Essie was frightened to look at him, like a punctured leather ball. She suddenly collapsed in the seat. She knew that he wouldn't let her go. In his eyes, she was just a tool. He would not care about her self-esteem, feelings, or cherish and care for her.
She stared at him ferociously, "I hate you, Zac. I hate you!" She shouted insidiously, sadly and angrily.
"It doesn't matter. You can hate me if you want." He said weakly. He would rather be hated by her than lose her.
Tears welled up in her eyes. She raised her head and tried to hold them back. She didn't want to cry in front of him. She didn't want him to see her weakness. However, tears flood like a flood, more and more turbulent. Essie bit her lip as if she was angry with those disobedient guys.
He put his arm in front of her and said, "don't bite yourself. I am the one who should be blamed." He knew her too well. When she was sad, she would punish herself. But he would not let her do that. Even if there was only a little injury on her body, he would be very distressed.
She released her lips with anger and pushed his hand away. "You can go now. Leila is still waiting for you at home. It's better to find a psychologist and cure the hidden disease than to constantly torture me. "
"It's no use if it's cured. Even if I don't want to vomit, I only have feelings for you." He shrugged his shoulders and said firmly.
"You... You'd better go back with your wife as soon as possible. We're done. " She turned away angrily.
"Didn't I tell you? I have never had any relationship with her. " He bit her ear and whispered.
She gently pushed him away to keep a safe distance, "she came to see me today." She answered casually.
He froze for a second and then straightened up. He frowned and asked in a serious tone, "what did she say to you?"
"To show off the love between you two." She sneered.
A hint of coldness and cruelty flashed across his eyes. Fortunately, he had given the information to her in time, or the dull and inarticulate woman would be very angry. By that time, she would lose her mind and do anything impulsive.
"Just turn a deaf ear to what she said."
"I don't care about you. Of course, I don't care about her." She muttered in a sullen tone, pretending not to see his darkened face. She swallowed and raised her voice, "I guess she's here to strike me and find out whether the gossip between you and Zac is true."
Zac slightly raised his eyebrows, and his gaze became very deep. "Then what did you say?"
"I told her you were a playboy. You pretend to be unconcerned with women on the surface, but actually had a lot of women in private."
As she spoke, Essie moved towards the car door as far away from him as she could, in case that he would burst into rage and burn her.
To her surprise, instead of getting angry, he smiled, bending his lips, and said in a mischievous way, "that's a good idea, from now on. You can label me as a dissolute man. Please don't have any mercy on me."
She was confused and didn't know his intention. Why did he go all out to slander himself? It was too weird! Was it because of his marriage with Leila?
"Are you all right?" She looked at him with a little worry.
"Don't worry." He stroked her head, stopping laughing. His face turned serious. "As long as you believe me, that's enough. I don't care what others think of me."
'It's impossible for me to trust you!' She thought. A man with superior intelligence, indescribable personality like him couldn't be easily believed.
"Alright, you should go back to accompany your wife now. Don't waste your time on me, your ex-wife." After that, she opened the door and was ready to go out, but was pulled back by his big hand.
"Do you remember what I said before?"
"What saying?" She pouted her lips and felt her brain was in a mess. She couldn't remember what Zac had said at all.
He flicked hard on her forehead to help her to calm down. "No more risk-taking things in the future. If anything happens, call me immediately. I'll send someone to do it."
"It's none of your business." She covered her forehead and glared at him. She had decided not to rely on him anymore, and to rely on her own ability to maintain the Xu's Group.
"Are you naughty because I didn't teach you these days?" He touched her with his long finger.
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