Alice felt a little uneasy, because she saw Lita trying to hide something in the drawer. It looked like a box of medicine.
So, when Lita went to the bathroom to take a shower, Alice opened the drawer. When she saw the box, she was so annoyed that she påtted her head.
In order to make Alex and Lita have a baby, everyone in this family had participated in that scheme.
Ethan specially instructed Alice that her top priority now was to take good care of Lita, including making sure she ate well and slept well, so that she could give birth to a healthy baby.
But Alice had never expected that Lita would buy the medicine on her way back and would have taken a pill before she found out. This really made Alice annoyed with herself.
She blamed herself for not following Lita to her room immediately. She wouldn't have let her take the pill if she saw it.
With remorse, Alice confiscated the medicine and threw it into the trash can outside the courtyard.
But on second thought, now that Lita and Alex had already taken the first step, there should be no worry for further development. Since Alex had experienced the pleasure of having sex with Lita, there should be a lot of such kind of human producing activities followed.
Sure enough a pure and innocent lady like Lita should win the love of Alex.
Besides, Alice still had her last card. That was to tell her frankly that the man she married wasn't Ethan but Alex. Then she wouldn't be living under the pressure of morality and could produce a baby for Alex with ease of mind.
However, Alice hoped the showdown should be done by Alex himself. It would be good for both Alex himself and Lita.
In the bathroom, Lita washed her body over and over again. Some parts of her body had been rubbed red by her.
It was more like a rite of atonement. Lita wanted to wash herself clean, but in the end, she let out a long sigh. Her body could never be washed clean again.
Even if her body could be washed clean, how could her soul be washed clean?
Cheating in mind was more horrible than cheating bodily.
Lita knew very well that she might no longer have a clear conscience to face Ethan. Her heart had been disturbed to a mess by the man called Alex. She couldn't have peace in hér mind from now on.
But she had to calm down anyway. Before everything was irremediable, she had to get Ethan's forgiveness and returned to his side.
So Lita got dressed and went to the living room, but when she saw Harry, she was still startled and she bit her lip.
"Harry, I want to see Ethan... Is he alright?" Lita asked in a weak voice. It was hard for her to hide the guilt in her heart.
"Mr. Ethan is very good. Doctor Owen has just had a thorough examination for him. Mrs. Selmy, go back to your room to have rest or do something like reading to relax. Don't worry. He's fine." Harry had always been kind to Lita.
In fact, he also wanted to say, "You still bear the heavy responsibility of giving birth to a baby for Selmy family!"
He liked Lita for her purity and kindness. He thought she was a rare good girl.
"Harry, let me have a look at Ethan. Please..."
Perhaps the heavy guilt in her heart made Lita especially want to see Ethan today. She was afraid that she and Ethan would grow more and more distant from each other. What's more, she was afraid that she would be tempted by something like the Mandala poison and would never get rid of the addiction in the end.
Harry looked at Lita's sincere eyes and seemed to understand why there was a deep sense of guilt in her words.
"Mrs. Selmy, don't think too much. Your kindness and sincerity will move Mr. Alex one day. At that time, you will get the love you deserve. It takes time and it is hard for you." Harry couldn't help comforting the sad Lita.
Lita was startled and rebuked softly, "Harry, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm Ethan's wife!"
Harry just smiled mysteriously and then shook his head and left with a sigh. Lita stayed on the same spot dumbfounded. Why was everyone in Selmy family so weird?
First, Ethan, he kept locking himself in the treatment room and refused to face the reality, and even refused to see his wife. What was even more strange was that sometimes he was so sick that he had to rely on a ventilator for breathing, and sometimes he was strong enough to bully her...
Now she couldn't figure out under which conditions Ethan was himself.
Perhaps, she had never figured it out!
As for Alex, he had never been normal since she married into this family.
And then Harry, Lita always thought that
Harry was the most upright person in Selmy family. But several times, Harry insinuated and tried his best to push her to Alex's arms...
Didn't he know that she was Ethan's wife? Wouldn't he feel guilty for doing this on Ethan's back?
And just now he said she would move Alex one day. Why should she try to move Alex?
She hated him so much that she wanted to devour him. How would she try to move him?
And Alice got the same problem. Lita's sixth sense as a woman told her that Alice was deliberately setting her up with Alex.
God! How could the whole family behave like that? No matter how serious Ethan's conditions were, he was still alive! How could a servant do such kind of thing to set her up with her husband's brother!
They all contributed to her unfaithfulness one way or another! What they had done was vicious and mean to Ethan.
A sense of desolation overwhelmed her. She felt sad for herself but more for Ethan.
She didn't deserve being pitied, because a fly wouldn't bite an egg without a crack. If her will was strong enough, Alex wouldn't be frivolous to her again and again.
Anyway, Lita wanted to see Ethan today.
She stood outside the treatment room and waited for over two hours, from morning till noon.
Inside the treatment room, Ethan had just asked Doctor Owen to remove the ventilator for him. "Doctor Owen, is Lita still waiting outside?"
"Yes, she's still waiting there. This girl is really persistent," said Dr. Owen, turning his head and glancing at the small monitor installed near the door. He could see what happened in the corridor clearly.
"Chloe, ask Harry to bring Lita and Alex's marriage certificate. It's time to show it to her. Don't let her live under the heavy moral burden anymore. She should be happily in love with Alex."
Ethan's breath was a little short. Every word he said was uttered with difficulty. Ethan was not afraid of death, but he did not want his death to bring sorrow to other people.
"It's time for me to see this sister-in-law!" Ethan raised his hand slightly and gestured Doctor to lift the bed up a little.
Following Ethan's instructions, Harry came to the treatment room with a brocade- surface box. Inside the box, there was the marriage certificate of Alex and Lita.