Chapter 325 A Serious Thing

Zac didn't answer, but in his heart he gave an answer of refusal. Besides, Essie was the only woman
that he wanted to have.

"Leila, didn't we say that we would be good friends forever? I will keep my promise. "

"At that time, I thought that I was a member of the Qin family and we were doomed not to be together,
so I asked for being friends. But now I'm not a part of Qin family anymore. I can marry you and be your
wife. I don't want to be just a friend of you. " Leila shook her head hard.

"Promise is not a joke. It can't be changed." Zac said in a firm tone.

Leila's heart was like being kicked into the ice sea. It was so cold that her limbs were frozen. She would
not give up. Even if Essie could take him away, she could also take him back.

As soon as she came out of the Emperor, Leila went straight to the Hengyuan to find Essie and declare
war with her.

"I've just come back from Zac's company. We are together for the whole day. We don't have to worry
about the no-marry ban between Rong and Qin family. We can get married and have children. We can
live happily together." She grinned and pretended to be excited.

"So what?" Essie replied in a calm voice

"So I hope you can stay away from Zac. Stop pestering him and be a third party to destroy our
relationship." Leila warned.

"Miss Leila, you came here to tell me this. Are you lacking of confidence?" Hearing this, Essie sneered.
Weren't she worried that they would be apart soon if they showed off their love in such a hurry?



"I'm confident. It's just that after so many setbacks we have experienced, we can finally be together. I
don't want anyone to interfere in our relationship and ruin our happiness." Leila raised her voice
deliberately to hide her guilt.

"Miss Leila, you don't have to tell me that. I'm not interested in your business. I have a lot of things to
do. Take care." Essie didn't want to waste her time with Leila anymore. Whether they were back
together or not, it was none of her business.

"Well, I believe you. Since you have accepted Hanson's proposal, you won't be such a faithless woman
who would cheat on two men at the same time." Leila reminded her the relationship between Hanson
and her on purpose in case that she forgot about it and swayed.

Essie turned her eyes to the computer and ignored her. Then Leila finished her lies and left.

As soon as the door was closed, Essie fell into the abyss, and her heart was badly mangled.

Zac shall be very happy, for he finally got what he wanted and could marry his beloved one. Could she,
a substitute, disappear from his world after he got what he wanted? She smiled bitterly. Her dark eyes
dimmed for a moment, with a tinge of light flashing across. No, his hidden disease hasn't been cured
yet and he needs her. Even if he and Leila get married, it can only be platonic.

Thinking of this, Essie somehow had a hint of gloating smile in her heart. Although she knew that it was
not right, she could not bless them. What's more, she hoped that Zac's hidden disease wouldn't not be
cured for a lifetime. She couldn't imagine what it would be like when he married someone else and had
a child with someone else. Just thinking about it made her feel terrible.

She had thought that Zac would disappear for a while, and that he and Leila would show off their sweet
love for a few times. Unexpectedly, when Essie left the company, his car stopped beside her.



Her heart missed a beat. Before he could speak, she pulled the door open and got in. Her reaction
made him feel good. Did grandpa and grandma's words become effective? Or was she irritated by what
happened to Leila that she began to care about him?

"Shouldn't you be with your first love now?" She asked.

"You want it?" Asked Zac in reply.

"That's none of my business." She said in a low voice, as if she was talking to herself.

"I'm your husband. If it has nothing to do with you, whom else can it do with?" Zac flicked her forehead
as a punishment. This muddled mouth was always stiff. Why couldn't she say some sweet words to
make him happy?

"Ex-husband." She corrected him.

"Are you so sure about our divorce?" He crossed his arms in front of his chest with a slight smile at the
corners of his mouth, which contained an implicit and profound smile.

"What do you mean?" She was slightly stunned. The lawyer sent her an email, saying that he had
signed the contract and submitted the court. Was it still true?

He didn't respond, as if he hadn't heard her words. He started the engine and drove out. Outside the
window, a ray of setting sun shone in, lighting up his deep and mysterious eyes.

They had dinner in seafood restaurant and then went to the lake to watch the stars. They hadn't sat
together to look at the stars for a long time. For some reason, they really missed this kind of peaceful
time.

It was a starry and clear night. There was no disturbance in the dark.



"Frozen guy, is it because you are in a very good mood today, so we are here to watch stars?" There
was a hint of jealousy in her tone, which floated in the air with the cold wind.

Zac was keenly aware that the muddled man did care about him as Jim said because of Leila.

