She was stunned after listening to his words. Did she really love Hudson so deeply? She did not know. There was only anxiousness in her heart. “You. It’s none of your business!”
“If you love him, you don’t need to care about his marriage. If you love him, you are willing to become his mistress. However, you don’t!” Elijah knew that his words were cruel, but he just wanted to remind her.
She was shocked and immediately got off the bed because she could not tolerate it anymore. Her emotion was in a mess and she shouted, “If you don’t get out, I will!”
She got off the bed and intended to run.
But he directly pulled her into his arms. Esther was shocked until she raised her head. He came near to her and wildly kissed her lips. “If you love him, will you accept my kiss? Esther, you don’t love him! It’s just your habit. Do you know that it is a habit?”
Esther was completely astonished because she could not understand what was happening right now.
She was yelling as both of her hands were beating the body which was leaning on her. Didn’t he ask her to be quiet? She was stunned by his yelling and felt a little dizzy too. She was confused as she kept shaking her head. “No. It’s impossible. Impossible. I love Hudson!”
She kept beating his body, but he was too strong and huge in body size. She was unable to get rid of him and could only accept his kiss.
Her scalp was starting to numb because her lips were violated by his strong kiss. The pain coming from her lips made her frown and he was so overbearing. With the strong excitement, she was trembling. She didn’t know that it was because of her instinct or her anger. Anyway, it was an involuntary emotion for her.
She could only stare at him deadly. Damn! Damn! She had scolded Elijah countless times in her heart.
After a while, he let go of her, hugging her while panting. He muttered, “Babe, you are mine!”
“I am not yours!” She resisted.
Elijah’s deep voice seemed to be alluring. With a pair of bright eyes, he said, “I want you; you can’t get rid of me. Let’s forget Hudson and he does not worth your love. Starting from now, you can only love me!”
She could not think of anything after listening to such a domineering and deep tone. Why would he ask her to love him?
Ten years!
She had been staying together with Hudson for ten years from a seven-year-old girl to a beautiful lady. Her dream over these years was to become Hudson’s woman!
However, things were unpredictable, and everything had turned out to be like this.
In her opinion, it was impossible for her to love him, but he seemed to know her mind. He pressed her lips with his slender fingers to stop her from taking.
“Babe! You can only love me!” His breathing hit her face and his warm body fragrance was lingering in her nose and her breath.
She looked at him who was saying in a domineering tone. His warm and gentle eyes were something which only Hudson had. At that moment, she was distracted but he was not Hudson, so she pinched her palm to make herself clear-headed.
Wait, did he call her babe?
There was something flashed in Esther’s mind, she frowned and had a headache! Why did she feel that the appellation was kind of familiar?
She shook her head to stop thinking.
“The one that I love is Hudson…” She said it seriously, “Although I will not be together with him, I can’t control my heart. I can’t…”
At that moment, her lips were kissed by Elijah because he wanted to stop her from saying that.
His kisses were gentle this time, not domineering and ruthless. It came with a sense of mercy.
It was completely different from the kiss just now.
His lips were warm whereas her lips were swelling. He moved forward to gently kiss her and her eyes were dilated to stare at him. He looked into her eyes and gently kissed her. The kiss was very soft and with care. She was shocked because she could struggle when he treated her roughly. But, when he was so gentle this time, she realized that she was reluctant to leave.
She bet that she was crazy! Damn Elijah!
She pushed away from him forcefully to stop him from continuing.
“If you insist, I don’t care. Anyway, these few times don’t matter a lot. Whatever!” She knew that she was unable to escape so she simply gave up on struggling.
She pushed him away and closed her eyes then said it with the most indifferent voice, “Would you let me go after we have sex? Could I regain the peacefulness afterward? Just come, I don’t care!”
She took off her shirt and he was stunned while looking at her.
Until she opened all her buttons and removed her shirt then showed herself shirtless to him, he frowned due to astonishment and looked at her with complicated eyes.
The beautiful body that only belonged to a young girl was gorgeous enough to make a man suffocate and tremble. He wanted to possess her aggressively but not in this way…
She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Elijah’s shocked eyes. Then, she felt humiliated and said, “I take the initiative to give you my body, and are you satisfied now?”
Her voice was indifferent and trembling, but she felt more humiliation.
“Do you think that I want your body only?” He frowned when looking at her because he was hurt.
She closed her eyes and there were a lot of cursing words in her mind but eventually, she chose to act rationally so she asked, “Isn’t it what you want?”
She raised the corner of her mouth to mock herself and said, “I can give my body to Hudson and you too. But I am willing to do it with Hudson whereas I have no choice but to do it with you!”
