Chapter 115 A Recipe for Failure


    "Emma, I love you. Please don''t turn me down." Drake pleaded, cing a cheque in her hand. He did


    not care how much money he would have to spend to keep Emma.


    Emma looked up at him in surprise then shook her head,"Is this what you think of me, Drake? I don''t


    want your money. You are such a jerk!" She threw the cheque at him and broke loose from his


    embrace.


    Drake saw the hesitation in her eyes and decided to be persistent.


    He picked up the cheque from the ground, pulled her in his arms again and gently asked,"Do you know


    how much I missed you? Emma, just this time. I just want to have you this time." He tucked the cheque


    into her pocket.


    Emma closed her eyes, fighting back the internal emotional turmoil that was threatening to erupt. She


    also had sex with Felix Fei to get money, what kind of a person had she be?


    "Emma, you have already lost your virginity to me. It''s okay, rx." Drake ced his mouth close to her


    ear, alluringly. The temptation was too much for Emma, and she caved in.


    He lowered his head and kissed her, passionately. Drake then noticed that the curtains were still open.


    Securing his embrace around Emma, he walked over to the left-hand side, and pressed a button that


    closed the curtains automatically.


    As the curtains closing, the room was slowly enveloped in darkness. Drake continued to kiss Emma


    and run his hands all over her body, muttering sweet things.


    "Wait a minute." Drake retreated from their embrace and headed to close the door. He didn''t want


    anyone interrupting them. After closing the door, Drake carried Emma, whose face was wet with tears,


    put her on the sofa, and threw himself on her.


    Drake secretly left Emma''s office at around four or five pm, with a spring in his step.


    Inside the office.


    With dishevelled hair, Emma straightened her clothes and went to the bathroom with her hand against


    wall.


    She looked in the mirror, and the image that she saw was an embarrassing one. Her eyes were puffy


    and red and her lips were swollen. Her picture-perfect make-up was smeared.


    She took out the crumpled nk cheque from her pocket and squeezed it in her hand.


    She murmured to herself,"Drake is right. There is no difference between the first time and the second


    time. But why do I feel so bad? Nooo... I won''t think like that..


    This is thest time." She tried tofort herself as she proceeded to fix her appearance. She was


    determined that this was thest time that Drake would take advantage of her.


    But she was unaware that someone had taken pictures when Drake had kissed her, And when he left


    her office, a few hourster.


    Samuel came back, after E had been in the old house for about three days.


    Life had been fairly peaceful until Tuesday evening. E had fallen asleep with her son in her arms.


    Samuel appeared in their bedroom.


    He picked up Jerry from E''s arms and ced him in his cot. E didn''t stop him, after all the house


    was warm since the heating was on. He left her sleeping and went to finish preparing for the trip.


    The house clock rang at the stroke of midnight, just after Samuel had finished taking a bath.


    He entered the warm bed and snuggled closer to E. He smiled. It was good to have someone warm


    in the bed.


    E stirred awake when she felt Samuel''s warmth and his hands running through her long hair, putting


    it behind her ear.


    She knew what Samuel wanted, and didn''t object it. She never had the power and will to refuse his


    advances.


    She sighed, turned to face him, cing her arms around his neck.


    He whispered,"I will be away on business trip to Korea for a couple of days from tomorrow.


    You will be staying here until I get back."


    E sprung fully awake.


    "What''s wrong with you Samuel?


    You are going on a business trip tomorrow but you tell me now? Let go of me." E was angry, thinking


    that sometimes his actions belied whether he loved.


    He looked into her unruly eyes, smiled and tightened his embrace,"Listen, I didn''t mean not to tell you.


    I''ve been busy preparing for the trip and it just slipped my mind. Don''t be mad, my dear."


    She pouted yfully,"It seems that you only married me to give birth to your son and warm your bed in


    winter. I don''t even receive the courtesy of being told when my husband is leaving me for days on


    business."


    His thumb rubbed her soft face,"Nonsense. However, those are just some perks of being married to


    you.


    Come here." Samuel brought her closer.


    He kissed her lips and directed her hand down to the string that held his robe together.


    She knew what the gesture meant, and whilst his kisses calmed her down, she untied his robe. He was


    like a wild animal in heat at that moment. He just wanted to make love to his wife before he left for his


    business trip.


    The night was silent, except for their soft passionate moans.


    When the morning light began to seep through the sky, Samuel woke up. He took a quick shower and


    Got dressed in his favourite business attire. He could hear E softly snoring as she slept.


    After packing his toiletries into a small suitcase, he zipped it up and wheeled it to the door.


    He looked back at his sleeping wife and their son in the baby cot beside their bed and smiled. He


    walked over and kissed E on the forehead


    And Jerry on his cheek, then left.


    There were three other people going on the business trip with him; Anna, Catherine and a male


    assistant.


    They caught the first flight to Korea in the early morning. Because the case wasplex and intricate,


    it called for Samuel''s focus and attention. In his first ss cabin, he retrieved the court documents and


    began to look them over. The ne soon took off.


    A few hours after Samuel''s ne had left for Korea, Jerry woke up and cried loudly because he was


    hungry. E woke up and fed him, which left Jerry gurgling and happy. Soon after, she walked


    downstairs and gave Jerry to Melody, who was happy to watch over the young one. Melody walked


    over to the y pen.


    Even though E felt like an outsider and unwee, she stayed at the old house with her son as


    Samuel had requested.


    But she was determined to maintain a positive attitude. She walked around the house smiling and


    joyful, which Melody noticed.


    She gratifyingly watched E and felt a little relieved.


    Three days after Samuel had left for Korea, Catherine received a phone call, which agitated her. She


    feigned focus on the case that had taken them to Korea, but her attention was on the news that she


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    had received.


    With E staying at the old house, her men had no chance to approach E and execute the n.


    There had to be another way, Catherine thought.


    Five dayster, Emma instigated Vi to ask E out for dinner.


    By doing this, she intended to show E how close she and Vi was. She wanted to make her


    jealous.


    However, no one expected that this meeting would make her lose her life.


    In the Western restaurant.


    With a sneer on her face, E watched the two women sitting opposite her, talking andughing as if


    they were mother and daughter-inw. Theypletely ignored her presence.


    This warmed Emma''s heart.


    She had been able to solve all her problems with the money Drake had given her. She had sent Lydia


    to an addiction treatment centre in America.


    Now, she could concentrate on Vi in the hopes of having an ally in her quest to win Samuel''s heart.


    "Aunt Vi, I still remember that Samuel used to bring me to this restaurant because I had been


    ustomed to western food after staying in America." Emma said as she looked at Vi with intense


    sweetness and unusual shyness.


    Vi replied to Emma delightfully,"Ah, Samuel cherishes you so much. He never brings me here."


    Their conversation was louder this time, for the benefit of E. Both Emma and Vi, unknowingly,


    wanted to gauge E''s impression of the information that had been shared.


    E agreed with Vi. Samuel brought her here only once. Did Samuel have feelings for Emma?


    She would definitely ask Samuel about this and figure out why.


    Emma and Vi continued to talk to each other.


    However, E paid no attention which made Vi anxious.


    The purpose of asking E for dinner was to make her angry, but it seemed that it wasn''t working.


    Finishing her meal of steak and pizza, E wiped her mouth and stood up to address Emma and Vi.


    "Thank you for the dinner. I had a good time here. But I have to go now. Enjoy yourselves!"


    She picked up her purse, and walked away, leaving the two sitting there with baffled expressions on


    their faces. They both looked at each other, each with their own reasons for the shocked expressions,


    unbeknownst to them that they had had simr missions for that dinner.