Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
Hadwin Stephenson gave a half-smile and said, “Lina Sweeney, I have many ways to keep you here if I want to, and I can guarantee that it won’t be easy for Jason to save you this time.”
Lina Sweeney was stunned. She hesitated for a moment before gritting her teeth. Who cared? If he was going to hurt her, with her
Lina Sweeney then stepped a few steps forward with vigorous strides.
Hadwin Stephenson smiled faintly and stepped forward.
As the two entered the mansion, Hadwin Stephenson pointed to a couch and said, “Sit.”
Lina Sweeney sat down obediently as if she was possessed by a primary school student.
Hadwin Stephenson walked over to the bar and began mixing drinks. Soon, a rainbow cocktail appeared in his hands. Then he held the gla** and walked up to her. “Here, I remember that your used to enjoy this.”
Speaking of which, she was indeed guilty. The alcohol from back then tasted like fruit wine, so she thought it would not be too strong. Who knew she would be drunk enough to do that.
Otherwise, she would not be so awkward with him.
“No, thank you. I’m not thirsty.” She smiled faintly.
He raised his eyebrows. “I worked hard to make you this. Will you really not drink it?” He took her right hand and pushed the gla**. into hers, almost forcing her to hold it. “I didn’t bother to learn.
mixology because I wasn’t going to be a bartender, but I learned it over the years. I only know how to make this, though. Isn’t it funny?”
Lina Sweeney listened on, not knowing what to say. The cocktail hand seemed to get heavier.
“You still won’t drink it?” he asked as he stared at her.
She pursed her lips. Fine, she would drink it. The worst that could happen was her getting drunk, and… he could just take his revenge, but… “What’s going on between us has nothing to do with my parents. You can take out your anger on me any way your want, but don’t bother my parents.”
He looked at her. She looked like she was going to risk everything and get it over with. Then, his thin lips spat out the words, “All right”.
Lina Sweeney threw back her head and drank the cocktail in one gulp.
It was the same drink, but she felt completely different. Why did she think it tasted so good back then but so bitter now?
“Is it good?” he asked, looking at her intently.
“It’s… so good.” She was a little tongue-tied, and her mouth was full of the taste of the cocktail.
She should have tasted the drink slowly, but she just swallowed it all in one go. “Hadwin Stephenson, what do you want me to do for you to let go of this? Tell me!”
Perhaps it was the gla** of cocktail that made her more daring and her voice louder.
His black eyes darkened. “Whatever you owe me, you pay me with it now.”
She tilted her head on one side, her round eyes staring at him as if she were thinking of something. “I just have to pay you with whatever I owe you?”
“Yes,” he said.
Lina Sweeney stood up and shook her head. The alcohol probably caught up with her and made her feel a little dizzy.
The cocktail was just as strong as before.
However, because of this, she had also become bolder and could do things that she normally could not do.
Just like how she was unzipping her coat and taking it off now.
Hadwin Stephenson narrowed his eyes and looked at what Lina Sweeney was doing right now. His eyes were glistening.
Lina Sweeney took off her coat and began to take off the sweater inside. Once the sweater was on the floor, she started to take off her cotton tee…
“What, do you think I want you?” Hadwin Stephenson said coldly.
Lina Sweeney blinked her eyes. “You’re right. You hate me so much, you probably… don’t want me. You can get someone else to do it, then. Since I owe you one, you should… Uh… You should be able to let go of your fury if I return you one.” Her tongue seemed a little bit out of control. She began to become tongue-tied as she spoke.
His face took on a ghastly expression. He got closer to her, putting his hand under her chin. “Do you allow just anyone to do that to you?”
“I’ll think of it as… being bitten by a dog. How… How else do you expect me to pay you? However… you have to keep your promise… Don’t… Don’t touch my mom and dad, they’re just honest citizens… They’ve never hurt anyone in their life…” She stammered, but her voice became unusually shrill as she spoke of her parents.
He glared at her. This woman was only trying to protect her parents! Was she afraid that he would go hard on them?
However, he did not want her fear!
She stared at the beautiful face so close to her. It was so beautiful it was like the doll she had played with when she was a child.
“You’re so pretty,” she suddenly said, grinning. Then, she put her hands on his cheek. Her fingers even moved restlessly across his face.
At the sight of this, he knew she was probably drunk.
She was just as drunk as before. She had said the same thing back then.
She also said a lot of vows of eternal love, which completely enamored him. Had it not been for her departure the next day, that night would have been his fondest memory.
Unlike the ridicule, indifference, and the cold eyes he received since he was little, her eyes were full of warmth when she looked at him.
When he told her he was a bastard, she smiled brightly. “So what if you’re a bastard? You are what you are. There’s only one you in this world. What a person can achieve is not based on whether he is born out of wedlock.”
“Don’t you think it’s disgraceful that I was born?”
She earnestly said, “I think your parents are irresponsible about marriage. Now that they have children, they should get married. If they can’t get married, they should have kept their distance or took precautions. Isn’t there a saying that getting into a relationship without considering marriage is just S**ual hara**ment?”
For the first time, someone said that about his parents in front of him.
Did she know that sometimes people get into a relationship without considering marriage because there are so many other considerations?
Marriage was nothing more than choosing the woman who could help them make the most of it.
“You get into a relationship for marriage?” he asked.
“Of course,” she answered. “If I want to get married in the future, I’ll surely find a man I love very much and someone who loves me
She described to him her idea of love and marriage.
He listened and unexpectedly produced some kind of yearning. He was almost wishing he could have a relationship like that too.
He had always a**umed that he was indifferent to his future marriage. If he married, he thought it would be with a woman who could bring him some benefit. Otherwise, he would not marry.
However, his heart leaped at her words.
If she were the one he was going to marry… Then he would do it. willingly, and he looked forward to the day they would grow old together.
“Do you like me?” he asked in a deep voice.
“Yes,” she said as she nodded.
“Then date me and fall in love with me. Once you fall in love with me, I’ll take it as if you’ve given me back everything you owe me,” he muttered.
Her eyes had a thick layer of confusion. Her drunken state made her head even more incapable of thinking. “Be your girlfriend? Fall in love with you?”
“Yes,” he said, loosening the fingers that were clasped over her jaw. He hesitated when he raised his hand to remove his hands from her face.
She looked like she was reluctant to give up the warmth in her hand.
Lina Sweeney was staring at the face in front of her. Suddenly, she put on a bright smile and shouted, “All right!”