Esme simply stood there with her jealousy eating at her!Even when she was Conrad’s girlfriend, he had never been so close to her! Never!Peter’s eyes glanced at Esme’s face, and a glint of darkness flashed in his eyes. He extended his hand and prodded her back. “Why don’t you choose a place since we came to this restaurant for lunch?”Esme stumbled forward as she immediately lowered her head, hiding the sorrow and jealousy in her eyes.Fia turned around and saw “Britney” and Peter who came together and quietly pinched his waist.Conrad glanced at them and turned his attention back, before gently asking her, “What do you want to eat for dinner?”Fia turned her attention back too and smiled at him helplessly. “We haven’t even eaten lunch yet and you’re already thinking about dinner.”“We have to arrange it earlier.”“No thanks. I’ll take you to a nice place for dinner tonight!” she said as she raised her eyebrow.“Sure.” Conrad smiled.Peter snorted at a volume that only Esme
“Britney.” Peter’s calm eyes laid on Esme. “Did you come here for lunch with the expectation of seeing Conrad?”Both Fia and Esme were speechless.Conrad put down his glass and looked at Peter. “What, you’re here to get back at me?”“Haha! What are you talking about, Conrad? It’s not my place to get back at you for anything,” Peter said as he patted Esme’s arm. “Didn’t you say you have something you want to ask Conrad? He’s here now, so why don’t you ask him?”Esme’s thoughts were in turmoil.Peter then reminded her, “You missed Esme so you went to the Mannings’ mansion for a walk. Didn’t you say you want to ask Conrad about something?”Esme’s eyes opened wider, and she stared into Peter’s eyes, hypnotizing herself that she was Britney.“Conrad… Esme and I were good friends when we were overseas. I treated her as a sister of sorts. After I came back, I found out a little about what happened. While she made mistakes, I believe that you’re entirely at fault!”Conrad raised her ey
Esme quickly lowered her head. “I didn’t. You’re wrong.”“I’m not blind now.” Fia freed herself from Conrad’s grasp and walked over to Esme’s side, and looked at her from up high.She bent down and whispered to Esme, “If you really love Peter, Britney, don’t even think about educating us using the name of the person Peter loved the most. Otherwise, you might lose more than you think again!”Fia emphasized on the word again. When Esme heard those words in her ears, she instantly became nervous.She extended her hand to push Fia away, but before she couldn’t even touch her, a cup that Conrad threw her way immediately hit her hand. She cried out in pain and retracted her hand.“What are you doing?!” Peter stood up angrily and stared at Conrad.Conrad merely said with a cold expression, “From how nervous you’re being right now, it doesn’t look like you’re completely without any feelings for her.”Peter didn’t care about stopping his fury toward Conrad and said, “Not only because of
As soon as she finished, she turned to look at Peter. He was simply sitting there, doing nothing. His eyes and expression seemed to be saying that he missed someone.She nudged Conrad with her elbow. “Look at how he is.”Conrad didn’t even spare him a second and simply said, “He’s just acting it.”“Really? But I feel like he looks quite sad.”As Fia was looking at Peter, Conrad stood up and went to the restroom.Peter suddenly turned and looked at Fia.His eyes were sharp and vicious!Fia could feel chills going down her spine!Before Conrad came back, Peter stood up and walked toward Fia.“Fia, there’s something I need to remind you.”“About what?”“Karma. Someone as cold as Conrad will never have eternal love for a woman. Don’t think that he’s treating you well right now. Maybe Esme’s end will be your end as well.”“Bullsh*t!” Fia’s hands trembled. Peter felt like a ghost to her.His eyes, his expressions… They looked like they belonged to a ghost that haunted the living
“But… They won’t stop! They must have other plans! It’s useless even if you fired Britney!” Fia said as she trembled, her eyes filled with fear. She remembered how she lost her two children, the pain and the terror.She felt like she was almost going crazy. She couldn’t suppress her terrible emotions and memories…“Don’t think about it, Fia. No matter what they’re up to, I’m here. I’ll deal with them. All you need to do is live the life you like calmly,” he said as she kissed her forehead. “Don’t think about it.”Fia slowly calmed down, but her heart still felt heavy.She couldn’t understand what Peter and Britney were up to. She felt very uneasy.… Inside Peter’s car, Esme was holding Peter’s phone to look at the stream from the security camera.From the screen, she could see how Conrad was so soft toward Fia, kissing her, calming her.She had never heard his voice so gentle. It could give any woman a sense of security.But none of this belonged to her!“You’re dead?” Peter
“Don’t force me, Esme! Force my hands, and we’ll all die together!” Esme couldn’t breathe that well anymore, and she felt that her neck was almost on the verge of snapping.The veins on Peter’s hands and arms were popping. He only managed to regain his senses after a lot of effort as he looked at Esme slowly losing consciousness.“Cough!” Esme coughed uncontrollably as the air rushed into her lungs. She coughed so badly that she almost coughed her lungs out.Peter glared at her coldly for several seconds before bending toward her.Esme was so shocked that her back was against the car window.Peer smiled coldly and pulled over the seat belt. Only after that did he pull his own seat belt and start the car.“Don’t you know who you are yourself?” He sneered frigidly. “Don’t think that I have the mood to make love with you!”Esme suddenly looked at Peter oddly as she straightened her back. “What do you mean?”Peter glanced at her and didn’t even say a word.“Are you attracted to
Fia watched Conrad go back to his desk before giving Mary a call.“Mary, is it alright if I want to take Sharon and William out for dinner after work tonight?”Mary stopped the work in her hands and said, “Sure.”Fia then said, “Alright. Then come along with Tyler too. The more the merrier.”Mary refused in a gentle voice. “Tyler and I won’t be going, I’m afraid. He’s going to visit an elder tonight and I have to accompany him.”Fia hesitated and said, “Elder? Shouldn’t the twins go along with you?”Mary then said, “It’s fine. You guys have fun. We’ll take them along next time.”“Sure! Let me know if you need to buy any gifts when you visit your elders again. I’ll buy something for you!” Fia said happily.Mary smiled. “Oh, you. Don’t spoil my kids.”“I’m not spoiling them. I’m just showing them love!”The two of them chatted for a few more minutes before Fia went back to work as she hummed joyfully. She was even more efficient now.Conrad glanced at her. Seeing how happy she
“Focus on your driving. I’ll sit at the back with the twins,” Fia said as she took out two lollipops from her pocket, one for each.The twins ate the lollipop and each of them held one of her arms, telling her all about what happened at school.Fia listened to them earnestly and explained what she thought about some questions they asked. She had become a part of the children’s social circle.Conrad knew that there was no way for them to be together alone with the two kids, so he gave up and quietly became their driver.A car followed behind them at a set distance. Tiger was responsible for driving while Silas kept on complaining.“I never thought that our boss would become like that one day.”“Like what?” Tiger continued the conversation nonchalantly.“That he couldn’t differentiate between right and wrong! His mood changed so quickly! He even told us to electrocute each other!” Silas said, slightly angry.Tiger then said in a straight face, “Careful, or I’ll record what you sa