Lita was ashamed and nervous. She refused repeatedly, "My back is okay now. Alice said that there wouldn't be any scars."
"I won't be assured if I don't see it with my own eyes," Alex insisted. And he said it in a serious tone.
He had heard from Alice that the injury on Lita's back was not serious. Now the redness had almost disappeared. He just wanted to see the woman's back justifiably.
What's more, Alex wanted to confirm that this woman would be as disobedient as a docile cat in front of Ethan. She had been fierce and sometimes even showed her sharp fang to attack him. However, in front of Ethan, she was a virtuous and gentle wife. That really pissed Alex off.
Lita looked out of the window and took a glance at the driver and Housekeeper Harry who sat on the passenger's seat. She murmured with embarrassment, "Ethan, I'm okay, really. The redness has disappeared and the skin color will turn normal in one or two days."
"Call me Honey!" Alex snapped. "Why won't you let me, your husband, have a look? just care about you."
The partition between the front seats and back seats slid up and they were alone in a confined space. Lita sat on the back seat and Alex in the wheelchair.
"I..." Lita couldn't find the right words. Why did this man behave like that? He was as stubborn as a mule.
"Ahem! Ahem!" Alex coughed.
Lita leaned over immediately and asked nervously, "...Honey, are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
According to Alice, when Ethan was in his worst condition, he had to use a ventilator. However, Ethan didn't look like someone who was going to use a ventilator today. When Lita massaged his shoulders, she clearly felt the strength of his muscles. They were strong and tight.
Ethan's condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse weirdly. This made Lita really worried.
"It's your fault!" Alex reached out his arm and pulled her to him. The woman's soft body snuggled up to his arms and sat on his laps.
"Ethan... Honey... don't do this." Lita started to wriggle uneasily. She still needed some time to get used to this kind of intimacy.
"Don't move! Let me hold you for a while!" Alex constrained Lita's restless body and buried his head in her hair. Smelling the faint scent of lavender on her body, his heart became peaceful.
Since Ethan didn't do anything too out of the line, Lita maintained a quiet posture and let him hug her. She didn't dare to look at his ferocious face, but just quietly felt his breath, his strong heartbeat.
After returning to Selmy Family, Lita seemed reluctant to be separated from Ethan. She didn't know when she could see him again after he entered the treatment room.
"Ethan... Honey, let me take care of you in the treatment room, okay? I will follow Doctor Owen's instruction. I won't disturb him when he treats you." Lita held Alex's scarred hand tightly and was not willing to let him go.
'Does this woman really love Ethan so much?"
An inexplicable anger welled up in Alex's heart.
Perhaps he still couldn't understand Lita's heart. Even if she was in love with Ethan, it was the fake Ethan under the artificial skin. It was not the real Ethan! This was not so complicated, but Alex's interpreted it in a wrong way.
The woman was now bending over his strong legs with a pair of clear and expectant eyes.
Was she hoping to spend more time with Ethan? Was she hiding her real intention so well or was she truly in love with a man whose face was totally ruined? What a peculiar fascination she had!
"Do you feel lonely? Great! I'll go back to the bedroom to keep you company tonight!" Alex's voice was hoarse and aged, but the seductiveness in it was obvious.
Lita's pale face turned red suddenly. "Ethan, you misunderstood me... I just want to go into the treatment room to take care of you. I mean nothing else. I just hope that you can get better soon. Alice and Housekeeper Harry are old, and Alex will have his own family in the future. I am the person who is supposed to take care of you... Otherwise, why do you need a wife?"
Alex quietly stared at Lita's earnest face with tears in her eyes. 'Is this woman as innocent as what Ethan said?' he wondered. But hearing her keep mentioning Ethan pissed him off.
"Well, first of all, let's do what a husband and a wife do tonight. If you behave good enough and show me your sincerity, I will talk to Doctor Owen and ask him to let you come into the treatment room to take care of me."
Alex curved his lips and smiled evilly. Although his smile was so obvious because of the artificial skin mask, it still sent a chill down Lita's spine.
Why did he sound like Alex? It was widely spread that Ethan was a gentle and graceful young man. How come he acted just like his brother?
The idea of doing what a normal couple do with Ethan tonight made Lita depressed.
To be honest, Lita really couldn't force herself to have intimacy with a strange man. What's more, Ethan was a man with a horrible distorted face. Lita didn't disgust him for his appearance, but to do what a couple do with him, she really couldn't accept it for the time being.
However, on second thought, she was his legal wife. Sooner or later, she would have to go through this.
The whole afternoon, Lita was in a trance. She kept thinking about how to face Ethan tonight.
After taking a shower, Lita looked fresh and attractive. Her slim figure showed the beauty of a woman to the extreme.
She sat on the bed quietly in her pajamas. When she thought about what would happen soon, she was shaking.
Alice came in with the scald ointment in her hand and a small box of medicine to remove the scar.
"Alice, my back has recovered. I will not need to apply medicine to it tomorrow." Although Alice was a woman too, Lita still felt a little embarrassed to show her naked back to her.
"Wow, it's great being young! You recovered so soon!" Alice carefully put her pajama down after she finished applying medicine for Lita.
But when she was about to leave, Lita grabbed her hand and said, "Alice, don't leave, please. Stay for a while to have a chat with me.
Lita was really nervous. After all, she was still a virgin, and she had never experienced what was going to happen.
"Mrs. Selmy, don't be afraid," Alice comforted her and patted her hand, holding her tightly. "All women have to go through this. If you are pregnant with a baby, you won't have anything to worry about for a whole life."
"..." It had to be said that Alice really had thought it through. She even concerned herself with the next generation of Selmy family.
After Alice left, Lita became even more nervous.
At this time, the crystal light in the room suddenly flashed twice and then everything fell into darkness.
"Alice...Alice..."
Lita quickly climbed down the bed and stumbled to run out of the room, but she bumped into a wall at the door of the room.
"Who is it?" Lita asked in horror.
"Don't be afraid! It's just me!"
The aged voice was the same as it was in daytime, but obviously there was some sentiment in it.