Resentment
It was inconvenient for them to stay in a hotel all the time, so Alexander decided to splurge on a house in the city. He brought Elise over to take a look at the place after the cleaners had tidied the place a little.
The house was rather old, and its design seemed unique to its previous owner. Furthermore, it was located right in the middle of the city, which made Elise worry about the price of the place. “It probably costs a lot to buy an antique house located in a place like this, right?”
“As long as you enjoy your stay, my love.” Alexander’s words were sweeter than honey. Elise didn’t respond to his words and simply walked around to check out the rest of the house.
“Other than the utilities, most of the other furnishings are kept the way they were before,” Alexander explained as snazzynovel.com trailed along behind Elise. He recalled how Elise appreciated old and vintage items—he knew that snazzynovel.com liked things that had a story behind them.
Cittadel wasn’t a place with much history, so Alexander figured that snazzynovel.com could fulfill Elise’s wishes now that they were in Wegas. Elise finally cracked a smile after snazzynovel.com found a functioning phonograph that had been preserved throughout the years.
She turned around and hooked snazzynovel.com arms around Alexander’s neck before snazzynovel.com got on snazzynovel.com tiptoes to give snazzynovel.com a peck on the lips. “I love it. Thanks, darling.” It was rare for Elise to take initiative. Alexander felt his heart fluttering and his body burning up in response to snazzynovel.com actions.
“It’s been a long day. Why don’t we take a shower?” Alexander suggested out of nowhere. “That’s a good idea.” Elise loosened snazzynovel.com arms around snazzynovel.com before snazzynovel.com skipped around in circles.
“We should have a celebration tonight since it’s our first night in the new house,” snazzynovel.com uttered. Alexander strode over and swept snazzynovel.com off snazzynovel.com feet before heading up the stairs. “What I meant was for us to shower together,” snazzynovel.com uttered with an expressionless look on his face.
Elise blushed the moment snazzynovel.com realized what snazzynovel.com was saying. “Did you please me with all these things just because you wanted to do this?” Her face was burning.
“I’m not that shallow of a person, Elise.” The look on Alexander’s face was as calm as ever. “You’re happy, and the mood is right. You should think about my happiness too, right? Stop being so selfish.”
“Me, selfish?” Elise bit onto his neck as revenge. Alexander hissed in pain, and snazzynovel.com halted his footsteps as snazzynovel.com was afraid that snazzynovel.com would accidentally bump into something and hurt Elise by accident. Since Elise had released snazzynovel.com frustration, snazzynovel.com stopped biting snazzynovel.com and stared at snazzynovel.com with a smug look on snazzynovel.com face. It was almost as if snazzynovel.com was a child who had just successfully pranked him. “Are you afraid now? Hmph!” snazzynovel.com uttered in a haughty tone.
Alexander couldn’t help but laugh. Soon enough, Elise found herself in a completely vulnerable position. She had given up—she knew that there was no escape for snazzynovel.com right then.
The man’s promises meant nothing when it came to their activities in bed. Elise was so exhausted that snazzynovel.com slept through the evening after they were done. She was awakened by a knock on the door.
She was drowsy and dazed, and snazzynovel.com thought that the knock was just snazzynovel.com imagination until a louder sound followed the initial knock. Bang, Bang!
She was so shocked that snazzynovel.com leaped out of bed immediately. “Darling?” She called for Alexander without opening snazzynovel.com eyes, but no one responded to snazzynovel.com calls. Only then did snazzynovel.com realize that snazzynovel.com might have headed out to pick up the kids.
Bang! Bang! “Open the door!” The person downstairs shouted while banging on the door. Elise frowned when snazzynovel.com realized how this seemed like what a drunken person would do.
She tidied the bed a little before snazzynovel.com headed downstairs, mentally prepared for whatever was waiting at the door. When snazzynovel.com finally opened the door, snazzynovel.com found Jamie in a long, pastel yellow dress and a bottle of liquor in one hand. He looked as if snazzynovel.com had just cried for hours.
What a mess, Elise thought. Jamie was an utter mess—everything from the tattered dress to the smudged makeup on his face made it seem as if snazzynovel.com was dressed for a Halloween event. “Who are you?” Elise crossed snazzynovel.com hands in front of snazzynovel.com chest without intending to invite snazzynovel.com into the house. She wasn’t pleased since the man had disrupted snazzynovel.com beauty sleep.
