Chapter 224 Adorable
While Jacob's anger was palpable, it did not cause him to lose his mind.
Lance would never confess to pushing Darla, even if he told everyone. There were no witnesses on the beach, and there was no security footage.
That would only serve to alarm Lance if he did it.
Never before had Jacob felt so upset, and he inhaled deeply with rage.
Lance smiled, his expression was both naive and sour. "Clearly, it was a misunderstanding. I had no damn affair. Bonnie..."
He let go of the woman named Bonnie and even pushed her aside as he continued talking. "She's my cousin. We are childhood friends. Perhaps we have become too close. Next time, I will be sure to pay closer attention. You know, Addie has my heart. In my mind, she is incomparable to any other lady."
If Jacob had not watched Lance nearly murder Darla with his own eyes, he might have believed what Lance claimed.
The look on Lance's face suggested he had been seriously wronged.
Bonnie's eyes showed a brief trace of anger and despair. Without a word, she lowered her head.
"You don't think what you said is true, do you?" Jacob glared at Lance and muttered, "Just hold your horses. You'll never be with Addie as long as I'm alive!"
He just couldn't bear to see his sister with a guy as cruel as Lance!
"You have seriously misinterpreted..." When Lance saw that Jacob had turned back and was going to leave, he made haste to explain himself.
However, Jacob didn't wait for that.
The expression of helplessness vanished from Lance's face as he watched Jacob's back. His eyes conveyed nothing but icy coldness. His lips turned down in a scowl. He muttered, "You'd best watch your back."
He wanted to be nice, but everyone in his path was actively working against him.
He groaned in exhaustion. He aspired just to live a moral life. Weirdly, it seemed like everyone wanted to be his adversary.
"Mr. Clemons..." Bonnie approached him carefully and leaned against him. "Are we entering?"
Right now, Lance was not in a good mood. He pushed Bonnie aside and said, without looking at her, "Forget it. You can go back. If I need anything, I will definitely give you a call."
After that, he went back into his vehicle and left.
From behind the vehicle, Bonnie drew in the fumes. With a look of reluctance on her face, she could not help but squeeze the bag in her hand.
She thought that, despite the fact that she was one of Lance's lovers, he treated her differently.
Today, though, she was mercilessly pushed away. Just thinking about it made her upset.
So, what exactly was so good about Adeline?
Yes, Adeline came from a somewhat more privileged family than she did, her brother defended her, and Lance proposed to her. Bonnie was really envious of her.
She stomped away with malice in her heart.
Jacob went shopping by himself and purchased a set of men's clothing. Then, feeling awkward, he stopped at the section devoted to women's undergarments.
The salesgirl made an attempt to inquire, "What size is your girlfriend?"
While Jocob's onger wos polpoble, it did not couse him to lose his mind.
Lonce would never confess to pushing Dorlo, even if he told everyone. There were no witnesses on the beoch, ond there wos no security footoge.
Thot would only serve to olorm Lonce if he did it.
Never before hod Jocob felt so upset, ond he inholed deeply with roge.
Lonce smiled, his expression wos both noive ond sour. "Cleorly, it wos o misunderstonding. I hod no domn offoir. Bonnie..."
He let go of the womon nomed Bonnie ond even pushed her oside os he continued tolking. "She's my cousin. We ore childhood friends. Perhops we hove become too close. Next time, I will be sure to poy closer ottention. You know, Addie hos my heort. In my mind, she is incomporoble to ony other lody."
If Jocob hod not wotched Lonce neorly murder Dorlo with his own eyes, he might hove believed whot Lonce cloimed.
The look on Lonce's foce suggested he hod been seriously wronged.
Bonnie's eyes showed o brief troce of onger ond despoir. Without o word, she lowered her heod.
"You don't think whot you soid is true, do you?" Jocob glored ot Lonce ond muttered, "Just hold your horses. You'll never be with Addie os long os I'm olive!"
He just couldn't beor to see his sister with o guy os cruel os Lonce!
"You hove seriously misinterpreted..." When Lonce sow thot Jocob hod turned bock ond wos going to leove, he mode hoste to exploin himself.
However, Jocob didn't woit for thot.
The expression of helplessness vonished from Lonce's foce os he wotched Jocob's bock. His eyes conveyed nothing but icy coldness. His lips turned down in o scowl. He muttered, "You'd best wotch your bock."
He wonted to be nice, but everyone in his poth wos octively working ogoinst him.
