Perfect Revenge : CEO's Lovely Mistress

199 Can’t Sleep

Ella lay in bed all night with all kinds of thoughts running through her mind.

Christian notices Ella’s bad mood today. He decided to go to the bathroom and take a cold shower to relieve himself. After that, he just hugged Ella on the bed, not forcing her to make love.

The woman in his arms couldn’t sleep, the drowsiness refused to come even though she had closed her eyes for a long time. Finally, Christian turns on the small lamp above the nightstand that glows orange and looks into Ella’s face.

“You can’t sleep?”

“Hmm...” Ella replied. “I was thinking about the past. I feel like everything is like a dream.”

This was Ella’s first time taking the initiative to talk about her past. Christian is quite surprised that Ella would open up and he decides to listen carefully.

“Why does it feel like a dream?” Christian lay back on the bed and wrapped his arms around Ella’s waist, stroking her back gently.

Feeling the man’s warmth, Ella felt comfortable and at ease as if she had found her place. She closed her eyes briefly before continuing, “At first I thought my father loved me very much. But because I was framed by someone else, he was forced to send me to a mental hospital. But why didn’t he investigate what really happened?”

This confused Ella for years. Why did her father immediately send her to such a place?

.....

As a father, shouldn’t her father trust her? Shouldn’t her father find out what really happened?

Christian can feel Ella’s pain, but he decides to tell the truth. “It’s the best choice.”

“What do you mean the best choice?” Ella couldn’t understand it.

Christian’s palm gripped Ella’s waist tighter, hoping he could give her some security. “Investigating everything takes a very long time. If the result is true that you were framed, maybe things will end well. But if it doesn’t, then the Maheswara Family will face humiliation from the crowd.”

“But it looks like his decision not to investigate was right.” Christian paused before he continued, “If it’s discovered that your stepmother, stepsister and fiancé are involved, things will get a lot more complicated.”

Ella could feel her heart slowly crumbling.

Turns out... It turned out that this was the reason she had been looking for.

So, to reduce the losses suffered by the Maheswara Family, Budi decided to sacrifice his daughter.

Thinking back on it now, it seemed like her value was too cheap in her father’s eyes.

“You got me now,” Christian said, raising his hand to cover Ella’s eyes.

He could feel his hands slowly getting wet from Ella’s tears and it made his heart feel sad too.

Ella curled up and buried herself in Christian’s arms even deeper. With a choked voice she said, “Thank you.”

What Christian told her really calmed her heart. But sadly, their time will not be long.

Christian thought he could move Ella’s heart by saying that, but Ella’s curt reply made him feel bad again.

However, he was still thinking about Ella’s feelings so he restrained himself.

Today, he just wanted to pamper her and comfort her.

After that, the two of them were lost in their own thoughts. After lying down for a while, Christian can’t help but ask, “Who do you love now?”

Christian can sense that Ella doesn’t love him.

Loving someone is not a show.

Even though Ella tries hard to please him, Christian still feels something is missing. He didn’t want a fake smile from Ella. He wants her sincerity.

It never occurred to Christian that there would be a woman who made him think hard, about how to make her fall in love with him.

He himself found it difficult to admit it.

“I...”

Ella opened her mouth, but there was a trace of confusion on her face.

Love? Love is just a silly word.

Her lips curved into a sweet smile as she answered, “I love you.”

Ella will say whatever Christian wants to hear from her mouth.

“You know I don’t want to listen to lies,” Christian’s face turned grim.

Ella just smiled blandly and shook her head. “Do you think I deserve to talk about love? Neither this heart nor this body deserves to be loved.”

As she said that, a single tear rolled down her face until it disappeared from her sight.

Christian feels disappointed that he is not the man Ella loves, but somehow his heart is much sadder for Ella.

His lips kissed Ella’s watery eyes while whispering, “I allow you to love me.”

Those words almost made Ella laugh.

If Ella falls in love with Christian, what will happen?

What if she’s forced to leave him one day?

What right did Christian have to say in front of her that he allowed Ella to love him, when he himself couldn’t love her back?

But in the presence of Christian, Ella will not oppose it.

It’s up to Christian what he thinks about her, but all Ella can do right now is pretend.

Even though Christian didn’t get an answer from Ella, he felt that Ella had agreed with what he said so his lips curved into a joyful smile.

...

When she woke up the next day, Ella felt a pain in her head. Indeed, not being able to sleep peacefully at night is really uncomfortable.

She rubbed her head briefly, trying to wake herself up.

When she looked beside her, Christian was not there.

Ella took out her cell phone and looked at the clock. It was only half past six, making Ella frown. Why was Christian up so early? Did he go to the office to finish his work?

Yesterday afternoon, Christian accompanied her all day and left his job.

Ella was about to wake up and see today’s news, but her phone vibrated.

It was a call from an unknown number...

Ella thought it was Indri’s new number that kept trying to call her so she decided to ignore it. But after she finished showering and changing clothes, the number kept calling her persistently.

It seemed the caller’s willpower was really strong.

Ella felt helpless and finally decided to pick it up. “Hello, who is this?”

“Miss Ella...” To her surprise, a deep old man’s voice came from the other side, his tone mixed with restlessness. “I am Mr. William’s butler.”

Ella was confused to hear that.

“What is it?” She didn’t think she had anything to do with Liam, she hadn’t seen the guy for a long time.

Liam seemed to have disappeared into the earth. Even in the news, Liam was rarely in the spotlight.

The old man took a deep breath. “Miss, please come here and meet him.”

“What’s with him?” Ella felt nervous because of the man’s words.

“Miss, can you come here? I can’t explain through this call.” After saying this, the butler immediately ended the call.