Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Anne obviously did it on purpose. Seeing the change of Esther’s expression, she pulled her hair behind her ear and asked with a phony smile, “How do you think of my new earrings? Are they beautiful? I called James and asked him to bring them back for me from the capital.”

Esther looked down and smiled. “They’re pretty.”

It turned out that James bought the earrings for Anne, not her. She was actually moved when seeing the ring in front of the hotel yesterday.

“Esther, let’s go in first.” Doris glanced at Anne and said to Esther, “Remember to apologize to your grandma later. Explain to her what’s going on and calm her down.”

Esther glanced at her mother who looked worried. If it weren’t for her mother living well in the Cusack’s, she would have turned around and left, let alone apologized.

When she entered the living room, she saw James sitting on the sofa. The man was eating breakfast in the Gibson’s this morning, but now was in the Cusack’s. Was he so reluctant to part with her sister for even one second?

After suppressing the bitterness in her heart, she pretended to be calm and greeted him. “Mr. James is so thoughtful by rushing here to date my sister.”

James looked at her and sarcastically replied, “What? Are you jealous, Auntie?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Auntie, drop the act. My uncle is not interested in a woman like you at all. That’s why he didn’t even bother to touch you.”

Esther felt embarrassed. She didn’t expect him to know that Terence did nothing to her that day. Then why was he here today? Date with Anne and see the fun by the way?

“Esther! You had the nerve to come back?” A harsh voice suddenly came from upstairs. Esther’s expression froze as she looked up at Betty slowly walking down the stairs.

“Mom…” Doris hurried to greet her and explained quickly, “You misunderstood. Esther didn’t cheat on … Terence…!”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Before Doris could finish, she was hit by Betty’s crutch and fell on the sofa.

Esther was shocked to see this. She rushed up to catch her mother and said angrily, “Grandma, why did you hit my mother?”

“She raised a shameless daughter like you, and shouldn’t she be taught a lesson?” With this, Betty was about to hit Doris again. Esther grabbed her arm quickly and said, “Since I disgraced the family, just come at me. How could you hurt my mother?”

“Don’t worry, you will know the rules of the Cusack family today!”

Doris tugged at the corner of Esther’s clothes and wept bitterly. “Esther, tell your grandma that you are innocent. You didn’t seduce anyone….”

Esther gritted her teeth. If she admitted that she was just acting in front of James yesterday, wouldn’t that be a big embarrassment to her? Moreover, even if she explained, Betty might not believe it.

Betty was infuriated. “How dare you lie to me? As a married woman, you got emotionally entangled with your sister’s boyfriend in public, and even seduced another man outside. How shameless! You’ve brought dishonor on the Cusack family!”

Esther turned around in anger and stared at James and Anne, who were watching with ill intentions. She gritted her teeth and sneered. “Whose boyfriend was stolen and who was persistent? James, if you’re a man, tell the truth. Is that all you can do by using an old woman who knew nothing to deal with me?”