"Honey." He reached out his hand and put it around her shoulder. "No matter what the surname of Leila
is, we are just friends. There will be no other relationship." His tone was calm and solemn. She looked
at him with her eyes wide open, as if she could not believe what she had heard.

Was it because of his hidden disease? Men were all single cell sponge creatures that thought with their
lower half of the body. Obviously, sex was more important than love for them. He couldn't stand the
spiritual love between two people, so he had to give up on Leila and chose her, the substitute for
sexual desire.

The more she thought about it, the more reasonably she felt this explanation was. The excitement in
her heart vanished.

"What a beautiful starry night!" She raised her head and tried to change the topic. She didn't want to go
on the topic between him and Leila. She didn't want to add trouble to herself.

Zac knew that she was escaping. He sighed heavily. Didn't his poor performance deserve her trust at
all?

"I'll prove it to you." He said in a low voice.

Prove what?

With a self-mocking smile on her face, Essie thought to herself, 'even if you choose me and give up
Leila, it still can't prove that I am the one in your heart.'

It was already midnight when Zac sent Essie to Alice's villa.



The moment she pushed the car door open, a woman walked out from the house, which startled her.

"Mom, why are you here?"

"I come to see you." Lucy's face turned dark. She looked straight at Zac with a gloomy mood.

Zac sensed it and walked to her. "Mom, long time no see. Did you come here with dad?"

Lucy said coldly, "since you have divorced, I am no longer your mother-in-law, and I don't deserve the
son of Mary."

Zac had thought that Lucy was to blame him for not being able to take care of her daughter, but after
hearing the last sentence, he indistinctly felt that there was more than one reason why her attitude had
changed greatly.

According to his conjecture, mommy and Elizabeth were best friends. Back then, when Elizabeth
meddled in the affairs of the Xu family, mommy was probably on the side of Elizabeth, which would
certainly make Luce unhappy.

Essie pulled his sleeve and said, "you can go back first."

Zac nodded. It was too late to go in and explain to Lucy. He could only talk to her tomorrow.

"Aunt Lucy, I have to go now. Have a good rest." He said politely to Lucy. When he was about to get on
the car, Lucy's voice came from behind. "Wait a minute." While saying that, she walked in front of him
and continued, "Essie is going to marry Hanson. I like that child very much, and now I just want to let
him be my son-in-law. Since you have divorced, you should not have any entanglement with Essie. I
don't want my son-in-law to misunderstand Essie."



The word "son-in-law" stabbed into the chest of Zac like a sharp knife. Since only Hanson was admitted
as a son-in-law, how about him? Was he really no longer to be?

His eyes swept across her shoulders and fell on Essie's face. Then, they looked at each other.
Lowering her eyes, Essie's thick eyelashes cast two shadows that were thicker than the dark night on
their eyelids.

His heart was twisting. A strong uneasiness gathered like a strong cloud, blocking the light and hope
above his head.

After he left, Lucy and Essie entered the villa. Lucy sat on the sofa in the hall and turned her head to
the side, not looking at her daughter. Obviously she was angry.

"Mother, I was with Zac because of business. Now Elizabeth and Bles have joined forces to deal with
me. I can't handle it by myself. I need the help of Zac." Essie explained in a low voice.

After being silent for a while, Lucy finally turned her head and said, "I know you still have some feelings
for Zac. But you have to understand that he is not your Mr. right. You will only repeat my tragedy if you
marry him."

"I understand." She lowered her head and felt mixed feelings.

Hearing that, Lucy took a look at her. She believed that Essie hadn't understood all that. Essie would
not regret until she had missed something, but it was too late to do that. This time, Lucy wanted to be a
quick knife and help Essie to get rid of all the affairs between her and Zac. There would be no fantasy
left on Essie.

"When you came back last time, the kids clamored to see you. Your father and I took them here. Now
they are with Hanson." She didn't inform Essie in advance on purpose, so that she could come to this
spot inspection to see if she still had connection with Zac. She did not expect that she really met him.



"Let's get some sleep. We'll arrive at Yang City tomorrow," Essie stood up and went upstairs. She
needed to be alone.

The next day when she went out, Lucy told her to bring the residence booklet. She was a little
surprised. "Why do I take this?"

"I have something to do. You just take it." Lucy said in a plain tone. Without thinking too much, Essie
put on the residence booklet and followed her out.

It was the first time that Mili and Dot had been to Yang City. Hanson planned to take them out on boat
for a couple of days. Lucy refused, "We won't go out today. I have an important thing to do."


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