Way Back Into Love (Essie)

Chapter 132 She Cannot Escape

"Yes." She spat out the word as if she was mad at him, but it sounded weak even to her ears. Didn't he

have another woman in his heart?

A flash of jealousy flickered in his eyes, but bitterness was the emotion that ruled in his heart. Her heart

seemed to be closed off to him; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get in.

"I can wait!" he said in a clear, forceful voice, and he meant every word. Once she became his woman,

she would be his only woman for the rest of their lives.

She looked at him blankly, stunned and not understanding his meaning. "Wait? Wait for what exactly?"

"Wait for you to forget him." To Essie, his eyes remained in shadow. What she didn't know was that Zac

was staring at her like she was his whole world.

"Why should I forget him?" she asked sarcastically, her face twisted in a sneer. What she really wanted

to ask was: "Can you forget Leila?" In the past, Hanson gave her up to get Bella. Zac gave up Leila for

the sake of his family. To a certain extent, the two men were similar.

"Because I will make you forget him," Zac said with a serious expression on his face and a return of his

usual autocratic tone.

She couldn't understand his expression and his heart. Maybe it was his fierce possessiveness that's

bothering him again. For as long as she was his wife, he would always think of her as his private

property. He could never allow anyone to touch or steal what was his.

"Let me see you try," she mocked, but the knife in her heart dug deeper.

On the other side of the mountain, Daisy was standing on a big rock outcrop to take photos of the

mountain in the sunset.

William stood next to her and reminded her every once in a whole to be careful.

After she got her shots, she vaulted down from the stone and excitedly looked at the pictures she had

taken in high spirits. "Every sunset is different, and so is every sunset in this mountain. I want to try my

best to preserve this beautiful scene." Her beautiful little face was shining in the setting sun: clean,

innocent, and bright.

William looked at her quietly. In a trance, her shadow overlapped with another, both of them gentle and

beautiful. However, she had betrayed him one day and slept with another man. It struck him like a bolt

of lightning. If it weren't for Zac's advice, he didn't know how long he would have wallowed in

depression.

"William!" Daisy's voice broke William's reverie. "That's a very beautiful and professional-looking shot,"

he praised.

Daisy smiled up at him, her smile particularly brilliant at dusk.

Beside the bonfire, Ivy was eagerly eyeing a bowl of beef stew. She was so hungry.

The maid placed the noodles in the boiling stew. After a short while, the stew was ready to be served.

Zac knew that Essie really liked to eat meat, so he kept picking up big chunks of beef and placing them

into her bowl.

With a wave of her hand, Essie said dismissively, "No, thanks; you can have them."

"You are too thin. You should eat more meat." His tender, affectionate gaze made her heart ripple like a

breeze. Admittedly, due to his thoughtfulness, Essie sometimes found herself fantasizing about

something that she shouldn't think about and unconsciously wanting to depend on him. The sugar-

coated bullets were like opium: you knew that they were eroding your spirit and soul, but you could not

refuse once you became addicted.

"Zac, you don't have to be so nice to me." She wouldn't leave as long as he needed her to deal with

Valery.

Zac's eyes darkened to a shade of twilight. "Is it so wrong to treat you well?" His words were slow and

frigid like a cold wind.

"I didn't mean that." She looked down. She didn't want him to try so hard.

"Then what did you mean?" he asked. It seemed like he was not going to let her go so easily.

"I..." The fire was reflected in Essie's eyes. "You're being too kind to me. We will go our separate ways

in the future, so I don't want to get used to it." Once everything was over, he would definitely want her

to disappear and never show up again to disturb his new life without her.

"Okay, I will change, then," he said lightly, but the words were like painful bullets to her heart. He

changed his tune so fast. She did guess it right; he was afraid that she would get stuck on him. She

wanted to tell him not to worry. After all, she was a reasonable woman; she would disappear like smoke

from his sight.

She stuffed a piece of beef into her mouth and chewed vehemently, as if venting her feelings on the

hapless piece of meat. Then, he picked up the last piece of beef in his bowl and placed it in hers. "I

have decided to be extremely good to you so that you could get used to it and never leave me." His

deep, dark eyes suddenly flashed with a sly glint, like a meteor streaking across the sky.

She choked and suddenly realized that she was being made fun of. She felt her face burn from

embarrassment. "You! Change and disappear, fast!" She glared at him, but her melancholy dissipated

like clouds covering the moon. She didn't want him to notice the change in her mood, so she ate the

noodles without raising her head.

On the other side of the campfire, the exact opposite of their scene was playing out. Daisy gave all the

meat in his bowl to William and said, "William, I'm on a diet these days. I don't want to eat meat. Can

you help me eat it?"

