Love Is a Sweet Addiction

It turned out that her mother called him. But it wasn’t strange. Betty asked her to go back in such an aggressive manner. It was common that her mother was worried about her. But…

Terence looked indifferent, which annoyed her. “It seems that my mother overestimates Mr. Terence’s character.”

He cared little about her after receiving her mother’s call. How could he be so indifferent?

Terence averted his eyes from the document and looked at her. “How can you deal with the Gibsons if you can’t handle the matter in the Cusack family?”

Esther was speechless.

Actually, he was reasonable.

The Cusack family was much smaller. And situations in the Gibson family were more complex.

She found that only Clark seemed to be nice and Gill had an uncertain temper. She never met Terence’s sister who was living abroad. So she knew little about that girl. But she understood that Amanda and her children were not friendly.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

After returning to the bedroom from Parasol Tree Garden, Esther took a shower. It was quiet outside.

Thinking of the nightmare she had before as well as the illusion that frequently occurred, she felt daunted.

She opened the curtain of the French window and looked down.

There were many trees and plants in the downstairs garden. She remembered that she heard someone cry that night and what the maid said the next morning.

Was it true that the maid cried as she was bitten by Sarah’s cat?

She wondered, “Yes, it must be true. There is no ghost in the world.”

Comforting herself, she closed the curtain and went to bed.

…

The next morning, Serena told them the good news that Lila, a pop star, needed a tailored dress for an award ceremony two months later.

It was surprising that a well-known celebrity would choose their small-scale studio. “That’s a piece of cake for me. I have the right connection.” Serena said while smoothing her curly hair.

“The right connection? I remember that you’ve failed many times.” Esther said with a smile.

“Go away. You are discouraging me!”

“Alright, tell us honestly. How do you get the order? We have to ensure that it’s reliable before confirmation,” Esther said.

After all, those celebrities usually had sponsorships with many famous brands. They seldom cooperated with small studios like theirs.

“I don’t know. What a big surprise. I just asked my mother to introduce me to Lila. And she agreed. It seems that she doesn’t care about the brand but quality.” Serena shrugged.

“She is so down-to-earth,” Linsay said with a smile.

Serena nodded and said, “Everyone, try your best and hand in a sketch at the weekend. I will send your work to Lila and ask for her opinion.”

“OK.” People in the studio cheered. “As long as she wears our dress in the ceremony, our brand will reach a higher level.”

“Yes, that’s the point. Let’s get the work done!” Serena clapped her hands.

Then they immediately went back to work in high spirit.

At noon, Esther had lunch with Serena and Linsay. Serena suddenly said, “You two are my most capable partners, we have to get Lila’s order. Understand?”

“Don’t you think too highly of us? We know little about her style.” Esther glanced at her.

“Don’t worry. Although it’s a bit tough, we will try our best.” Linsay smiled.

“I viewed her past dresses last night. It seems that she prefers noble and sexy styles. Maybe we can focus on her past taste first.”

“Sexy dresses fit her well. She has a good body shape,” Linsay said.

“Yes, I do think so,” said Serena. But she then gasped and frowned.

“What’s wrong with you? Are you in your period?” Esther looked at her with concern.

“What else could it be? It hurts every month! I just wanna take away my uterus.” Serena sighed.

“Then you are not a complete woman. Let’s go, I’ll send you home first. Have a good rest.” Esther supported Serena to stand up.

“No, I have to work in the afternoon.”

“Work? Come on, put it off.”

Serena hesitated. “Well, I’ll go to the hospital.”

“Up to you.” They went out of the restaurant together and drove to the hospital.

There were not many people in the hospital at noon. The doctor prescribed a painkiller. Then Esther saw Anne at the cashier.

She was about to go to another cashier since she didn’t want to greet Anne.

But Anne noticed her. “Here is the gynecology department. Ms. Amanda, are you pregnant?” Anne walked to Esther and said sarcastically.

Hearing Anne’s words, Esther blushed as she thought of Terence.

They seldom met after returning from Randall City, let alone having sex. Terence was busy all the time since he was a newcomer in the company. But Esther knew that it was just an excuse. To be honest, they were not in deep love.

“What about you? You’re really sparing no effort to pretend to be pregnant.” An eye for an eye, she glanced at Anne. Then, she noticed that James was walking towards them. So she also said sarcastically, “How pure Mr. Gibson is. Is he living in the dark?”

“Esther, what do you mean? How dare you say that I’m pretending?”