She was hungry and did not want to wrong her stomach. After walking for so long, she had already thought about her situation positively.
Anyway, she did not regard him as hers. At best, he was an agreement fiance. Therefore, she did not need to be angry. Sometimes she hoped that she had not seen anything about him. But unfortunately, she saw everything inadvertently.
She took a taxi to home. When she was about to step into the lobby of the apartment, a man stopped her. “Are you Halle Marshall?”
Halle looked at him in amazement. “What’s up?”
“Mt lady said that she is there now and asked you to wait outside for a while when you come back; otherwise, it will be embarrassing to say something that you should not see.”
“You mean Violet Wallace?”
“Yes.” The man took a glance disdainfully at Halle and said in a cold voice.
“OK. I see.” She said but immediately walked into the lobby regardless of what he said. She was such a person who really did not want to go to see other people’s sex show. However, she could not follow the order of the person she did not know. Anyway, her self-esteem made her ignore the man and go upstairs. As for going back or not, it was her business.
“Miss Marshall…” The man shouted towards her back.
She ignored his calling went in the elevator, but looking at the buttons, she did not know which floor she should go to.
As a result, she pressed every button of the elevator. She felt herself a bad girl now. When the elevator stopped on the fifth floor, she stepped out. She wanted to climb the stairs. It was dark in the staircase, and she did not turn on the lights. She walked like a cat so that the voice-activated light switch could never work.
Just walk slowly to the top floor in the dark. Look at the time. It’s still early.
Sitting on the stairs, Halle smelt the darkness and closed her eyes. She felt somehow exhausted at this moment. She really should not come back here, but she just came back.
Maybe, she missed the taste of the food made by her parents.
How long had it been since she tasted the home food last time?
Actually, she was a bit silly.
Ronan should get together with Violet Wallace. Halle thought that she had no right to dominate his private life, which was a clear term on the agreement.
But she could not ignore the fact that Violet Wallace had his door key.
Perhaps, it was all designed by Violet.
Although she thought of these things, she did not want to verify them, because Ronan Grant was not her real husband, and they just muddled along.
After sitting for a long time, Halle thought that Violet Wallace might leave at this time. She tried to stand up with her hand leaning on the wall and decided to go home. She was so hungry. When Halle just stood up. “Bang.” Her head hit a cold chin. “Ah …” She was about to scream subconsciously. It was too dark here, and she thought only a rogue would hit her in the dark place.
A hand covered her mouth in time. “Halle Marshall, do you want people to watch you?”
“Ronan Grant, you… you…” She never thought it would be him
“What?”
“You scared me. Next time, can you say hello first?” Breathing a sigh of relief, she heard the voice of Ronan Grant and then rest assured.
“I did, but you did not see me.”
It was too dark there, so she naturally could not see him. She pushed away his hand, “Have you heated the food? I’m hungry.”
“Halle Marshall, I’ve already heated for seven or eight times.” Then he hugged around her waist and took her out of the dark stairs unhurriedly. She wanted to push him away, but another voice in her heart made her do nothing after all.
Pushing the door and went in, she saw a clean room with the aroma of food, and the disgusting condom on the sofa was gone…
Maybe because she was like his first lover, he was so kind to her at the moment.
But she did not want to be another’s substitute. If she were not hungry, she wouldn’t want to talk to him at all.
She washed her hands and walked out of the room. Then she saw the hot and steaming food on the table. Halle Marshall pretended to be indifferent and sat quietly opposite Ronan Grant. She looked at the dishes on the table. They were delicious. Sweet and sour pork ribs, boiled live fish, Sichuan style pork, and radish dried scallop soup. There was only a light dish – vegetables. The dinner was a typical four dishes and one soup.
She immediately picked up chopsticks and ate, “Ronan Grant, thank you.” Looking at him, she thought that he was so good to her because of his guilty conscience, for fear that she would know why he had made a mess in the room today.
“You should go home early next time. Don’t go shopping so late, and don’t sit in the stairwell, especially at night. It’s very dark.”
She spooned some soup at random and found it really fresh. “Ronan Grant, do you care about me?”
“Of course, you are my fiancee.”
Hehe. Exactly. She was his fiancee in name. She was in a bad mood today and did not want to talk to him.” Why don’t you eat?”
“I’m not hungry.”
“Then I’ll eat.” She continued to eat her favorite sweet and sour pork ribs. She loved this dish too much. It was sour, sweet, and delicious. She liked to eat it since she was a child. But she had not eaten this dish for at least five years.
