Way Back Into Love (Essie)

Chapter 118 Don't Flatter Yourself (Part Two)

'Is Valery that well-prepared to get into the family?' Essie sneered in her mind. It seemed like Valery

could do anything without scruple as long as she had her mother-in-law's support.

Should Essie try her best to please the rich mother-in-law as well? But given the present situation, even

if she did whatever she could to please Mary, Essie would not be able to change her mind.

Elizabeth was her best friend, and she saw Valery as her own daughter. More than that, Valery also

had Mary's grandson in her belly. How could an outsider like Essie stand a chance?

It was much more realistic for her to suck up to her father-in-law because he didn't seem to like

Elizabeth and her daughter very much.

Zac didn't say a word. If his mother insisted on doing things that would push him away, he would leave

with Essie.

In the afternoon, before Elizabeth left, she sent Sage, one of her family's servants, to take care of

Valery and help her deal with Essie.

Sage had been serving Valery's family for 15 years, so Essie had a deep impression of her.

Lucy, Essie's mother, was always very good to her. In fact, when Sage's husband was in a lot of debt,

Lucy paid for all of it for her. However, she betrayed Lucy and helped Elizabeth set her up.

As soon as Sage entered the house, she immediately cast a stern glance at Essie and said, "Miss

Valery, don't worry. I will protect you. I'll fight anyone who dares to bully you." Essie sneered in her

mind, 'What a loyal servant!'

Essie didn't even bother to look at her. She didn't want to contaminate her eyes.

She put her hand around Zac's arm and said, "Let's take a walk by the lake."

"Okay." Zac nodded with a smile and walked out with her.

Staring at their backs, Valery clenched her teeth and said, "Sage, let's go together."

The lake was as green as its name suggested, and the green lotuses scattered in the middle of it,

looked like small boats swaying along with the water.

When Zac realized that Valery was following them, he intentionally grabbed Essie's hand and broke

into a run. After a while, Valery could no longer find a single trace of the two.

Essie lay down on the grass and sighed heavily. "I'm so lucky I don't love you. It would be tiring to love

you. Loving you would just be looking for trouble." If it weren't for Valery, she wouldn't have gotten

involved in this mess!

Zac stared at the lake and saw Essie's reflection created by the afterglow of the setting sun. Just then,

the wind sent ripples to the lake, and Essie's reflection rippled along with it as if to signify her uncertain

heart.

"Is it really so difficult to fall in love with me?" he asked. He couldn't help but feel kind of depressed.

Essie didn't answer his question. Instead, she picked up a leaf and started playing with it with her

hands. "I've already made up my mind. After I help you sort out this whole situation with Valery, I'll

apply for Instituto Marangoni and finish my professional studies," she said.

Zac picked up a stone and threw it into the lake as if to vent his anger. "Fine," he said in a low voice,

just like the twilight breeze.

A bitter smile was plastered on Essie's face. As the night wind blew through the woods, the leaf in her

hand got carried away by the breeze and fell into the lake.

Zac stared at the reflection of the sunset in the water. It shimmered like an enormous net made of

thousands of golden threads which was still not enough to capture the entire lake, or Essie's uncertain

heart.

A gloomy atmosphere engulfed the two of them like a fog.

After a long period of silence, something seemed to come to Essie's mind and her eyes lit up. "This

morning, you said that the one who was engaged to you was the third daughter of Valery's family. Is

that true?"

"Yes, you are right." Zac shrugged his shoulders and continued, "But that evil girl was even more

annoying than Valery. Fortunately, she is not here now. Otherwise, she would have been more difficult

to deal with."

'The evil Cathy!

She has to pay for what she had done to me,' thought Zac.

He was absent-minded for a moment, and he didn't notice the thunderous look on Essie's face.

How absurd! How dare he compare her with a viper like Valery? Had she ever offended him before?

She jumped up from the grass with a "whoosh" and glared at him with her arms across her chest.

"Have you ever even seen her? Did you two know each other before? Isn't it wrong to judge a person

whom you have never met or gotten to know?"

The fierce look on Essie's face frightened him. "Why are you so angry? I wasn't insulting you!"

"I... I was raised to always defend others. I heard that the third daughter is a beautiful and talented girl

who can already draw and play the piano at the age of three, and that she's really good at a lot of

things. You couldn't even compare Valery to any one of her fingers. All Valery can do is play tricks and

plot evil schemes." Essie was very angry. It was an insult, a serious insult, to compare her to Valery!

Looking at her serious expression, Zac shook his head and laughed. It seemed that Daisy and Ivy had

spent all afternoon gossiping with her. Now she was feeling bad for someone who had nothing to do

with her, and was even defending her to him.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms. "She is your rival in love. If she were still in Valery's family,

I would have to marry her. What would happen to you then?"

Essie used all her strength to push him away. She was now in a fit of anger.

"Don't flatter yourself. You are too cocky. I don't like you, and I don't want to be married to you." NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

Hearing her words, Zac felt frustrated and sad. How could she rebuke him like that? Was he worse

than an outsider in her heart?

He was in urgent need of finding a place to draw circles, so that he could calm down.

"Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom," Zac said. He also needed some cold water.

Essie was sitting alone by the lake and watching the sunset. In the distance, Valery slowly started

walking towards Essie with the help of Sage.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Valery suddenly got an idea and whispered something in

Sage's ear.

Sage nodded and said, "Good idea, Miss Valery!"