“Well! I will be a good son of my father. Don’t worry. I have to take care of my father. He suffers a lot all his life, so do you. I hope you will always be happy like this!”
“Are you envious that I’m happy, kiddo?” Miriam joked.
“That’s it!” Ernie said, looking at Aiden again, “Aiden is lucky to have such a virtuous wife like you!”
Hearing his words, Miriam couldn’t stop laughing.
Aiden’s face clouded with displeasure, but he managed to control himself. There was a complex look on his face.
Kasper focused on eating with his head hanging. He seemed to be fine.
Miriam’s laughter eased the atmosphere on the table.
After the dinner, Miriam said with a smile, “Marley, take Sylvie to take a nap. Stay here tonight!”
“Okay!” With that, Marley went upstairs with Sylvie.
“We’ll go back!” said Kasper.
“Wait, I have something to do with Ernie!” Aiden suddenly said, “Ernie, go to my study!”
“Uncle, are you sure you want to talk to me? You have to take some medicine first. I’m afraid I my words upset you and make you get sick again!”
“Cut the crap.” Kasper patted his head in the back.
Ernie followed Aiden to the study on the second floor, and Sylvie went to the third floor, following Marley. Mrs. Sabrina came to her with some ice and asked her to use ice to reduce the swelling for Marley. After bathing, Marley changed his clothes and applied ice wrapped in a towel to his face.
Later, Sylvie heard the voice of the car, thinking that Ernie was gone!
Marley’s face was less swollen after being applied with ice.
At night, after dinner, Marley was answering the phone, while the elders were watching the news.
Sylvie walked to the garden alone, looking at the stars in the night sky. The breeze blowing brought the fragrance of flowers, which was particularly sweet! It seemed that living in the suburbs, you could feel more peaceful.
“You like these flowers?” Suddenly came the voice of Marley.
She turned back and saw Marley standing behind her.
He had a very low voice, which was clear and husky. It was so nice to hear his voice.
“Yes!” Sylvie said honestly, “It’s beautiful here, which is a good place for one to calm down!”
“The lawyer called me just now. Your mother has been sent to the drug treatment center. The cost is paid. You don’t have to worry about it! Then she just needs to cooperate with drug treatment!” said Marley suddenly.
“Oh! Thank you.” Sylvie nodded slightly. He had deal with it, and it might be the best result for Sadie! Sylvie hoped she could quit drugs successfully, even if she knew it was difficult!
“Oh? How are you going to thank me?” Marley asked with a smile as he reached out to turn her body, and clasped the small chin. In the dark, he looked at her, squinting.
Marley looked at her face carefully. Although she was not stunning, she was delicate and pretty. With her smooth and fair skin, black and white eyes, bright pink lips, her face glowed.
Sylvie who was suddenly pinched by her chin, was forced to look at him. She was nervous, wondering what he would like to do?
Marley looked at her, who tried to avoid his eyes, and suddenly frowned at the thought that Ernie kissed her. She was him!
As his nose tip drew closer to her face, Marley smelled the fragrance on her skin, which pleased him!
“You smell good,” he said in a husky voice. Marley said, looking at her fair skin, “It has a floral flavor!”
“That’s the smell of these flowers!” Sylvie whispered in embarrassment.
Then, he lifted her jaw and said in her ear, looking into her eyes, “Is it? I’ll smell it. Is it you or the smell of flowers?”
“Stop it!” Sylvie was a little flustered, held his wrist holding her jaw, trying to pull out. “Mrs. Sabrina will see us.”
“What are you afraid of? We are a couple, and we are not cheating!” Hearing his words, Sylvie put on a wry face. He let go of her jaw, held her hand. “Let’s go elsewhere!” he said.
“Where?” she asked nervously.
“Well… You know when you get there!” he laughed. His laughter was so strange in Sylvie’s ear.
He smiled, held her hand tight, and then took her to a grass on the tennis court.
Then she sat down and said, “Lying here looking at the stars. It’s beautiful!”
He said, lying down with his hands crossed behind his head, looking at the sky.
She was forced to lie down, like him, next to each other, looking at the stars in the sky.
The night sky was as beautiful as velvet, and the stars were bright.
