Stunned for a moment, she greeted her as she regained her senses, “Hi, mom.” Yvette furrowed her brows as she heard the greeting. It made her feel uneasy as she did not like what she used to address her.Taking in her appearance and clothing, “You just got up?” Embarrassed, Summer quickly tucked in the loose strands behind her ears and murmured, “Yes,” while nodding. Throwing her a few glances, Yvette did not say anything else other than noting the time, “It’s 7:30 a.m.”Summer knew what Yvette was implying to, but didn’t dare to say anything further. Walking past her, Yvette looked around the living room and sat on the couch, “Where is Mark?” “He had already left for work,” she replied while getting her a glass of water. “Isn’t there any coffee?” Yvette questioned as she watched Summer.Putting the cup down, Summer looked around and said, “Sorry mom, there’s only wine and alcohol here.” “It’s fine then,” Yvette said and leaned in her seat. “I actually came to tell you
As she entered the living room, Summer saw Gordon attentively reading the newspaper as he sat on the leather recliner sofa. With his serious-looking appearance, the military service uniform he was dressed in has made Gordon look especially stern and solemn. She greeted him as she bit her lower lip, “Hello, grandfather.” Without even batting an eye at her, he continued to flip through the newspaper as if he had not heard her at all. Summer was not too bothered by his response as she had already seen it coming.With her defined features, Yvette gave out a sophisticated vibe as she was brewing her afternoon coffee. Summer greeted her as well, “Hello, mom.”“Oh. You’re back.” Unlike Gordon, Yvette responded and continued to say, “The maids had already tidied up your room. She’ll guide you there in a moment.”A soft but high-pitched voice rang through, “So this is big brother’s wife. Right, auntie?”A slender figure dressed lavishly in black appeared before Summer. Taking Summ
When Lily saw them hugging so intimately against each other, a look of displeasure plastered on her face as she glared at Summer. Stomping towards them in her three inched heels, she squeezed in between them and forced Summer aside. “Mark, I peeled and prepared these fruits for you. Auntie said you came back, so I brought this up to you.” “When did you arrive in Santabaca?”Mark replied after eyeing Summer inquisitively, who was beside him.Lily beamed at him happily as she asked him, “I just arrived today. If you have time tomorrow, could you bring me around Santabaca?”“I can’t. I’ll be busy.” As he uttered his reply, he sat on the couch cross-legged and drank some water. Seemingly annoyed, faint furrows appeared in Mark’s brows.‘It’s like I’m not even here.’Summer grunted to herself as she just stood aside, leaning against the wall. ‘Why am I here anyway? This is so annoying,’ she thought.“You’re such a bully! I hardly ever visit Santabaca, yet you wouldn’t even spe
Lily spoke up again, "Do you not want to accompany me around Santabaca?""No, of course, I want to. It would be an honor to accompany my adorable sister-in-law," Summer said in a friendly tone; however, her smile did not meet her eyes. Lily scoffed, 'Sister-in-law? How ridiculous of her to call me that!'Chuckling mirthlessly to herself, Lily left the room after. Summer shifted her gaze back to Mark, who was sitting on the couch, and mocked him, "What a kind and loving brother you were." His lips twitched upwards as he looked at her momentarily before saying, "The way you said that sounded so lovely, Mrs. Valentine. Do compliment me again." Summer was rendered speechless. The next day. She was the only one left in the room when she awoke.Just as she was heading to get some breakfast after washing her face, Lily stomped towards her, demanding her accompany to go around town. With Gordon and Yvette in the room, Summer could not turn Lily down, so she agreed defeatedly a
Watching Lily leave looking as proud as a peacock, Summer giggled as she thought it was funny.‘She sure is childish,’ Summer thought to herself.About half an hour later, Nancy arrived looking glum and tired with heavy eyebags. She looked as if she did not sleep for a day or two. Feeling worried, Summer furrowed her brows as she asked, “What happened? Why do you look so tired?” As Nancy’s eyes started to water, she sat next to Summer. Holding back her tears, she complained to her best friend, “Howard got arrested for that no-good woman!”“Didn’t you guys talk it out after the last incident?” “Of course, we did! I even asked my friends to introduce him to other women, but nothing worked. As though he was brainwashed by that woman, he just wouldn’t snap out of it!”Nancy felt furious and exhausted of Howard, but she could not change the fact that Howard is a little brother. She had to help him somehow. “Summer, aren’t you close with Mr. Valentine? Please help me talk to him.