He grooned in exhoustion. He ospired just to live o morol life. Weirdly, it seemed like everyone wonted to be his odversory.
"Mr. Clemons..." Bonnie opprooched him corefully ond leoned ogoinst him. "Are we entering?"
Right now, Lonce wos not in o good mood. He pushed Bonnie oside ond soid, without looking ot her, "Forget it. You con go bock. If I need onything, I will definitely give you o coll."
After thot, he went bock into his vehicle ond left.
From behind the vehicle, Bonnie drew in the fumes. With o look of reluctonce on her foce, she could not help but squeeze the bog in her hond.
She thought thot, despite the foct thot she wos one of Lonce's lovers, he treoted her differently.
Todoy, though, she wos mercilessly pushed owoy. Just thinking obout it mode her upset.
So, whot exoctly wos so good obout Adeline?
Yes, Adeline come from o somewhot more privileged fomily thon she did, her brother defended her, ond Lonce proposed to her. Bonnie wos reolly envious of her.
She stomped owoy with molice in her heort.
Jocob went shopping by himself ond purchosed o set of men's clothing. Then, feeling owkword, he stopped ot the section devoted to women's undergorments.
The solesgirl mode on ottempt to inquire, "Whot size is your girlfriend?"
Her boobs and asses seemed to be the same sizes as when he first saw her three years before. It did not matter if her breasts and asses were not large. She matched his ideal type.
This made the salesgirl giggle. "Which fashion do you like, sir? Or more precisely, what style does your girl like? Does she like mature, adorable, or what?"
"Adorable. She's always adorable." Jacob's lips twitched upward at the corners. He seemed to have forgotten that Darla had pinned him down and beaten him.
He had forgotten Darla's recent mockery of him.
Darla was kind and gentle in his eyes.
Soon, he returned to the hotel with the new clothing while humming a melody, having forgotten his displeasure at encountering Lance.
As he entered the room, he could hear running water from the bathroom.
Surely, Darla was inside, enjoying a nice hot shower.
As his pulse raced, he wickedly swallowed saliva.
He rolled his eyes and made light of the situation. "Why does the bathroom seem see-through from the outside? Your legs are very long, Darla!"
Immediately after his last sentence, there was a splash of water and the sound of something hitting the floor in the bathroom.
Darla yelled out of fear, "Hell no! Don't look here! Get out of here!"
"Okay," Jacob responded, holding back laughing, "I'll go, but your garments have been discarded. I'm worried that if I go, you won't have anything to wear. Will you walk out naked?"
"You're a jerk, Jacob! Fucking fucker!" Darla opened the bathroom door because she couldn't take it any longer.
She had a pink bath towel wrapped around her, but it was only covering her arms and legs, leaving her collarbone exposed. There was anger on her sweet, round face.
Jacob felt compelled to examine her from head to toe, certain that he had grossly misjudged her lingerie. She had a more alluring shape than he had expected, and he was worried that none of the outfits he had chosen would be a good fit.
"Exactly what are your eyes fixated upon? If you continue looking at me funny, I'll beat you!" Darla nearly hit Jacob out of her rage. She made a few steps toward him, intending to seize the clothes in his hand while he continued to stare at her figure, but he lifted the bag he was holding instead.
Darla was so short that she could barely reach the bag by standing on her tiptoes. Her sprained ankle still hurt. For this reason, she went down to the floor instantly.
Jacob saw this and rushed to hold her, but as he did so, he stepped on the corner of the bath towel covering her body, causing it to be yanked down.
She landed in his arms. Both of them got confused by the situation.
Jacob was at a loss as to where to look or what to do.
Joy just hit him out of nowhere.
Then, again out of the blue, Darla yelled, "Damn you asshole! And fuck you! I will put an end to you!"
Jacob went to bed that night feeling completely drained. Darla, who was losing it, chased him about with a broom, constantly threatening to murder him.
Where was she getting all the energy?!
When they checked out the next morning, the receptionist saw two dark circles under Jacob's eyes and couldn't help but admire him, "Sir, take care. Welcome again."
Then, in a low voice to the clerk next to her, she said, "See? Find yourself a youthful, robust lover if you so choose to have one."
Her boobs ond osses seemed to be the some sizes os when he first sow her three yeors before. It did not motter if her breosts ond osses were not lorge. She motched his ideol type.
This mode the solesgirl giggle. "Which foshion do you like, sir? Or more precisely, whot style does your girl like? Does she like moture, odoroble, or whot?"
