At this moment, Avery had no idea that her trusted elder sister was evaluating her in such a way in her heart.
She had never doubted why her sister knew about the loan from Parker.
His father was a famous nouveau riche in the capital. Two years ago, when Avery came from the countryside to the capital, he also transferred to the Nova Haven University.
Before Avery was lost to gambling by her brother, their fathers were good friends.
Both families knew each other, so it was reasonable for her sister to mention Parker and for Alexis to think that the 500,000 dollai in her hand might have been borrowed from .
Faced with her sister's reminder, Avery was also very serious.
"Sis, what are you talking about? I borrowed this money from the Ethan's aunt."
"How is that possible? His aunt hit you the first time she met you. How could she lend you money?" Alexis didn't believe it.
She didn't believe that her slightly foolish younger sister could borrow money from someone as powerful as Lena Blackwood.
This money must have been borrowed from Parker, and Avery must have lied to avoid mentioning his name again.
"Avery, I knows that Mr. Blackwood is rich and powerful, but he doesn't like you. Don't you remember? On the night at the old house last time, he was chanting the name of another woman."
Alexis still remembered the name of that woman.
She had been thinking about it for more than a month, but she couldn't figure it out. Among the wealthy and famous daughters in the upper-class society of the capital, who went by the name "Audrey" ?
Unfortunately, the Wells family no longer had much status in this circle, and she had no chance to meet more wealthy and famous people.
Alexis paused and continued, "A rich man like Mr. Blackwood doesn't lack women. Maybe he didn't drive you away because of the novelty, but in a few years, or maybe not even a few years, but a few months, he will kick you out."
"You have to leave yourself a way out. Parker is not bad-looking, and if the money is his, it's his. You should tell the truth to your sister. I'll keep it a secret and won't tell anyone, especially not Mr. Blackwood."
All in all, she wanted Avery to admit that the money belonged to Parker.
For the first time, Avery felt annoyed with her sister. But she still tried to keep her tone low and patiently explained, "Sis, please stop mentioning Parker. The money was really borrowed from Auntie. But she didn't just lend me the money. She asked me to earn 500,000 dollars within three months. If I can earn that much, she won't ask me to pay her back. If you don't believe me, you can ask her. I'm not lying to you."
Hearing this, Alexis was only half-convinced. "Can you really earn 500,000 dollars in three months? In the end, it's because she doesn't like you, Avery ..."
"Okay, I have to go to class now. See you at noon."
Avery didn't want to hear her sister talk about Parker anymore, so she quickly hung up the phone.
When she came out of the bathroom, she saw Parker wandering around outside. She was about to take a detour, but he saw her and hesitated for a few seconds before approaching her. "Avery , did you notice anything different in your bag after you went back yesterday?"
"No," she answered truthfully. She didn't know about the cheque, let alone that Ethan had taken it in advance.
"How could you not? I put something in there," Parker muttered in frustration.
"Parker," Avery stopped and calmly looked at the sunny-faced boy beside her. "Please don't talk about things that don't exist to my sister anymore. I have a family now, so please find someone else. I'm not suitable for you."
"Avery , I..."
"That's enough. Let's go to class. If you don't want to lose even our friendship in the future, please don't bring it up again."
Without giving the other person a chance, Avery coldly threw out these words and entered the classroom. However, she didn't listen to anything the professor said during the following class. Her mind was filled with the words her sister had said - he doesn't like you, and the name of another woman he had muttered during their time at the old house. For over half a month, she had been wanting to ask him about the woman named Audrey . Although she already had an answer in her heart, she still wanted to know if Audrey was Julian's mother, if she had left him for somewhere else, or if she was no longer in this world. Avery knew that she had no right to ask Ethan . Perhaps her sister was right, if Ethan got tired of her, he could replace her at any time. However, it didn't matter. She was his wife now, and as long as she still held this identity, she had to fulfill her duties as a wife.
Meanwhile, Parker, who had returned to the classroom, was also not in the mood to listen to the lecture. His attention was all on Avery . He looked at the scar on her forehead and remembered her words when she rejected him, feeling very unwilling.
...
After arranging for Avery's grandmother to be hospitalized, Ethan learned about her condition from the attending physician and then delegated other matters, instructing the doctor to call him if there were any changes. After everything was settled, he took one last look at the old lady in the hospital room. She was awake and saw the person in front of her wearing a mask, looking very mysterious. The half of his face that was visible wasn't ugly at all. She reached out her trembling hand to hold Ethan's hand.
"I'm can rest assured if Avery marries you. If you don't like her in the future, I beg you not to treat her badly. Although she is a bit silly, she is a very sensible and good child. Among the three grandchildren of the Wells family, she is the one I love the most." The old lady's heart was not good, and her speech was very slow lately. It took her a lot of effort to finish this sentence, which took several minutes. Ethan bent down and put the old lady's somewhat cold hand into the blanket. Under his cool face, his black phoenix eyes narrowed slightly: "You can be rest assured that I will take care of your granddaughter. She is my wife now." After hearing Ethan's words, the old lady's face showed a relieved smile. "Good, good, with your words, I can be rest assured." Suddenly, she sighed. "That child is too pitiful. She has been very pitiful since she was a child. Because she was born as an extra child in the family, her parents hid it from me and her grandfather and sent her to the countryside to be raised." "If it weren't for that child passing the entrance exam to the university two years ago, her father would have brought her back to live with us. I wouldn't have known that there was a third granddaughter in our family. She suffered too much in the countryside. Now that she has met you and you treat her so well, even if I don't make it through this time, I will die without regrets." The old lady spoke too much at once, causing her to breathe more and more rapidly. It took her a while to breathe normally again. However, Ethan's attention was on the word "two years ago". Two years ago, wasn't it the same heartless woman who left him?