Way Back Into Love (Essie) novel Chapter 169

"You idiot, if you want me all to yourself, then you can just say so. You don't need to be jealous." His teasing tone hid his disdain and dissatisfaction toward her.

Essie shot up from the bed and glared at him with hands on her hips. "I have no interest in you whatsoever," she ground out angrily. "I'm a neat freak. I hate it when you lay your hands on me after touching another woman. Never touch me again, you filthy person!"

"So I should guard my purity for you?" He turned around, resting his chin on one hand, and gazed at her playfully.

Essie rolled her eyes. "It is called clean living. If you go out all day and mess around with someone else, God knows what sort of diseases you might catch." She snorted.

He reached out his hand and stroked her head. With a worried look on his face, he said, "You idiot, I find that you are more and more stupid. It's really troublesome."

Troublesome? That word again?

If Essie never heard that word again in her entire life, then that would still be too soon. That word should never have existed. She was so furious that she could almost feel her ears and her head pour out steam.

"Zac, if you find me so troublesome, then why did you have to go to such lengths to take me back? Do you have masochistic tendencies? Do you enjoy suffering that much?"

"Probably!" He shook his head mournfully and sighed. "I've become used to your abuse. When I don't get mistreated by you for a few days, I start feeling extremely uncomfortable."

"Well, far be it from me to make you suffer. From this point onward, I promise I'll make you feel extremely comfortable every day," she said through gritted teeth.

"That's okay. Beating is equivalent to a kiss, torture is the same as making love. You can always use that conversion if you don't want to beat or torture me." After delivering those lines, Zac shot Essie a self-satisfied smile.

With a huff, she lay back and threw the covers over her head in a glorious sulk.

Far too many things happening these days had left her exhausted, so she ended up sleeping in until noon.

Zac was gone by the time she opened her eyes. He probably was already at work.

After getting washed, she went downstairs and met Ann.

"Mrs. Essie is awake," Ann greeted with a strange expression on her face.

Noticing the odd look Ann gave her, Essie looked down and examined her clothes. Ann said, "You must be hungry. We have to wait a little longer for lunch. Mr. Zac got up before dawn. He said that he would make braised noodles for you, but it's taking him a long time. He also ended up hurting himself in the process. He asked Linda to teach him how to make them, but it appears that he has yet to learn..."

Before Ann could finish speaking, Essie gave a little shriek and ran toward the kitchen. She slept too late that she would have missed this year's funniest cinematic scene yet.

Upon reaching the kitchen door, she came to screeching halt (not literally) and hid behind the door frame to spy inside.