淑女的欲望

Xander and Scarlett spend the whole day outside. And just got home after sunset.

For their dinner, Xander decides to cook for them.

At first, Scarlett couldn\'t believe a man as cold and busy as Xander could cook. But after watching him cook for 5 minutes, now she came to believe that this man was talented.

Xander looks very natural handling the ingredients and looks relaxed. He doesn\'t even glance at his phone to peek at recipes, unlike what Scarlett usually does when she wants to cook something.

She falls in love with Xander even more now. In her eyes, Xander was the perfect husband for her. He\'s a freaking handsome, intelligent, tough businessman, talented at playing instruments. Now she acknowledges that he\'s also a terrific cook.

\'Geez, Mr. Xander Riley, do you have any flaws?\' She wondered while satisfying her eyes, seeing his hands chopping vegetables deftly.

His sexy-looking arms look even more masculine as he holds the kitchen knife. Just looking at his movement could make Scarlett\'s throat feel dry. Thus she swallowed silently!

"Are you satisfied with what you saw?" Xander\'s casual tone made Scarlett almost fall off her chair.

She lowered her head, trying to hide her blushing face. However, a second later, her phone vibrated.

Instantly a text from Seven made her heart tremble slightly.

[Seven:] That woman is your husband\'s ex-fiancée!

Her hands became stiff, as well as her expression. But after a few seconds of trying, she could finally text Seven.

"Babe, this still needs time to finish, about an hour... You can shower and rest upstairs until it\'s ready! I\'ll call when it\'s done." Xander urged her to go upstairs after seeing her face look exhausted.

ραпdα nᴏνa| сom Scarlett slowly raised her head to look at him. Somehow a strange feeling rose in her heart after reading the results of Seven\'s investigation.

Now, she understood why Xander had said nothing about them. It turns out they have a past story.

Even though a hint of jealousy suddenly appeared in her heart, she tried to act casually.

"Xander, let me help you! I can wash fruit or vegetables." She felt terrible that Xander had to do so much while she had nothing.

"Babe..." Xander called her charmingly while walking towards her. He stretched his arms out and wrapped them around her slender waist, pressing her into his chest.

Scarlett felt her heart beat faster with this sudden intimacy. She slowly closes her eyes, feeling good as she hears his heartbeat.

After Xander hugged her for a bit, he let go and backed away while still holding Scarlett\'s shoulder. "...I\'m recharging now! Thanks for your help, dear." He gently ruffled the hair on top of her head.

Scarlett was stunned, but in the end, she managed to smile.

"Your embrace helped me a lot, and since I got it, now, you can go upstairs. Don\'t worry, I have prepared all the ingredients. Now, all I have to do is to cook it. I don\'t need any help with that." He smiled.

After thinking for a while, Scarlett then decided to go upstairs. She needed to talk to Seven about the results of his investigation.

\'That woman is Xander\'s ex-fiancé!\' These words disturbed her, and she would not rest easy if she did not hear the report\'s entirety and draw a conclusion from there.

"Fine!" She pouted while smiling through her eyes, looking at him. "...But, if you need my help, please call me. I will come to help you!"

"Sure!"

Soon Scarlett arrived at the primary bedroom on the second floor. She didn\'t go to the bathroom to wash, but she went to the balcony to make a phone call.

"You finally called..." Seven greeted her warmly from the other end.

"Give me the full report…" she said hastily. Afraid that Xander would come up to the room to look for her.

While listening to Seven, she looked at the door that connected the bedroom to the balcony instead of seeing the lonely moon hanging in the dark sky.

"That man is Paul Harris, the owner of the Harris Group, and the woman who came with him is Ella Harris, the only daughter of Paul Harris. The woman is the CEO of the entertainment company H Entertainment...." Seven explained their backgrounds while Scarlett listened in silence.

"The Harris and Riley families are pretty close. Because Old Harris and Old Riley were best friends. And, when Ella Harris was born, they arranged a marriage between Ella and your husband. At that time, your husband was only 2 years old..."

Scarlett was surprised to know that. So, they were betrothed since childhood. Interesting!

"That arranged match lasted until your husband came of age. He suddenly rejected the arrangement and started rebelling against his grandfather." Seven paused, being weird about what he found.

"Three, how could your husband never tell you about this?" Seven asked. He felt suspicious of Scarlett\'s husband. How could he not tell her anything about this big story? Even though this was a story from the past, at least he told her, right?

After hearing Seven\'s question, for some reason, Scarlett\'s chest felt hurt, like someone was squeezing it, but she couldn\'t express the pain. She just silently endured it.

"Of course, he told me briefly about this. It\'s just that I don\'t know the details. Okay, tell me more!" She said firmly.

"...after much fighting, old Riley finally agreed to your husband. The old man called off the engagement. However, since then, something strange happened; your husband started getting gossip news as a player, playboy! It was as if someone had purposely spread the news."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. But, I am not continuing the investigation as it is unrelated to Ella Harris."

After Scarlett thanked Seven and ended the call, she took a deep breath and turned to look at the moon.

She was deep in thought.

"So, they are no longer engaged. But I saw clearly how the woman looked at Xander. It was clear that there was still love from the look in her eyes. I believe... That woman still loves him!!"

After some time, her cell phone vibrated again.

[Seven:] You must hear this record I just got. It is pretty interesting!

[Seven:] (Audio recording attached)

Without a doubt, Scarlett heard the recorded conversation between Ella and Paul after they met Xander.

No words left her mouth as she was shocked and speechless by what she had heard.