Chapter 42: 042 Breaking free from shackles, getting a bit too intimate Chapter 42: 042 Breaking free from shackles, getting a bit too intimate Under the blanket, their bodies pressed close.
He had just taken a shower, his body was hot, and being too close, that scorching heat was unbearable.
Zoe Bell unconsciously murmured a sound.
It was soft, like a cat’s paw scratching at his heart.
Leaning even closer…
The stirred-up thick heat made his throat dry and itchy.
“Zoe—” his voice was low and slow, filled with uncontrollable urges.
He took a deep breath, loosened his hand from her waist, and tried to move away, but Zoe Bell had finally found a warm, comfortable spot and refused to move. She even frowned slightly and snuggled closer into his embrace.
Her lips had lost their color, a light pink, looking…
Very kissable.
She gently rubbed against him in his arms,
Like she was grinding.
“Zoe, I gave you a chance,” his throat tightened, “It was you who moved closer.”
He reached out, pulling Zoe Bell back into his arms…
The last word was drowned out between their lips.
At that mont,
All reason collapsed, utterly obliterated!
At this ti, all the sensations in his body seed to converge in one place.
William Hale could only feel his breathing getting heavier,
The grip around her waist, uncontrolled in its strength.
It caused Zoe Bell so pain, and she protested in a low voice in her sleep.
Old Sir Hale’s educational philosophy was rather old-fashioned and traditional, so William Hale had been taught since childhood to be proper and virtuous, dignified in manner. With the additional responsibility from managing the company, he could not afford to do as he pleased.
The more cultured and upright a person is, the more likely they are to transform into a wolf on a rainy night, baring their fangs once the facade is torn.
So, just touching once, kissing once,
For him, it was like drinking poison to quench thirst, only making him want more.
Especially since their bodies were pressing close, and though Start of Autumn had passed, the heat persisted, so her pajamas were also very thin…
Her body,
Warm, and soft to a fault!
It was as if so shackles in his heart had suddenly been opened, a beast set free…
He suddenly turned over, pinning Zoe Bell beneath him.
Suddenly,
Accompanied by a “buzz buzz—” two vibrations, the smartphone placed on the bedside table lit up.
He looked down at the person beneath him, the effects of the sleeping dication making her sleep exceptionally sweet. William Hale rubbed his forehead, rationality returning. He touched Zoe Bell’s lips gently, realizing that he had…
Gone too far!
He slowly got up.
He tucked Zoe Bell in properly, sat at the bed’s edge, took several deep breaths to calm his breath, and then picked up the phone.
Seeing who sent the ssage, his fingers tightened around the phone.
That force,
As if he was about to strangle soone!
Wyatt Hale: [“Bro, sister-in-law’s IV should be almost done, just a heads-up.”]
He was awake already, playing gas by the headboard.
Worried his brother had dozed off, he reminded him out of good intention.
The result was that the next day when he got up, he noticed that his elder brother looked at him strangely. Still, he greeted him with the fullest enthusiasm and a radiant smile, “Bro, good morning!”
“You’ve gained weight,” William Hale’s voice was sowhat hoarse, yet as cold as if soaked in snow water.
“…”
Wyatt Hale was baffled, pinched his waist, indeed he didn’t exercise much, but he wasn’t fat. Grandma even said he was as thin as a mantis. Where had he gained weight?
“Am I fat?” he countered.
“You should exercise,” William Hale said, his gaze fixed on the few small fish in the pond.
“Bro, it’s so early…”
“Change into so clothes and shoes, I’ll join you for a workout.”
Wyatt was stunned!
It was early in the morning, surely his brother wasn’t serious.
Even though he didn’t dare to voice his complaints, that inherent bloodline suppression made him fill with grievances, yet he obediently went to change into a sports outfit.
And his so-called “accompanying him for exercise” ant:
He warms up, he watches;
He stretches, he watches;
He jogs, he still watches…
In the end, he even criticized, “You have a really ugly jogging posture.”
Wyatt Hale was furious, but dared not show his anger. He could only hang his head and drag his half-broken body back to his room to call his grandfather.
