Chapter 820 - 820: Deal With It

James Moore was towering over Erin Darling and said meaningfully, "Ugh, you just like me. I can't forgive my wife if she betrays me."

"Really?" Erin exclaimed. She knew James was an ambitious man. Thus, he couldn't give up something for the sake of beautiful women.

Erin chuckled and said, "Are you willing to break it off with her? Don't worry. I will give you more time to deal with it."

Moore frowned when he heard the word "Deal." And then he asked, "Deal with it?"

"That's right. I know you neither marry me nor betray me."

Moore couldn't understand why Erin was so confident.

He sneered, "I, James Moore, have only one wife, but it is not you."

"You…" It was such a deep, deep shock to Erin. She was dazed. When she heard James said he had only one wife, she could feel that James does love Jessica.

"No! It is not true! Is James that I knew? Is he still ambitious? To be stronger and more ruthless, James once asked someone to give him evil power though it gave him a lot of pain. But now, he chooses Jessica, not his career. No! It is impossible.

Jessica must use a kind of evil magic. Otherwise, James won't give up his career and becomes so gentle," thought Erin.

Erin looked horrified, and her eyes widened, staring at James and stammering, "Don't you afraid that you made the wrong choice?"

"No. I'm not afraid."

Erin was disappointed. She would have believed that James would compromise.

"James Moore! You will regret it!"

James stared at Erin without any particular expression and said, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Please send her out," James said to maids.

One of the maids who was slapped by Erin immediately ran to the front of Erin. She didn't like Erin. Whenever Erin comes, she always looks arrogant and looks down at maids.

The maid finally got a chance to laugh at Erin, so she immediately made a gesture and widened her mouth, saying, "Please, Miss Darling."

Erin was angry. She stamped her feet, snorted, and then went away.

The Third Floor

"Miss Clifford," Erin called while she put one hand on Jessica's shoulder.

Jessica was terrified.

She kept staring at Erin. After a while, she felt at ease and put her hand on her chest.

"I'm sorry to scare you, Miss Clifford."

Jessica shook her head.

Just now, when Jessica just finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, she went to the chicken to cook dumplings and heard James was saying something. Therefore, she just eavesdropped outside the door. She was too obsessed with the words.

Although she couldn't hear clearly, she got something. "They seem to talk about James's marriage," thought Jessica.

At that moment, a maid that Avery sent patted her shoulder. Soon, Jessica followed without hesitation.

The maid took Jessica to the corner and took a small bag from her pocket to Jessica, saying, "The Princess asked me to give you the sleeping pill. You manage to let Mr. Moore take it, and then you can leave with me."

Jessica hesitated for a moment and then took over the sleeping pill.

Since Avery was afraid that James found it, the medicine was not the sleeping tablet, but sleeping powder.

Jessica understood. Avery was afraid that James would follow if Jessica would go out tomorrow. In this situation, she couldn't leave.

Therefore, Avery wanted James to fall asleep so that Jessica could sneak away.

Jessica held the medicine tight, put it into her pocket, and walked to the kitchen immediately.

Erin left. James heard from a maid that Jessica was in the kitchen, so he walked toward the kitchen.

On the way to the kitchen, James picked up the smell of dumplings. When the maid saw James, she hurriedly explained, "Mr. Moore, I can't persuade Miss Clifford not to cook."

James looked over the counter. Jessica was holding a small plate with a tiny hand and a colander spoon with another hand picking up the dumplings from a pot.

Jessica changed her nightdress into a floral dress covered by an apron that James once wore. She tied her soft hair in a ponytail, revealing her long and beautiful neck. 

Under the warm yellow light, Jessica looked like a good and pure housewife as if she were James's wife, who was cooking for him.

"Have you done it?" Jessica asked. Then she put the dumplings on the dining table, asking, "Would you like to eat dumplings?"

Jessica was nervous because she was not true whether James would eat dumplings or not and whether James would find something in the dumplings.

Jessica's heart kept beating fast until she heard Moore said, "Yes, I'd like."

With a bowl, Jessica's hand shook. She immediately put the bowl on the table and put her hand on her back to stay calm.

"Could you please give me some dumplings?" James walked to Jessica and sat down.

Jessica bit her lips because she was very nervous.

"Could you?" James asked. Since he found Jessica didn't move, he thought, "Jessica is the daughter of the Cliffords, and she always enjoys high status. Thus, I guess she is unwilling to help me."

James stretched out his hand, grabbing Jessica to one side of his legs. Soon, he smelled a faint scent from her body.

Jessica became nervous, straightening her back.

When James touched her back with his big palm, Jessica shook.

"Are you nervous?" James asked.

"No, I'm not," Jessica said awkwardly, looking away from James. Since she was afraid that James found something wrong, she sat sideways on his lap and put her head on his chest.

"Are you shaking? It sounds like this."

Jessica tugged his coattails as if the coat would be broken.

Jessica still kept silent.

James ignored it and helped himself to a dozen dumplings.

It was the first time that Jessica cooked dumplings that looked round and big.

James picked up the chopsticks and got a dumpling. Since the dumplings had just been done, water vapor came out. James put it in front of his mouth and blew it, "Let me have a try."

Jessica stared at James. When he opened the mouth and ate a dumpling, Jessica really wanted to stop him.

Suddenly, someone said outside the kitchen, "Miss Darling. Miss Daring. You…"

"Is Erin Darling? She had left. Why does she come back?" thought Jessica.

Jessica wanted to stand up when she knew Erin was coming, but James held her tight and said, "Don't move."

Tuk. Tuk—

Erin rushed into the room with high heels. She walked so fast that it looked like she was trotting. Soon, she stood in front of James and dropped the dumpling in his hand.