“Please come in,” She said this as she walked into the house.
Slightly nodding, Jasper walked alongside her. He could feel the house overheating as soon as he walked in. At the doorway, he took off his jacket, hung it on the coat rack near the door, and untied his tie.
The moment he entered the dining room, he saw a few dishes on the table. Meanwhile, Lily went to the kitchen and took out a pot.
“Oh, it’s scorching!” Lily screamed as she walked out of the kitchen door.
Hearing that, Jasper dashed to her side and grabbed the pot from her grasp. Lily laughed shyly and followed him behind.
“Actually, we can just eat outside,” He said in a deep voice.
At that time, Lily had already decanted the wine and taken two glasses from the cabinet behind her. “The doctor said I’m in poor health, and I should eat more homemade food,” Saying that, she poured wine for each of them.
“Why don’t you hire a maid?” Jasper asked, staring at the wine glasses in front of him.
“Don’t you think we look like a typical married couple now?” Lily asked after a brief pause.
Everything will be better, Lily figured, If we have a lovely child by our side at this time. For a brief moment, she almost forgot that they not only had no children but were also divorced.
Realizing Lily was lost in her fantasy, Jasper remained silent.
A while later, he raised his glass and toast with her, “I have to go to the office later, so I won’t be here long.”
Lily wasn’t surprised because he had always been a workaholic who frequently had to work late. He had even more things to do since he had moved most of his business to England. She nodded, “But you should stay for dinner. Don’t worry, I’ll only take up an hour of your time. In fact, I plan to settle here as well.”
“What about your property in New York?” Jasper asked, surprised.
“I want to sell it,” Lily responded calmly as if this was not a pivotal moment in her life.
When Jasper saw her calm expression, he stopped asking questions about it. Back then, when he divorced her, he left her with many properties. He would allow her to decide what she wanted to do with them.
“All right,” Jasper replied absentmindedly. He didn’t feel like eating because he was preoccupied with something else. After taking a few bites of his steak, he stood up.
“If that hadn’t happened, you wouldn’t have agreed to come to see me today, would you?” Lily asked tentatively.
Jasper remained silent as if he didn’t want to reply at all.
Smiling wryly Lily drained the half-glass of red wine in front of her. She then poured herself another glass of wine and drank it. Just as she was about to take a third glass, Jasper snatched the glass from her grasp.
“Give it to me!” Lily abruptly grabbed Jasper’s arm and snarled. She then sagged on the table and sobbed.
“The doctor advised that you get some rest.”
Hearing that, Lily raised her head slowly and looked at Jasper with bloodshot eyes, “That’s pointless! I’ve already lost my child. Can we have any more children, Jasper?”
Jasper set the glass of wine he had snatched from her grasp aside. He fixed his gaze on her, making her feel miserable and heartbroken.
“Jasper, I’ve known you for many years and have always admired you. Although I yearned to marry you, I never imagined you’d be my husband one day.”
Lily appeared to be drunk. Her eyes were wandering, and she began to say things to Jasper that she would never have said before. Her long chestnut hair fell over her shoulders like satin. She swayed gently, making her look charming.
In a choking voice, she touched his nose with her finger and said, “But I regretted it. I regretted marrying you because you’re a terrible husband. It turns out that you would give me everything except love. Do you know what was wrong with our marriage before? Because we didn’t have children! Even though I finally got pregnant, you still want to divorce me. You bastard!”
She said this as she poured herself a glass of wine. However, Jasper grabbed the glass once more. And she yelled angrily, “This is my wine! If you want wine, pour one yourself. Don’t take that away from me!”
With that, Lily stood up and reached for the glass. Before she could touch the wine, Jasper grabbed her arm and drank the entire glass of wine. The glass then landed on the marble table with a thud.
“That’s it, Lily! I’m leaving right now.”
After finishing his drink, he was ready to leave. However, the moment he stood up, he became dizzy. To support himself, he shook his head and held the table. However, he felt his body was extremely heavy at this time.
