“You… I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Is this why you asked me to come here?” Winnie felt embarrassed that Esther could easily guessed her thought. All Winnie wanted was to leave now.
“What’s the rush? I won’t tell Hudson. If Hudson loves me, he wouldn’t have left me in Switzerland while he went to New York in the past four years. Have you ever thought of why he did that?”
“Why?”
“Because you were in New York. Hudson wanted to be in the same city with you even though he couldn’t be with you. He wanted to wait for an impossible encounter to happen. Do you think that those encounters that happened once in a while were accidental? Ask Lance. Hudson wandered on the street after work because he wanted to have an encounter with you.”
“That’s impossible,” Winnie didn’t believe what she heard, “If Hudson still loves me, he would have looked for me earlier.”
“Will you forgive him? You threatened Hudson with your death to have a divorce, what do you expect him to do? He is afraid to hurt you more, but he didn’t want to let go either. Why do you think he waited for you for all these years if he didn’t love you?”
“He felt guilty and sorry for me!”
“The guilt trip was nothing. If Hudson didn’t love you, why is he practicing sexual abstinence?” Esther patted Winnie’s shoulder, “Don’t be a rash girl. Keep calm and think thoroughly. Did he not love you at all? You were framed in that video the first time, but what about after that? Were you guys framed? I was told that all those nights after wasn’t a frame, and both of you weren’t drunk. If Hudson didn’t love you, why did he hug you in his arms every night?”
Winnie’s face flushed red, “Love and sex are two different things for men.”
“I see you have the gift of gab now,” Esther raised her brows, “What a good salesperson you are, but you must put more effort into your job. You see, you became agitated when we talked about Hudson. Girl, use your wit like how you did those marketing analyses. Do you think that Hudson didn’t love you at all? If you keep breaking up with him like this, you might need to consider marrying him the third time. Won’t that be embarrassing marrying the same person thrice? The reason why I asked you to meet me here today, is to stop you from getting that divorce. Think about it. So, you got what I mean?”
After hearing what Esther said, Winnie too, realized that she was acting rashly. Winnie decided to let go, and she thought she was free from Hudson for the past four years, why should she felt agitated now? Why should she be affected so easily? Winnie took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She then smiled at Esther.
“Why? Did what I said cause you to have urinary incontinence?” Esther said, “Say something!”
Winnie felt like her patience and elegance were no use to a woman like Esther, “Esther, can you stop being so rude?”
“You do piss, right?” Esther rolled her eyes. She turned around and saw Elijah leaning and resting against the door of the lounge. Elijah was smiling at Esther. Esther became nervous, “Hubby, why don’t you get more rest?”
“Elijah,” Winnie greeted Elijah, “I should stop being the third wheel. Make a baby brother for Iris! Your task shall be complete once grandfather sees the heir of the Perry family. Bye!”
“Remember what I told you!” Esther exhorted, “Are you saying that girls are invaluable?”
Winnie felt resigned. Esther was too warm-hearted. Winnie didn’t even felt like they were that close to a point where they could discuss private or sensitive issues.
“Girl, did you remember what I told you?” Esther shouted at Winnie after she realized Winnie didn’t reply to her.
“Don’t ‘girl’ me. I’m four years older than you,” Winnie shouted back.
“I’m your sister-in-law. If you want to scold me back, then go back to Hudson, then you could be my sister-in-law too. That way, you can scold or do whatever you want to me. Or else, you might be bullied by me the rest of your life.”
“Brother, look at your wife!”
Elijah shrugged his shoulders, “I agreed with babe. She is your sister-in-law. If you still have feelings for Hudson, then go for it. It’s hard for a woman to find another man after divorce. Hudson is a good man, and he cared about you. Why don’t you give him a chance? If you’re getting back together with Hudson, I’ll ask babe to call you sister, and you can bully her all you like.”
“Both of you are the same! I should stop this conversation now.” Winnie turned around and wanted to leave.
“Go home and look at Hudson. He’d vomit blood if he drinks too much. Plus, he’s having gastric lately. He could have been vomiting blood at home right now.” Esther told Winnie before she left.
Winnie stunned. She was startled by what Esther said.
Vomiting blood? Gastric? What did it have to do with her now? Winnie didn’t want to live together with Hudson anymore. She would never just settle down, and she didn’t want to be involved with him anymore. However, Esther’s words kept lingering in her mind. Winnie was hesitating if she should go and visit Hudson.
In the President’s office.
Elijah kept staring at Esther, and he was smirking at her.
“What… What’s with that look?” Esther would only feel shy in front of Elijah. The way Elijah stared at her made Esther nervous. She didn’t think she did anything wrong.
