SWNOVELS Chapter Gossip 263
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Chapter 263 Can You Be A Little More Daring
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Isabella met Alexander's gaze, his deep-set eyes seemingly drawing her into their dark depths. Ant unexpected wave of intimacy rose between them.
Isabella stared at the unbelievably handsome face before her, her heart pounding like a drum. Her gaze drifted downward, landing on his slightly parted red lips. Instinctively, Isabella swallowed. Close, too close, we're about to kiss!
Alexander suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing that he had almost lost control to his desires just now. No, I can't. Bella hasn't given her consent yet, how can I disregard her wishes and kiss her beyond her will? From Alexander's perspective, the one who held the power of choice between them was Isabella. Isabella could do anything to him, but he couldn't cross the line.
If hat is he up to all of a sudden? Is his masculine instinct about to show itself? Should I resist or not when the time comes? If I lift my head now, I might just accidentally end up kissing him.
Suddenly, a lump formed in Alexander's throat, and he breathed out anxiously.
However, a certain someone was too timid to kiss. All she would do was imagine kissing him.
"W-What's wrong? Are you ticklish? I didn't do it on purpose."
Alexander lowered his gaze, Can't my wife be a bit more daring? Sigh... Never mind. I'm no better.
"It's all right, it's getting late, perhaps it's time to rest." Alexander's voice was still somewhat hoarse. His body was tingling with anticipation, but he held back his excitement, fearing it might frighten his wife.
Upon seeing that Alexander did not pursue the matter further, Isabella immediately laid down and. murmured an "Mm-hmm." However, once she was lying down, she couldn't help but turn to her side and, wrap her arms around Alexander. Oddly enough, it felt very comfortable.
However, since Alexander had agreed, it was now within her rights.
Alexander turned off the light and tucked Isabella in. The moonlight filtering through the window still allowed some outlines to be discernible..
Alexander looked at Isabella, and Isabella blinked her eyes.
"Close your eyes."
Isabella was about to say something else, but Alexander suddenly leaned ih, pressing a gentle kiss onto her forehead. Only then did he say, "Good night."
A wave of emotion surged within Isabella's heart.
"Goodnight."
They had a good night's sleep, but the same couldn't be said for the others, especially Elaine and Zendaya.
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chatting with Zendaya, filled with excitement and enthusiasm.
The two sisters, separated for many years, needed to catch up properly.
Elaine didn't hide anything either, she clarified everything about the past to Zendaya.
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"Back then, my parents got together out of love. But my grandparents didn't approve of their relationship due to the difference in their family backgrounds, So, they decided to secretly get married and I was conceived. In the end, my grandparents had no choice but to accept their secret marriage. They allowed them to go public only after my father had achieved certain business goals. Due to the goal to live up to the family's expectations and alleviate the pressure that she was facing within the family, my father was so busy that he didn't even have time to sleep. But she couldn't stand the loneliness and couldn't bear the fact that my father didn't have time for her. So, she cheated on him with her first love. After my father found out, she took the opportunity to elope with her lover. The scar on my waist is a remnant of that time. She was in such a hurry to escape that she didn't want to take me with her. She saw me as a hindrance and pushed me down the stairs, breaking my bones and leaving me with this scar from the surgery." Elaine lifted her clothes to show Zendaya.
The scar was prominent, a deliberate reminder Elaine kept for herself, a perpetual pledge to never forgive
that woman.
Zendaya was deeply pained by the relentless onslaught of her past. Upon seeing Elaine's scars, tears immediately welled up and streamed down her face.
She didn't dare to imagine the depth of pain Elaine must have felt when she was abandoned by her own mother.
"Aren't you going to ask anything?" Elaine said bitterly
Zendaya looked at Elaine in bewilderment.
Elaine said with a hint of frustration, "Even when I talk about that woman like this, you don't have a shred of doubt?"
