"Well, I really don't need honeymoon. Life was just dozens of years. Now it is the time for work hard. You just need to mind your own business. Don't worry about me." Jessie smiled as if she was a model of a good wife.
"No way! We must go on a honeymoon."
"……"
Jessie's lips twitched. What was the matter with her father-in-law? Even Mark didn't say anything.
Nelson put down his chopsticks, raised his head and looked at Mark. He said in a solemn voice, "You can't neglect the importance of family, though you have to take care of your career. I agree with you to travel with Jessie. If you need anything, just let me know. Besides, when you are in German, you can visit your Uncle Warner. It's time for inspection."
"Okay. I see."
Nelson left the table. Jessie asked in a low voice, "Who is Uncle Warner? What are you going to inspect?"
"Uncle Warner is a famous doctor from Germany. Every year, Mark would go to him and have an examination on his legs." Edward explained.
"Does that mean his legs can recover?"
"…… We also hope so."
"……"
She turned her head to look at Mark, looking at his deep eyes under the sliver grey mask, and then his slender long legs... God provided him with such a good life, with such a clever brain, a handsome face and a tall body... But deprive him of the right to use.
Jessie felt pity and distressed.
She suddenly remembered a saying, "Both of us being strangers here, both of us stranded, does it matter that we've just met, if our hearts understand?"
They were really a bitter couple.
Just when Jessie was overwhelmed by sympathy, Mark sneered at her with his sharp eyes, "Save your cheap sympathy! I don't need it!" Then he turned his wheelchair and left.
"……"
She snorted and made a face. "Who do you think you are? Huh!"
After breakfast, just when Jessie was about to leave for the villa, the Butler stopped her and told her that Nelson was waiting for her in the study. Jessie felt so depressed that she couldn't breathe. She took a deep breath and walked towards the study with a dull expression.
Rat-tat!
"Come in."
Jessie opened the door and came in. She asked, "Father, what can I do for you?"
Nelson put down the book and nodded.
"Jessie, how are you thinking about the things we talked yesterday?"
"I..." Jessie asked, "Father, are you sure you can keep my brother safe?"
"Of course. You know that Darren always listens to me. I can assure you that your brother will be fine."
"But... I heard that he had been sent away."
"He can still come back if he leave. Just do what I have told you."
Jessie looked at Nelson's sharp and cunning eyes. Although he promised her, she still felt uneasy.
'Should I believe him?'
-
The German trip was settled down in this way, and the plane was arranged on the morning of the next day.
While packaging their luggage in the room and seeing Mark reading a book on the terrace, Jessie felt more and more uneasy when she recalled what Nelson had said to her.
"I want Mark's inspection result."
"Okay. I'll ask Uncle Warner to make one more copy."
"Not that one."
"Then, what is it?"
"The real inspection result for Mark."
"……"
Not until now did Jessie realize that Nelson had been doubting the authenticity of Mark's disability.
On the surface, they took Mark to have a body check every year in order to see if there was any hope for his leg to be cured. But secretly, they wanted him to be disabled completely and couldn't stand up forever.
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