"Uncle Quinn is the housekeeper here. If you need anything, just tell Uncle Quinn. If he can't satisfy your needs, then call me." Avery Wells knew that she was insignificant and had no right to say anything for herself. But... "Brother Blackwood..." She didn't know what to call him, so she continued to call him by that title, even though he had already told her not to. In his line of sight, the man raised his eyebrows, his expression deep, and lowered his voice, "Is there anything else?" Avery Wells thought for a moment and knew that what she was about to say was not very dignified. But she still spoke up, looking up at his handsome profile, "Um... you're not staying here tonight?" She almost blushed as she finished speaking, her head lowered.
Looking at the girl's lip-biting gesture, Ethan Blackwood's mind involuntarily flashed back to the charming face of another young girl from deep in his memory. His pitch-black phoenix eyes slightly flickered, but it was only for a moment. Soon, this emotion was replaced by his usual coldness. "Are you inviting me?" His tall figure turned completely, his long and slender legs walking towards her, leaning down, his handsome face close to hers. The mint fragrance emanating from Ethan Blackwood's body instantly lingered in Avery Wells' nostrils. For a moment, she was so scared that her face turned red and she spoke stutteringly. "Ah, no, I didn't..." "It's best if you didn't." The next second, that suffocating breath suddenly left, "Wake up early tomorrow morning, and I'll take you somewhere."
Before the girl could react, the bedroom door was slammed shut with a loud "bang". She suddenly felt free again and patted her chest, breathing heavily. She was really scared. She thought he was really going to... ... The next day. "Do you have your ID card with you?" "Yes, I do." "Then let's get in the car." Outside the mansion, the girl obediently got into the car and sat next to Ethan Blackwood, leaving a natural distance of one person between them. She really didn't understand why she needed to bring her ID card. She wanted to ask but didn't dare to.
As soon as Victoria Wells and Harrison Wells saw Avery Wells, who had just gotten out of the car, they didn't even notice the car that had just driven away, and immediately started to curse her angrily. "How dare you ask? If it weren't for you, how could your brother have ended up like that!" Lucas Wells was addicted to gambling and had run away to another city a month ago after racking up huge debts. I heard that the debt issue was about to be resolved, so I returned to the city yesterday afternoon. However, before I could even make it home, I was dragged to a gambling den by some unsavory friends and ended up staying out all night.
Around 6am, the Wells family received a call from their only son, Lucas Wells, asking for money. He had lost over a hundred thousand dollars in one night and demanded that they bring the money to the gambling den immediately. Lucas Wells was the apple of his parents' eyes, and they had bailed him out of trouble before. They didn't scold him for his reckless behavior but instead rushed to give him the money he needed. However, before they could even deliver the money, they received news that Lucas Wells had fallen down a flight of stairs and broken his leg while being attacked by snakes.
At first, Victoria Wells and Harrison Wells didn't think much of it. But when they saw Avery Wells, who had just returned home, they immediately thought of Ethan Blackwood, who had brought snakes to their house to scare them the day before. They were furious with their daughter. "What are you doing back here? Do you want to harm our entire family after hurting your brother?" Victoria Wells pushed Avery Wells hard, and when that wasn't enough, she slapped her.
For Avery Wells, everything happened too suddenly. She thought she could forget about what happened yesterday and focus on her brother's situation. She never expected her mother to be so angry and lash out at her. Before she could even stand firmly, she was slapped hard in the face. Feeling the burning pain on half of her face, Avery Wells looked at her parents in disbelief, her eyes turning red.
"My brother gambled and got into debt. I have already paid for his mistake. Now that he's in trouble again, what does it have to do with me? Am I wrong in breathing in your eyes?" Her brother made a mistake and she had to pay for it, while her sister fled abroad when the family was in trouble. All the unfair treatment fell on her, the youngest daughter. At this moment, all the bitterness and grievances turned into tears and burst out of
her eyes. "Dad, Mom, let me ask you one last time, am I really your daughter? Why do you treat me like this, why..." As their children, why did she have to bear all this ? Avery Wells began to doubt more and more whether she was really their biological daughter. Avery Wells' questioning was full of grievances, but in Harrison Wells' eyes, it was unreasonable and making trouble for no reason. Without considering her feelings at all, the first thing they did was not to explain or apologize. As soon as Victoria Wells withdrew her hand, Harrison Wells raised his hand to his daughter. "You heartless thing! How dare you talk to us like that? It's better to raise a dog than to raise you! I will definitely beat you to death today and see if you dare to talk back..." Harrison Wells' hand was fast and ruthless, without any mercy. Avery Wells finally saw it clearly as she watched the slap about to fall. In her parents' eyes, perhaps she was really wrong from head to toe. Since that's the case, she didn't dodge or avoid it, and let the slap fall on her face. This slap, combined with her mother's slap just now, as well as their actions towards her yesterday, added up to her entire life. It was enough to cancel out the twenty years of nurturing she had received. From now on, they owed each other nothing and had no further ties. With this in mind, Avery Wells closed her eyes in despair, ready to face this slap that was as good as severing their relationship However, she waited for several seconds, but the expected slap did not land on her face. Instead, a large hand pulled her away, and a man's deep and magnetic voice sounded like a god descending from the heavens. "Did you all just turn a deaf ear to what was said yesterday?"