Way Back Into Love (Essie)

Chapter 106 A Big Secret (Part Two)

The day after that was another exciting day.

Essie made it to the front page of the entertainment news, making people speculate that she was one

of Jim's new favorites.

Lying leisurely on the balcony of the villa by the bay, Zac put the newspaper he had just finished

reading on the marble round table.

With a glass of champagne in his hand, Jim leaned against the handrail and said, "I thought you were

playing a game of cat and mouse around the world, but I didn't expect that you would be hiding out

here."

"The most dangerous place is also the safest place." A smile spread over Zac's mouth. He had never

been one to play by rules.

"The way you're dealing with things this time isn't your style." Jim squinted his eyes and looked at him.

He knew exactly what kind of person Zac was. They grew up together, so he believed that he knew him

best.

Zac said nothing.

The reflection of the sun on the ocean was distorted by the spinning waves, turning it into shimmering

golden spots. Zac stared at the sea in silence, the golden waves reflecting in his deep black eyes.

Jim smoothed out his chestnut hair which had been tousled by the sea breeze and said, "I want to

make a bet with someone. I bet that the little thing in Valery's belly is not yours." He made his tone

sound deliberately casual, as if he was just making a joke.

Zac picked up the glass of champagne on the table and took a sip. "Aren't you afraid of losing?"

A wicked smile appeared on Jim's face, as he slowly approached Zac from behind. He put his slender

fingers on Zac's shoulder, pressed his chest to his back and said, "You'd feel very uncomfortable if a

woman touched you like this. How could you go on to do other things?"

Zac said nothing.

Of course, Jim knew him very well.

An unusual silence filled the air.

Jim sat on the chair opposite Zac, his handsome face beaming under the sunlight.

Unlike Zac who liked to keep a low profile and avoided the spotlight at all costs, Jim liked standing on a

sunlit pedestal and enjoying the admiration and worship of everyone else!

"Well, let's not talk about that disappointing woman. Can we talk about Essie? I can't have come here

for nothing this time."

"You are here to see my woman. Now you've got what you want." A smile appeared on Zac's thin lips

as a few ripples appeared in his deep and calm eyes. As soon as he thought of that idiot woman, a

happy thought immediately came to his mind, and the sun seemed to kiss a corner of his heart.

Jim was keenly aware of the subtle change in his facial expression. He smiled and said, "Your woman?

That's a new and hard-to-get concept."

A mysterious and secretive look flashed in Zac's face as he said, "There is something even newer and

harder to grasp than that."

"Really?" Jim raised his thick eyebrows. His curiosity was piqued all of a sudden. "What is it?"

Zac intentionally paused, and slowly sipped his champagne before gently opening his mouth to say,

"She is not just my woman."

Confused, Jim looked at him.

Zac didn't explain immediately. Instead, he started rotating the glass of champagne, and the

transparent liquid inside rotated as well. It rippled and fluctuated inside the glass, making Jim's curiosity

even stronger.

"Okay, I will go to the finals to support her." In order to get the most shocking news, Jim had to offer

Zac the best he could. Curiosity had always been his biggest weakness.

Zac's smile grew even wider. He stopped what he was doing and said in a low and slow voice, "I got

married."

Jim choked on the champagne he had sipped just now. He covered his mouth with tissue and had to

cough several times before he could come back to normal.

Married? What a weird word!

He never planned on doing that in his entire life.

"Are you kidding me?" This was definitely the most frightening gossip he had ever heard. Zac was a

firm celibatarian, just like he was. How could he have gotten married without Jim knowing?

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" Zac simply pursed his lips, looking incredibly serious.

"It seems like the century's biggest show is going to take place in Dragon City soon." Jim clapped his

hands as an evil smile appeared on his face. He had a feeling that this was going to be more dramatic

than any of the TV series he had watched. He liked to watch soap operas, but...

"Are you going to keep a platonic relationship?" Jim's eyes were sharp, and they looked very attractive

under the sun.

"I'm not interested in that," Zac said as he raised his eyebrows and a mysterious and mischievous Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

expression appeared on his face.

"But your hidden disease..." Jim trailed off in the middle of his sentence, and the rest of his words

remained on the stone table.

"You seem very interested in my gossip. Do you have something better to give me in exchange?" A

sinister smile spread on the corners of Zac's mouth.

As a result, his feverish curiosity became even more fervent, just like a fire balloon. He had never

passed up on any gossip, especially not this. "Okay, I'll clarify the scandal involving your wife with the

public." Jim knew that was what Zac wanted from the way he looked at the newspaper. While the

program was being recorded, Jim had planned to dance with Essie. But before Jim could finish his

proposal, Zac's murderous gaze frightened him, and he immediately changed it to "sing a song." It was

a safe choice!

Zac's smile deepened. "You will know when we meet next time."

Meanwhile, Essie was busy cooking in the apartment.

All of a sudden, the entrance guard suddenly rang her and told her to get the parcel that had been

delivered for her downstairs.

Essie thought that the buttons she had ordered online had arrived, so she told Finney, who was lying

on the sofa and putting on a face mask, that she was going out for a while, and left the room.

Outside the apartment stood a man in a courier uniform. The night was dark, and he wore his hat low,

so his face could not be seen clearly.

He handed over the package to her.

As Essie was signing the package, someone suddenly stretched his hand out from behind her and

covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

Before she could even struggle to get away from him, she lost her consciousness.