Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 100

Essie smiled and touched his handsome face. "Although you seldom smile, I know what things make you smile."

"Really?" He raised his thick eyebrows. "Tell me."

"When you tease someone, you smile. When you play a trick on someone, you smile. When you make a fool of someone, you smile an evil smile. When you are unhappy, you sneer coldly with your mouth closed, and..." Essie trailed off and her eyelids flickered. When he looked at her like this, he smiled. His smile was real and very gentle.

She liked to see his smile because she had never seen him smile to others that way, not even to Leila. It seemed like this smile was really exclusive to her. As a matter of fact, there was another reason why she didn't regret giving up Instituto Marangoni—if she hadn't given it up, she never would have met him.

"You're so into me, aren't you?" Zac said in a low and joking voice. Essie blushed, but it was masked by the dim light.

"Don't flatter yourself." She turned over and buried her face into the pillow. He smiled mischievously and tickled her neck with the growing stubble on his chin. "You know, I'm willing to give myself to you."

"I don't like you," Essie said mercilessly.

"Why?" His eyes darkened as he tightened his arms around her waist.

"You are such a womanizer," she said with a pout.

"Are you sure about that?" He laughed bitterly. He felt so wronged about her opinion of him.

"Yes, I'm sure." She stressed each word. On one hand, he was having fun with Leila, and on the other hand, he was playing with her. It was clear that he wanted to be with both of them, and she wasn't going to be fooled. Essie was full of resentment as she thought of this. She just closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, deciding to ignore him.

In the silence of the room, Zac let out a bitter, helpless, and heavy sigh.

The next day,

Essie bought a pair of golden dolls that meant "happy together forever" from the gold shop. Then, she went to Finney's house with Zac to congratulate her on getting her marriage certificate with Antony.

Finney was very happy to see the pair of golden dolls. Her cousin was now so popular that she could spend a lot of money on gifts.

As soon as she sat down, Finney saw the wedding ring on Essie's finger. "God, it's so beautiful. Is that the wedding ring given by my cousin-in-law?"

Wedding ring? Hearing that, Essie was dazed for a moment. She realized that since they had gotten married, they had to have a wedding ring. Therefore, she smiled awkwardly and answered, "Yes. Yes, it's crystal."

"What? Crystal?" The smile on Finney's face froze, and the envious look on her face disappeared instantly. Although she knew that it couldn't be a diamond, she thought that it should at least be a gem. How cheap crystal was. How could her cousin-in-law look so rich from the outside and be so poor in reality?

"Anyway, it's just a stone. What matters is it's beautiful." Essie smiled. She really liked this ring. Although it was hard to take off, she would always try her best to take it off every time she took a shower or cooked, for fear of damaging it in any way.

Raising her hand, Finney showed them her one carat diamond ring.

"Wow, it's so bright! My cousin-in-low has so much money that he can buy anything he wants!" With a big and exaggerated smile on her face, Essie pretended to be very jealous of her. However, she suddenly changed her tone and said, "That diamond ring is worthy of the high-end, noble, elegant, and beautiful women like you. Meanwhile, I am meant to wear this crystal ring bought by my Zac."

As Essie looked at the ring on her finger, she suddenly felt a sense of happiness for some reason. Besides, her cousin's one carat diamond did not even shine as brightly as her crystal. Her crystal was brilliant, and she had never seen such a bright crystal before!

Zac stroked her head dotingly with an unfathomable smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

'If this idiot knew that she is wearing a priceless, one-of-a-kind diamond every day, will she be scared to be dumb?' he thought to himself.

Sitting next to Finney, Antony stayed silent and looked at Essie with a complex and indescribable expression in his eyes.