Sotiria was left speechless, and the corners of her lips twitched. At that moment, the uncontrollable surge in her heart intensified when she saw the flame-like sparkle that was flickering in his glacial eyes.She suddenly felt an impulse to disregard everything, obey him, and throw herself into his arms.She took a step toward him with her right foot subconsciously.However, a second later, she suddenly saw a person who was looking at her scornfully not far away. She recovered from this trance immediately as if a pail of iced water had been poured on her head. “About that... Mr. Connor, stop fooling around...”She stopped moving forward, and her cheeks felt like they were on fire. “It hasn’t been a long time since we last met, and we’re not even close to being lovers, so I don’t want to hug you affectionately!”Zachary’s face was as perfect as a glacier, and there was not even a trace of emotion on it. “Judging from how you reacted just now, you acted against your own will just b
Sotiria remembered clearly that she’d said these things to Zachary because she had seen people outside the car talking about her after getting into his car outside the police station yesterday.‘Zachary didn’t say anything at the time. I thought he would just listen to my rant and then forget about it. I didn’t expect him to actually remember everything and spread the word to the public for me...’“Now tell me, how do you plan to thank me?” Sotiria felt a chill on her skin. Zachary pinched her chin with his thumb and index finger and slowly lifted her small face. “Maybe with a kiss?”Sotiria’s thoughts wavered.Zachary’s lips were thin and glistening, and their shape looked even more perfect than that of a rose petal. The warmth of the breath that was exhaled through his lips and nose was intermixed with a faint fragrance, and the combination felt like the most irresistible temptation in the world...Looking at those lips as they came nearer and nearer inch by inch, Sotiria sudden
Looking at her pitiful look and tears, Zachary opened his thin lips slightly. However, he did not utter another word because he could not bear to make her feel worse...He wanted to wipe her tears away for her but was afraid that his action would only make her even more resistant. Thus, he retracted his right hand when it was already in mid-air.Sotiria raised her hand to wipe her tears, shifted her gaze from his face hurriedly, turned around, and left.After putting a few meters between her and Zachary, Sotiria suddenly felt that something was wrong, so she turned around and said, “I just said so many things to you. Why didn’t you respond? Should I consider this tacit consent?”While standing under the bright sunshine, Zachary looked even more majestic, regal, and out of this world. He shook his head indifferently. “What do you think made me the business emperor of Rothesay?”‘Ah?!’Sotiria was obviously stunned.‘Is he talking about the same thing I did?’A second later, Zach
Seeing this scene, Sotiria blinked in disbelief.In the next second, Zachary already had Garrison in his arms, and he was dashing toward the direction he had parked his car.Zachary placed Garrison flat on the middle row of the car in the blink of an eye, and Sotiria boarded the car.“Wrap his head with this, and apply pressure on the wound!” As Zachary’s clear voice sounded, he took off his blazer nimbly and threw it to Sotiria.Although Garrison was covered in blood, Sotiria could no longer feel scared. She followed Zachary’s instructions and wrapped the jacket on Garrison’s head, and applied plentiful pressure on the two wounds that were located on Garrison’s head immediately.Zachary had already gotten into the driver’s seat. He jumped multiple red lights and drove like a bat out of hell all the way.It would normally take at least 15 minutes for someone else to reach the hospital, but it only took Zachary a little over three minutes.Zachary parked the car at the hospital,
Sotiria responded, “Shoot me.”The indifferent and regal man replied, “All I’ve always wanted is a kiss or a hug from you, or you can conceive a baby for me.”‘My God!’Ashamed and embarrassed, Sotiria wanted to find herself a hole large enough for her to hide in it.They were standing in the corridor outside of the emergency room, and people would pass by here from time to time. The two doctors who had just operated on Garrison were still standing in front of them.‘Zachary Connor! Even if you don’t care about what others think, shouldn’t you pay attention to who will be influenced by your actions? Why must you openly flirt with a married woman out in public!?’“Ahem! Haha, Mr. Connor, we still have work to do, so we shall take our leave already.” The taller doctor hauled the shorter one hurriedly, and both fled the scene as if they were escaping for their lives. And as he was striding away, he muttered to himself, “Recently, rumors are going around in Rothesay saying that Mr. C
For a few moments, Zachary almost could not help but want to separate her hand from Garrison’s hand, pull her into his arms, and hug her tightly, making her his own...“Gary, are you awake?”“Gary!” Accompanied by this slightly hoarse voice, the originally ajar door of the ward was pushed open, and a tall, middle-aged man strode in.Sotiria looked in the direction of the voice and saw the middle-aged man’s face clearly. Her heart skipped a beat the moment she did so, and her face blushed immediately.Ivan Larson—Garrison’s father and her father-in-law at the same time!The last time she had seen Ivan was right after she had sex with Zachary to “detoxify” herself.Ivan had hit Garrison furiously and threatened Garrison that if he was not going to divorce her, he would never recognize Garrison as his son anymore!‘Ivan must’ve heard about Garrison’s injury and has come to see Garrison.’‘Ivan despises and dislikes me from the bottom of his heart because of my affair with Zachary.
“Of course it’s true.” Ivan looked at Sotiria gently from across the hospital bed. “Tiria, you should also know that I’m not a conservative old man. I don’t care no matter how unbearable your past is, as long as Gary really loves you. What I care about is that you’ll be loyal and dedicated to Gary after you’ve married him. But what you’ve done with Mr. Connor at your wedding...”Ivan did not continue to speak but looked up at Zachary.Sotiria’s cheeks blushed.Ivan skipped over that topic and continued. “Because of that incident, I mistakenly thought that you’re an unreliable woman. However, Lory has told me the truth. It turned out that someone had set you up that day. Sigh! My wine was also spiked once when I was young, and I know very well that even a strong-willed person will eventually become delirious and lose their self-control when they get drugged. Therefore, Tiria! You’re innocent. It’s me who wronged you the other day!”Endless warmth was surging in Sotiria’s heart.‘Iv
After saying so, Sotiria closed the box carefully and inserted it in her pocket.Looking at her reaction, Ivan smiled knowingly. “Tiria, don’t call me Uncle Larson from now on. You should call me Dad.”“Yeah.” Sotiria, who was overjoyed after getting her hands on the heirloom, completely lost her restraint and shouted crisply, “Dad!”Ivan responded to her immediately.As early as the moment Sotiria accepted the heirloom of the Larsons with a smile on her face, a void appeared and occupied an area in Zachary’s heart with nothingness. It was indescribably empty, hollow, and sour... These feelings intensified when he heard Sotiria calling Ivan ‘Dad’...He could not bear to witness the scene anymore, so he spoke calmly. “You guys can have the room.”He then walked away.However, he heard Ivan’s voice all of a sudden after taking two steps forward. “Mr. Connor, wait. I have a few words to say to you.”Zachary’s eyes had always been on Sotiria before this. But ever since she accepted