Pampered Like A Princess

Jolene went back to her condominium to rest.

The twins huddled into the kitchen and wanted to get some apples from the fridge.

“Mommy, we are almost out of apples. Could you get more tomorrow, please?” Nathan counted the number of apples in the fridge and reminded Nelissa.

Nelissa was very tied up with work and Nathan was the one in charge of keeping count of everything that went on in the house.

“Alright, I will go get some tomorrow.” Nelissa then gave the twins a tight hug before scurrying into her room.

She slammed the door behind her. She stood in front of the mirror and realized that there was a gaping hole in her dress at her waist.

There were also some love marks on her exposed skin; it was Edward’s mark.

Nelissa bit her lips and blushed. She undressed herself hurriedly and threw the dress onto the ground. She lifted her legs and aimed for the dress but she suddenly remembered something.

That dress cost more than two hundred thousand dollars!

She stared at the dress. What was she going to do with it? Sell it? No one would buy that mess!

Maybe she could fix it? It was way beyond repair as well.

Nelissa sighed. She had only worn it for less than an hour before Edward tore it into smithereens.

Nelissa went into the bathroom and took a shower. The ice-cold water came splashing down yet it was futile against the heat that was cruising in her body.

She stood in the shower for a long time when she remembered that she still had to read the twins a bedtime story. She then stumbled out of the shower and into her pajamas.

The twins were already in bed with a gigantic storybook in their arms. They sat there patiently, waiting for Nelissa to arrive.

“Mommy, do you have a new boyfriend?” Noelle suddenly popped out a question.

Nelissa almost choked. She bent down and kissed Noelle on the cheek. “Of course not, Jolene is just messing around. She just wants to leave us and enjoy her singlehood.”

The twins giggled and Noelle was already sound asleep after Nelissa finished reading the story. Nathan, on the other hand, stared at Nelissa just like how Edward used to do.

He held Nelissa’s hand and kissed it gently.

Nelissa was shocked. For some reason, she could see the subtle image of Edward residing within Nathan.

“Nate, promise me that you will be a gentleman when you grow up. That means you can’t simply touch another girl, okay?” Nelissa said as she squeezed Nathan’s bubbly cheeks.

“Mommy, you are the one with your hands all over me right now,” Nathan argued.

Nelissa then returned to her room and dried her hair. It was getting late and it was time for bed.

She went to bed and slowly drifted into a deep sleep.

In her dream, she noticed a naked, muscular man lying next to her. Their bodies were intertwined and he could feel the warmth of his passion slowly scalding her skin.

The man growled softly by her ears, “Give it to me.”

It was Edward’s voice.

Nelissa tossed and turned in her sleep. She was just having a dream.

Edward was up early the next day. The air conditioner in the room was switched on and it was quite chilly.

However, his body was still sore and sweaty from the vigorous and strenuous activity the night before.

He got up and quickly took a morning shower.

Eliza was in the kitchen and had just begun making breakfast when Edward came downstairs. He headed straight for the fridge and opened it… to Eliza’s amazement.

“Master Hales, I’m sorry, but breakfast is not ready yet,” Eliza apologized. She was extremely surprised. For the past three years, Edward had never woken up that early before.

Except for that one time when he stayed up all night for work but that was just one-time.

Usually, Eliza would have ample time to prepare breakfast for him.

“No worries, take your time,” Edward nodded.

He took out a bottle of purified drinking water from the fridge and gulped it down. Next, he turned his attention to the lonely apple sitting in the fridge.

It was bright red and extremely plump. He took it to the living room and stared at it blankly before taking a huge crunch.

Edward turned on the news and began drifting away in thought…

Nelissa’s seductive lips were way more appealing and sweeter than that apple.

He had never been so charmed by a woman before. Maybe it was because it had taken so long… If he had taken her the moment he saw her, he would probably be over her by now.

Eliza had already prepared a wonderful spread for breakfast. Edward didn’t really eat much and he went upstairs soon after.

Eliza was cleaning up the table when she noticed an apple core by his plate; it was the only thing he really finished.

“Maybe there was something wrong with the food?” Eliza thought to herself.

That morning, at Victory Group, Nelissa wore a long dress to work to conceal the bruise at her ankles.

She was at her desk, surfing through the web, when a popup appeared, “Susan Quest publicly apologizes to Edward Hales’ mystery guest.”

Nelissa’s eyes flickered. She quickly opened the article and it really was a public apology.

However, Susan didn’t address the letter to Nelissa. It was probably intentional.

Nevertheless, at the very end, it was written, “To Miss Nelly.” That was clearly intentional too.

Nelissa knew what Susan was up to. Thankfully, she had only been in town for a couple of months and not many people knew her nickname, especially her colleagues.

If they were to find out that she was the mysterious Nelly, who knew what would happen?

One of her colleagues got a hold of the local newspaper and that apology made the headline for the day.

“This public apology really sent shockwaves throughout the community. Who do you think that mysterious girl is? Edward even made Susan apologize to her.”

Another female colleague then chimed in, “Men nowadays only like seductive sl*ts and innocent, gullible girls.”

Another then sneered, “I think that Edward was clearly using that new girl to humiliate Susan for one reason; he wants her.”

“Nelissa, you know Edward, don’t you? Do you know anything about this?” They assumed that Nelissa and Edward had some sort of special relationship that led to the securement of the project.,

Nelissa curled her lips, “I think that the new girl was probably just a diversion. Master Hales and Susan are basically a match made in heaven, don’t you think?”

At that moment, Jolene came out of her office and the gossiping immediately stopped.

“Come into my office please,” Jolene called out to Nelissa.

Nelissa hurried into the office and closed the door behind her.

Jolene immediately pointed at the newspaper and glared at Nelissa.

She obviously knew who the letter was addressed to. How many Nellys were out there?

“Is this article written for you?” Jolene interrogated Nelissa.

“Yes.” Nelissa nodded obediently.

Jolene knew that Nelissa had sprained her ankle the night before. However, she didn’t know that Susan was the one that did it!

Jolene shook her head and commented, “This is getting out of hand. I can’t believe how protective Edward is of you. Those people are quite the egoistic bunch.”

Nelissa sighed in exasperation.

She had been caught between the crossfire of Edward’s and Susan’s romantic rumors.

Nelissa left the office at noon for an appointment with a client. All of a sudden, the client called and requested their venue to be changed to a high-end restaurant near her office.

Nelissa was thrilled. She didn’t even have to take the bus to that place. She could still take less than fifteen minutes to walk to that restaurant, which definitely beat out squeezing on the nauseating bus any day.

The only downside was that the restaurant was extremely pricey. Marcel had only brought them there because they had just secured the Hales Group Project.This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Nelissa was not present back then but Jolene had told her that the final bill mounted to about ten thousand dollars.

Nelissa scowled. Her bonuses were going to be sucked dry by all these cheapskate clients soon.

Fifteen minutes later, the client had already placed their order. Dish after dish came not long after Nelissa sat down.

Nelissa decided that she was just going to make a run for it if the negotiations did not go well. She was not going to pay that ginormous bill!

To her surprise, the negotiations went extremely well. The client’s secretary then pulled out a document from her briefcase.

“Miss Nelly?” The client suddenly asked.

Nelisse paused. She looked up and turned to look at the client.