“Grandpa, I’m begging you, let co ho. My brother has been going crazy since early morning!”
“I’ve been going crazy since last night!”
The Hale Family’s phone had not stopped ringing!
William Hale, that brat, hiding in Greenland, he got his peace.
Ever since his grandson reached the marriageable age, there had been no shortage of matchmakers, but he refused to go on blind dates and had no romantic partners. Suddenly, Zoe Bell appeared, and naturally, a bunch of people ca to inquire.
He couldn’t exactly say it though.
All he said was that he didn’t understand young people’s affairs, could not manage them, and did not want to.
Wyatt Hale grimaced fiercely, “Grandpa, I’m going to hang up then.”
“Wait a minute,” Old Sir Hale stopped him, “Are your brother and her… sleeping together?”
Wyatt Hale was puzzled, “Which newly married couple sleeps in separate rooms?”
“It’s not like with you and grandma, who have been married forever. Grandma thinks your snoring is noisy and doesn’t want to sleep in the sa room, yet you still insist on squeezing in with her…”
“Wyatt Hale!” Old Sir Hale hadn’t slept well and was in a very bad mood.
“Grandpa, I was wrong!” He imdiately prostrated himself.
“I asked you to investigate, so you should put more effort into it. Sleeping in the sa room doesn’t necessarily an their relationship is good.”
“So what should I do, Grandpa? Last ti, hiding in the corner got caught red-handed by my brother. You surely can’t expect to sleep with them, can you?”
“What nonsense!” Old Sir Hale snorted coldly, his grandson’s words were as nonsensical as farting, completely illogical, “In any case, just observe more and pay attention to the details!”
Wyatt Hale hung up the phone and sighed deeply.
He never should have agreed to co here, but how could he refuse the money offered?
For a few stinking bucks, he really worried himself sick every day.
——
Zoe Bell slept very well, not dreaming at all, feeling completely relaxed and soft. However, having had an IV and drunk milk before bed, she had gotten up once during the night, and now she felt the urge to use the bathroom again.
She vaguely rembered that when she got up in the night, William Hale had also woken up.
He asked if her legs hurt,
and even asked, “Do you want to carry you?”
Carry?
To carry her to the toilet?
Zoe Bell suddenly beca fully awake, slapped her face with her hand, thinking about the scene where William Hale helped her massage her feet last night, and felt her ears heat up once more.
This marriage was completely different from what she had envisioned.
He gave too much.
And what she could give back was too little, the only thing she could do for now was to pretend to be a good wife in front of his brother. She squeezed so toothpaste, ready to brush her teeth, and only then noticed in the mirror that her mouth seed…
A bit swollen.
Was it her imagination?
When she went downstairs, William Hale was sitting by the window, feeding the fish while listening to Zac Cruz reporting work, and Wyatt Hale was leaning on the couch. Seeing her coming down, he greeted with a smile, “Good morning, sister-in-law.”
“You’re up early,” Zoe Bell said as she made herself a cup of black coffee.
“Skipping breakfast and going straight for coffee first thing?”
“It helps with swelling. I feel like my mouth is a bit swollen.”
No sooner had she finished speaking than William Hale’s breathing deepened, his face unchanged but Zac Cruz, who had been working with this boss, noticed the subtle signs.
The doctor last night had been his arrangent, and so was the IV dication; therefore, Zac Cruz knew very well that Zoe Bell must have slept heavily.
Could it be…
His family’s old man did it on purpose.
Letting his wife sleep to make mischief?
Is that sothing a person would do?
Absolutely scandalous!
Wyatt Hale was frowning, “Swollen lips? Really?”
“Don’t you see it?” Zoe Bell, being a dancer, paid extra attention to any swelling on her body.
Wyatt Hale stood up and actually approached her to check closely, while William Hale furrowed his brows deeply, and Zac Cruz looked on with the deanor of soone enjoying the drama.
Then soone spoke up, “Sister-in-law, I feel like… your entire face seems a bit swollen.”
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