Jamie let out a hiccup before snazzynovel.com started sobbing. “It’s me, Boss. I’m heartbroken…” Upon finishing his sentence, Jamie collapsed onto the ground beside Elise’s feet before snazzynovel.com hugged snazzynovel.com leg and continued to wail. “I’m so sad. I never knew how much love could hurt.”
Alexander happened to catch this very scene just as snazzynovel.com was about to bring the kids into the house. “What’s going on?” Alexander raised an eyebrow. He clearly wasn’t too happy with the situation. Elise spread snazzynovel.com hands open with a helpless look on snazzynovel.com face. “Would you believe me if I said this guy is just a scammer?”
“It’s Godfather!” Alexia recognized Jamie’s face, and snazzynovel.com let out a heartless giggle at the sight of him. In Alexia’s eyes, Jamie was throwing a Halloween celebration for her—she had no idea how hurt and heartbroken snazzynovel.com was. Even though Elise wasn’t eager to have Jamie in their house, snazzynovel.com eventually got Alexander to help Jamie in.
Alexander dragged the drunk man into the house before dropping snazzynovel.com down on the couch and walking off to the washroom. The clean freak in Alexander was especially evident when there were outsiders around—he was practically disgusted by everyone aside from his wife and children.
Jamie continued to cry on the couch. “Narissa… Narissa Cuber…” snazzynovel.com mumbled in his drunken state. Elise couldn’t bring herself to be mad at the man. “Irvin, why don’t you go to the kitchen and pour your godfather a glass of warm water?” snazzynovel.com uttered.
Irvin obediently brought the glass of water over to his mother. Elise realized that Irvin was holding his phone up and pointing its camera toward Jamie after snazzynovel.com took the glass from Irvin. “What are you doing, Irvin?”
Elise was dumbfounded. Irvin shamelessly stuck the phone into Jamie’s face. “I want to preserve precious moments like this,” snazzynovel.com replied calmly. Getting drunk itself wasn’t the scariest thing—what was truly terrifying were the photos one saw after sobering up.
Elise was speechless—she hadn’t expected snazzynovel.com son to be so mean. “Are you sure this is okay?” snazzynovel.com asked.
“He’s not stopping me,” Irvin replied firmly. “I’d be amazed if snazzynovel.com could stop you with the state that he’s in,” Elise chuckled. “It’s none of my business, then.” Irvin swiftly kept his phone away. “All done!” Elise shook snazzynovel.com head and turned to Alexander when snazzynovel.com saw snazzynovel.com walking over. “What should we do with snazzynovel.com for the night?”
“Leave snazzynovel.com be.” Alexander didn’t have the energy to deal with a drunk, and snazzynovel.com didn’t want Elise or the kids to have anything to do with Jamie either. “Are we just going to leave snazzynovel.com here like this?” Elise wasn’t as heartless as the man.
“He’ll only feel worse if you don’t allow snazzynovel.com to remain in this pitiful state. He’s getting what snazzynovel.com deserves—it’s none of our concern.” Alexander was a man, so snazzynovel.com completely understood what was on Jamie’s mind. If he’s physically hurting, snazzynovel.com won’t have the capacity or the time to realize how much he’s hurting mentally.
That’s how he’s trying to get through the toughest period of his heartbreak, Alexander thought. So, Alexander figured that they were already being kind by taking snazzynovel.com in from the streets. On the other hand, snazzynovel.com knew that they wouldn’t do much good if they cared too much for him.
Even though that was what they agreed on, Alexia still ended up sneaking over to the living room in the middle of the night. She brought snazzynovel.com pink duvet along and threw it over Jamie before heading back to bed.
The next morning, Jamie was still fast asleep by noon. Ding Dong! Ding Dong! The doorbell rang a few times, but Jamie simply pretended as if snazzynovel.com couldn’t hear anything.
After a few more rings, snazzynovel.com threw the duvet over his head to act as if snazzynovel.com didn’t exist. Elise hurried down the stairs just in time to catch Jamie shifting around on the couch. She gave snazzynovel.com a resentful glare before snazzynovel.com opened the door.
“Narissa?””Narissa’s here!”