Realizing what was about to happen, Chad quickly raised the partition between the front and back seats. He was nervous, afraid of hearing something he shouldn't.
In the space separated by the partition, the man was no longer the gentle and tender person who had protected Avery at the Lu family mansion. The cold light in his eyes behind the mask was bone-chilling.
"You came to me yourself. Since you like being close to me so much, then you should bear all of this obediently!"
"Mr . Blackwood, please don't do this."
Avery struggled violently, trying to break free from the man's embrace.
But the man's heavy breathing continued, "This is what you asked for..."
She was frightened by Ethan's behavior and tried hard to push him away, "Let go of me..."
But this only made the man increase his grip on her.
"Let go of you? You are my other half on the marriage certificate. It's your duty."
In her eyes, the man's pupils were bloodshot, and it seemed like a huge monster was living inside him.
"You wanted to save me, didn't you? Now I'm giving you the chance. Listen to me obediently!" The cold, bloodthirsty glint in the man's eyes made Avery shiver all over.
"Don't touch me, please..."
She was completely scared. She had never been forced like this before, and a tear fell from her eye.
"Mr...Blackwood..please don't..."
A crystal clear tear fell onto his hand.
The tear was scorching hot, burning his body temperature and even hotter than his heart filled with hatred.
It was like a drop of magma from the hottest part of a volcano, leaving a searing mark on his heart.
Listening to the girl's pleading sobs, suddenly, he stopped his actions. The rough and violent movements of a wild beast just a second ago came to an abrupt halt.
But what struck him more than the tear was the sound of "Mr. Blackwood".
That didn't really sound like they were married.
However--
As he raised his head, the crying girl in front of him, although having the exact same face as that person, was not her after all.
Ethan came to his senses, and the crimson in his eyes gradually dissipated.
"I'm sorry, Avery."
He released the girl's hands he had been holding and looked at her tearful appearance. Under the mask, a faint sense of guilt gradually emerged in his narrow phoenix eyes.
"Did I hurt you? I'm sorry, I won't do it again."
He repeated his apology.
At the same time, one hand tidied up her dress, and the other reached for her face, gently wiping away the tears that flowed down her cheeks. "Be a good girl and listen to me if you want to be my woman. Don't cry, be good, don't cry."
When she saw the man reaching out his hand, she thought he was going to be rough again.
But when she heard his apology and saw the faint sense of guilt in his eyes, she was immediately stunned. Without moving, she let him wipe away her tears.
His words seemed to have some kind of magic. When he said not to cry, her tears really stopped and didn't flow out again.
Although her tears had stopped, her body was still trembling.
After saying "sorry" again, Ethan's eyes returned to their usual coldness.
He let go of Avery completely and then pushed her to the farthest seat from him. He himself weakly leaned back on the chair.
"Mr. Blackwood, do you want Dr. Fredrick to take a look at you..."
Although Avery had just been frightened, she couldn't help but ask when she thought of Ethan's rough appearance just now, which was obviously due to the effects of the medicine.
Before she could finish speaking, she saw the man who had just been leaning on the chair falling straight towards her in the next second.
Her heart tightened, and she shouted, "Mr. Blackwood, what's wrong with you, Mr. Blackwood..."
As she spoke, she had already stepped forward and half-caught his falling body .
Ethan didn't respond, and his tall body fell heavily on her, making it difficult for her to breathe.
"Chad, Chad"
Seeing that the man's eyes were closed and he seemed to have lost consciousness, Avery was very worried.
She struggled to lift the man's body, and at the same time, freed up one hand to slap the partition hard: "Mr. Blackwood has fainted. Chad, quickly take him to the hospital, hurry up..."
Chad and Dr. Fredrick in the front seat, after the partition was raised, kept their nerves taut and didn't dare to listen more, wishing they could also fold their ears.
Not long after, they heard the sound of Avery tapping on the dashboard.
Upon hearing that Ethan had fainted, Chad quickly pressed the button to lower the partition .
Glancing back at Ethan, Chad saw that the man had his eyes tightly shut, and knew that he must have fainted due to his efforts to restrain himself.
Despite this, Chad did not agree to Avery's request:
"No, we can't go to the hospital. Let's go home first."
No one else knew that ever since the woman disappeared two years ago, Ethan, no matter how serious his illness was, would never go to the hospital again.
"Why not? Mr. Blackwood's condition is so severe now, how can we not go to the hospital?" Lu Shiqian asked unconsciously.
Chad calmly replied as he drove, "This is Young Master's business, Miss Wells. Although you and Young Master have already registered your marriage, it's better for you not to ask too much about his private affairs."
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, Avery's face turned pale, as if all the strength in her body had been drained away. "Okay, let's go back. Drive faster."
She almost forgot that she was just a commodity traded for the interests of the family, and had no right to inquire.
The car quickly returned to the Blackwood villa.
Chad and Butter Qin carried Ethan to the second floor bedroom, while Dr. Fredrick opened his medical kit and began to work in front of the bed.
Since Ethan had been drugged, he needed to be given an IV drip as soon as possible. When Dr. Fredrick left, he only brought some testing equipment with him, and could only temporarily prescribe some medicine for Butler Qin to help feed Ethan Blackwood. He would then call his assistant to bring the necessary items.
From returning to the villa to receiving the IV drip, there was no sign of Ethan waking up.
Dr. Fredrick said that the cup of water Ethan drank had too much aphrodisiacs in it, and even with the IV drip, he might not wake up tonight.