Love Is a Sweet Addiction

Seeing Terence slowly walking up from the living room, Esther became nervous. She wondered why he hadn’t gone to the hotel.

Kilborn was not surprised at all. He greeted Terence unhurriedly, “Uncle Terence, long time no see!”

Terence glanced at him indifferently, his tone was as cold as ever, “Since you call me Uncle Terence, you should call her Auntie instead of teasing her in that disrespectful tone.”

“Uncle Terence is too serious. Auntie is so cute, I was just joking with her.” Kilborn then smiled at Esther and said, “Auntie, it was just a joke. Please don’t take offense.”

After saying that, he strode up the stairs.

After Kilborn left, only Terence and Esther were left on the spiral staircase. Terence glanced at her with a gloomy face.

At this time, Esther was only in pajamas with bare feet and disheveled hair. It was obvious that she had just woken up, no wonder Kilborn would want to tease her. She was not only cute but also a little offbeat.

Everyone had gone to the hotel except her!

Terence gazed at her and said with his tone of command, “I’ll give you twenty minutes. Get dressed immediately and come downstairs.”

Esther was slightly surprised and unconsciously asked, “You still want me to go to the hotel tonight?”

“Otherwise?” Terence asked back.

“I thought Mom and Dad would not want me to show up anymore,” Esther said indifferently.

“Mom and Dad have already explained to the guests that it was a misunderstanding. If you don’t want people to see that you have a guilty conscience, then you should just finish the banquet process confidently.” Terence’s tone became more serious. “Remember, you are the fourth madam of the Gibson family. You must always think about the reputation and face of the Gibsons. Don’t discredit us again.”

After he finished, Terence strode up the stairs.

Esther was bewildered for a moment on the spiral staircase before she followed him upstairs and returned to her bedroom to get dressed.

The attendees of the banquet were still those well-known celebrities. Anne had put aside what had happened in the morning. Accompanying James, she was chatting with the guests proudly.

As the main focus of the night, she was as beautiful as a princess in a fairy tale, and her smile was full of happiness.

While as the ‘sinner’ of the Gibson family, Esther was very careful, trying her best to keep a low profile in order not to cause any troubles.

From beginning to end, she kept smiling and talking appropriately by Terence’s side. No one had discovered that they were seemingly in harmony but actually at variance.

One thing that puzzled Esther was that Anne had invited Lila.

Could someone like her who loved to be in the limelight accept being stolen the show by this celebrity Lila?

It was getting late, and some older guests had already left. Although the young guests were wealthy, this was the first time they interacted like friends with such a beautiful big star like Lila. Naturally, they were not willing to leave. They all gathered around Lila, talking and laughing.

Looking at Lila who was almost surrounded by all the male guests, Anne smiled and deliberately said, “Look, Lila is so popular with men. I wonder who will win her heart in the end.”

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Esther stole a glance at Terence and added mockingly, “Isn’t it a pity that such a beautiful lady will finally fall for someone?”

Terence glanced at her indifferently, then turned around and walked towards the break room.

Anne looked at Esther and slightly chinned up. “Is Auntie jealous?”

“Of course not.” Esther’s eyes swept the hall and said, “Since most of the guests have left, I should go back. You guys, have fun!”

“Hey, easy!” Anne called out to her, “Before Grandpa left, he said that Uncle Terence and Auntie must stay here before all the guests had left. Moreover…”

She took a step forward and smiled evilly at Esther, “The real show is yet to come. Oh, I mean the afterparty, which will be the real climax.”

Anne would not allow Esther to leave as to her, the most important moment had not arrived yet.

Not only did she want to make Lila completely become Terence’s girl, but she also wanted Esther to see in person that her husband was messing up with a girl who was much more outstanding than her. In that case, Esther would definitely have a mental breakdown.

Anne thought, “After Lila becomes Terence’s girl, you can’t be arrogant and bully me anymore even though you are Terence’s wife!”

Actually, she did not want to be so ruthless, but Esther had gone too far. She must take revenge on Esther for what happened previously.

Looking at the malicious expression on Anne’s face, Esther did not think too much about it. She only thought that Anne was keeping her stayed for the show.

People were dancing in the banquet hall. The music had also changed from light music to a fast rhythm. As Terence’s wife, even if Esther was in disrepute, people were still trying to curry favor with her on the surface.

Getting herself out of the crowd with difficulty, Lila went to the bride’s break room as promised, in which Anne was already inside.

“How did things go? Did you get it on a roll?” Lila asked impatiently.

Anne smiled with pride in her eyes. “Don’t worry. With me, things would definitely go smoothly.”

“Then … where is Terence now?” Thinking about what was about to happen, Lila couldn’t help but put on a crimson face. At the same time, she couldn’t wait for it.

“Probably in the break room,” Anne said, “Didn’t you see that he was stumbling along?”

“It has come into effect? So fast?”

“It can be faster.” In order not to be discovered by Terence, she kept the amount of philter in each cup of wine very low. Luckily, he had drunk cup by cup. So no matter how low the amount of philter was, he must be horny at the moment.

Anne thought, “Terence will probably never think that he will be drugged, right?”

“Alright, my task is finished. The rest is on you.” Anne smiled at her. “Charming as you are, I believe you will not fail.”

“Just leave it to me. I will not let you down.” Although Terence was more difficult to deal with than others, he had lost self-control now. Therefore Lila was very confident.