When Avery said these words, she felt her face burning, as if it was on fire. She knew that saying this was not a modest act for a girl. Regardless of how he looked at her, these words were her true feelings. From the moment she entered the Blackwood family, her purpose was to dedicate herself to him and bear his heir. Ethan did not expect her to say this. He looked at the girl's shy appearance and his slender fingers slid over her cheek. Then, he gently lifted her small face and his soft gaze immediately looked into her heart. "If you hadn't said it, I would have forgotten. Madam, remember what you said. Tonight, I will come to collect what belongs to me." Avery's face turned even redder.
"Mm.. let's go upstairs and take a look."
Before she could react, Ethan had already taken her hand and walked towards the elevator. The previous decoration of the company family was relatively old-fashioned. This time, Ethan invested a lot of money and carried out a major renovation. Not only the employees' workstations, but also the executive offices on the top floor were all overturned and renovated according to the blueprints he had provided . The building has a total of sixteen floors. Ethan took Avery around each floor and saw her satisfied expression. His eyes also showed a long-lost smile. When they left the company, it was already six o'clock in the evening. Ethan originally planned to send Avery directly home, but she missed her grandmother and there was also Julian in the hospital. She asked Chad to take her to the hospital and went back home herself to prepare a nutritious meal for Julian.
When delivering the nutritious meal to the hospital, the man happened to see Avery reading a children's storybook to Julian. Seeing this scene, his heart trembled and a glimmer of hope flickered in his starry eyes. It was time to say goodbye to the past. It was good this way.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Avery and Ethan drove back to the villa . As they were about to enter, they met Alexis.
"Good evening, Mr. Blackwood." Alexis stood there with a suitcase, looking as if she had been waiting for a long time. She greeted Ethan first, then turned to Avery.
"Avery, I've has been waiting for you for a long time. Congratulations on winning the lawsuit this afternoon. Although Dad lost the company, fortunately, it eventually ended up in your hands. I believe that with company in your hands, it will definitely be better than what Dad did!"
Alexis smiled warmly as she spoke, looking very friendly.
"Sister..." Avery felt uncomfortable hearing her sister's words. She subconsciously wanted to apologize, but suddenly remembered her aunt's admonition.
"Don't apologize to others easily" .
She didn't owe anyone anything, so there was no need to apologize .
Avery took a deep breath and looked at her sister calmly.
"I will work hard, sister. Thank you for trusting me. With the guidance of my husband and Blackwood family, Wells Industries will definitely get better and better."
"Of course, you are my sister. If I don't trust you, who else can I trust?" Alexis smiled, but her hand holding the strap of her bag tightened a bit.
"Husband? Is that what you call him?"
Ethan caught sight of the subtle movement from Alexis and his cold gaze swept over her. "If there's nothing else, let's go inside."
He felt like he was wasting his time even listening to Alexis say a single word.
"Mhm."
Avery was obedient. "Sis, it's getting late. You should go back."
"Just a moment." As Avery and Ethan entered the house, Alexis stopped them with her luggage. "Little sis, did you forget what I told you at noon?"
Avery's face turned pale. She thought her sister was reminding her about getting a divorce.
She had gone to the civil affairs bureau with Ethan to get their marriage certificate right after leaving the court in the afternoon. How could they be getting a divorce?
Sensing Avery's unease, Ethan immediately pulled her behind him. "If you have something to say, just say it to me, Miss Wells."
"Miss Wells?, Mr. Blackwood, or should I say, my brother-in-law." Alexis smiled. "Forgive me for being presumptuous, but since you have acknowledged that Avery is your wife, and I am her sister, shouldn't you also call me sister-in-law?"
"Sister-in-law?" Ethan raised an eyebrow, a hint of coldness playing at the corner of his lips.
"Indeed, that's the case."
He wanted to see what tricks Alexis was up to now. Either way, he wouldn't believe a word from this woman.
Ignoring Ethan's sarcasm, Alexis tightened her grip on her luggage and continued to smile. "I can see that Avery's old wounds haven't healed yet, and now she has new ones. It really breaks my heart."
"So?"
"So, starting today, I plan to stay here and take care of her until all her injuries are healed, and only then can I feel at ease to move out," said Alexis, pulling her luggage and walking past the two of them towards the inside.
Her smiling face, in the eyes of Avery, was no different from usual.
Thinking about how her sister was kicked out by Ethan a few days ago, Avery quickly looked at the man beside her, with a pleading look in her eyes, hoping he wouldn't get angry.
She didn't want her sister's self-willedness to make him angry again. Thinking about the tone he used when he shouted at her on the phone last time, she still felt scared. She thought that this time Ethan would definitely be furious, but his reaction surprised her.
"Since your sister wants to take care of you, then she can stay. It's good that you have someone to talk to when I'm not here," he didn't refute , but instead held Avery's small hand tightly and walked inside.
Looking at his perfect jawline, Avery was stunned.
She didn't expect him to give her sister face and not kick her out.
"Husband, thank you," her good impression of him deepened, and she increasingly felt that such a man, who she had married and obtained a marriage certificate with, was probably someone she had saved in her previous life. However, what Avery didn't know was that while she was moved by Ethan's tacit approval of her sister staying in the house, under the seemingly calm surface of his face, there were waves of surging undercurrents.
Based on what he had seen in recent times, Alexis was a woman who was not what she seemed.
She looked like a good sister on the surface, but in reality, she was always trying to break up her sister's marriage.
As for why this woman went to such lengths to do so, Ethan didn't know, nor did he want to know.
He only knew that he had made up his mind about Avery and decided to start his dark life over again. No matter how mischievous Alexis was, it would not affect his feelings for Avery.