After the kiss and their lips parted, she fled out of the car without looking back. She ran towards the light of the living room inside the house.
'I'm going crazy! I'm going crazy! How could I desire his kiss? He's my...
Lita didn't dare to think deeply about it. She was about to collapse. How could she allow this to happen? The car door had been opened just now. She could have avoided it, but she acquiesced in the man's behavior of kissing her!
'I must be crazy! I'm so fascinated by the man that I almost forgot what my name is.
Lita despised herself. This was obviously an act of self-degradation, but she couldn't refrain from it. What was more horrible was that she seemed to...desire for it.
"I'm going crazy! I'm going to be driven crazy bit by bit by this man!"
"Mrs. Selmy, where is Alex?" Alice brought a bowl of red and lotus seed puree for her to eat so that she would feel warm before going to sleep.
"Oh, he has something urgent to deal with." Lita covered her hot cheeks with both hands and did not dare to look up at Alice, for fear that Alice would read her mind from her blushed face.
How could she know that it had always been Alice's expectation that she and Alex could fall in love with each other? Ethan urged Alex to get married also with the hope that Alex and Lita would love each other within the shortest time possible.
Her lips that had been kissed hurt slightly, which reminded her of the bewitching feeling. Her heart was still pounding fast and heavily, as if there was a deer inside her body leaping up and down endlessly.
Seeing the shy and charming look on Lita's face, Alice smiled knowingly. 'It's good that she has fallen in love. It's even better if she can be pregnant with a baby in the shortest time.' Alice was always concerned with the future of Selmy's family. To her, the purpose of falling in love was to produce offspring. Life was simple for her.
"Mrs. Selmy, is your period over? Do you need me to buy some more feminine hygiene products for you?" Alice sounded her out.
"No, thanks. My period usually only lasts for three or four days. Probably it will be over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Alex had bought a lot..."
When she mentioned Alex, her heart that had already calmed down was excited again. Her beautiful face turned red. "I still have enough of them."
"Okay." Alice turned around and began counting the time. Lita didn't know what she was thinking, but she could see the seriousness on Alice's face, as if she was pondering on something extremely important.
From Alice's point of view, the offspring of the family was of top priority. The traditional view regarded being unable to produce offspring as the most serious sin of a son. Alice was calculating Lita's ovulatory time. She was planning the best day for Alex and Lita to have sex. Of course, this was the meaning of Ethan, too.
"Ann, has Ethan had dinner?" Lita asked with an apologetic tone. Of course, she didn't forget that she was Ethan's wife. Until now, she still had no idea that she was not Ethan's wife, but his younger brother's wife.
"Yes. Alex had helped him have dinner before he went out." Alice responded to her.
"Then I'll go prepare a little refreshment for him." The fact was that she wanted to see Ethan. Seeing Ethan was one kind of assurance to her that she had been his wife, and she felt that it would calm her agitated heart down.
Lita tried her best to suppress her emotion. She was bound by conventional view of morality.
"You don't have to...I guess Ethan has slept now," Alice said.
"It doesn't matter." Lita picked up the bowl of jujube and lotus seed puree that Alice had brought her and hurried upstairs.
In front of the treatment room on the second floor, Harry stopped Lita. But when her hand grabbed the door knob, her agitated heart somewhat calmed down and the desire that Alex stirred up subsided.
Lita warned herself that she could not continue to be entangled with Alex. He was Ethan's younger brother. Ethan had sacrificed his life for him. She could not allow her emotions to develop freely! It would not only hurt herself, but also Alex. It would hurt Ethan too, whose body had already been ruined.
Seeing Lita silently shed tears at the door of the treatment room, Harold felt sad for her. What a good girl she was! She had to bear the confusion and bitterness brought by the complicated feud of the family. How tough she had to be in order to survive in this family!
"Mrs. Selmy, what's wrong? Did Alex bully you again?" Harold asked softly in a low voice.
Lita shook her head. "No, I'm fine. Harry, when Ethan wants to see me, please let me know immediately. Don't worry. I'm Ethan's wife. I have no malice to him, and I won't hurt him."
Lita tried to express to Harry that she didn't have any ulterior motive in marrying into this family. She wished they wouldn't reject her anymore. It felt terrible not to be accepted by others.
"I know, Mrs. Selmy. It's getting late. Go back to your room and have rest early."
Harry tried to persuade Lita to leave in a mild way.
Tonight, Lita chose to sleep in the bedroom on the second floor. The decoration in the room still had the air of a wedding. Lita took a deep breath, hoping to smell the scent Ethan had left.
Lita was deeply puzzled. Every time when Ethan was with her, although his face was horrible, his physique was still powerful. Both his breath and heartbeat were strong. He didn't look like he needed to maintain his life with a ventilator at all. And at night, when he held her in his arms and slept, she could still feel his vigorous manhood.
But why did Ann and Harry describe Ethan's illness so seriously? Were they hiding something from the outsiders, from Ellie, or from her alone? Were they worried that she would leak their secret?
Lita was so confused. She sat on the sofa, reflecting on all about these quietly. Why Selmy family wouldn't let her see Ethan freely? Were they worried that she had an evil intention to marry him?
It was really vexing!
At the largest night club of Lisbon.
Gavin stood by the door quietly instead of among a group of coquettish women as usual. He was waiting for someone.
He was dressed all in white, which made him look gentle and stylish. At this moment, he was refined and unworldly, without the vulgar side he showed usually.
The person he was waiting for was Alex.
"Have you found Yen's whereabouts?"
Asked Alex, as soon as he rushed here. Gavin did not answer, but pointed to the door of the diamond-level VIP private room with his hand, indicating Alex to go in.