Disapprovingly, Summer insisted, "I'll give you guys a ride then."The trio was silent on the way there. Summer was focused on the wheel while Mark was resting his eyes. The girl just wore a small smile on her face, and Summer could not tell what was on her mind. The director of the university was standing by the gates, waiting for their arrival. When he saw the noble Mr. Valentine getting off a Volkswagen Golf, he choked and coughed. Mark had not asked for her to come along, but Summer had already taken it upon herself and followed behind him. She decided that she would act more shamelessly, as she thought, 'The more thick-skinned I am, the better.' The university they arrived at was the most prestigious one in Santabaca. The director was giving them a tour while introducing the school to them.The girl had stayed back in the school to start her classes, and at last, the two of them were alone again. Summer turned her head slightly and glanced towards the man who was in the pa
The driver had driven to the kindergarten in the end. The black Bentley drove steadily on the road with the two of them sitting at the back. She was not used to the quiet atmosphere, and she shifted in her seat. It felt uneasy and awkward for her. His gaze swept past her and saw her small movements. He arched a brow at her and looked deep in thought, 'She looks so much better looking all stiff and awkward now.' ‘Maybe I've been too nice to her in the past, spoilt her even to the point that she had acted so recklessly and was so stubborn. Maybe what she needs is some punishment.' Charlotte ran into his arms as though a puppy off its leash. She squeezed into his arms and said, "Daddy, Daddy, I missed you so much! So very very much!" Mark lifted his hands and pulled her close. He asked, "Have you eaten?" "Yep! I had some pasta and sausages! I had two big plates of ‘em!" she exclaimed and gave a thumbs up. Just when Summer had wanted to speak, Mark's phone rang. He answered i
The girl had worn a beautiful smile on her lips, and to Summer, it was even more blinding than before. The girl looked happy. Carrying Charlotte over to her arms, the girl gave her a piece of candy and said, "Why don't you come along with me and your daddy? I will get you a lot of fun things to play with.""Mummy, can I go with Daddy please?" Charlotte asked. Her words had implied that she was not tempted by the fun events, instead, she had just wanted to spend time with her father. Charlotte did not have a bad impression of the girl as she thought, 'She doesn't feel like a bad person nor is she unfriendly.'"Sure." Summer caressed Charlotte's face that was lit with excitement. Since she decided to be thick-skinned, she was going all out. She took a deep breath and said, "I'll come along as well." A troubled expression plastered on the girl's face. Mark shifted his gaze to Summer, and his gaze fell upon her. Moving his lips, he said, "I don't think it's appropriate for you to com
She froze and thought, 'Was he trying to condemn her for disturbing them?' "I'm sorry." Her eyes looked somewhat glum. She placed the ice cream on the table. The girl happily took it, and she smiled with her eyes curving into crescents. She thanked Summer, "Thank you so much, Summer. Why did you trouble her to purposely get this for me, Mark? I could've gotten it myself tomorrow."Mark's thin lips curved into a small smile. He still felt cold despite the smile.‘So it was for her, not Charlotte...' Summer thought."May I know which room is Charlotte in?" Summer asked politely with a hinge of reservedness. "In my room," he replied with his brows arched. "Thank you." After she shut the door, she had her back against the door and slid down. She felt her tears well up, and she tightened her fists on her sides. Only after a while did she carefully carry Charlotte up who was sleeping on the bed. If what he had said in the afternoon was not impactful enough for her to give up, t
Summer was perplexed as she asked, "You know Patrick too? He was my colleague in school. We were both English teachers for the same class, but he had left only after 2 days of work.""He was my schoolmate back when I was studying at Athana. He had hurried back to Athana because his father had suddenly passed away, and his mother had fallen ill. The reason why he came here in the first place was because of a woman." "For Raine, right?" "Yeah."Summer nodded. She had not expected Patrick to be one who was spoony, but he left a good impression on Summer even though they had only met about six times.After dinner, Kolby and Daisy went into the room while Summer and Makayla stayed in the living room. Fruits were prepared for them. "Why did you come over? Did you need something?" Summer asked politely in a friendly tone. She had no reason to be hostile with Makayla after all. "Do you hate me, Summer?""Of course not. I don't have a reason to." Makayla smiled and replied, "I ju
Ignoring him, she had only walked two steps forward, when her arm was suddenly grabbed from behind, and the force caused her to be slammed against the wall.He was pushing himself up against her, pressing her so hard that Summer’s back started to hurt. She pushed him off and said, “I have promised as you asked of me, what else do you want?”“Oh, what else do I want? I want to choke you…” He gritted his teeth, breathing hot air into her face. “So this is how you admit your faults, eh?”“I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I don’t know what you mean.” She was confused.“It’s always your way or the highway. I merely punished you for one second, and this is your reaction. What else would I expect from you?”Suddenly, a light flashed through Summer’s mind, and she understood what he meant.“My way or the highway? Me? You want it when you want it, and then push it away when you don’t want it. You came to me every day for the last two days, and now you’ve lost your patience afte
He narrowed his eyes at her for a moment, then raised his hand and gave her a few sharp, loud slaps on the hip before he told her everything about the girl.“Where did you go that day with Charlotte?” She still could not forget his hurtful words at that time.“Makayla paid a visit to her parents’ grave, and I took Charlotte to see the sights nearby.”“So, you were deliberately saying such hurtful words to me?”Mark nodded slightly. If he was going to teach her a lesson, he had to teach her a good one. Only when she felt the pain thoroughly would she remember him in her heart.“You’re good at acting, really, and you should go on.” She sneered back.“Acting also requires cooperation. How long do you think it would have lasted with someone as impatient as you?”“What about her? You let her live here? Also, I never knew many people out there call you brother, do tell me.”He pinched her chin. “She is an orphan, and I treat her like a sister. She calls me brother because she respect
Summer shook her head and said, “No, I realized that it’s not good for women to be too easy after this experience. Maybe someday you’ll really like that woman, and you’ll let her move into this apartment, and I’ll end up like this. I want to have my own life and aspirations.”“I told you, she’s only a sister to me. Her brother has leukemia and some time ago he was in a coma, she couldn’t handle it alone so I let her move in here…”“Well, I see. I also find that you no longer care and consider my feelings as before. You care less and less about me. I honestly don’t even know what kind of feelings you have for me right now. You’d never say anything like that to me before, or ask me to drive up here to pick up Charlotte and get her clothes. I think you’ve changed…”Mark looked like he had a dark cloud over his head, heavy and dark. The acting was too real. Wasn’t he shooting himself in the foot?What the hell was this? He obviously wanted to punish her, but why was he the one to suffe
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