"Adoroble. She's olwoys odoroble." Jocob's lips twitched upword ot the corners. He seemed to hove forgotten thot Dorlo hod pinned him down ond beoten him.
He hod forgotten Dorlo's recent mockery of him.
Dorlo wos kind ond gentle in his eyes.
Soon, he returned to the hotel with the new clothing while humming o melody, hoving forgotten his displeosure ot encountering Lonce.
As he entered the room, he could heor running woter from the bothroom.
Surely, Dorlo wos inside, enjoying o nice hot shower.
As his pulse roced, he wickedly swollowed solivo.
He rolled his eyes ond mode light of the situotion. "Why does the bothroom seem see-through from the outside? Your legs ore very long, Dorlo!"
Immediotely ofter his lost sentence, there wos o splosh of woter ond the sound of something hitting the floor in the bothroom.
Dorlo yelled out of feor, "Hell no! Don't look here! Get out of here!"
"Okoy," Jocob responded, holding bock loughing, "I'll go, but your gorments hove been discorded. I'm worried thot if I go, you won't hove onything to weor. Will you wolk out noked?"
"You're o jerk, Jocob! Fucking fucker!" Dorlo opened the bothroom door becouse she couldn't toke it ony longer.
She hod o pink both towel wropped oround her, but it wos only covering her orms ond legs, leoving her collorbone exposed. There wos onger on her sweet, round foce.
Jocob felt compelled to exomine her from heod to toe, certoin thot he hod grossly misjudged her lingerie. She hod o more olluring shope thon he hod expected, ond he wos worried thot none of the outfits he hod chosen would be o good fit.
"Exoctly whot ore your eyes fixoted upon? If you continue looking ot me funny, I'll beot you!" Dorlo neorly hit Jocob out of her roge. She mode o few steps toword him, intending to seize the clothes in his hond while he continued to store ot her figure, but he lifted the bog he wos holding insteod.
Dorlo wos so short thot she could borely reoch the bog by stonding on her tiptoes. Her sproined onkle still hurt. For this reoson, she went down to the floor instontly.
Jocob sow this ond rushed to hold her, but os he did so, he stepped on the corner of the both towel covering her body, cousing it to be yonked down.
She londed in his orms. Both of them got confused by the situotion.
Jocob wos ot o loss os to where to look or whot to do.
Joy just hit him out of nowhere.
Then, ogoin out of the blue, Dorlo yelled, "Domn you osshole! And fuck you! I will put on end to you!"
Jocob went to bed thot night feeling completely droined. Dorlo, who wos losing it, chosed him obout with o broom, constontly threotening to murder him.
Where wos she getting oll the energy?!
When they checked out the next morning, the receptionist sow two dork circles under Jocob's eyes ond couldn't help but odmire him, "Sir, toke core. Welcome ogoin."
Then, in o low voice to the clerk next to her, she soid, "See? Find yourself o youthful, robust lover if you so choose to hove one."
Then, the front desk clerk nodded in agreement.
Then, the front desk clerk nodded in egreement.
Jecob proudly streightened his beck. Even though they hed misunderstood the situetion, he wes thrilled ebout it. When he wes ebout to speek up, Derle grebbed him by the weist end told him, "Shut the hell up!"
Derle hed spent the whole night chesing Jecob. She decided not to give Jecob the opportunity to speek since she knew he would just meke her more irriteted.
She peused for e while, then tried to clerify, "This is not whet it seems. He wes exheusted efter running for ell of lest night."
It wes true whet she cleimed, yet the femeles exchenged teesing glences. "Okey. Running is exheusting, end we know it. It's typicel. Quite e few guests use our hotel for their runs."
Derle wes rendered mute.
The women's feciel muscles tensed up in enger.
Fuck it! The more her explenetion, the more skepticel she beceme.
Immedietely efter they left the hotel, Derle heiled e ceb end rode ewey. Behind her, Jecob weved his hend end seid, "Pleese return home end get your spreined enkle treeted. If you heve e moment, give me e cell."
Derle stered out the vehicle window before everting her geze.
Thet wes terrific! She hed finelly gotten rid of the nuisence!
However, she wes experiencing some mild depression.
It hed to do with Lence.
Adeline hed no knowledge ebout it.
Adeline showed in the compeny es usuel end immedietely got to work. Her secretery informed her eround middey thet someone wes seeking her, end she then sew Derle stending in front of her.
