Seeing Ethan's hideous face, Lita was no longer afraid. Although his appearance was horrible, she knew that under the burnt skin, he used to be an outstanding handsome man.
The woman's tenderness pleased Alex very much. He could freely touch her long hair, hug her, and smell her fragrance.
"Ethan, do you feel better? I'm really worried about you these days." Tears streamed down her cheeks. She held Alex's hands tightly, telling him how she cared about and worried about him these days.
Under the mask, Alex's handsome face should be cold, but Lita could not see it.
"Call me Honey." It seemed that he didn't like to hear Lita call him 'Ethan' so gently. He scolded her in an old voice.
Before leaving, Lita kept looking upstairs and asked Ethan, "Honey, don't we wait for Alex?"
It was not difficult to hear from her voice her reliance on Alex. She was worried that Ethan and her would not be able to control the situation on a shareholders' meeting.
"No, we won't wait for him! Let's go!"
Alex held Lita's hand. Although it was uncomfortable to be separated from her hand by a layer of artificial skin, the woman's obedience slightly made up for this defect.
Ethan was able to appear personally at the meeting. This caused a stir among all the shareholders. It turned out that Ethan's condition was not as bad as what Ellie had said. Although Ethan's face was distorted by the fire, his vigor seemed stronger than before. Even Ellie was surprised.
That farce last time didn't make him fulfill his wish of having Ethan medically evaluated. So he had spread rumors afterwards that Ethan was dying. The implication was that he, the second successor, would soon take over Selmy's Group as a matter of course.
However, Ellie had never expected that 'Ethan' could actually appear in front of everyone alive and vigorous.
"Although my face is ruined, my brain is as smart as it was! The dividends of the shareholders at the end of this year will only be more than what I promised you at the beginning of the year!" Alex's hoarse voice was aged, so it was impossible to distinguish whether it was Ethan's voice or not. The news was so exciting that the shareholders' applause almost brought the house down.
"I want everyone to be assured that my brother Alex will not covet Selmy's Group. He doesn't want it at all. Our Selmy's Group will only benefit from my brother's influence in Lisbon. My purpose of attending the meeting today is to reassure all of you that everything is all right, and to announce some appointment and dismissal of positions of middle and top management."
With just a few words, Alex took control of the whole situation. He was overbearing, smart and tactic.
Lita was greatly impressed by him. Well, the person who made her change her opinion about him was in fact Alex, her lawful husband.
In order to appease Ellie, Alex gave him the important task of marketing developing. And without ostentation, he arranged a foxy lady from Wall Street to the finance department.
After Lita read the letter of appointment, the shareholders whispered to each other but did not express excessive dissatisfaction. They would defend Ethan, the first successor, more or less, instead of Ellie.
For all the shareholders, what mattered most was to maximize their financial interest.
It was true that the influence of Alex in Lisbon had reached a level that no one could ignore. Given the bonding of the two brothers, Selmy's Group could only gain benefit from the connection.
Before Ethan could rally and manage the company again, what Alex had to do was to maintain stability of the company.
It was not until Lita got into the stretch limousine did she heave a long sigh of relief. She didn't expect that everything would go so smoothly. What's more, now she admired Ethan very much. Her husband turned out to be really extraordinary.
However, she didn't know that the man she admired was her husband Alex!
"Ethan, are you tired?" Lita leaned against the wheelchair and massaged Ethan's shoulders carefully. Her motions were soft and gentle. "Will hurt you if I pinch you like this?"
Alex slightly squinted his eyes while enjoyed the intimacy of the woman. However, when Lita called out "Ethan", he frowned slightly and said with a little anger, "Call me Honey."
"...Honey." Lita had just seen Ethan a few times, so it was still a little bit embarrassing for her to call him Honey. But then she thought that she and Ethan had already registered as husband and wife, so she lost her inhibition. "You're so great today! I'm really impressed!"
Lita did not hide her admiration for him. Although his face had been destroyed, it couldn't stop his talent from shining.
Alex's throat tightened when he heard she say "You're so great today!" When a woman praised a man in such a way, the man inevitable would interpret it in another way. It seemed that Alex just realized that he, as her legal husband, had not excised his right as a husband.
He looked at the woman's excited little face, and a strange desire surged up in him, the most primitive desire of a man.
It was time to claim it from the woman. The pure and innocent body belonged to him exclusively.
Noticing that the man was staring at her, color flared in her pretty face.
Burnt skin couldn't be exposed to the sun and wind, so before getting out of the car when they arrived here, Lita covered Alex's arms and legs with a blanket. Now that they were inside the car again going home, it was not necessary for him to be covered.
Fearing that the man would feel hot under the blanket, Lita removed it gently for him. When she squatted down to lift the blanket that wrapped Ethan's ankle, she accidentally pulled his pants, and part of his strong shank was exposed... It looked healthy with hair. The skin on it was smooth and tight. The shank seemed full of vigor.
Lita was startled. Why did he have no scar on his shank at all? Could it be that the fire only burned Ethan's upper body, and his lower body was intact? Then she recalled that night when she felt his erection. Undoubtedly Ethan's function on that aspect was normal and healthy....
"Why are you so curious about my body?"
Alex said casually. He did not deliberately cover up his body after Lita pulled away the blanket and exposed his shank. "If you want to see my body, I can strip off all my to satisfy your curiosity!" clothes
"No...no, it's not necessary." Lita's face flushed at Ethan's words. She didn't expect Ethan to be so frivolous even after being in such poor health condition. Why he and his precious brother were so alike on this aspect?
Lita quickly put down the hem of his pants and sat down silently, trying to calm herself down.
"How did Alex treat you recently? Did he bully you?" Alex asked tentatively.
"No! He...is nice to me."
She had to say something against her will again. Lita really didn't know why she had to protect that man.
"I heard that you protected him from being hurt by a hot pot. Is that true?" Alex asked again, and then made an excessive request. "Let me see your back."