'Since when I've become Alex's newly married wife?'
Lita's face turned red. 'How could this man talk such nonsense? Probably normal people wouldn't believe that there was a woman willing to marry Ethan whose face is completely ruined by the fire.
"I'm Ethan's wife," said Lita, correcting Ben. She didn't care if Ben regarded her as an odd person.
'Ethan's wife?' Ben's thick lips slightly curved. 'How can this woman think that she is Ethan's wife? What game is Alex playing?"
He took a glance at this unsophisticated woman. Her pale and innocent face aroused people's desire.
Ben did not expose the scheme of Alex. He just snorted and said meaningfully, "It's really lucky that you didn't die in Alex's hand."
Ben's words were not groundless. In the past, to be more accurately, three months earlier, Alex was simply a demon. Even Gavin and Ben could not escape the fate of being played and abused by him. He would torture you so hard that you had run out of tears. He was cold, though not despicable.
"Lita did not answer because she did not understand what Ben meant. She held the baseball bat in her hand nervously and blocked the stairs, trying to stop Ben from going upstairs.
Looking at Lita, who was holding a baseball bat in her hand and suppressing the fear in her heart, shivering and pretending to be calm, Ben smiled. "Are you sure you can stop me?"
"Don't come over!" When Lita saw Ben approaching her like an iron wall, she instinctively hit her baseball bat at him...and she closed her eyes nervously.
However, the baseball bat fell steadily into Ben's big palm! This man took the baseball bat with his bare hand? Lita was so surprised that she couldn't utter a word. 'Is this man made of iron?"
"Mrs. Selmy, Mr. Ben is a friend as well as a benefactor of Selmy's family." Harry hurried downstairs to mediate 'A friend and benefactor of Selmy's family?" Lita quickly apologized and took back her baseball bat. No wonder this person could come in freely. Before Alex left, he had already arranged people to guard the villa.
"Mr. Yen, this way, please. Mr. Ethan has been waiting for you," said Harry, leading Ben to the treatment room on the second floor.
It was really ridiculous. Lita pursed her lips and sat back on the sofa in the living room. She didn't go back to her room, but stayed in the living room. Whether Ben was an enemy or a friend, Lita would stay downstairs until he left. She was Ethan's wife, so she had to be responsible for Ethan's safety.
Suddenly, Lita remembered what Ben just said. "Are you Alex's newly married wife?"
Why did he think she was the woman Alex married? He had never met her before, He should have thought that she was a nanny or a nurse. It would sound more reasonable. Why would he think she was the woman Alex married?
'Does he know me? It's impossible! This is absolutely the first time that I met him! Maybe he heard it on hearsay? Then he should say that I am the woman Ethan just married!
In short, this Ben was weird. He seemed to know a lot, but he hid it and wouldn't say.
After sending the tea upstairs, Alice went downstairs again and said, "Mrs. Selmy, you can go to have rest. I'll watch."
"I'm not sleepy yet." Lita followed Alice into the kitchen to clean up the cups. "Alice, who is that guy called Ben?"
"Mr. Yen is our benefactor. He saved Alex from the fire," Alice responded and sighed again. He saved Alex, but Ethan was disabled.
"Then why didn't he save Ethan together?" Lita knew that the situation must have been extraordinary and beyond his ability, but she still wanted to hear the answer.
"At that moment... Ah, I don't want to talk about it. We could only say that Ethan was unlucky," said Alice, wiping tears off her eyes.
Lita couldn't bear to ask any more questions. Things had already happened.
Recalling them could only make Alice sad. In fact, she also heard some rumors outside. She guessed that the two brothers should have only one chance to escape at that time. And Ethan chose to give it to Alex. The brotherhood was so deep that one would give up his own life for the other.
The dim treatment room was filled with pungent smell of disinfectant. The smell dissipated some times, but became stronger again after a while. All kinds of equipment were placed around Ethan, monitoring his vital signs. He was so weak that he had to rely on ventilator for breathing, which made him look pitiful in the bed.
When Ben came in, Ethan instinctively wanted to sit up, but Doctor Owen stopped him in time. Doctor Owen raised the head of the hospital bed a little higher so that Ethan could talk with Ben.
"Why have your conditions become so serious? Do you only have conservative treatment all the time?" Ben had come to see Ethan several times, only when Alex was away.
Because if Alex saw Ben come here to see Ethan, he would probably kill Ben. It wasn't a joke.
"Ben... I thank you on behalf of Alex for saving his life." Ethan couldn't make motions of big range, but he managed to bow slightly to Ben.
Although Ethan could not leave the room at all, he had more or less heard something about the quarrel between Alex and Ben. Alex not only didn't thank Ben for saving his life, but also fell out with him and regarded him as his enemy.
"Alex is stubborn and bad-tempered. Please forgive him. "Ethan had short breath after saying a few words. It seemed that if he exerted a little strength, there would be risks that he would suffocate and die at any time.
However, Ben smiled and shook his head gently. "Ethan, if you can receive treatment more actively, that will be the best way to thank me."
Ethan was silent. After a long while, he sighed faintly and said, "What is the difference to live one day more or less? Ben, I'm really tired. Death would be a relief for me."
After a pause, Ethan changed his tone and said sadly, "Ben, after leave this world, please take good care of Alex. Keep him company for a period of time after my death, okay?"
"No! You gave up your life to save your brother. Now how can you leave him alone? If you die, Alex's hatred would extend to everyone in Selmy family. He would rather kill all the innocent people than let go the culprit," Ben said lightly.
"Do all of you have to force me to live a life worse than death?" Ethan sneered. "Don't! even have the right to die?"
"You have only one choice: live along well!" Ben said in a gentle voice.
"I live in pain every second. Ben, you would never know how feel." Ethan closed his eyes painfully. Others couldn't read the sadness on his ferocious face under the scars.
Ben kept silent for a while. "Just wait for a little longer. I believe that Alex will find the motive for you to live along."