Chapter 41 Hiring a thigolo
Meanwhile, Chester handed over a photo and reported, “We tambert, we’ve dealt with that gay from rear Tech Corporation”
The man in the photo had been beaten beyond recognition, evidence of the brutal treatment he had received
Chatlanopher leaned back in his neat and chuckled day. “That lol didn’t know what he was presingiero”
“He had he had coed Mr. Lambert,” Chrabes pemarked. He noticed the blarkson Christopher’s hand and asked, “Sir, should we treat your wound?! “It’s fine,” Qvistopher cased his eyes briefly. Be bite had barely broken the skin, andit dénot hurt at al
Chester’s phone buzzed with
age, which he showed Christopher, “Mr. Lambert, It’s from Mrs. Lambert”
Christopher’s sharp epea flicked open, his calm demeanor cracking slightly as his broshuroved lagerter.
Back the Adeline chung to the demanding gigoles while struggled to move har
Bose hadaver seen Adeline drink like this in all their years of
ship. She had abadla a strong one, the kind of person who
educhable no matter the
Even when Emma had abused her, irailed her, and kicked her out years ago, she had not broken down, Adatini had aboys been like a warrior, ating back up no matter what like threw at
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Acklineached for the drink, Rose atched it away. “Adeline, what’s really going on?”
“Nothing’s wrong,” Adeline surand, bet vision so blurry she was seeing dooble. She forneda unde even as welled in her eyes
Rootbee her and said, “Stoplying Tell me who at you, and take care of them
rolledupher seenes dramatically. “We it your stepmother? Or your good–for–nothing dad?”
Adeline Hooked at age through glazed eyes. “You’really help make it down?”
olours! make her hurt you pay for their acte promised, thinking fedrin was just drunkrambling
Adelina slammed her hand on the bar “h’s Crimphe! Go and teach him alon
Rose and Josephine exchanged knowing looks, realizing this was about Christopher. They both knew abouther arcangelmariage, but this was the first time she had drunk hell in such
“I mu’ve been a semble prin in the past to end up matted Chatopher! Is this karma or something?” Adeline walled, dumping her purse on the counter to find her phone. “I’ll call himbe so that you can beat him up!”
Ropanicked she had been joking about the violence, and there was no way she would dare lay a handon Christopher.
Terhadalady dialed a number. The muted into the phone with her upped words, c–comere My friend says she’s going to beat you up…
kose matched the phone, ready to ask whoever it was
adeline. However, the froes when these the s
The person on the other end of the line could that delinde ankandasked, “Where are you?
Rose was bounded the stared at Adring and muntled “Marchew? Who’s Mattheid”
“She called Mathem!” Josephine exclaimed in surprise
Jauphine had spent the year in high school with it and rurally knew their history. On the other hand, had transfered out of their school before finishing elementary school, so she had never heard of him.
josephine quickly explained
Mambee from their high schooldays. Fruly understanding the situation, Base asked, “she called her first love?”
Wahine, Marived in card who attire, looking live he had rushed. By then, Adiline had passed out against Row
Magosephine and moved to take Adeline. “111 take her home.”
Just then, a cold, cutting voice interrupted from behind, “That won’t be nemessary, Dr. Garter”
Christopher appeared in his darkt, quiddy pulling Adelinay from Matthes. He found the revealing down and shaped his jacket over her
Adeline day, too drunk to stand her own. She collapsed again Christoph. He caught her with an arm and branded off the
The first of his cologne do something in her drunken hage. The miffed poftly, squinting up achim as hon blurry eyes landed on his sharp, chiseled brates
She poked his forehead, pleging drunkenly. “Haven’t we meet someshare before?”
Christopher raised an eyebrow she studied her fished face. She was so drunk the could not even recognize his anymore.
Matthews gravly, “Christophat, if you really cared about hat, you would have let hercome to a place this alone at night.”
Christopher’s sharp gaze landed him. “Are you suggesting that you caremare about my wife than I dal
His carried misukabla maming, and the rentian bet the women was palpable Meanwhile, Adeline remained blissfully oblivious in her drunken state, leaning against Christopher’s chest while her hands wandered.
“Christopher, Adrling wandrinking because of you, though she wouldn’t say why,” Baw quickly intervened and said “Since you’re here, take her horpe and taking out when she’s sober. In response, Christopher bent down and kissed Adeline’s Tips in front of everyone. Then, with a sink directed at Matthew, he said, “She’s jet drowing a retrom. But Dr. Carter
‘robusy deckon my wife this
“Tobey Matthew replied, meeting his hulle pande webways hi
imeline–past, present, or future.
Chrapher charked as he lifted the unsteady Adeline innohisarms. “Well, you’ll be bump tomorrow.”
As she watched them Dean, Rose looked puzzled from Adoline’a atine, it seemed Chitopher had done something wrong. Yet here he was, kissing her in public.
Chrispleased adrine niste car and boonsethu ile. The car rrekedal akobalanste dumped aparathen, her hands wandering over hot body.
wards ward
The dileri, what had sorked for Chantopher for years, quickly raised the privacy partition, what he couldnt see could not hurt him.
“Do pou know what an?“cleinpliti miked, spring her sideways.
