Way Back Into Love (Essie)

"I want to eat with you." Zac lifted the corners of his mouth elegantly and smiled at her like a moonlight breaking through the darkness. And just like that, Essie's obscure and cold heart felt a touch of innocence and warmth.

"I want spicy lobster," Essie said as her eyes twinkled with excitement.

"Okay!" Zac nodded without hesitation.

"You don't even eat spicy food. Why did you reply so decisively?" She pouted and glanced at him.

"I want to eat with you," Zac said with a smile before touching her white nose. There was nothing but infinite love in his eyes.

In the lobster shop...

Aside from the lobster, Essie also ordered some light food for the man who didn't like eating spicy food.

The moment the dishes arrived on their table, Essie immediately picked up a lobster and began to enjoy it, spreading oil all around her mouth and not caring about her image as a lady. In spite of this, she looked absolutely adorable in Zac's eyes.

After she finished eating, Essie smacked her lips and looked at the man sitting opposite her. "Ice guy, you have been taken back to earth from the moon," she said with a smile. "What do you mean?" Zac said, raising an eyebrow at her.

"You see, when we first met, you didn't eat roadside stalls, didn't eat any food in the market, didn't go to crowded places, and didn't strike off any price. You were such an otherworldly beauty. But now, you can go to restaurants to eat lobster, go to the vegetable market and the night market with me, and even cut the money with me. Have you been changed by me?" Essie explained and asked.

Zac laughed while shaking his head.

The only reason he agreed to go to the market with her was because he was worried that she might be unable to carry all the groceries. Aside from that, he also didn't want her to come home all alone. He did other things just to amuse her. Her smile, whether it was day or night, was one of the most charming things he had ever seen with his two eyes.

He didn't want her to know the truth, so he just smiled and said, "You have influenced me a lot. I've been influenced by you."

Essie giggled and picked up a steamed lobster for Zac. "Eat it quickly. As long as it's something I have eaten before, you can rest assured that it wasn't cooked with ditch oil," she said.

Zac's handsome face was full of mockery. "You really are the best partner to have when eating. Not only are you good at eating, but you are also good at testing poison."

His words were meant to tease her, but little did he know that they would inadvertently make the little scar deep in her heart ache.

Essie's bright eyes immediately turned dark, and she lowered her head to hide the sadness in her eyes.

She was well aware that an ordinary person like her could only be regarded as a partner. For people like him, rich and beautiful girls were the only ones deserving of being called a girlfriend. Zac had Leila, just like Hanson had Sunny.

"What's wrong?" Zac was keenly aware of her bizarre reaction. Normally, whenever he joked, she would look at him with her big eyes and bicker with him or respond sarcastically to him. But today, she was unusually silent.

Essie simply shook her head. By the time she raised her head to look up at him again, all of the emotions in her eyes were nowhere to be found. "Sunny is playing rogue. She's flying to France tomorrow," Essie said as a way to cover up her frustration.

"Is that why you were lying down on the sofa all depressed?" Zac raised his thick eyebrows slightly.

"You have no idea at all." She pursed her lips sadly. "When I was in Bella, Sunny always gave me a hard time and didn't let me live well. Now that I've finally won against her one time, I thought I could vent out my anger, but unexpectedly, I just let her go."

A flash of inscrutable light appeared in Zac's deep black eyes. He waved and asked for a bottle of water from the waiter. When it arrived, he placed the bottle in front of Essie.

"There is a genie inside this bottle. If you open it, you can make a wish."

"You are so childish. I am not a child," Essie said while pouting.

"Haven't you always said that you should always dare to give things a try? If you don't try, how will you find out whether it will work or not?" Zac folded his arms over his chest and looked at her with a smile. His beautiful eyes gleamed in the light, and Essie found that there was some sort of incredible magic on the surface of his eyes. In an instant, the magical power turned from a cold Artic star to a burning obsidian, and if one stared at it for too long, he would be bewitched by it and lose his soul.

Perhaps she was just hypnotized by his eyes, but she almost unconsciously lifted up the bottle of water and opened it.

"Make a wish. The genie is here." Zac's voice was low, attractive, and magnetic.

She crossed her hands and said, "I want Sunny to stay here instead of going to France. I want her to dance in the square." "Okay, your wish will be fulfilled by the genie tomorrow," Zac said as he drew a mysterious smile on his lips.