"Butler Qin, I'm afraid I won't be able to prepare dinner for everyone tonight. I'm sorry to trouble you all," said Alexis. She knew that the rumored "King of Hell" was not someone she could change her mind with just a few words. If she continued to stay here, it would not be good for her sister either. She couldn't waste the relationship she had worked so hard to establish because of her own entanglement.
Before leaving, she called the maid responsible for cooking, apologized, and handed over the work in the kitchen. Then she went upstairs to pack her things. She thought Ethan would at least take a shower or something, but when she arrived at the master bedroom, she found that he was not there at all. He had probably gone to the study. Her sister had said that he had been living in the study.
Out of politeness, Alexis went to the door of the study on the third floor before leaving and knocked on it. Regardless of whether the person inside heard her or not, she insisted on saying what she wanted to say.
"Mr. Blackwood, I know it's useless to say more, but I still want to say it. Avery is a very good girl. I hope you won't let her down. I'm leaving now. See you next time."
The sound of typing on the keyboard came from inside the study, but there was no response to from inside.
She felt like something was blocking her heart. After going downstairs, she walked out of the living room with a bag of clothes to change into. At this moment, Avery had just returned home and happened to meet her at the door.
"Sister, are you leaving?" Avery thought that Ethan had driven her away and felt very sorry: "I'm sorry, sister, I didn't know he was coming back today..."
"It's okay, Avery." Alexis shook her head, put her hand on Avery's shoulder, and patted it gently. A forced smile appeared on her delicate face.
"Mr. Blackwood is actually a good person. You should be careful around him and not do anything to provoke him. If I didn't leave today, he would have taken his anger out on you."
"Sister..."
"By the way, Avery, there's something I've been wanting to tell you," said Alexis .
"Go ahead, as long as I can do it, I'll try my best to help," replied Avery .
"It's like this." Lu Yanxi looked up at the window on the second floor, then lowered her head to look at Lu Shiqian, her words tinged with a hint of pleading. "Grandma is seriously ill this time. Last time, Dad made her heart disease relapse because of anger, and she urgently needs surgery. Dad refuses to send Grandma to a big hospital and has been keeping her in a nursing home all this time."
"You know that nursing homes don't have any medical facilities, and they're not as good as big hospitals. I was thinking of secretly sending Grandma to a big hospital, but the surgery requires a lot of money. The money I had on hand was used to pay off my elder brother's debts last time, and now I can't even come up with ten thousand dollars."
Hearing that Grandma's condition was so serious, Avery's heart tightened. "How much money is needed?"
"The surgery fee plus hospitalization fee will probably be around five hundred thousand dollars." Lu Yanxi didn't want to speak, but she had to , "Avery, I know I shouldn't trouble you with this matter. You're also in difficulty now, but I really have no other way. Those who were close to us in the circle knew that we offended Mr. Blackwood, and there was no one willing to help."
"Don't say anymore. Leave this to me, I'll find a way."
"Where will you find a way? You're not thinking of asking him for help, are you?"
Alexis immediately said
"No, Avery, you can't ask Mr. Blackwood for help, even if it's difficult. This matter is already somewhat related to him, and he won't be able to help you."
"Avery, just for the sake of our Wells family's reputation, promise me that you won't ask Mr. Blackwood for help."
Looking at her sister's determined eyes, Avery said.
"I understand, I won't ask him for help." "That's good. Well, I'll leave first."
Alexis smiled with relief and then walked out of the villa, passing by Avery and walking out with her head held high.
Avery's mind was filled with the five hundred thousand needed to treat Grandma. She didn't know when the Wells family had become so poor that they couldn't even come up with five hundred thousand.
Whether or not they can afford it is one thing, but the more important issue is that her dad simply refuses to spend money to treat her grandmother. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent her to that neglected nursing home.
Ultimately, the main culprit for the current situation is Lucas , the eldest brother.
If he hadn't gambled, the family wouldn't have lost everything and owed so much debt.
"Miss Wells, the master is waiting for you in the study." Qin stood at the entrance of the living room, his eyes flickering with a hint of gloom as he looked at Avery .
Fortunately, she was already used to it. Qin always looked at her that way.
"Okay. I'll go there right away."
After going upstairs, she put down her bag and straightened her clothes before heading to the study.
When she came back, she thought that she would face a storm because of how angry Ethan was on the phone earlier. But he didn't mention anything about her bringing her sister home.
"You're back?" The man looked up at her and asked, "Is your body okay now? You've been discharged from the hospital, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
Although his tone was extremely calm, it still surprised Avery.
"I'm fine now and can go back to school." During the time she was suspended from school, she missed so many classes that she couldn't afford to skip any more.
Avery cautiously walked into the study and stood in front of the desk.
At this moment, the man was bowing his head, his long and fair fingers busy typing on the keyboard, making a clattering sound. He furrowed his brows and squinted his eyes from time to time, looking very busy.
He didn't speak, and Avery didn't dare to speak either, quietly waiting for the storm to come.
After about twenty minutes, Ethan still hadn't exploded at her. Although she appeared calm on the surface, she was a bit anxious inside. The less this man said, the more she felt like the end of the world was coming.
After a few more minutes of waiting, she couldn't take it anymore and spoke up. "Mr. Blackwood , if there's something you want to tell me, just say it..." Before she could finish her sentence, she saw him press the enter key on his keyboard, then glance at his watch, close his laptop, and quickly stand up.
"Dinner is almost ready, let's go eat."
"Mt. Blackwood ", Lu Shiqian hesitated, "you called me back here, wasn't it to talk to me about something? I've come back, so why..."
Even if it was to be scolded, she was prepared to face it. But this icy-faced man wasn't saying anything, and she couldn't eat like this.
Ethan could see the unease in Avery's heart, and raised his eyebrows slightly. "Let's eat first, and I'll talk to you later. Be good, listen and to me."
With that one sentence, she instantly swallowed the words that had been stuck in her throat.
"Um, let's go eat then."
"Let's go."
She always remembered that he needed a wife who listened to him. No matter how complicated her own affairs were, she had to listen to him first.