“Hello, Ms. Atkinson,” greeted Mark as he tucked his phone away. Rushing to stand, “Hello there, Mr. Valentine,” Nancy responded with her cheeks slightly flushed. “Where’s Summer?” Nancy was stunned to hear him calling Summer by her first name, ‘Since when were they on a first name basis?’ “She went to get coffee,” Nancy replied. What she had heard made her extremely curious, so gathering up the courage, she asked him, “Is it fine for me to say that you seem close with Summer?” “Yes. We are indeed very familiar with one another,” with his eyebrows raised, his lips moved again as he continued, “In fact, we’re married.” Nancy’s expression turned tense as her face darkened. Feeling as if there were thousands of needles pricking on her heart, making her bleed uncontrollably, she felt out of breath.As she thought of Summer’s reply saying she wasn’t close with Mr. Valentine, she felt furious. She clenched her hands tightly to the point that the print of her nails remained on he
Watching Charlie’s expression, Grace scoffed, “I’ll gouge your eyes out if you don’t stop looking at me that way!” Right after, Mark stepped in, followed by Summer who walked behind him.“The stars of the day have finally arrived! We truly shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Who could have ever thought innocent-looking Summer was so wild behind our backs!” Referring to the night of the incident before, Grace mocked Summer as she faced her. Since she did not dare to mock Mr. Valentine, she could only tease and make fun of Summer. “You better zip it, Grace! You’ve said enough!” scolded Summer lightly as she felt embarrassed. “I don’t get what you meant by that. All I know is I wasn’t invited to a wedding I was supposed to attend, so you have to compensate me somehow. As your punishment for not letting us know about the marriage, how about you kiss Mr. Valentine in front of us for 2 minutes? Starting now!” Summer felt her head throb and told her off, “Stop fooling around!” “
Meanwhile, feeling furious from what she witnessed, Nancy’s chest heaved. The ‘punishment’, however, did not persist as the oh so powerful, Mr. Valentine had spoken up in Summer’s defense. “Tsk tsk, you sure are protective of her!” Grace sighed as she could not stand the gentleness of his tone. Complaining, Billy huffed, “I was rendered exhausted to the brink of death during your first night! Don’t you think this punishment is too light, Mr. Valentine?”Mark smirked as he replied in a graceful yet lazy tone, “What do you propose then?” As he heard the unusual tone, Billy gave a light cough before suggesting, “How about a few rounds of billiards?”Facing Billy, Charlie scoffed lightly and booed at his suggestion.“Why don’t you give it a go? You don’t know what I’ve been through,” Billy said defiantly. As he did not want to end up like Billy, Charlie gave a simple excuse, “Before I get married and had my first night, I’ll pass for now.”Billy rolled his eyes in playful ann
Chapter 1814Before Jazz came to pick up Essa, his elder brother told him he should give candies if he was blocked out of the door. The big brother got experience in his own wedding years ago. Jazz kept it in his mind. At the moment, under such circumstances, he generously distributed candies to everyone. Jazz was a smart guy! People were happy with the candies. They let him in and stopped making trouble for him. People were just having fun on their wedding day and making the atmosphere livelier. Essa's wedding dress was custom-made by the most famous designer in Paris. Summer had arranged it for her. It looked gorgeous on Essa. The wedding dress had a fishtail, which set off Essa's slender waist even more as if it could be grabbed in one hand. The dress was low-back, showing her fair skin. Under the light, Essa looked amazing! Essa was so beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful! Stepping on her crystal high heels, she walked slowly towards Jazz. The distance wasn't long,
Chapter 1813The neck was Essa's most sensitive spot. She felt itchy if someone touched her there, let alone that Jazz clung tight to there for so long. She could barely stand it. Her body was squirming timidly. "Don't seduce me!" Essa was angry, "I'm not seducing you! Just sleep! But can you not cling to me so tight?" "Why? Are you turned on by me?" Essa was lying with her back to him, her cheeks blushed, and she hissed, "Who is turned on?" ‘What the hell! The man is like a sex machine!’ "Since you are so sure of it, let me check you out." Essa wanted to kill herself, but before she did, she wanted to kill him first! "Are you lying, babe?" Jazz deliberately drawled. "Get away from me! If you don't want to sleep in the guest room, go sleep on the couch! I cannot sleep with you clinging to me so tight!" But Jazz ignored her demand. Essa's whole face had turned red, so red as if it was about to bleed. "Jazz!" "You can be louder. I'm fine with it anyway
Chapter 1812Jazz naturally had no objection because he couldn’t wait to get married. He had always been determined, and as long as he made the decision, he would never change his mind!Now that he had decided to marry her, he must do it!Essa had heard her words. Although she thought it was a little too hasty, she kept silent, giving tacit consent.They were getting married in fifteen days! It was really fast!But because the bridegroom was Jazz, she was not panicked at all. She was calm because cuddling up together with him like this made her feel happy.That night was not easy. Jazz was like a wolf who had been hungry for decades, and he would not let go of the delicious meat that had been put in front of his mouth.They had sex for another whole night. Although Essa was strong, she was no match for a man.Her legs and waist were so weak that she had to support her waist with both hands in order to stand up. She thought Jazz should not have been so horny even if he had hadn'