“Jasper, I’m getting tired. Let us go to our room and have a good rest.” Lily’s voice sounded surreal to him, as if it came from the deep ocean.
Jasper shoved Lily away as hard as he could. He knew that if anything happened between them at this time, it would only make everything worse. Still, he lost all sense of reason when her body pressed against his and felt like he were in a never-ending blaze of fire.
Lily pressed against him again, letting him feel her perfect curves beneath the half-open nightgown. Instantly, Jasper’s entire body tensed.
“Jasper,” she whispered in his ears, her voice soft and full of unquenchable desire. As she kissed his chest, she made a tempting moan. Little by little, she removed his shirt and then her own. After that, she gave him a kiss on the lips and reached for his belt. With a “click”, she unbuckled his belt
That sound served as a wake-up call, causing Jasper to sober up. “Did you drug the wine?” he asked in disbelief, slowing down.
Lily ignored him because all she wanted to do was have sex with him at that moment. She burst into tears and exclaimed, “We lost our first child, but we can have another. We’ll make it because today is my ovulation day. Our child will come back to us!”
At the thought of the child she had lost, Lily couldn’t hold back her tears. However, she caressed his body and tried desperately to suppress her emotions as she wanted everything to go smoothly.
Under the influence of the drug, Jasper was unable to think straight. He began kissing her as well and followed her into the bedroom.
“No, I’m just an ordinary person too.” Jasper suddenly remembered what he had said to Isabella and some images that even he himself thought he had already forgotten. And his instincts told him he needed to escape.
Taking a step back, he closed the door and left the bedroom. With what was left of his sanity, he dressed himself in a panic and called his assistant Liam as he buttoned his shirt.
“Come and pick me up,” With a shudder, he said. Ignoring Lily, who had walked out of the room and was going to chase after him, he quickly hung up the phone and left the apartment.
A while later, Liam arrived at the apartment and found Jasper sitting on the curb alone. Liam had only been Jasper’s secretary for a short time and didn’t know him well. He was surprised, however, to see Jasper sitting on the curb with a pale face and shaking all over.
“Take me home, please,” Jasper said. Then Jasper got into the car and leaned weakly against the back seat, sweat dripping from his brow onto his shirt. To control himself, he clenched his fists with all the strength he could muster.
On the way, Liam had been worried about Jasper and had kept an eye on him in the rearview mirror. After a while, he noticed Jasper was no longer shaking but quietly leaning against the car window.
Because he kept forcing himself to calm down, Jasper appeared to be getting better. And Jasper was shocked as he realized that he was thinking about Isabella when he lost his mind.
At that moment, all he could think about was her. He remembered how she cried and laughed, how she pouted and acted irrationally in front of him.
As soon as the car drove into his estate and stopped in front of the house, Jasper stumbled out of the car and made his way upstairs to his room. The maids tried to help him upstairs, but he told them to leave him alone because he needed to be alone.
Holding the handrail, he struggled up the stairs, but his steps abruptly stopped as he approached the second floor. A person in front of him blocked his way.
“Jasper,” Isabella greeted him in a soft voice.
Hearing that, Jasper raised his head and looked up at her. As his gaze shifted, he saw her fair and slender legs, her curvaceous body, and her pretty yet puzzled face.
With a pale face, he clung to the handrail and tried to avoid her gaze. Then, he pushed her away and continued up the stairs. Isabella was caught off guard and stumbled, scattering the things in her hands across the floor. She didn’t pick them up but continued to follow him upstairs.
“You’re not feeling well, right? What’s the problem?” Isabella asked Jasper, grasping his arm.
After feeling her touch, Jasper shuddered violently. “Leave me alone!” he snarled as he frowned and shook off her hand.
Isabella had never seen Jasper behave in this way before. Instead of being angry with him and wondering why he was upset, she was worried about him. So, she continued walking up the stairs, following him.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.