Chapter 1075
Ethan, who seemed to be into this game, asked intriguingly, “You’re young and capable. May I ask if you’re married?”
Olivia spared him a glance. “A wise man never falls in love.”
Marina was stunned, doubting if he was here to see her. She couldn’t understand why he was curious about a stranger’s marital status.
Still, she didn’t dare to do anything that might make him hate her. He ignored her for so long, and it was a rare chance for him to come.
She said carefully, “Ethan.
Only then did Ethan recall that he came over in the name of visiting
Marina.
He shifted his gaze onto her. Marina appeared skinnier than years ago. Pale-faced, she sat in the wheelchair while staring at him. pitifully.
Before this, he would’ve pitied her because of Kurt. But the thought of what Olivia had suffered in the past, the pity, gave way to indifference.
He inquired, “It’s been a long time. How have you been?”
She answered with teary eyes, “I-I’m fine.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Miller. Nothing will happen to her as long as I’m looking after my sister.” Fabian drew Ethan’s attention.
Ethan was aware of what happened within the Carlton family.
His impression of Fabian was from his younger days when the latter appeared sickly and thin.
Now, Fabian had grown up into a man with the demeanor of the head
of the family.
They didn’t interact much before this, so Ethan gave an aloof nod. “I
see.”
Otto was happy. “It’s been a long time since you last visited, Ethan. I specially asked the kitchen to prepare more dishes. You must stay for the night to keep me company for tea.”
Ethan couldn’t refuse the enthusiastic invitation.
He then looked at Olivia. “People say that Vanessa’s a skillful doctor.
I wonder if Ms. Carlton can walk again?”
She definitely wasn’t here to play the good guy; she had her motives.
“Yes,” she answered briefly.
He began showering her with compliments again.
Before he could butter her up, she announced, “I can perform the
acupuncture on Ms. Carlton starting today.”
“Great! That’s for the best! I’ll be entrusting my granddaughter to you.”
“This is my job. Let’s not waste any more time. We should start now.”
“I’ve been admiring you for a long time, Vanessa. Do you mind if I
watch by the side?”
“Do as you wish.”
Marina was disheartened. Ethan only spoke to her once, and yet he treated the doctor enthusiastically.
But she didn’t dare to throw a tantrum.
She was satisfied at the sheer idea of being able to walk again so that she could see him often.
It didn’t matter if their relationship couldn’t return to how it was
before.
Olivia wrote a prescription so that the butler could brew the medicine
for Marina’s foot spa.
The hot water was proffered to the front of-Marina.
Although she couldn’t stand up, she could still feel her legs after that
surgery.
“Should the water be this hot?”
Olivia replied expressionlessly, “Only that will be effective. Ms. Carlton, here.”
Poppy lifted Marina’s feet to place them into the basin.
Marina slapped her. “Are you trying to cook me with that hot water,
bitch?”
Pity was often intertwined with fault. Even though Marina was abused
by Fabian, she abused others too.
She had always been that Marina Carlton. She didn’t change.
Olivia ordered, “Please dip your feet in it for an hour.”
She then informed Poppy, “Add hot water every 20 minutes.”
“That long?”
“You have to do this for three hours every day from now. Today’s just
the start. Please be mentally prepared, Ms. Carlton.”
It seems Ethan only ever married Olivia to take revenge for what happened to his little sister. While Olivia is plagued by her sickness, he holds her chin and says coldly, “This is what your family owes me.” Now, she has no family and no future.
Her father becomes comatose after a car accident, leaving her with nothing to live for. Thus, she hurls herself from a building. “The life my family owes will now be repaid.” At this, Ethan, who’s usually calm, panics while begging for Olivia to come back as if he’s in a state of frenzy …
