"Their first time?" Lita was stunned. She immediately raised her head from Alex's strong legs and faltered, "No, Ethan... please don't do this, okay?"
It was also a refusal, but this time she said it so gently that the hearer couldn't bear to offend her.
"You've already married me, haven't you? Why wouldn't you fulfill your wife's duty and have sex with me? Do you dislike me because I'm ugly?"
The blush on the woman's little face was really pleasing to Alex's eyes. He enjoyed her uneasiness, as if he was looking at a helpless lamb under the claws of a wolf. She was so pitiful and only aroused others' desire.
"No, I don't think you're ugly! I... I..." Lita stammered. "I'm sorry, Ethan. I am just not ready yet."
"You don't need to do anything. Just lie down there and I'll do all the work." Alex's voice was full of love. Although it was aged, it was sweet to hear.
Lita's face turned even redder, as if it was going to bleed. This man couldn't move at all. How could he still think about that kind of thing? Lita was speechless.
"Ethan, please don't. Can we get along with each other like friends for some time? You should at least give me some time to be prepared." Lita was really embarrassed.
"Don't call me Ethan!"Alex snapped suddenly.
Lita was shocked and looked at him blankly. She seemed to feel that this man's eyes were somewhat familiar.
"If I don't call you Ethan...What should I call you?" Lita asked doubtfully.
Alex turned his face slightly away and said in a low voice, "Call me Honey."
Lita pursed her lips and seemed too shy to open her mouth. It was really a bit embarrassing for her to suddenly call a strange man Honey.
"Okay, call me Mr. Selmy." Alex regained his indifference when he suddenly thought that the woman might have some unknown intention.
From the intimate "Honey" to the cold "Mr. Selmy", the change made Lita feel dejected, but still obediently called him, "Mr. Selmy."
"Are you forced by Bishop to marry into Selmy family?" Alex asked exploratorily, "You didn't voluntarily to marry me, did you?"
Lita kept silent for a while and decided to be honest. "I volunteered. I have to repay the kindness of my uncle for bringing me up. Ethan... no, Mr. Selmy, I will try my best to take good care of you."
"What's your plan in the future? Do you want to spend all your life in Selmy family?" Alex asked coldly.
Would she spend her whole life in Selmy's family?" Lita lowered her head and fell silent.
Did the woman conceal her intention so well, or it was like what Ethan said - she was innocent?
In short, for the time being, Alex could not read things like greed, conspiracy, or desire from Lita's eyes.
"All right, take it easy since you've come! Lita, since you've married into Selmy family, you can take your time to be my wife." Alex inadvertently saw the woman's greasy skin again. His throat tightened, and his blood seemed to surge uncontrollably.
Lita nodded. She took a tray from the low cabinet and said, "Mr. Selmy, let me help you with your dinner. Alice cooked some pig's trotters for you and it is so soft that it would melt in your mouth. The collagen in it would promote your growing of new cells."
After making sure the temperature of the food was appropriate, Lita sent the spoon to Alex's mouth.
Alex took a sip of the greasy pig's trotters soup. Seasoning had rarely been added into Ethan's food, and so the food was really tasteless. However, under the warm invitation of the woman, he had to eat it one mouthful by one mouthful.
"Ethan... Mr. Selmy, let me help you with your three meals every day from now on. Alex is very busy. Give him more time to rest. I think I can do it well," Lita said softly.
"Why, do you want to break the relationship between me and my brother?" Maybe he was touched in his heart, but when he opened his mouth, the words came out were cold and indifferent.
"No! No! I think Alex will get married and has his own family one day, so it is my responsibility to take care of you as a wife," Lita explained.
Alex stared at the gentle woman. Perhaps there was no love in her eyes now, but her gentleness and beauty were quite attractive. And the scene that she took off her high heel and beat the gangsters last night, the woman was charming in a peculiar way.
"I will stay here tonight," Alex said coldly.
Did he mean that he would sleep on the bed here tonight? Would she have to sleep with him on the same bed?
Lita's face suddenly turned red again. What should she do? Was she to refuse, or to follow him?
Could she refuse? She was his legal wife! Sooner or later, he would sleep in the same bed with her.
In fact, Alex's proposal was very risky, because this set of artificial skin props only had his upper body. Once he slept on the bed and his lower body was seen or touched by Lita, his secret would be exposed.
However, Alex chose to take the risk. He didn't mind to be exposed. The worst thing was she would know that the man she married was Alex, not Ethan. However, as this little lady had very bad impression of him, what would she look like after she knew the truth?
Jumped up with joy? Or angry from embarrassment? The latter was more possible!
In fact, another important reason why Alex did this was to appease his angry elder brother. In this way, he could feel that he and Lita had been in love with each other.
The light at the bedside was turned off. Alex lay down beside Lita. He was sleeping in full clothes.
Alex reached out his long arm and wrapped it around his Lita waist. He could clearly feel that the woman's body was shivering.
"Are you afraid of me?" asked Alex in a hoarse voice in the darkness.
"A... a little bit." Lita was not only afraid, but also very nervous. Even though Ethan was disfigured, he was a man after all.
"Okay, don't think too much. Relax, take a deep breath. I won't touch you." Alex comforted the woman in his arms.
He wouldn't touch her? What about his arm rested on her breast?
Lita kept moving nervously. The man's strong breath went into her nose. That was the smell of cooling mint that she had known before. This scent seemed to be... similar to the scent of Alex!
Probably the two brothers were fond of the same type of toiletries.
"Don't move." Alex held the woman in his arms tighter to make sure her hands wouldn't be able to touch his body. "Eth... Ethan, I, I'm hot." Although the central air conditioner was on, Lita still felt very hot.
"Don't call me Ethan! Call me Honey!" Alex said coldly.