Free Web NovelChapter 82: Chapter 82: Remember to Buy Me a Pair of Cotton Slippers, Got It?
She nodded. "Yes, Zane Lennox came by."
The moment she spoke, she felt his grip on her wrist tighten. He seemed angry.
"And this room? Did he come in here?" Elliot Sheridan’s lips were suddenly against Georgia Thorne’s neck, his voice a low murmur.
Georgia Thorne frantically shook her head. "No, he didn’t come in here."
’Even if he had, I wouldn’t dare admit it.’
Elliot Sheridan was terrifying when he was angry, and Georgia Thorne was scared of setting him off.
Like a docile little lamb, she said softly, "Even if he wanted to come in, I wouldn’t have let him."
’I don’t like strange men in my room. My room is like my heart—letting someone in feels like they’re prying into my most private thoughts, and it makes me uncomfortable.’
Hearing her answer, the displeasure on Elliot Sheridan’s face eased slightly.
His hot palm rested on her waist. "Do you understand your position now?"
"I-I know!" Georgia Thorne nodded quickly. ƒrēewebnovel.com
"Georgia, I don’t like seeing my woman touched by other men. I won’t even allow them to touch a single strand of your hair, understand?"
’This feeling was nice.’ Elliot Sheridan liked docile young women like Georgia Thorne.
"Mhm!"
Georgia Thorne nodded emphatically, the movement tugging painfully at her hair.
Suddenly, her scalp prickled as she remembered kissing Zane Lennox.
’I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness Elliot Sheridan wasn’t there. I would have cried my eyes out.’
"Good girl. Go get my suit jacket from outside." Satisfied at last, Elliot Sheridan released Georgia Thorne.
Georgia Thorne immediately scrambled off him and ran out of the room.
The suit jacket was lying on the floor with his tie on top of it. Georgia Thorne quickly scooped them up, ran back into the room, and handed them to him.
Elliot Sheridan had business to attend to that afternoon, but he stayed until one-thirty.
He had a meeting at three, and the drive was only half an hour. Elliot Sheridan wanted to stay with her a little longer, but she kept hurrying him out.
’She’s probably worried about her roommate, that must be why she’s so insistent I leave.’
He was suddenly reluctant to part with this girl. They had been together for hours, but to him, it felt like only a few minutes.
In the entryway, Elliot Sheridan toyed with Georgia Thorne’s delicate hand. "Remember to buy me a pair of house slippers, alright?"
Georgia Thorne nodded shyly. The back of her hand was already flushed red from his touch.
"Good girl. Remember your promise," Elliot Sheridan said, his voice husky.
"You lecher," Georgia Thorne muttered, pushing him out the door.
Elliot Sheridan had barely been gone a moment when Nancy Hughes, who had been holed up in her room, came flying out.
"President Sheridan is really something else. Look at your lips—he’s kissed them swollen!" Nancy Hughes hooked Georgia Thorne’s chin, clucking her tongue.
"Georgia, Amanda Thorne is your sister? And Elliot Sheridan was involved with your sister, but you kissed your sister’s boyfriend? This is all a bit of a mess, isn’t it?" Nancy Hughes shook her head. "I’m too sleep-deprived for this, my brain can’t process it... Don’t tell me you stole your sister’s boyfriend!"
"It’s not like that!" Georgia Thorne shook her head, wondering if she should tell Nancy Hughes what had happened.
’She was scared to. She hadn’t even told Selena.’
’But she was also afraid Nancy Hughes would look at her differently, thinking she was a horrible person for stealing her own sister’s man.’ freёweɓnovel.com
So she told Nancy Hughes everything that had happened, including the incident with Zane Lennox.
After Georgia finished, Nancy Hughes hugged her in silence for a long time.
"Georgia, everyone has the right to choose their own future. You don’t have to sacrifice the rest of your life’s happiness for the family business. Choosing Elliot Sheridan was the right decision. He’s incredibly powerful and he can help you. I don’t look down on you at all. On the contrary, I envy you for having the courage to bet it all on one throw," Nancy Hughes said brightly. "And besides, you won, didn’t you? At the very least, you and Elliot Sheridan are together now."
