"The place is nice, Sir," Casandra said as she ate the steak. From her facial expression, it was evident that she had never tasted steak this delicious before. Back at the hotel, she only had grilled chicken.Alexander nodded. "There's no place like this in the city. Even if there were, I've been too busy to go anywhere. Besides, my wife is also busy.""In that case, it's the perfect time to relax now, Sir. Don't worry about work for a while. Just relax," Casandra said.Alexander nodded again, a faint smile adorning his handsome face. Seeing him, Casandra smiled too. Anything that made Alexander happy brought joy to Casandra as well.After finishing their meal, Alexander and Casandra continued their journey to Casandra's home. The road was very winding, even passing by the edge of a cliff. Driving on this road required carefulness, and overtaking other cars recklessly could have fatal consequences. It was dangerous enough to traverse this road during the day, let alone at night, which
The next morning, early in the morning, Casandra had already showered, smelled nice, and dressed neatly. Today, she planned to go to the field behind her house. The field belonged to her father. Casandra wanted to see how her father had been taking good care of it. It wasn't vast, just using the remaining land.There were parts of the field planted with papaya, and others with coffee. Along the edge of the field, many sengon trees grew, reaching the height of an adult person.This field was the only inheritance left by Casandra's grandfather. Her father had been taking care of it all this time, even without any help, even when he was sick."Wow, the papayas will be ready for harvest soon," Casandra said with shining eyes as she entered the field wearing her boots. Casandra purposely wore them to avoid the danger of snakes and other harmful creatures.Casandra had never encountered snakes in the field, but her father always reminded her to wear boots whenever she went there. No one kno
Maxime grabbed Cesilia's hand, halting her steps toward the changing room. She initially said she wanted to go to the bathroom but disappeared for over two hours.Of course, Maxime didn't accept this as Cesilia daringly left without his permission. "I've already told you not to leave this place without my consent. Wherever you go, you must ask for permission first, or you will regret it later," Maxime said firmly. His grip tightened as Cesilia remained silent, not responding or brushing off his words as she usually did.This left Maxime somewhat confused by Cesilia's response. "Wait...""What?" Cesilia rolled her eyes lazily. "Being silent is wrong, arguing is wrong, so what do you want?" she said, gazing at Maxime with sad and tired eyes."Have you been crying?" Maxime guided Cesilia to sit on a nearby sofa."No, I'm fine. It's better not to interfere too much in my private affairs if you're still stubborn with your ego," Cesilia replied."I know, but you should explain what happened
However, without any sense of guilt, Casandra came with a suitcase. Her body was slightly wet from braving the rain."You can't talk at all!" Alexander snapped just as Casandra stepped into the room. He stood with his arms folded, glaring at the confused Casandra.Suddenly scolded without knowing what she did wrong, Casandra felt it was excessive anger displayed by Alexander. Nevertheless, it was effective in making her brain work hard, trying to figure out what had made her husband so angry."When your husband speaks, you listen!" Alexander approached, and Casandra reflexively moved backward."I warn you, this is the last time you defy what I say."Closing the distance between them, Casandra kept moving back to avoid touching him since the bedroom wall was already against her back. But she couldn't escape now."S-sorry, Sir," Casandra murmured, barely audibl
Not Cesilia, but Casandra is now in his embrace, seen by Alexander when he felt the cold air piercing his skin. The more the clock ticked, the colder the temperature became. The thin blanket they used couldn't warm their bodies enough, so Alexander was disturbed from his sleep.And when he opened his eyes, he saw Casandra's figure. Alexander propped himself on his elbow, with half of his body still on top of Casandra, so the parts of their skin touching felt warm.Unlike the back which was brushed by the cold air, making Alexander shiver, yearning for warmth.For several seconds, Alexander tried to resist the urge to touch Casandra for the second time as he didn't want to disturb her sleep. However, the memories of their lovemaking a few hours ago only made Alexander harder, and it slightly disturbed Casandra. When her thighs felt something poking.Alexander quickly rubbed Casandra's head to lull her back to sleep. But he couldn't resist when he saw Casan
As a husband, Alexander wanted to defend Casandra, who was truly blameless in all of this. He had accepted Cesilia's offer because he needed money for her father's treatment, her siblings' education, and their living expenses, which would undoubtedly increase over time. However, it needs to be emphasized once again that Casandra never begged or offered herself. Cesilia herself asked, even begged, as if forcing Casandra to be Alexander's second wife. So it's not fair for Casandra to be blamed.Alexander was right; Cesilia should reconsider and improve herself so she wouldn't be fully replaced by her own maid."So, have you made up your mind to make Casandra your wife? That means there won't be a divorce between you two in two years?" Cesilia asked softly, barely audible as her heart was so tight, imagining that she would always be together with Casandra as Alexander's wife. That meant she would have a mistress for the rest of her life."I don't know; it depends on your attitude towards
Cesilia didn't like Maxime touching her like this. The dress she wore exposed her smooth shoulders, and Maxime left warm, wet marks on them, in front of some crew members who were still passing by the dressing room.Maxime chuckled, "I wasn't eavesdropping. I just happened to overhear. Turned Cesilia's body to face him. "Darling, I want you. Let's go to a hotel or back to the house." He lifted Cesilia's chin with his index finger.Cesilia shook her head, pushing away Maxime's hand. "I'm tired, Maxime. You just did it a while ago, and now you want it again? We just arrived, and I want to work.""Of course. If necessary, we can do it every hour, every minute, every second." He closed the gap between them. "I've told you, your body is intoxicating, Darling."He was about to kiss Cesilia, but she quickly evaded him as one of the crew members entered."This is the place...""Please knock on the door before entering. Don't just barge in like this if you still want to work here!" Maxime cut
"Lex," Casandra whispered, quite startled as Alexander suddenly entered the room and lay down beside her, hugging her tightly."What happened outside that made you like this? Did some annoying neighbor bother you again?" Alexander shook his head. "Forgive me.""Forgive you for what?" Casandra asked, puzzled. She drew back and looked into Alexander's eyes, swearing that she didn't understand the direction of his words.Alexander sighed, leaning on his elbow, still gazing at Casandra. "I always belittled you with my hurtful words. Remember when you..."Casandra covered Alexander's mouth with her hand. "Enough, I don't want to discuss all of that. Let bygones be bygones. I want to look to the future with you, Lex. Don't bring up everything, as I never remember anything you did in the past.""But, Cas...""No 'buts.' I promise you, I've forgotten all of it, Lex." She sat up. "Now tell me, what's going on? What made you come here and apologize to me?"Alexander hugged Casandra's waist, bur