Zendaya lowered his gaze, falling silent for a moment before she finally spoke. "I do have some fragmented memories from my childhood. Perhaps... it's karma. They didn't have a good life afterward, struggling financially. Life was full of petty troubles. I remember my mom constantly complaining about my dad. When she drank too much, she would cry and express regret. Their days were filled with arguments and unrest. Sometimes, they would even take their frustrations out on me."
Elaine immediately became anxious. "Did she hit you?"
Zendaya paused for a moment, then rolled up her sleeve to reveal an old-scar. Naturally, this was because she couldn't afford to have it treated.
There was this one time when she had too much to drink and cut me with a shard from a wine bottle. She said that if it wasn't for me, and for the lies my father told, she could have gone back. Back then, I thought she meant going back to her youthful, single days. But that wasn't it..." Elaine blurted out, "Shameless! She has two daughters, yet she can't even treat one of them right. She's nothing more than a selfish woman!""
Zendaya shivered, but she didn't resort to cursing her mother like Elaine did so casually, after all, the woman was already dead.
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Unable to resist, Elaine embraced Zendaya.
"Sorry, Elaine." Zendaya voiced out in a subdued tone.
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Elaine immediately retorted, "What nonsense are you spouting? The one who wronged me was that woman, what does it have to do with you? We're both just unlucky, having such a birth mother."
Zendaya chuckled. "At the very least, she gave me a wonderful sister."
She had always thought of herself as utterly alone, but then out of the blue, the heavens had gifted her with such an amazing and formidable sister. It felt like she was living in a dream!
Elaine also chuckled, "Indeed, the only good thing she ever did was leaving me a wonderful little sister."
While they were in the middle of a conversation, the telephone in Elaine's hotel room rang. It was likely that someone had tried to reach her on her mobile phone but couldn't get through, so they resorted to calling the hotel room. Not many people knew where to look for her.
Elaine got up to answer the phone, saying, "It might be my parents calling. They've probably just woken up over there. I bet the news from my end gave them quite a jolt first thing in the morning, haha." Zendaya suddenly became tense, her expression incredibly complicated. From her perspective, she was somewhat afraid to face Wren. She thought that man would probably despise her existence. Elaine naturally picked up on Zendaya's tension. She assured, "Don't worry, you're only associated with me, not them."
"Revealing our relationship might not be
icial for the Graham family, right? It would cause harm to your parents." Zendaya, who had been exposed to Clifford's world, understood this well enough.
"Haha, when I got the DNA test, I had already mentioned it to them. They told me that when it comes to my affairs, I'm in charge."
After she finished speaking. Elaine picked up the phone. As expected, she heard her father's deep, somber voice on the other end, accompanied by the soft, soothing tones of her mother in the background. Elaine stuck out her tongue, candidly admitting everything. "What's wrong? Didn't you say I could make my own decisions?"
"You never told me you'd be making such a big fuss!" Wren was simply speechless. "If you're so capable, clean up this me
yourself!"
Elaine playfully stuck her tongue out at the worried Zendaya, before she turned her attention to appease her father. Throughout the entire conversation, Wren didn't bring up anything about Zendaya.
In-truth,
Howevth Wren and Elaine had already healed from their wounds due to the presence of Grace.
However, Wren indeed had no reason to concern himself with the child that woman had borne outside. Nevertheless, he didn't stop Elaine from doing so.
On the other hand, Grace quietly inquired about Zendaya's unfortunate circumstances and in turn, Elaine filled them in about it. Grace felt a great deal of sympathy for Zendaya, hence her concern.
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"She's with me, we're building a sisterly bond. Don't worry. I'll protect her, no one can mess with my sister." Elaine teased while laughing. "Mom, I have a sister now, when will you give me a little brother?" "What nonsense are you spouting, child!"
"Did I say something wrong? What I meant was, I have a sister now. You don't need to worry about me anymore. Please, give me a little brother, Elaine said. laughing heartily. Zendaya could feel that her family truly didn't mind her acknowledging her as her sister, and she gradually found herself caught up in the laughter.
If she truly had a younger brother, even if he had no relation to her, she believed she would still hold a great affection for him.
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