It seemed that Essie was hit by a bullet at a vital point, and her face suddenly turned pale. "Brother Jim, what do you mean?"
Jim slightly raised his beautiful bushy eyebrows and said word by word, "Zac gives you to me."
His words were like a thunderclap, and she jumped up from the chair in surprise and shouted, "Brother Jim, don't talk nonsense!" Her nerves were on edge. Her face was distorted in fury.
"I'm serious about every word I said. In fact, it is Zac who arranged the meeting for us on purpose." Jim said in a clear and forceful voice.
"I'm not a toy that he could give anyone at will." A rage rose from her chest. She couldn't imagine that Zac would leave her to Jim. She was following him like a shadow these days, which made him feel annoyed and want to give her to others?
"Don't get him wrong. He just wants to protect you." Jim explained, "He wanted to create a new protective umbrella for you, so he chose me."
"I don't need his protection. I can protect myself." A warm wave rushed into her eyes. She was not a fragile flower, but a strong grass. She had already gone through countless trials and hardships, no matter how strong the storm was. She was no longer defeated by such a trivial things.
"You have to let him see this clearly," Jim said.
He knew very well that this woman held a special position in the heart of Zac. Even though Zac asked him to help him, even if he had a good impression of this woman, he would not do anything to try to compete with him. He didn't want to disappoint Zac, and he couldn't lie to Essie either. The best way was to put the matter straight, so that Essie could cooperate with him to act.
When she thought of this, her heart wrenched. It was so painful. Perhaps Jim was just comforting her. Perhaps it was because Zac really hated her and wanted to drive her away that he came up with such a bad idea.
"Things change. I really didn't expect we would end up like this." She lowered her eyes. The delicate eyelashes cast a sad shadow on her eyelids. "He is just like a book without words, too profound for me to understand in a lifetime."
"Maybe you will understand if you act a few scenes with me." Jim's lips curved in a mischievous smile.
She slightly trembled and raised her eyelashes to look at him. Her eyes deepened in the light...
The next day, she went to the Blue Coast.
Zac just came back from the treatment. The moment he saw her, there was a glimmer in his dark eyes, like a meteor, but it disappeared in an instant.
"Stupid woman, why are you here again?" His tone was even colder than his expression.
"Why did you stand me up yesterday?" she asked angrily.
"I didn't plan to go, I just wanted to punish you. Why do you follow me like a shadow? It's so annoying," Zac said with a sneer.
It seemed that her heart was stabbed by a needle. There was a faint pain in her heart. She took a deep breath and tried her best to calm herself down. "It doesn't matter. Anyway, brother Jim and I had a very nice dinner last night," she said angrily.
Immediately, Zac felt like he was forced to eat a lemon. The extreme bitterness spread from the tip of his tongue to his internal organs. "Very good. Maybe you can try to get along with each other." His voice was extremely hoarse, as if his throat was injured by this sourness. Although he voluntarily quit, he still felt reluctant to let her go.
In the eyes of Essie, his answer indirectly proved that what Jim said last night was true. He was an extremely possessive demon king in the universe, but now he was so generous. It was obvious that he was tired of her, a inflatable doll, and was about to give it to someone else.
"Zac, do you remember the True Color Bar we met for the first time?" she said slowly and in a low voice.
Zac flickered his cold eyes. How could he forget that? He was lucky enough to meet a muddle headed woman there. From then on, he was willing to be a slave of his wife and give up his body, heart and soul without reservation.
"What do you want to say?" he pretended to ask casually.
"We played the dice. You lost twelve times in a row and you lost yourself to me. If you want to save yourself, you must win me. Otherwise, you will be my spoils all your life. " Her voice was like a breath softly across his face.
He shuddered at her suggestion, his face beaming with lust all over his body. "All right. Let's play another round," he said. He said in a low voice.
Frowning in pain, Essie said, "Go to that True Color Bar. Start from there and end it there." There was a hint of despair in her tone.
Zac bit his thin lips into a line. He did not open his mouth. Instead, silence replaced his answer.
They set out for Yang City at noon.
Essie had booked the whole bar, so there were only two customers in it, just like last time.
She ordered two bottles of cocktails and a bottle of mineral water for Zac. He was having a treatment now and alcohol was just too much for him.
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