Elisa thought for a long time before saying, “Have you said anything to them just now?”
“No,” Ellen said.
“It’s difficult for them to understand if you don’t express your hard effort. If they think that you are doing well in the city, can they spare no effort to help their families?”
“They don’t think so, and they just want to double the money they used to spend on me.” Ellen looked out of the window with red eyes. “They don’t believe so; they just want to ask twice as much money on me.” Ellen’s eyes were crimson as she gazed out the window. “Do you have any idea? When they say I’m being held, I want to find a wealthy man right away and ask him to give me a lot of money, which I’ll give them all, and then I won’t have anything to do with them. Aren’t there a few doctors and nurses being held in our hospital? They are not like us, no matter how nicely they live. No, it should be said that there is no such thing as me.”
For a little while, Elisa was stunned, then she said, “Only when you’re angry do you believe this. You won’t if you’re angry. Don’t be opportunistic; you think you’ve earned it, but you’re actually destroying your blessings before they’ve even arrived.”
“Of course, you have the right to say that. I used to be reluctant to confess how much I envy you. You come from a good family, have an excellent education, and have a strong work ethic. As a result, the men you meet are superior to one another. William is quite wealthy and loves you. When I see you, and I’m feeling uncomfortable, I always envy you, as if all nice things fall into your lap.”
Elisa didn’t know what to say.
She didn’t dare to think carefully about her relationship with William.
On the surface, Elisa was really enviable. She could marry the richest and most powerful man in Australia, who is second to none in appearance and temperament.
But such a man, she had no bottom.
Did she want to fight with him for charm, work, ability, and money?
“Let’s drink. When everyone is in a bad mood, they should work hard and bear what responsibility they should bear.”
“Hmm.”
Two of them touched a cup and drank one by one. Those beers were very cold, and there was no heater in the room. The more Elisa drinks, the colder her stomach and body were. Ellen didn’t seem to feel it and kept pouring wine into her mouth.
After a while, Elisa vaguely heard the phone ringing.
Elisa closed her eyes tight and reached out to touch her bag. She finally took out her mobile phone, and her eyes couldn’t be opened at all. She connected the phone with drunkenness.
“Hello.”
“Have you been drinking?” William’s voice could be heard on the other end of the phone.
Elisa was a little awake, and her nose and throat were uncomfortable. “William, it’s you. I drank a little, but I am not drunk yet, so you don’t have to worry about me.”
“Where are you now?”
“I am at Ellen’s home.”
“Wait, don’t run around.” William said and hung up the phone.
Elisa waited a few moments before hanging up the phone and throwing up her dizzy head. When she noticed a message on her phone, she was puzzled, so she extended out her hand and instinctively scratched it open. Elisa stroked her face and noticed Ellen was drunk and unconscious. She was barely awake when she went to the bathroom to wash her face. She then assisted Ellen inside the room, stuffed her into the quilt, and switched on the room’s small heater to keep her warm. Elisa sighed deeply as she observed Ellen’s frowning face after falling asleep.
Just then, there were several knocks outside the door.
Elisa was startled by the unexpected knock on the door and suddenly became alert.
“Open the door, Elisa!” William’s voice could be heard from outside the door.
“How did you know I was here?” Elisa asked as she hurriedly opened the door for him.
William remained silent when she asked him a question. “Can you still walk?” He said, her clear eyes fluttering a little as she looked at his crimson face.
“I’m fine. Wait, I’ll get my bag.”
When William realized she was about to fall, he scooped her up in the middle, reached out and grabbed her bag, then turned to take the iron gate. Elisa was in a tizzy, and the wine level had risen even higher. She put her head on William’s shoulders and inhaled his unique and pleasant scent.
“William.”
“Hmm?”
“William.”
“What’s the matter?”
“William…”
William looked down at his wife, who was half asleep and half awake. She was helpless and funny. He said, “Drunk?”
“No. I should catch a cold.” Elisa said and stretched out her hand and touched William’s face. Warm skin touch from fingertips, warm.
Elisa’s fingers gently played on his face, and she enjoyed herself.
William was somewhat speechless by her childish appearance and quickly went downstairs with her in his arms.
“William, I seem to like you a little. Do you like me a little?” Elisa asked in a daze, her voice so low that the wind almost dispersed as soon as it blew. William naturally heard it. Elisa said without waiting for William to answer and said to herself, “Although I am beautiful, my working ability is passable. But there is no shortage of women like me around a handsome man like you.”
William stuffed her into the co-driver. “Sit down and don’t fool around.”
Elisa hugged his neck, and her face was buried in his neck. The light and shallow snort blew on William’s skin, which was warm and hot, with a trace of limpness and numbness.
William’s hand clenched her shoulder slightly and looked at Elisa’s face with the lights in the car. With apparent drunkenness and foolishness on her face, she was incredibly lovable.
Her lips were slightly open, and the color was pink and tender, making people want to kiss it with one bite. William did the same.
He leaned down and slowly approached her lips in Elisa’s daze.
Elisa stared wide-eyed, and the last bit of sanity in her mind was still there, and her heart was nervous and looking forward to it.
Just when they were about to kiss, Elisa felt uncomfortable in her stomach and burped hard. The strong beer smell instantly filled the whole car.
William couldn’t wait to throw her out of the car.
With a black face, he buckled Elisa’s seat belt and got in the car angrily.
Elisa touched his nose and was so embarrassed that he didn’t want it.
“That what, William, you have to laugh at me, just laugh in your heart, don’t say it. People have to face it.”
“Your lining is almost gone.”
“I’m not in a business. If you are in a bad mood, as Ellen’s friend, it is still necessary to drink wine.”
“She is in a bad mood, shouldn’t you advise? Can drinking solve it?”
“Many things can’t be persuaded. If you talk too much, people would feel that it doesn’t hurt to stand and talk. It would only make her waste her mind to describe and analyze her mental journey again. It is boring.”
William saw her look serious. “Have you experienced it?”
“Hmm. I don’t feel anything else. What impressed me most was that Brandon broke up with me when I was in graduate school. At that time, I felt that the sky was going to collapse.” Elisa blinked in hindsight. “William, do you mind if I say, ex-boyfriend?”
“Go on.”
“Good.”