Love After a Steamy Affair

Chapter 85: Life Is Like a Play, It All Depends on Acting Skills
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
She suddenly felt a little guilty and glanced around. Seeing that he was not nearby to watch her lie, she said, “Of course, I should go home early after work.”
“See you at the hotel.” Before she could say anything in response, he had already hung up the phone.
Serenity looked at Linda. “Sorry, I have an appointment.”
Serenity was at the hotel, wrapped in a bathrobe while drying her wet hair as she came out of the bathroom.
Iler fair and slender feet stepped on the carpet and it felt as if she was stepping on soft cotton candy.
Gabriel had already put his clothes on and was buttoning up his shirt. The crystal chandelier illuminated his side profile beautifully.
There’s still the charming atmosphere of love in the room, coupled with the blurry night lights outside the window.
Serenity rubbed her messy hair and asked, “Are you leaving?”
“Yes.” Gabriel buttoned up the last button on his shirt. When he turned around to take his watch, he took a glance at her. “I’m going to the United States for a business trip next week. You can tell Caleb what gift you like.”
A smile appeared on her face as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. “As long as it’s from you, I’d like anything.”
“Is that so?” Gabriel didn’t push her away. Instead, he fastened the clasp on his watch with one hand without looking away. “Why haven’t 1 seen you use the bag I gave you last time?”
Her heart skipped a beat. “I just can’t bear to use the things you gave me.”
But what she didn’t know was that Gabriel had seen her throw the bag into the trash can that day.
Gabriel’s deep and dark eyes stared at her for a few seconds and her scalp started to tingle while her heart tightened.
Then, he shifted his gaze away and picked up his suit jacket. His expression was still cold and indifferent, but his frosty aura sent chills down one’s spine.
She giggled and leaned forward, holding his arm flirtatiously. “What’s wrong? Are you angry?”
Gabriel remained silent and it was hard to guess his emotions at the moment.
“Then I’ll use the bag you gave me tomorrow and make sure you see it.”
Her brain was wracking for ways to find the same low-quality copy in the market. She didn’t have that much money to buy the real thing.
Gabriel put on his coat and calmly said, “Don’t make this about me.”
Even though she couldn’t read his emotions, she proceeded to stand on her tiptoes and kissed the corner of his lips, trying her best to tease him. “Can you not leave tonight…”
Gabriel pushed her away mercilessly and his gaze turned a few shades darker as he indifferently said, “Only smart women are likable.”
But Serenity was smart enough to know that he would not oblige. She just casually said to steer the topic away from the bag.
Moreover, if she didn’t go home for a night, she could only wonder how anxious Helena Turner would be.
“I just want you to accompany me more.”
Her hair was already 70 to 80 percent dry. Without leaving the room, she took off her bathrobe and swiftly changed into her clothes.
Gabriel stood in place, looking at her smooth back and exquisite butterfly bones. His gaze flickered slightly.
Throughout these six years, he had been with many women – bright, charming, pure, and delicate.
There was no lack of daughters of wealthy or famous families, female university students, or popular celebrities.
Serenity was not the most beautiful among the women he has been with, but she was the one who made him feel most at ease.
She knew her limits and was not like the others who constantly chased after the title of ‘Mrs. Gabriel Jones’, clinging onto him like gum and constantly calling Caleb to ask about Gabriel’s whereabouts.
Serenity only did what she was supposed to do, never asking him for luxury cars or expensive houses, let alone a diamond ring and necklace.
If Frank hadn’t told him that she had happily accepted every present sent over, he would have suspected that she had some ulterior motive for being with him besides money and status..