Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 106

The day after that was another exciting day.

Essie made it to the front page of the entertainment news, making people speculate that she was one of Jim's new favorites.

Lying leisurely on the balcony of the villa by the bay, Zac put the newspaper he had just finished reading on the marble round table.

With a glass of champagne in his hand, Jim leaned against the handrail and said, "I thought you were playing a game of cat and mouse around the world, but I didn't expect that you would be hiding out here."

"The most dangerous place is also the safest place." A smile spread over Zac's mouth. He had never been one to play by rules.

"The way you're dealing with things this time isn't your style." Jim squinted his eyes and looked at him. He knew exactly what kind of person Zac was. They grew up together, so he believed that he knew him best.

Zac said nothing.

The reflection of the sun on the ocean was distorted by the spinning waves, turning it into shimmering golden spots. Zac stared at the sea in silence, the golden waves reflecting in his deep black eyes.

Jim smoothed out his chestnut hair which had been tousled by the sea breeze and said, "I want to make a bet with someone. I bet that the little thing in Valery's belly is not yours." He made his tone sound deliberately casual, as if he was just making a joke.

Zac picked up the glass of champagne on the table and took a sip. "Aren't you afraid of losing?"

A wicked smile appeared on Jim's face, as he slowly approached Zac from behind. He put his slender fingers on Zac's shoulder, pressed his chest to his back and said, "You'd feel very uncomfortable if a woman touched you like this. How could you go on to do other things?"

Zac said nothing.

Of course, Jim knew him very well.

An unusual silence filled the air.

Jim sat on the chair opposite Zac, his handsome face beaming under the sunlight.

Unlike Zac who liked to keep a low profile and avoided the spotlight at all costs, Jim liked standing on a sunlit pedestal and enjoying the admiration and worship of everyone else!

"Well, let's not talk about that disappointing woman. Can we talk about Essie? I can't have come here for nothing this time."

"You are here to see my woman. Now you've got what you want." A smile appeared on Zac's thin lips as a few ripples appeared in his deep and calm eyes. As soon as he thought of that idiot woman, a happy thought immediately came to his mind, and the sun seemed to kiss a corner of his heart.

Jim was keenly aware of the subtle change in his facial expression. He smiled and said, "Your woman? That's a new and hard-to-get concept."

A mysterious and secretive look flashed in Zac's face as he said, "There is something even newer and harder to grasp than that."

"Really?" Jim raised his thick eyebrows. His curiosity was piqued all of a sudden. "What is it?"

Zac intentionally paused, and slowly sipped his champagne before gently opening his mouth to say, "She is not just my woman."