Chelsey glared at him,
Lucas was upset when Timothy wished him a happy marriage. Not showing any mercy, he turned to Chelsey and confronted her, asking, "Don't you think you should give me a heads-up before you bring any outsiders home?"Chelsey retorted, "Tim isn't an outsider. He's like a brother to me.""I still have the right to know because this is my place," Lucas snapped as he warily eyed Timothy.He was troubled by the way Timothy looked at Chelsey."Fine. I'll move out tomorrow," Chelsey grumbled as she glared at Lucas. It was not as if she wanted to live here.Timothy immediately chimed in, "I have an empty villa. Why don't you move in for the time being? There's a spacious study and painting room in that villa for you to work undisturbed."Before Chelsey had a chance to speak, Lucas turned down the offer on her behalf. "It's fine. This is her home, and she'll be staying. I'll add her name to the title deed tomorrow."At that moment, Chelsey was incredibly irritated by Lucas. What was he t
Chelsey waved at Lucas dismissively. "Whatever. I'm taking a rest now."She marched into the guest bedroom and locked herself within, prompting Lucas to let out a wry chuckle. She seemed to be growing tired and annoyed at him, refusing to even endure his antics.Standing at the door of the guest bedroom, he lifted his hand to knock but hesitated. He stood there, staring keenly at the door for a while before he shook his head and left.When Chelsey heard the sound of a car driving away, she went to the window and saw Lucas leaving. She let out a sigh of relief and lay on her bed, texting Sandra, "Lucas Yates left."Sandra joked, "Where to? Is he going to spend time with that bitch again?"Chelsey replied, "He's probably going back to the hospital to keep his mom company."Sandra didn't seem to care. She changed the topic, writing, "Ugh, I'm suffering from cramps today. It's my second day of period, and it sucks. I've been in bed since the afternoon."The mention of menstruation r
Chelsey's hand was shaking when she held her phone. She panicked. "Sandra, what do I do?"The child arrived without any warning, and she was caught off guard.Sandra, however, sounded calmer than her friend. "Chels, it's tough being a single mom. The kid needs a father figure too. Why don't you have a talk with Lucas? If he wants the baby, tell him to break it off with that bitch and stay with you. At least, the baby will be born into a complete family."As Chelsey's friend, Sandra witnessed the hardships Chelsey had gone through in her marriage to Lucas. Sandra understood the depth of Chelsey's love for Lucas, and she thought it'd be a happy ending if the couple stayed married for the child.Chelsey caressed her belly. Although she was only carrying a fetus at this point, she was experiencing a new feeling as a mother.After some thinking, she came to a decision. "Fine. I'll talk to him tomorrow. If he doesn't want the baby, I'll raise the baby alone."A baby made her happier
"Don't. My mom doesn't like seeing you around," Lucas warned Shannon.When the bodyguard first saw Shannon, he immediately informed Lucas. Lucas then arranged for the caretaker to go for a stroll with Josie so that she wouldn't have to run into Shannon.Upon hearing Lucas' words, Shannon burst out crying. "Luke, why does Josie hate me so much? I didn't know you were blind three years ago. I wouldn't have left the country if I had known …"Do you know how much I suffered in the past three years? I attempted suicide when I heard you were getting married, but I failed the attempt. Every single second was torture … Luke, I'm in so much pain. What's the point of living if I can't be with you?"Shannon nearly cried her heart out, and tears continuously rolled down her cheeks. Lucas couldn't stand seeing Shannon cry in the past, but now, it only annoyed him to no end.The crying reminded him of Chelsey, who had never shed a tear in the face of his bad temper for the last three years. He
The pond was shallow, its waters only reaching one's calves. There was a lot of mud in it, however, which stained Shannon's coat after she fell in.Shannon, who usually carried herself gracefully, was now in an incredibly sorry state.Chelsey had the urge to shove a clump of mud into Shannon's mouth to shut her up.But she refrained from doing so.Chelsey was about to find someone to help pull Shannon up when a tall figure walked past her.When Chelsey finally saw who it was, Lucas had already lifted Shannon out from the pond. He was now covered in mud too."My hand hurts so much, Luke … " Shannon moaned through her tears, curled up in Lucas' arms. She shot Chelsey a look of utter delight when they passed by her, making Chelsey feel unbearably upset.When Lucas walked past Chelsey, he said to her, "Stay in the hospital first. I need to talk to you about something."Lucas then went outside the hospital with Shannon in his arms. The tears Chelsey tried to hold back finally br
Lucas neither desired to kiss Shannon nor make love to her.Yet he was unable to control himself when it came to Chelsey.When Chelsey wasn't around Lucas, all he could think about was her. Lucas even dreamed of her.The dreams he had were so realistic it was nearly terrifying. It was as if Lucas and Chelsey had actually done it before.His body reacted to Chelsey and Chelsey alone.Maybe Lucas really did have feelings for her.Lucas could no longer resist Chelsey after three years of experiencing her tender love and care.He took a step back, widening the distance between him and Shannon. "We can still be friends, Shannon.""No, I don't want to be your friend. I want to be your wife, Luke. Luke … " Shannon cried, trying to dive into Lucas' arms.She knew if she couldn't make him stay today, she'd actually lose him for good.Lucas stepped backward, his brows knitted together. "Don't do this, Shannon. Things between us ended three years ago.""I don't want it to end, Luke. I