“What did you just say about me?”
“What about you?” Esther repeated after him.
“What do you think?”
Esther couldn’t recall what she said about Elijah, “I didn’t mention you just now.”
“Somebody was telling me that I was weak, and something else,” Elijah said slowly. He felt resented when he looked at Esther’s face and her words earlier.
“Oh, about you being hypersexual? Aren’t you?” All Esther remembered was her panting on the bed and being exhausted.
Hypersexual? That’s an underestimation!
He was insatiable! Elijah rolled his eyes and walked over.
“Hey, I remembered that Hugo is leaving with your friend today. I should go and see him away,” Esther decided to leave, or else she might be in trouble. They have been spending their days on the bed ever since Elijah was back. Esther would have to take the blame for being hypersexual if Elijah didn’t want to admit it.
“I will get somebody else to see him away. You won’t need to be there.” Elijah quickly grabbed Esther into his arms after realizing she was trying to use that as an excuse to get away from him. Esther could hardly breathe when she was in Elijah’s arm.
“How could we allow other people to represent us? I might be the mother-in-law for Hugo. How could we get other people to do what a mother-in-law does?” Esther struggled. Based on her experience from the past few days, if Elijah kept being so close to her, she might trigger Elijah’s desire again.
“They are only kids. If you dare to run away from me, I will spend all my time with Iris and ignore you. Don’t blame me for not accompanying you by then. Are you clear?” Elijah knocked on Esther’s forehead lightly with his finger.
Esther won’t let her accompany their daughter, neither did she want to satisfy his desire?
“No, no. You are mine. You should spend a rational amount of time with Iris, and you can never get too close with other women. I won’t be too happy about that. If I’m not happy, I would have a hormone imbalance, and I might be psychologically unwell, followed by personality disorders, then end up going nuts. It would be too late to regret if I’ve done anything out of line.” Esther said nervously. She can’t help but peek at Elijah. Esther then found out that Elijah was smirking at her. She quickly lowered her head and bit her lips. Elijah looked so perverted. Esther felt nervous and exhausted at the same time.
“You…” Elijah felt speechless.
“Are you trying to make me mad on purpose?” Elijah was about to get angry, but he quickly calmed himself down, “I’ve never seen a mother like you who would be jealous of her child.”
“Well, I’m unique. You’re honoured to have a wife like me. Don’t complain.”
“Dare to talk back, huh?” Elijah hugged Esther into his arm again. He then lowered his head and kissed Esther’s lips.
After that, Elijah carried Esther into the room in his office.
The bed was messy because she was thrown into the bed in the morning. They made out from the bed at home to the bed in the office. They rarely left the bed the whole day. Esther’s face flushed red, and there were tears in Esther’s eyes. Her eyes looked mysterious like they were covered in a sheer curtain.
A few minutes later, Esther was almost out of breath. Her lips were pink as a result of the kiss. She panted, “You need to buy me some meds for my kidney. I have a feeling it has become weaker. I would die of this hypersexual lifestyle. Are you sure you haven’t had sex in four years?”
“Damn,” Elijah panted beside Esther, “Yes, which is why my desires are exploding on you now. Hold on, this should end soon.”
“Are you saying that you won’t touch me after that?”
Should Elijah answer yes or no to this question?
You can never guess what a woman was thinking.
“Babe,” Elijah sighed, “You never know how attractive you are to me. You’re irresistible.”
“Really?” Esther raised her head in curiosity. Elijah pulled her over and kissed her deeply.
They were tongue-kissing each other. Elijah’s handsome face became a blur as Esther was panting. She gave up control of her own body.
Esther closed her eyes.
“Let’s make a baby,” Elijah muttered.
What? What did he say?
“No!” Esther shook her head.
“Why?”
“Too painful. But if you’re giving birth, then I agree.” Esther didn’t want to experience the pain again. It was not a small matter for a woman to give birth to a baby. It was a matter of life and death.
Although children are cute, such as Iris. She was dear, fun, and sometimes naughty. However, when Esther recalled the pain she had to go through during the process of giving birth, she hesitated.
Esther looked cute when she pouted her lips. Her pink, tender lips Elijah kissed were such a temptation to Elijah. It was like Esther’s lips were inviting Elijah to kiss them again. Elijah smiled and look determined.
“I’ll be right beside you this time,” Elijah continued to temp Esther.
“No. If you want, you go and give birth to one.” Esther replied.
“How? I don’t have a womb!”
“Those Boy-Love novels said men could give birth to babies. Go and read them.”
“…”
“I don’t want to have babies anymore.”
“Babe,” Elijah lowered his voice and stared at Esther with a charming look.