Chapter 159: Can’t You Live Without Him?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Thank you.” She had already thanked him many times tonight.
Gabriel turned around and walked out. Just as he placed his hand on the door handle, he stopped in his tracks and turned back to look at her. “I’ll get Francesca to call home. Sleep peacefully.”
Just as she was about to thank him again, he closed the door. She could not help but laugh at how pretentious she had been tonight.
After Gabriel left, she walked to the window and pulled open the curtains. South Bay was the only villa in the area. There were no lights outside the window, but a lawn and a flower garden.
She stood by the window and enjoyed the breeze for a while. Her muddled mind gradually cleared up. Seeing that it was almost midnight, she went into the bathroom to take a shower.
After coming out of the bathroom, she dried her hair and lay down on the bed. Perhaps it was because too many things had happened tonight or because she was in an unfamiliar environment, but she could not fall asleep no matter what she did. In the end, she opened the door and walked out into the hallway.
Mrs. Winstead was already asleep so the rest of the house was empty. The moonlight shone in through the floor-to-ceiling glass of the dining room, reflecting off the floor.
She groped her way down the stairs to a separate bar counter in the northwest corner of the living room. It was filled with all kinds of alcohol of different ages, each evidently expensive.
She picked up a glass of 1982 French red wine, took a glass, opened the bottle, and poured herself a glass to drink.
Gabriel had just fallen asleep not too long ago but then his mouth felt a little dry. He put on his bathrobe and went downstairs. He took an empty cup from the water dispenser and was about to return to his room.
After taking two steps, he realized something was amiss, noticing the air was filled with the smell of alcohol. He turned around and saw the woman lying on the sofa. Her head was leaning against the armrest but only her seaweed-like hair could be seen.
He walked around and saw that Serenity was already drunk with an empty wine bottle on the coffee table. She raised the wine glass in her hand with a dazed look in her eyes. “Do you want a glass?”
Gabriel frowned as he looked at her. The wine he had were of the best quality. Some might have tasted good at first, but usually had a strong aftertaste. Did she drink an entire bottle alone?
As she was lying down, the collar of her bathrobe was slightly open, revealing her snow-white skin.
He took the wine glass from her hand and placed it on the table. Then, he looked down at her and said in a low voice, “It’s just a man. Can’t you live without him?”
“What man?” Her beautiful face was as red as a rosy cloud and her eyes were blurry. “I’m just… I just can’t sleep in a strange place.”
Gabriel looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze as if he was trying to determine the truth in her words. After a moment of silence, he said, “Even if you can’t sleep, go back to your room and lie down. You have to work tomorrow.”
The alcohol was too much for her and her head hurt badly. She supported herself on the armrest of the sofa and tried to stand up a few times. The smell of alcohol permeated the air as she exhaled. “That’s right, tomorrow… I still have to go to work…I still have to go to work…”
She took a wobbly step forward and her legs went limp when she took the second step. Gabriel reached out to support her, but his calf happened to hit the corner of the coffee table. His body leaned forward and pushed her onto the sofa. Fortunately, he held onto one side in time so that his entire body would not fall on her.
Serenity lay on the sofa, face still flushed red since she was drunk. Her eyes looked particularly seductive as the thin corners of her lips were slightly raised in a charming arc.
Her breath was mixed with the sweet smell of alcohol, invading his blood vessels from all directions – his entire blood boiled..