Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 116

Elizabeth was so angry that she nearly burst into a frenzy. She didn't expect Zac to be so ruthless towards her. "You are engaged to Valery and she is pregnant with your child. Don't you think it's your responsibility to take care of her?"

"I'll take care of the baby. As for her..." A hint of sarcasm flitted over Zac's face. "Since you have so much free time, why don't you take some time to teach her a lesson? If she wants to be a daughter-in-law of our family, she should be kind, tolerant, and generous. Such a wicked and domineering woman like her wouldn't even be wanted by beggars on the side of the road, so how can you expect her to get into our family?"

Elizabeth's face was now as red as a ripe apple with a tinge of purple and brown. She took a deep breath and swallowed hard, trying very hard to calm herself down. Elizabeth knew that if she provoked him further, she would get nothing from him. If she really wanted to drive Essie away, she had to turn to Mary.

With that, she dejectedly left with Valery.

"Honey, you are so bossy!" Essie said as she gave Zac a thumbs up.

Zac's black eyes suddenly sparkled with joy, making it look like a starry night sky. "Say that again!" He drew a charming smile at the corners of his mouth.

Essie thought it was a good time to act silly. She put her index finger on the corner of her mouth and asked cutely, "Say what?"

"The word you just said." He knew that she was playing dumb. He raised his hand and flicked her on the forehead.

"Oh, I can't remember." She stuck her tongue out at him mischievously, turned around, and tried to escape, but Zac wasn't going to let her go just like that. He picked her up from behind and strode into the room, looking like he was going to extort information from her through torture. Essie's face turned pale with fear, and she hurriedly raised her hand in surrender. 'A wise man knows when to bow his head. As I'm living in his house, I have to do it when necessary,' thought she. Essie put her mouth close to his ear and whispered, "Honey!"

However, her husband was insatiable. "That's not enough. You have to say it ten times in a row."

A fierce look flashed in Essie's eyes, but she reluctantly submitted anyway. "Honey, honey..." she said casually. However, in her heart, she was actually saying, "Son of a bitch, asshole..."

When they returned to the room, Essie sat down on the sofa. Then, she took a litchi from the fruit plate, peeled it, put it in her mouth, and spat out the core. "Your house is like a wonderland. I feel like I would get lost if I went out by myself."

Zac stroked her head in a pampering manner and asked, "Where did Ivy take you today?"

"The garden, orchard, green lake and..." She paused and said softly, "The ghost house."

Zac frowned. "Stay away from that place."

"Is there a ghost inside it? For real?" Essie's big black eyes blinked twice, full of curiosity.

"Ghosts only exist in people's hearts," Zac said with a faint smile.

"Have you ever been to that place?" Essie lay down on the sofa and put her head on his lap. The firm muscles of his thighs made her feel very comfortable. Zac touched her hair and played with it casually. "It's a forbidden area. No one can enter is except for Uncle Li."

"Aren't you curious about what's inside?" She pouted.

"Curiosity kills the cat." Zac pinched her chin. He didn't really care about people or things that had nothing to do with him.

"Ivy said that she once heard someone crying in there. It was so weird." Essie crossed her arms over her chest, as if she was thinking about something.

"It could have just been the wind. There's a large bamboo forest outside the yard. Whenever wind passes through the bamboo forest, it sounds like a whimper." Zac grinned. Then he peeled a litchi and put it in her mouth. His wife's intense curiosity made him wonder if she had been influenced by Jim, the gossip king.

While eating the litchi, she caught a glimpse of a photo of Zac's family on the nightstand. The moment she saw it, she said, "Zac, you have a twin brother. Why isn't he here?"