"Your figure is just right. You really shouldn't try to lose more weight." William looked at her with

concern.

"Which one do you prefer? Skinny or plump?" she asked cautiously.

"Neither fat nor skinny...just like you," William said honestly.

"Really?" Daisy smiled upon hearing his answer, two dimples flashing on her cheeks.

Nighttime at the top of the mountain was quiet and harmonious.

Insects chirped a beautiful symphony of nature in the grass.

Eventually, everyone finally retired into the tents to sleep.

Zac didn't feel sleepy at all. He forced Essie to sit on a big, smooth rock and watch the stars with him.

Far from the city, the night sky was dark, and the stars were bright and clearly visible.

"It's been a long time since I last saw so many stars," remarked Essie with a sigh.

"I'll take you to see them more often." A devious look flashed in his dark eyes. He placed a hand on her

shoulder and deliberately murmured into her ears, "Just two of us."

She smiled and did not respond. To him, she was only suitable for the role of food buddy or a playmate.

Essie lay back on the rock with her hands behind her head. "Zac, let's count the stars, shall we?"

"You are always so confused. Are you sure you can count them?" he teasingly replied with a chuckle.

"You're right, I can't count them. The stars in the sky are as many as your women, countless!" she

retorted with a disdainful sniff.

"Who else do I have except you?" He shook his head, a bitter smile crossing his face. The history of his

love life was as pure as a piece of paper.

"At this point, I only know of two women: a concubine and your Juliet. For sure, there must be an

innumerable number of women I know nothing about." She pouted and thought to herself, 'The prince

of the Rong family: extremely handsome, rich, brilliant, and unparalleled... He is a god among men, so

it's no wonder that women go crazy enough to fight over him.'

Zac raised an eyebrow quizzically. "Who is Juliet?" Was this little fool that befuddled, or did she pull

that out of thin air?

'Cut out the bullshit!'

She curled her lips again.

'Aren't you and Leila the modern version of Romeo and Juliet?' Two families were incompatible as fire

and water, so they were forced to fight against each other. You guys even had the same plot line, but

the ending was different. In their case, they died for love, whereas you ended up separating in your

story.

Looking at her silent form beside him, Zac raised his hand and gently clasped the point of her chin.

"Who is it?"

"Your beautiful childhood sweetheart. Who else?" She turned her head away, feeling inexplicably

jealous.

An indecipherable look settled in his eyes. "Are you jealous?"

"Not at all!" she said crossly. She didn't even like him, so why would she be jealous? An inexplicable

melancholy settled in her heart, and her thoughts were churning.

Zac's handsome face hovered above her, obscuring the starry sky up high. His eyes flashed

mischievously in the dark, even more dazzling than the brightest of stars. At the same time, his gaze

was unreadable.

She stopped breathing for a second. His strong aura was overwhelming her, making her heart beat fast

and irregular. She swallowed hard to moisten her suddenly parched throat. She pulled out a hand from

under her head and gently pushed for him to keep a safe distance.

He completely ignored her feeble attempt at resistance and raised his hand to touch her face. His long

fingers softly glided from her forehead to her lips, the touch as light as a feather.

"You idiot, don't you have any feelings for me at all?"

Feelings?

What feelings?

Confused, she asked, "Are you hateful?"

He shuddered like he had just been teased. "You hate me?"

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anger colored her voice. He didn't like her; he only wanted to use her and take control of her. Why was

he so aggressive? She was not a toy. Did he think that she had no dignity or feelings?

Pain flashed across his eyes, and his forehead was marred by a frown. All of a sudden, a wry smile

wiped any expression that might have been on his face. "So... was that how I behave?"

In fact, when she was in danger, he was always the first to come to save her. When she was unhappy,

he would try to make her laugh. When she was accidentally injured, he was the only person who took

care of her. He treated her with utmost care. Perhaps it was because of this kindness that she had

unconsciously accustomed to him and begun to rely on him.

However, she couldn't tell him these words. Instead, all she had was a deep sigh. "Don't think too much

about it. You are not the one I want, and neither am I the one that you want. This was all a mistake."

His eyes were as dark as the night at the top of the mountain. "If this was a mistake, let me make a

final one. I don't care if you'd hate me; so be it!" With those words, he swooped down his head to

capture her lips. Even if there was no place for him in her heart, then at least he could claim her as his

woman.

Not far away, in the dense jungle, a pair of mysterious eyes stared at them in the darkness. He had

been following them secretly for a while now... he was only waiting for the perfect timing.