Chapter 7

Jessica smiled, her heart filled with sweetness. She leaned into Stanley's embrace, then tilted her delicate, radiant face to look up at him.

"I knew it you can't bear to let me go. You would never leave me."

Stanley, as Hovendale's wealthiest man, exuded an air of elegance and strength that could dictate the rise and fall of fortunes. He fulfilled every fantasy she had about what a man should be.

But three years ago, when he had been in a car accident and declared a

vegetative state, with doctors pronouncing he would never wake again, how could she waste the prime of her youth on a man like that?

So, she had fled.

Who could have predicted that Wendy, who married him in her place, would somehow help Stanley wake up within three years?

Even now, Jessica didn't understand how Stanley recovered. Could Wendy's fortune be aligned perfectly with his?

Doctors called it a medical miracle.

So, Jessica returned. She knew Stanley loved her he would never truly abandon her.

Stanley looked at Jessica's radiant face. "If it weren't for what happened back then... Would I still spoil you like this?"

At the mention of 'back then,' Jessica froze, guilt flashing through her eyes. She quickly changed the subject.

"Have you slept with Wendy?"

Stanley lowered his gaze. "Why would I sleep with her when I could sleep with you?"

She knew he hadn't been with Wendy, but she asked the question anyway, baiting him into a flirtatious response. He played along, his words dripping with teasing ambiguity.

Jessica loved this side of him-the allure of a mature man with a touch of mischief. His response made her cheeks flush.

This cold and seemingly abstinent man only made her want to strip away his layers and uncover his deeper desires.

Jessica turned, boldly straddling his lean waist. She draped her arms around his neck, bringing her lips close to his. Her breath was warm and provocative. "Do you want me?"

Zayn, who had worked as Stanley's secretary for years, tactfully raised the partition between the driver's seat and the back of the Rolls-Royce.

Jessica

dress. In her seated position, the hem had ridden up, exposing her long, flawless legs. Those famed 'best legs in Hovendale' were now sensuously wrapped around

legs around his waist, pulling herself closer. "Say it. Do you

would give herself to

of course, understood

moment, an image of Wendy's legs from earlier in the

legs were perfectly proportioned, balanced

had asked him which legs he

on her stiletto heels glinting as it dangled from her dainty

hands from

Jessica frowned. "So?"

intend to cheat while I'm still married,"

Jessica was momentarily stunned.

intimate atmosphere vanished. Stanley had

pride, too—she would

you divorce

gaze shifted to the cityscape outside the window. In truth, it was indeed better that Wendy initiated the divorce-he was planning for it

said, his tone

and Cecelia returned to their apartment. Wendy lay on her soft bed, letting out a small sigh of relief. After tonight's indulgence, it was time

her

she had been using the account named "Mrs. Hawk." Now,

into her

soon as she logged in, her notification chimed

was

Wendy opened it.

Wendy's finally online!]

back, Wendy!]

Wendy!] Samuel

tossing virtual

mountains to experience life with a

worth it,] Wendy

had her heart broken.

can't conquer everything?

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