The breeze blew, the leaves rustling in the air, and she sighed contentedly. The two of them lied quietly under the beautiful stars.
“Do you like it?” he asked.
She didn’t speak, and her breath was very calm.
“Don’t you like it?” he continued to ask.
Without answering him, she submerged herself in the beautiful sky. She had not seen stars for many years!
Seeing her not speaking, he reached out his long hand, covered her eyes. Sylvie had to close her eyes.
His hand was warm with a bit of distant fragrance, which was light, but intriguing. She had not felt the warmth of another human body for so long.
He said in clear and husky voice, “Sylvie? Huh? Answer me! Do you like to watch the stars? ”
Before she could say something, she was kissed by her!
He stole a kiss on his side, and that was how to let her go.
Sylvie blushed and she was glad that he couldn’t see her red face at night. She said in a tender voice, “The night sky is beautiful. I really want to see stars every day!”
“It’s easy. We can also see stars at the seaside!” said Marley.
Sylvie leaned close to him, and rested her head on his extended arm.
Marley breathed with the fragrance of her, and he was a little bit trance.
“But we’re not free to watch stars with so much work to do. Shall we go back tomorrow morning? I have a lot to do and learn!” She had to draw the drawings and return the card to Ryan. Ernie said that 300 million would not be there again! It turned out to be a false alarm. But he was really smart to get nearly three billion. And who did he hate in the end?
It was like a mine which could detonate at any time. Did Marley know it?
“Want to go back?” asked Marley.
“Yes!”
“Then let’s go back tomorrow!” he said.
“Marley, did Ernie tell you about the 300 million things?” asked Sylvie carefully. She was afraid that she upset him again!
“Yes, he admitted it!” Marley said after a daze, “Thank you for reminding me. Otherwise, I may really help them pay off the 300 million gambling debt!”
“Why do you indulge them so much? Three billion is something!” she said.
“It’s dad! In these years, he gave everything to him, no matter what happened in our family. In fact, when he was young, maybe he would go abroad to study like me if my father and uncle took care of him! But none of us knew what happened to him at that time, and he suddenly changed! He refused to tell us!”
Sylvie listened quietly, wondering what might happened to him.
“In fact, the Hughes family is not a big family. There are only four children in our generation. Uncle and dad have only one child. Only Uncle Teddie have a pair of children. You haven’t met Archie and Allan. They haven’t graduated yet. We will be together only when there is some major festival! I’ll introduce you then!” said Marley.
In fact, he didn’t intend to introduce all his families to Sylvie at the beginning. So there were so few people who Sylvie knew his family. Now he tried to introduce all the family members to her and bring her to his mother’s house.
“In this case, you guys should unite. Be careful of your cousin. Try to figure out what is in his mind. He is not as simple as he looks! No matter what, you’re family. Your family are very generous! Make yourself happy, and others will be happy!”
He turned his head and saw Sylvie in his arm. Her beautiful and flawless face reflected the golden color of the stars, and the eyes of black crystal flash the soft flowing light.
“How do you go to work on Monday now that you looked like this?” She said with concern, “I wonder if our colleagues will be shocked to see your face. If you are now mature enough, how can you lead Hughes Group into a new glory? Your reputation will be greatly reduced!”
She looked at him with a worried look, and glanced at him with a coquettish look. He was a bit bleary, and he didn’t seem to hear what she said just now!
He only knew that when she spoke, she moved her quiet posture straight into the deep chord in his heart, and her hair was gently blown by the evening wind, as if it had been swept over his cheek without any help, as if she was winding with her love wire, and brought it into his senses without any sound, and he was intoxicated by her tenderness.
He leaned over, reached out to smooth her hair, looking at her face with gleaming eyes.
In this midsummer, on the night of stars, she became the goddess of night, invading his heart inch by inch, and bewitching his heart. He was silent and received the throb of his heart.
Sylvie, who took no notice of his differences, continued, “Marley, why don’t you talk? How do you go to work on Monday?”
“Marley, I’m afraid you’ll lose your reputation! Aila pays a lot of attention to you! She feel like you are her idol, Marley. If you’re not married, you must be the ideal lover for those young girls. Unfortunately, you are married, and you married me. Well, our marriage is like a joke!”