Adeline sucked bec lipicanhinacheddar his handsome fare, stroking it with tiction. “The pounds much better than that bastard, Chalstopher!”
“topla?“Clentuples caught her hand,hilips carving into an amused smile, “Caschiedagplat
Chapter The Only One You Love
“Is that
“Chebrophes raked an eyeboow with a smile. Betwers wanting a dance and looking for,
The alcohol had completely closed Adelive’s judgment as she nodded eagerly, able to recop who was
best and whispered in him, “He’ll make your life alsinghell
She wrinkled mete an she said this, as if warning of something terrifying.
‘s drank mind seemed quite bury.
ally in front of her “She possed hersell against Christopher’s
Her warm body pressed against him, and her beach tickled his ear, making his own breach catch. He glanced sideways at her dished face as well as her
At that mammil, Adeline was a dangerous compitation
enticing lips as she spoke. Her
Chip’s throat rightened as he coached in cup her lace, leaning in to kiss her. Tur before he could, Adeline’s head slidpat his face and landed heavily on shoulder-she had fallen
ving in to kiss he
Chalophooked at her doping head, his lips curving upandisa faint, helpless smile,
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Cletopher carried the sleeping Alina to the ce intothe villa, her arms instinctively wrapping around his neck they red, he bearda quiet sabbing Chebtopher fee red–sip, planning down at her. Hot mal dan nay, andher eyes were chain tight, but the cemers of her eyes glistened with tears.
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She whimpered eyes still cloud, “Why is it that he doesn’t like but we’ve me?‘‘ way with him anymore woods became dissed ashor
Fellon–Christopher’s shoulder.
med?” he asked, his eyes clouding with complex emotions
Wax being with homirally that exhausting? –
“Soticed.“Adeline tighoned her grip around his neck,rying her “Loving him in modding”
Chitopher froze mid–stop, his back stiffening as his arms unconsciously tightened under Headend in disbelief, “en love him!”
However, Adaline did not respond
gently laid her on the bed.
right seened he had fallen back into a less sleep. Christopher deply as he carried her upstairs and
Instead of king, he leaned over her, bracing himself on either side as estudied brushed face. He wiped away bar with his thunb. He nurmined, “Adeline, tell me, who do you
Even though she was completely intoxicated and unconscious, he was desperate for an awet.
“Who
could it be?” she mumbled martably, in her drunken hare. “That bastard, Christopher_ve loved him for three years. Do you know how nakausting it is saleun samnorm It for the war! That bustandskon’t know anything. He doemost warts to hurt me…”
Freshdim ha pillow, the sama pillow that had absorbed countless midaight man own Christopher these peat three years.
How many nights had she spent carrying the weight of het unike in only the darkness knew bet secrets–secrens Christophe had been blinito.
They the most pointal scarswear the ones no one couldre, and pent–up tera bumid the vrou St.
Adaline had ever dared to demand anything from him- his love of heation. How could she, when their marriage had never been bar of misal affection?
The more she thought about it, the deeper the pain dawed or her heart. She felt suffocated, and die pain was unbearable.
She curled into hall, sobbing viskently as if the alcohol had finally unlocked the yearned suppressed pain. “He won’t love me, but won’t divorce me. What did I do wrong for him is
She cried out, “I don’t want to love him anymocal 1 mint a chiaro.. I want a divorce!”
Her eywordwilled with heartache.
Chitopher sted, shocked by her condtion. He felt as if he had been struck by lichting Every nervel
“Adel, you’re much more adorable when drank,” be moured the waste and
Eventually, Adele’s crying subsided an
ners in his body seemed a tingle with the revelation. Ar that moment, althe could
nove, not putting up ha
into.christopher faid her down gently, brushing and the tear–dampered hair to her fanstead.
Chelstopher smiled, whispering seductively, “Once you’ve started something you have to see theough I can be the only one love
Before tale line could process his words though her drunken hace, his lipsashed into hers. The kiss was commanding trender, a mix of dominance and passion. Perhaps it was his
that made her respond. Her harch found their way to hipthood.
The couched as Adeline looked up him top. To look familar”
“don’t
know who I am, yet your’e kissing me back?” Chipperked with a heated paze and amused smile
“Then why did you kedua mo?” Jdalien asked, bet tone tinged with childlike grievance.
Chriuopher med at her intensely, desire burning in his eyes. “Because|love you”
Thim, he
kisses down her collarbone. When she winced slightly, he captured her Eps again in an even deeper kiss, Moonlight streamed through the therains, casting a romantic the pensionate membrane.
Meanwhis, is a private dining room of an uporate restaurant, Carina raised in glass. “Thank you all for taking the time to join today Aloy me in mike alone?
Lookind, Mr. Leishman,” old Rector Lawson, who was dienodina wit Behad crystal bouch, around his neck the fidgeted with wermen
The other men around the table chimedisentheistically
“I’horto dine with someone as busy in you.”
Labakanly right. It’s not eng to get an audience with you, Mr. Leishman.”
Indeed, what could be a grant that you called
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“Thiņi unaglasaite palat, “Callos said as he took a tip of tea and padded ja Hannak to distibuse some documents.
The foundatudent authey reviewed the muokiak. Heeini spoke first, hiding with his worry deserteven farm. “With all these tabloid stories about Mi. Lambert, won’t tha affert