’At the time, Georgia had been forced into a corner, which was why she’d steeled herself and bet everything on Elliot Sheridan.’
’Back then, she had a simple wish: for Elliot Sheridan to help her. She never once imagined she would become his girlfriend.’
’Being a secret lover is different from being an official girlfriend, though both positions were enviable enough.’
"Your sister probably doesn’t know Elliot Sheridan broke up with her for you, does she?"
"Probably not. But I was right there this morning when he made the call." ’My heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to leap out of my throat.’
"If he had the guts to break up with your sister right in front of you, it means he’s definitely interested in you!" Nancy Hughes patted her shoulder, then had a sudden realization. "Don’t tell me... he only got with your sister to get close to you!"
’If that were true, then Elliot Sheridan was a truly formidable man.’
Georgia Thorne nodded shyly. That seemed to be what he had implied this morning.
"But whatever you do, don’t let your sister find out you’re dating Elliot Sheridan. A man as amazing as him... she definitely won’t be willing to just let him go. She’ll try to get him back for sure. If she finds out you two are together, she’ll definitely think you went behind her back and seduced him."
"..."
Nancy’s analysis made sense, and Georgia Thorne wasn’t stupid.
’Elliot Sheridan breaking up with Amanda Thorne was a surprise. Him getting together with me was another.’
’Neither had been part of her plan.’
Having finished her analysis, Nancy Hughes was overcome with sleepiness. "Nope, I’ve got to go get some more sleep. You guys nearly scared me to death just now!"
To be precise, it was Elliot Sheridan who had scared her to death.
"Go ahead."
Georgia Thorne got up, gathered the dishes, and took them to the kitchen to wash.
’Nancy just said that Elliot Sheridan was interested in me?’
’But Elliot Sheridan hadn’t said anything of the sort today. She had just been pressured into agreeing in a confused daze.’
’Isn’t this all moving a little too fast?’
’The best and fastest way to get over one relationship is to throw yourself into another.’
She looked at her blurry reflection in the glass and sighed, unsure if agreeing to be with Elliot Sheridan was the right choice.
That afternoon, Georgia Thorne went next door to check on her kitten.
Under the mother cat’s care, the kitten seemed to have plumped up a little. It was snuggled closely with the other kittens, all piled up against their mother’s chest.
Georgia Thorne reached out and picked up a snow-white kitten. ’Its fur is so beautiful,’ she thought. ’It’s going to be gorgeous when it grows up.’
"It opened its eyes!" Georgia Thorne said in delight, holding the kitten up for the old woman to see.
"It’s normal for them to open their eyes. And this one’s eyes are nice—they’re blue!"
Georgia Thorne looked closer and saw it was true. The kitten’s eyes were as beautiful as an azure sky.
She took a picture of the open-eyed kitten with her phone and posted it on social media: "Our little kitten at home opened its eyes! They’re blue. From now on, I’ll call you Blue."
That evening, Georgia Thorne watched a little TV before getting ready for bed.
The sudden time off left her feeling adrift, unsure of what to do with herself.
Just as she turned off the light, her phone rang.
She picked it up and saw that the call was from Justin Sullivan.
She hesitated to answer. ’What could he be calling for this late?’
’Last night, emboldened by alcohol, she had said everything that needed to be said.’
The ringing stopped, then started again a few seconds later. It seemed he wasn’t going to give up until she answered.
"Hello?"
"Georgia, it’s me."
"I know," Georgia Thorne grunted. ’The same approach wouldn’t work a second time.’
"Georgia, are you free tomorrow afternoon? I’d like to meet up," Justin Sullivan said over the phone.
"I think I made myself perfectly clear yesterday," Georgia Thorne said, taking a deep breath. "To avoid any unnecessary complications, we shouldn’t see each other anymore, unless it’s with Selena."
