Love Is a Sweet Addiction

At night, when Esther was asleep, Terence suddenly pulled her into his arms.

She was awakened and turned to look at him. “Terence, what is it?”

Feeling his warm hand find its way into her pajamas and gently land on her flat belly, her body instinctively shook and her limbs unconsciously tightened.

“Don’t be so nervous. I am not as thirsty as you think.” Terence’s teasing voice sounded in her ears.

Esther flushed slightly and found that he was indeed gently stroking her belly without any other movements.

It was true that if he dared to act recklessly now, he might not suppress the fire in his body. And even if she, as a pregnant woman who was still in a critical period, was willing to satisfy his desire, he wouldn’t dare to accept it, right?

Although his palm was only lightly moving around her abdomen, Esther still felt extremely hot and palpitating.

It seemed that he wasn’t the only one who had been set on fire. So was she.

To distract herself, Esther asked softly, “Terence, when Miss Shirly was pregnant, did you behave carefully to her like this?”

Feeling the large palm pause, Esther realized that she seemed to have asked the wrong question again.

Why did she like to ask questions related to Miss Shirly so much? Was it because she was jealous? But she wasn’t and wouldn’t be jealous of a deceased woman.

Just as she was feeling sorry and thinking about how to smooth it over, Terence suddenly said with a casual air, “I forgot it.”

“Forgot?” Esther was a little surprised and turned to face him.

Under the night sky, his exquisite eyes were suffused with a familiar sadness, and it didn’t seem like he was just casually brushing things off.

“Didn’t I tell you? I am forgetful. Many things are slowly forgotten. I will forget many things gradually.” Terence gave off a self-deprecating smile. Then, he gently lifted her chin with his index finger and gazed at her, and said faintly, “Esther, so no matter what happens in the future, you’d better not disappear for too long. I won’t remember you as time goes by.”

Esther was choked by his words for a moment. She said sadly, “What nonsense are you talking about? How could I leave you for too long?”

“It’s just an assumption.”

“Don’t worry, I am a pregnant woman. No matter what happens, I will stay by your side.” Esther smiled at him.

He almost forgot Shirly who he had loved so much, not to mention her. So she would not leave and would not give him the chance to forget her.

“Terence, do you have the heart to forget Miss Shirly? Is there no way to cure your illness? Is it that your illness makes you forgetful?”

She asked, feeling a little distressed and worried.

Although she would never leave him alone no matter what, who could predict what would happen in the future? If the two were forced to separate, five years later, she would completely disappear from his memory and become a stranger.

Thinking of this possibility, she felt sad.

Terence pondered for a moment and said, “For someone who is out-of-reach, it’s better to forget.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Of course.”

Esther nodded. She didn’t know why, but when she heard his words, her heart seemed to have been stabbed by something. That feeling came too wonderful and sad as if she was the one forgotten by him…

She shook her head silently and tried to get rid of this bad feeling quickly.

“Go to sleep. I won’t disturb you anymore.” Terence said softly.

Esther nodded and wormed her way into his arms and closed her eyes.

Perhaps it was because Esther mentioned Shirly before she fell asleep that she had a nightmare again in which the woman in white appeared again.

The woman in white was still staring at her with that hateful gaze, approaching her step by step, and then her gaze slightly ran down her belly.

Esther subconsciously covered it with her hands. Terrified, she stepped back and muttered, “What are you trying to do? I don’t know you…”

A strange smile suddenly appeared on the cold and ugly face of the woman in white. She stared at her and gnashed her teeth, “How could you conceive Mr. Terence’s baby? You should not be pregnant. Even if you are pregnant, you can’t give birth to it…”

Esther kept shaking her head and retreating, but the woman kept approaching her and even raised her slender hands to Esther’s lower abdomen, muttering that she wanted to kill her baby.

When her hands moved nearer, Esther finally couldn’t help but scream and suddenly sat up from the bed.

The light in the room dazzled her eyes, and cold sweat poured down her forehead. She closed her eyes and realized that she had a nightmare again after looking around the familiar room.

“What’s the matter?” Terence, who was awakened by her, also sat up. Seeing her holding her head painfully, a trace of nervousness flashed through his eyes. He asked with concern, “Does the wound on your head hurt? Come, let me take a look.”

It had already been more than a week. Theoretically speaking, she should have recovered, but she did look painful.

Esther shook her head silently, trying to free herself from the nightmare.

It was too terrifying. That nightmare was too terrifying. It was even more terrifying than the nightmares she had in the past!

In the past, the woman in white was only targeting her, but this time, she was targeting her baby!

“You had a nightmare, right?” Terence looked at her pale and sweaty face and knew that she must have had a nightmare again.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Esther said in a trembling voice, “I had a terrible dream.”

“It’s just a dream. Don’t be nervous.” Terence hugged her and kissed her forehead again to comfort her.

“Okay.” Esther nodded.

Terence saw that it was still early, so he asked softly, “Do you want to sleep again?”

“No.” Esther shook her head. “I can’t sleep.”

Seeing the worry in Terence’s eyes, Esther tried to force a smile. “Terence, don’t worry about me. I feel better now.”

“Thank goodness.” Terence felt relieved.

Esther got off the bed and walked into the bathroom to wash her face with warm water. Then she looked up at her face in the mirror. It didn’t look good. She thought of that dream again unconsciously, that terrible dream!

After that, she walked out of the bathroom to the bedroom, planning to drink some water in the kitchen.