“Damn it, no choice!” Elijah scolded in a low voice.
Her eyes made him feel desperately upset.
His eyes expressed deadly pain inadvertently and his expressions were careless with loneliness. “Is he that good?”
Without asking, he could feel the deep sorrow in the bottom of her heart that had been suppressed. Also, to the extent that, it seemed to affect his emotions as well.
After experiencing a short struggling, his firm facial features under the shadow became calm and indifferent. He stared at her white body and his strong desire had been suppressed. He picked up the pajamas on the floor and helped her to wear them. He buttoned up her shirt and helped her to wear the trousers then stood in front of her.
In the bedroom, there was a sudden silence.
“I don’t want you to be forced. I only want you to do so willingly!” His voice was incredibly indifferent and made Esther tremble.
The atmosphere was awkward and suffocating.
Elijah’s words and actions gave her a huge punch in her heart.
When Esther closed her eyes tightly, she realized that her body was stiff. She was muttering to herself because she did not know what he was thinking about. Didn’t he want to have sex?
Why did he suddenly help her to wear the clothes?
And he wanted her to be willing to do so.
She sneered, “Impossible. I will not be willing to do so with you forever!”
When saying, she could hear that he was panting. At that moment, she could feel his anger and his piercing coldness was going to submerge her.
This coldness was not from his body but his heart.
She was stunned and looked at him stubbornly with disordered breath. Suddenly, he outstretched his hand to hold on to her chin.
He showed a domineering and arrogant face with a pair of deep eyes which were flowing with inexplicable expression then she was stunned.
“You are not a prostitute, and I am not a patron of a brothel as well!” He said it with a deep voice. He did not hold her chin too forcefully, but he looked into her stubborn and shocked eyes. His eyes expressed a sense of sadness and he laughed at himself mockingly then he put down his hands helplessly before turning around to leave.
His eyes?
Esther was able to capture the flash of sadness expressed by Elijah.
What happened to him?
Why did he have such expressions in his eyes?
Esther looked at the door that was slammed. She was slightly stunned and even more confused. Why did his expression make her so restless?
Elijah went missing.
After that night, Elijah went missing.
It had been a week.
Esther did not see Elijah when going to work every day. After she got up that morning, she noticed that the ashtray on the coffee table in the living room was always filled with cigarette butts, but he was not there.
Going to work and then going back come, she hadn’t seen Elijah for a whole week.
But Ethel who came to work every day asked her about her experience with Hudson. He kept asking why she was not in a relationship with Hudson.
Yeah! Why? She also wanted to know the reason!
Within a week, Lilah had basically known the relationship between Esther and Hudson. After ten years of companionship, how could they forget each other easily?
She felt sorry for her bitter experiences and looked at her pitifully every time. She sighed and said, “Esther, I really admire you for giving up in such a way! In addition, I also respect you for being so rational! And then, I think that you should go to study at university. Since Hudson planned for you to study previously, why don’t you go?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s because I don’t have the time and money!” She sighed. “Miss Cole is still in the hospital and I need to work to earn money. So, she can recover soon!”
“Don’t you have Hudson’s card? Hudson never said that he won’t care about you. Why are you being so stubborn?”
“I can’t use it!” Esther shook her head, “I can’t use Hudson’s money anymore!”
“But he is still your guardian!”
“He won’t be my guardian in another month!”
“I don’t really get why you are so stubborn!” Lilah sighed, “The chairman did not ask you to stay in the hospital to take care of Kattie. I saw the chairman chasing after you and he fetched you that day. What is your relationship with him?”
“Nothing!” Esther did not want to mention Elijah. Her fast answer revealed something was fishy between her and Elijah. As a result, Lilah was becoming more skeptical and recalled what Winnie said about them that they were having that kind of relationship. And now, she really felt that something was wrong.
“Actually, you can ask the chairman to support your study. He is the chairman and has plenty of money!” Lilah was muttering, “Also, do you know that Peter’s company is bankrupt?”
“Is that the fat pervert?” Esther was confused and slightly shocked, “Why does such a big company become bankrupt?”
“The chairman asked someone to do it. Do you know that? Peter’s wife is the chairman’s aunt, and the chairman shouldn’t be so mean to Ocean Shipping. But he asked someone to acquire Ocean Shipping. I bet that the chairman is angry, and it is because of you!”
“Me?” Esther pointed towards herself subconsciously. “How is it possible?”
“It seems like the chairman did it because of you!” Lilah became firmer, “It is because Peter nearly harmed you and that night was frightening!”
Esther sighed and felt shocked, but she could not believe it. But when she recalled what Elijah had said. He said that she could only love him in the future!
And even marriage!