Chapter 1811Jazz lowered his head slightly and kissed her.Essa could not pretend to be sleeping any longer, so she opened her eyes and pressed her hands against his chest."Morning, baby." He stared at her tenderly and asked, "How did you feel last night? Are you satisfied?"She glared at him, not wanting to speak.But she didn't know her eyes were full of tenderness and love now.After the sex last night, Jazz could not resist such a temptation anymore.He bowed his head, intending to kiss her."Get up! I have to go to work! If you dare to kiss me now, I will definitely beat you up!"Jazz didn't kiss her but shrugged his shoulders.He was not afraid of her threat, but he knew it was her first time last night. He thought he could not ask her to make love again in the morning. Otherwise, she would be too tired.Essa was satisfied to see him give up. She glanced at the time and found she was about to be late, so she didn't want to waste time chatting with him anymore.But w
Chapter 1810"Why are you so sensitive?" Jazz smiled lightly, enjoying her current reaction."You’re talking nonsense! You are hugging me too tight. Back away..." She blushed slightly, keeping twisting her body.She had never had such intimate contact with a man before, so she felt hot all over and acted unnaturally."Do you think this distance is too close? We will be closer…"Essa couldn't take it anymore, so she stretched out her hands, pushed against his chest, and said, "Stop it!""Why? You have to get used to this. We will have more intimate interactions, so you have to get used to..."She felt a little scared about such intimate contact.Jazz pressed his body against hers tightly. The scenery outside was blurry at night, and the two of them were alone in the same room, so it was easy for them to become turned on, and sparks were flying between them.His long fingers began to take off her clothes.Soon, she was naked. Jazz picked her up and placed her on the bed."I'm
Chapter 1809Jazz opened the car door for her with a smile and said, "Baby, have an enjoyable time at work."After finishing speaking, he started the car and stepped on the accelerator, and then, the car disappeared without a trace, leaving Essa standing there in a daze.But she still needed to enter the police station to work. Even if she stood here for two hours, she could not solve the problem. There was no point in evading issues, so she decided to get in. Then, she gritted her teeth and walked in, keeping her eyes looking straight ahead.However, even if she didn’t look at others, others would still look at her. Along the way, many people stared at her.They had not expected Essa to be so open. She had actually done such a thing at the gate of the police station!Essa felt her cheeks were burning, but she still forced a smile and tried to be a thick-skinned person.She was hypnotizing herself.When she got into her office, she felt as if she had been flayed by the gazes
Chapter 1808"A few years. Why did you call him a bastard?""You still care about him? I just want to call him a bastard. Don't be silly. There are few innocent men like me. Think about it! It is cost-effective for you to marry me. You have never been married before, and neither have I. To be honest, with my appearance and status, it was not easy to stay single till now. Don’t you think it's very touching?"Hearing this, Essa was completely speechless."It's not touching at all. Are you sure you’re not impotent? Why are you a virgin till now? As you said, you have enough merits to fascinate others!"Hearing this, Jazz on the other end of the phone became sullen and said, "Are you doubting my potency?"Women’s suspicion was the most intolerable thing to men! How could she doubt his sexual potency? It had hurt his pride!"I didn't doubt it before, but you emphasized it over and over again. It is you that made me feel suspicious..." She took a sip of water. Compared to his exaspe
Chapter 1807Essa had told her that Summer was also from an ordinary family. Seeing she and Mark were so affectionate to each other, she felt relieved and believed that Mark was a good man.It was hard to imagine such a handsome man with a high status would be the same as an ordinary man when he was with his family.On the other side of the table, Essa was putting food on Jazz’s plate, while Jazz was picking out fishbones for her. Both of them had faint smiles on their faces, showing genuine love to each other.Essa’s mother let out a sigh of relief.After dinner, Mark insisted on sending the three of them home. Essa shook her head repeatedly and rejected because there were a lot of taxis outside the hotel."This is our first dinner together, so we must send you home. In this way, we can know where you live…"Although Mark's words were polite, they had an irresistible sense of solemnity.Jazz had wanted to refuse too, but after hearing Mark’s words, he swallowed the words back.
Chapter 1806Jazz walked over and handed her red roses."You're too high-profile!" Essa kneaded her forehead with her hand, feeling a headache."Don't you like it?" Jazz smiled."I like it very much." She took a deep sniff. The roses were exuding a light fragrance, making her mood good."My brother and sister-in-law want to have dinner with you and your family tonight. Do you want to meet them?"Essa blinked, "Didn't we meet before?""Yes, but it's not formal. This time, it will be a formal meeting at the Grande Hotel at eight o'clock in the evening…"Essa rubbed her forehead, then went home, and told her mother about the dinner. Her mother was a little worried. She had only met Jazz before, and Mark was a big shot that she could only see on TV. When he suddenly wanted to meet them, Essa’s mother felt nervous.Essa kept comforting her, saying there would be no problem because Mark was very approachable and easygoing.She then changed her clothes and put on makeup. Later, Jazz