When she ate the food like a gourmand, he had sat in the living room and drank tea while watching TV news. He was leisurely and comfortable.
She was full and also got over the sadness. She owed him and had to comply with the agreement.
She went into the kitchen to wash the bowl. After finishing, she stepped out of the kitchen. She was suddenly agitated wanted to drink some wine. So she went to Ronan Grant and put her hand was on his shoulder. “Ronan, I want to drink.” The last time when she drank, her thinking was chaotic because of Hunter Dean’s betrayal, but this time, she was extremely clearheaded.
“OK, Halle Marshall. But you can only drink one cup. Otherwise, you’ll get crazy after being drunk.” His meant the first time she was drunk.
“OK, I’ll have a drink, but you have to drink with me.”
Ronan Grant made a snap of his fingers. “Let’s go. Follow me.”
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, they went into a small barroom. She felt dizzy even when she just looked at the wines on the bar. All kinds of wines were very expensive, even more expensive than those in FJ Club. “Ronan Grant, did you just use these good wines to get your girlfriends drunk, and then …” She said casually, thinking about everything today, and her heart was very uncomfortable.
“What are you talking about? I don’t need to force others to drink. I’m the person who’s forced to drink by the girls, then … Forget it. Let’s talk about what wine do you want to drink?”
Halle Marshall looked at the bar again. Suddenly, she saw the letters XO’ and pointed to the wine. “That one.” She had seen it in FJ Club but had not drunk it. It was OK to just have a taste. Anyway, Ronan Grant would pay the bills.
He gracefully opened the wine bottle, and the transparent goblet was quickly filled with amber liquid, which was full of aroma.
Somehow, the lights in the room have turned dim. She took the goblet handed by Ronan Grant and suddenly became nervous.
“Cheers！” She looked at the liquid in the cup nervously, and Ronan Grant clinked her cup and said with a smile.
“Hey, I don’t want to drink a toast. I said I only have one drink, so I just take a sip. But you can drink a toast.” She had gathered herself after clinking glass.
Ronan Grant smiled. “OK, it’s up to you today. You can drink as much as you like. I’ll drink it first.” Then he raised his head and drank a glass of wine. He seemed to be in a bad mood and wanted to drink very much.
Halle Marshall, for the first time, became so attentive and immediately filled the glass for Ronan. “Come on. Let’s drink again.” Halle just took a sip and then looked at Ronan Grant who drank another glass of wine like drinking water.
If she paid for this wine, it would be painful when she drank it. Every sip was worth over 100 yuan.
They drank one bottle and then another. Ronan Grant seemed really unhappy. Within an hour, they had drunk a few bottles of XO. Looking at Ronan who became dizzy, Halle said, “Rona, it’s late. We have to go to work tomorrow. Just go to sleep.”
“No. I wanna drink.” He still took the bottle to pour the wine into the glass, but the bottle was empty. He seemed to be too drunk to see it. He took the empty glass and sent it to his lips. “Halle Marshall, cheers! I still wanna drink.” He could say nothing clearly except for the word “drink”.
“Let’s go. Drink downstairs later.” Halle held him downstairs. He was really heavy and leaned on her. He was breathing alcohol fumes, making her wanted to stay away but she could not.
He was drunk too much. He swayed downstairs, and Halle pushed him into his own room. “Go to sleep.”
He grabbed her hand and refused to let go. “Helle, are you here?”
Her heartbeat quickened, he never called her Helle. Her name was Halle, and that was what he usually called her.
But this name sounded so intimate.
The wine made her dizzy and muddled. She just said casually, “Ronan, it’s me.”
The fragrance of cologne faintly penetrated the heart of Halle Marshall, and she found it so tempting.
Her heart was beating, and she recalled the picture when he kissed her in the car. Although it was deliberately shown to Hunter Dean, it still made her blush.
“Helle…”
The man called her so lovingly at this time.
Helle. Was he calling her?
She was forced to raise her body. They swayed and fell on the big bed together.
She gradually accustomed to the darkness in his room and looked at the man on the bed wonderingly. He was so handsome that she could not help but stretch out a hand and touch his face. When the fingertips touched his skin, he groaned and whispered again. “Helle…”
Halle Marshall seemed to be bewitched and fell on him when he slightly pulled her hand.
She felt something across the thin clothing and was suddenly scared. But it was too late for her to get rid of him.
Being drunk, she felt that everything became hazy.