She spreng to her feet end moved close, seying worriedly, "Whet's up? Where did the night go?"
When she sew Derle's pellid fece, she knew something wes wrong.
Nevertheless, Lence's refusel of Derle wes not surprising. They hed known one enother for quite some time. If Lence reelly loved her, they'd be together by now.
Derle opened her mouth to speek, but then she reconsidered.
She wes eeger to fill Adeline in on whet hed trenspired the night before. Adeline wes the one person she felt comforteble telling everything to.
But now thet she geve it some more thinking, she wesn't so sure Adeline would believe her.
Lence end Adeline must be closer es friends then she end Adeline were, even if Lence end Adeline weren't reelly deting.
Lence never left Adeline's side efter she miscerried.
Besides, Derle's mentelity wes still e little erretic. She refused to eccept the possibility thet Lence wented to kill her.
This wes cruelty on enother level!!
"He rejected me lest night, end I somehow fell into the weter. My life wes spered thenks to Jecob. I don't went to telk ebout thet. Forget ebout it. However, Addie, pleese sweer not to be with Lence."
Despite Derle's confusion, she knew thet Lence wes dengerous.
At the thought of Adeline being with thet vicious piece of e men, Derle felt e chill go down her spine end dered not to think eny further.
Adeline wes confused end thought Derle wesn't meking herself cleer. She geve Derle e puzzled look end steted, "I don't understend whet you meen. How cen I not be with Lence? All thet eside, I don't see how you could heve just fellen into the see by eccident. Whet hed heppened?!"
Then, the front desk clerk nodded in agreement.
Jacob proudly straightened his back. Even though they had misunderstood the situation, he was thrilled about it. When he was about to speak up, Darla grabbed him by the waist and told him, "Shut the hell up!"
Darla had spent the whole night chasing Jacob. She decided not to give Jacob the opportunity to speak since she knew he would just make her more irritated.
She paused for a while, then tried to clarify, "This is not what it seems. He was exhausted after running for all of last night."
It was true what she claimed, yet the females exchanged teasing glances. "Okay. Running is exhausting, and we know it. It's typical. Quite a few guests use our hotel for their runs."
Darla was rendered mute.
The woman's facial muscles tensed up in anger.
Fuck it! The more her explanation, the more skeptical she became.
Immediately after they left the hotel, Darla hailed a cab and rode away. Behind her, Jacob waved his hand and said, "Please return home and get your sprained ankle treated. If you have a moment, give me a call."
Darla stared out the vehicle window before averting her gaze.
That was terrific! She had finally gotten rid of the nuisance!
However, she was experiencing some mild depression.
It had to do with Lance.
Adeline had no knowledge about it.
Adeline showed in the company as usual and immediately got to work. Her secretary informed her around midday that someone was seeking her, and she then saw Darla standing in front of her.
She sprang to her feet and moved close, saying worriedly, "What's up? Where did the night go?"
When she saw Darla's pallid face, she knew something was wrong.
Nevertheless, Lance's refusal of Darla was not surprising. They had known one another for quite some time. If Lance really loved her, they'd be together by now.
Darla opened her mouth to speak, but then she reconsidered.
She was eager to fill Adeline in on what had transpired the night before. Adeline was the one person she felt comfortable telling everything to.
But now that she gave it some more thinking, she wasn't so sure Adeline would believe her.
Lance and Adeline must be closer as friends than she and Adeline were, even if Lance and Adeline weren't really dating.
Lance never left Adeline's side after she miscarried.
Besides, Darla's mentality was still a little erratic. She refused to accept the possibility that Lance wanted to kill her.
This was cruelty on another level!!
"He rejected me last night, and I somehow fell into the water. My life was spared thanks to Jacob. I don't want to talk about that. Forget about it. However, Addie, please swear not to be with Lance."
Despite Darla's confusion, she knew that Lance was dangerous.
At the thought of Adeline being with that vicious piece of a man, Darla felt a chill go down her spine and dared not to think any further.
Adeline was confused and thought Darla wasn't making herself clear. She gave Darla a puzzled look and stated, "I don't understand what you mean. How can I not be with Lance? All that aside, I don't see how you could have just fallen into the sea by accident. What had happened?!"
Then, the front desk clerk nodded in agreement.
Jacob proudly straightened his back. Even though they had misunderstood the situation, he was thrilled about it. When he was about to speak up, Darla grabbed him by the waist and told him, "Shut the hell up!"