Chapter 175: CRINGE
Since Adrain wanted to have her even though they were no longer married, there was only one way she could leave and that was to make him believe she wanted him too. Even though his sudden rich personality is quite surprising, she had to escape and leave from there.
"So Adrain," she started, and the man immediately shifted his neck to stare at her. "I heard that the Hart corporations finally went bankrupt so how are you able to own this house?" She asked him.
A glint of fear passed through his eyes and Erika didn’t miss it. Adrain replied,
"I used my last savings to start up a business and luckily, it bloomed."
Juliet glanced at him but didn’t say anything.
"But I heard that you owed the bank the sum of 100 million dollars so if I may ask, how were you able to pay up and still have enough to start a business?" She pried.
Adrian’s eyes nervously darted from one place to another, as if unsure of what his next reply should be.
"Why are you asking so many questions, huh? Are you jealous that he is rich or what?" Juliet questioned Erika with a glare, wishing it could just pierce through the woman in front of her.
"Relax, Juliet. I was only asking a question," said Erika. Even though she hadn’t been keeping an eye on the Hart family after their business was destroyed, Adrian couldn’t start up a successful business when he had no money.
Feeling the tension in the dining room suddenly turn heavy, Adrain tried to change the topic so that everywhere would ease and he could also avoid answering that question.
"So how do you find the food, Erika?" He asked her with a look of anticipation as if waiting for her compliment.
Erika tore her eyes from Juliet to stare at the food which she hadn’t touched yet before she parted her lips to speak,
"It’s disgusting."
The clicking sound of the spoon and fork of the brother and sister abruptly came to a pause after hearing her words. Shocked, Adrain stared at his food and stared at hers which she hadn’t bothered to touch yet, and replied,
"Well, it’s because you haven’t touched your food yet," lifting his spoon with some bits of food in it, he stretched his hand towards Erika and instructed, "Open your mouth and let me feed you."
Is he drunk? Erika wondered as she stared at him with a plain look. Juliet darted her eyes from one person to the other until they finally settled on her brother and she remarked,
"Adrain, can you just stop all these? It’s disgusting already that you want her back and now you want to feed her in front of me? Are you trying to make me lose my appetite?"
Adrian turned to face her and offered, "If you are feeling disgusted, then you can leave."
Juliet quickly clammed her mouth shut and cursed at Erika internally. Facing Erika, who had not made any attempt to bring her head forward or open her mouth to accept the food, Adrain said calmly, "Go on, it might be sweeter than yours since it’s coming from me."
His words only made her cringe as she tried to hide it by moving her eyes away from him but Adrian misinterpreted it by thinking she was shy.
"Don’t be shy," he said. "Now, say ’ahh’" he encouraged her.
Cringing even harder this time, Erika fought back every attempt to puke and slowly opened her mouth and Adrian didn’t waste a second before pushing the spoon into her mouth.
"So how is it?" He asked her.
Erika on the other hand tried as much as possible to swallow the food but it nearly choked her. Quickly, she reached for a glass of water and gulped it down.
"Easy there, maybe you shouldn’t eat fast next time. You could choke to death," Juliet remarked with a smirk.
Ignoring Juliet’s remark, Erika picked up a napkin that was placed on the table and dabbed it on her lips before she finally settled back in her seat.
"Are you okay now?" Adrain asked her with a worried look and Erika replied by nodding her head before she opened her mouth to speak,
"I’m not quite hungry, that’s why I sent the maid back early".
Adrain frowned and asked, "But why?"
"Because I’ve been KIDNAPPED", Erika’s reply was blunt and curt as she emphasized the word ’kidnapped’, making Adrian feel stupid for asking such a question in the first place.
"Don’t worry, after a few days, I am sure you’ll get used to this place and besides, it will be our new home", said Adrain as if he hadn’t heard her reply. "I can take you on a tour tomorrow morning," he offered.
Erika thought about the offer and quickly nodded her head.
"Urgh... you people make me sick," Juliet grunted in frustration. "I’m going to see Mother and Felicia," she announced before she stood up, left the dining table, and walked to another passage.
Erika’s lips parted in surprise at the mention of Felicia and Mary’s name from Juliet’s mouth.
Turning to Adrian, she asked, "Is Felicia here?"
Lowering his head, Adrian replied, "Yes, she is. And as for Mary, I’m going to call the police and get her back in prison. She thinks by following Felicia here, I will forgive her for what she’s done." Erika could sense anger in his tone but that didn’t cover her shocked expression.
"And how about Felicia? Isn’t she also a criminal?" she questioned him with a raised eyebrow.
"I know that but she’s the mother of my child," he revealed.
Erika couldn’t believe what she was hearing. This man already had a family of his own but he still wanted her. Wasn’t this the same ex-husband of hers who was always disgusted with her and now he wanted her? Did he lose his memory and forget about all the insults he and his family had thrown at her
