“Stay in your room and don’t pry into my business!” After saying that, Peter hung up.As he returned to the office, Esme grinned at him. “Why the long face? Did you fight with your dear little sister?”Peter walked to the fridge to get a bottle of cold water and juice. He handed the juice to Esme. Then, he twisted open the cold water and gulped it down.Esme continued saying giddily, “So it’s true you’ve had a fight with her? But isn’t she an obedient girl? I remember you saying that she has never fought with you and listens to whatever you say?”“Stop acting so disgustingly!” Peter glared at her. “Remember. Never touch my family!”“Why would I want to touch your family? You’re the best amongst them. So it makes more sense for me to… touch you.” Esme walked toward him and then sat on his lap. When she was about to hug his neck, Peter pushed her away.Esme, sitting on the floor, looked at him tearfully. “Why did you do that?”“I’m not in the mood!” Peter glared at Esme. Things ha
Slap!!Peter raised his hand and gave Esme a loud slap. He slapped her so hard that she felt dizzy from it. The edge of her lips was bleeding.“Why did you slap me?” Esme asked in a daze.“So that you’ll wake up and stop dreaming!” Peter said in a cold voice, “It’s true that he wouldn’t hurt your parents. But it’s not because of you. It’s because he doesn’t want Fia to see his dark, vicious side.”Esme’s eyes rolled as she covered her swollen face.“… No. No, that’s not it.”She had had enough being controlled by Peter Hall! She had enough of his brainwashing! When she was together with Conrad, Esme was so proud and free!She regretted it so much! Why did she push him away and go overseas?! Why did she allow herself to be seduced by Peter?Indeed, after she had gone overseas, Esme was able to expand and grow her career quite rapidly. This was all thanks to Peter providing her the resources. But if she stayed and played the long game… Conrad could have given her all that fame
He knew that she was still alive. Did her father feel ashamed about what he did to her because he wanted to protect his brother, Chuck? Was that why he grabbed the boiling hot tea?“Then what about my mom? Does she know?” Esme asked as she stared at Peter.“Do you think your mother would be crazy like that if she knew you’re still alive?” Peter said icily.“You monster!” Esme pounced at him and choked him by the neck. “You let my dad know, but why did you hide it from my mom? How can you just stand by and watch as she gets worse and worse?!”“If she knew, how can she perfect the act with Conrad’s people?” Peter held her hand and with a simple press, Esme let go of him because of the pain.“The crazier she gets, the better.” Peter stood up before giving a bitter smile. “But from the looks of it, there’s no point in this anymore.”“What do you mean?” Esme asked.“Nothing much. However, as you couldn’t keep your temper and kept on provoking Fia, she is now already sure that you are
Peter stared at Esme quietly.She became unsettled the longer he stared at her, worried that he would suddenly go crazy.“You don’t believe me? Or do you think that the baby isn’t yours? You’re a researcher and you know a lot of things. You have ways to find out more about it.” She pulled his hand and placed it on her belly, worried that he wouldn’t believe her.“You can take my venous blood to test it.”Peter found it to be very ironic. She said that she had just found out about it, but she knew about using her venous blood for DNA testing. Obviously, she had read a lot about it beforehand.“Other than using venous blood to check for one’s parental DNA, did you read about how to get an abortion? Do you want it done by hand or with drugs?”Esme was stunned, unable to react.“Or maybe you want to use some kind of accident to lose the baby? Or maybe you want to use this baby as a tool to vilify Conrad? Is that it?”“No!” Esme shuddered. “I… I didn’t! You’re the only man I have, a
Peter was right. She didn’t want the child.She used the chance to have the baby! She was thinking that, once she had a chance to get close to Conrad, she would pin the blame on Conrad!But now, she had no choice but to tell Peter that she was already pregnant.It would be difficult to find a chance to pass the buck to Conrad.Unless…‘Unless Peter’s dead!’ she thought to herself as the fires of hate burned in her eyes.Once he was dead, no one would know that she was Esme Manning and not Britney Thomas!No one could control her or threaten her again!When the thought appeared in her mind, Esme’s heart began to thump even faster.While Peter himself didn’t have any weakness, he still had something that he cherished.His family!Sally was just about to call Conrad for help, but Britney’s call came in.“Hello? Britney?” she carefully asked. When she remembered how Fia said that she was not Britney Thomas, but Esme Manning, she felt uncomfortable when she remembered how she wa
When Mrs. Hall was walking Sally out, she said, “Careful when you’re driving. When you’re dining with Britney, eat something nutritious. Don’t eat anything spicy.”“Got it, Mom. You can go back now,” Sally said with a smile as she waved at her and got back into the car.Mrs. Hall was worried about her husband who was alone in the study and quickly went upstairs. She was mainly worried about him not being able to find her if he needed anything.Before she started her car, Sally took out her phone and scrolled through her contacts. She stopped at Jason’s name.Jason had just had a two-hour meeting and had just gone back to his office from the meeting room. He was just about to turn off his phone as he looked at all the documents on his desk when Sally called.“Hello, Sally.”“Hey, Jason.”The two of them laughed, their voices reaching one another through the phone.“What is it?” Jason asked. He had even more work compared to when he was a doctor. Time was tight.“Did Fia tell yo
“Really?” Sally sipped a cup of water and then said, “I’ve ordered some dishes. What else do you want? I can ask the waiter to top up our order.”“It’s fine. I’m not a picky eater,” Esme said without thinking much.Sally then said, “I’ve ordered onion salad and fish mint salad. Are you okay with that?”“I’m fine,” Esme said.“Britney,” Sally said with a stern expression. “You hated these two when you were little.”Esme was stunned. She wasn’t expecting Sally to have laid a trap for her.She looked at Sally suspiciously. She didn’t understand why she was laying traps for her!“Britney, I saw you kissing my brother in the garage.” Sally glared into Esme’s eyes.Esme leaned back to the point that she had her back on the seat back. She didn’t know what to say.“Can you tell me what’s your relationship with my older brother?” Sally asked.“Well…” Esme nervously lowered her head and then raised her head in embarrassment. She then said nervously, “I… I have always liked Peter. I cha
Sally didn’t suspect anything and simply watched as Esme walked over to the counter.It was at this time that her phone rang. It was her brother.She picked it up and said with an annoyed tone, “What is it? Do you think I’m here to get in a fight with her?”Peter held his phone tightly and spoke nervously.“Where are you eating?”“Didn’t she send the address to you?” Sally said, annoyed.“Sally, go home! Without my permission, you can’t go anywhere and see anyone!”“Peter, I’m not your puppet!” Sally was instantly enraged. Peter had never spoken to her with such a fierce tone before.“Sally, I won’t hurt you. Listen to me. Go home now!” Peter was very anxious. He couldn’t get to his sister immediately. Meanwhile, Esme was someone that would act on instinct!“Yeah, you won’t hurt me. I don’t even have a boyfriend, but the first thing you said about me is that I’m pregnant and wanted to elope!” Sally hung up and temporarily blacklisted her brother’s number.“Sally, Peter might