When Scarlet came out after work that evening, she found William\u2019s Bentley waiting right at the hospital entrance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lester respectfully opened the car door for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet glanced at William inside the car. \u201cWhy are you here? Emily isn\u2019t here watching you, so there\u2019s no need to\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before she could finish, William turned his phone toward her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily\u2019s smiling face appeared on the screen. \u201cYou\u2019re done for the day, aren\u2019t you? Of course, William should come pick you up. Hurry home for dinner. I made herb\u2013roasted lamb today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Emily watching through a video call, Scarlet had no choice but to get into William\u2019s car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William was incredibly busy. He\u2019d pushed back several appointments and headed home early to spend more time with Emily, but his phone kept ringing nonstop along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As they were almost home, Scarlet waited until he finished a call and turned to him. \u201cIs the agreement still not drafted?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William answered casually without looking up, \u201cMy lawyer is sick. I\u2019m not some slave driver. I don\u2019t make people work when they\u2019re unwell.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cForget it. I\u2019ll draft it myself,\u201d Scarlet said. \u201cIt\u2019s not that complicated anyway.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William looked up at her, and there was a trace of mockery in his voice. \u201cImpressive. You\u2019re truly multi\u2013talented, Dr. Benson.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat choice do I have? Well, depending on you is clearly not an option.\u201d Scarlet wanted it done and over. \u201cI can stop by your office around noon tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got plans tomorrow,\u201d William said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe day after?\u201d Scarlet asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be on a business trip,\u201d William replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen will you be back?\u201d she asked again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t know yet,\u201d William responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing that, Scarlet frowned. \u201cI\u2019ll sign it and send it to your office then. You can sign and finalize it whenever you\u2019re back. I believe even someone as busy as you can spare a minute.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William\u2019s expression dimmed, as if his mood had suddenly been ruined. He leaned back and tossed his phone aside. \u201cLet\u2019s do it next Monday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They entered the house together, acting perfectly normal in front of Emily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That night, Scarlet left her door unlocked so Emily wouldn\u2019t suspect anything. However, William didn\u2019t show up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William went on his business trip after that. With him gone, Scarlet felt a rare sense of peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emily, on the other hand, was thoroughly displeased. Every night, she used Scarlet\u2019s phone to video\u2013call William, and each time she made sure Scarlet appeared on screen with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William was attending a dinner when he answered the call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Someone caught a glimpse of the caller ID and immediately started teasing him. \u201cYour wife\u2019s nightly check\u2013in is punctual as\u00a0<\/p>\n
ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William let out a noncommittal sound. \u201cIt\u2019s my grandma.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment the call connected, Emily pouted. \u201cHow many days has it been since you left? Is your precious project more\u00a0<\/p>\n
Withdraw $50 today\u00a0<\/p>\n
X CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
212\u00a0<\/p>\n
important than my life\u00a0<\/p>\n
William replies casually, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you take my life instead\u00a0<\/p>\n
A few people at the table had visited the Cooper residence before and immediately recognized Emily. The others hurried to greet her in tum\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amid the overlapping flattery, William\u2019s gaze drifted to the corner of the screen, where a reluctant figure had been made to\u00a0<\/p>\n
apperat\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet wasn\u2019t one for socializing Nottching the crowd on his end, she quietly stepped aside,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her face and upper body were mostly out of sight, leaving only her hands in view as she massaged Emily\u2019s legs. Her fingers were long and delicate, her wrists as fait as show\u00a0<\/p>\n
Someone offered William a cigarette\u00a0<\/p>\n
He took it between his lips as the man cupped a hand to light it and joked, \u201cThat\u2019s your wife, right? She has such pretty hands\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
William lifted his gaze. \u201cDid I say you could look?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man sheepishly moved aside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William pulled the phone away and dismissed the group. \u201cI\u2019ll be back tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet had been staying at the Coopers for several days. She went straight after work to see Emily, even on weekends.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Feeling ignored, Lucy complained, \u201cAre you sure she\u2019s not faking it? She just wants to trap you at the Cooper residence. That old lady is cumming as heck\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t think the worst of people,\u201d Scarlet warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. I\u2019m thinking the worst. You\u2019re literally the type to get taken advantage of and still help them out,\u201d Lucy remarked. After the call, Scarlet went back to cutting fruit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enjoy Ad\u2013Free Reading>>\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Scarlet came out after work that evening, she found William\u2019s Bentley waiting right at the hospital entrance.\u00a0 Lester respectfully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13609,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions\/13609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}