Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
However, soon, she denied her thoughts in that she couldn’t do this. Otherwise, the longer the time she lived with him, the more she couldn’t hide what she was afraid of.
Martha had no way to expose her own embarrassment in front of Douglas.
She lowered her eyes and said, “Mr. Torres, can you let me go back? I don’t want to stay with you anymore.”
Douglas was not annoyed. Instead, he laughed and said, “Are you determined to come back to work?”
Now, she can see clearly that it can’t be bypassed.
Martha leaned back on the sofa decadently, and said, “Then tell me, how can you let me go?”
“What do you think?” Douglas also leaned on the sofa in the same posture, but he looked much more relaxed than Martha.
Martha got a little angry in an instant. If she wasn’t sure she couldn’t beat him, she really wanted to fight Douglas.
She didn’t know what was wrong with this guy. How could he be such a rascal?
Martha said, “Could it be, are you going to spend the rest of your life with me?”
As Douglas heard this, he didn’t answer right away. Instead, he started to ponder inexplicably.
He looked Martha up and down, as if thinking about what she meant.
After a long time, Douglas seemed to have come to a good conclusion.
He said, “You think I can’t afford it?”
Martha was at a loss for words.
There was no way for this conversation to continue. Martha inexplicably felt that if it continued like this, things might get out of control.
Martha leaned on the sofa dejectedly, and said, “It’s up to you, anyway. It’ll be all in vain, so don’t be angry with me.”
She really wasn’t ready to make Douglas hate her.
Douglas smiled and said, “I thought you didn’t care what I thought at all.”
Martha choked, bit her lips tightly, almost blurted out the words in her heart, but suppressed in the end.
She wanted to tell Douglas that she cared about what he thought, more than anything else.
But…
There were some things she couldn’t say to Douglas.
Martha took a throw pillow and put it in her arms, putting herself into a protective position.
Douglas looked at her like this and wanted to say something, but he didn’t anyway.
For a moment, the atmosphere fell into silence, until a cell phone rang, breaking the silence of the room.
It was Martha’s ringtone.
Martha gave it a strange look. It was an unfamiliar number, and she didn’t really want to answer it.
When she was working before, her mobile phone was almost on call 24 hours a day. Apart from answering Douglas’ calls, she also had to deal with all emergencies at any time.
The phone rang over and over again. Martha had no choice but to answer it anyway.
An anxious woman’s voice came from the other end, “Hey, Martha, you finally answer the phone.
Something happened to your home.”
Martha’s brows furrowed suddenly, and for a moment, she couldn’t understand what the words meant.
After asking about the identity of the woman, Martha figured out what was going on.
She stood up from the sofa, looked at Douglas, and said, “My house was smashed. Why don’t you let me go back?”
Douglas was taken aback when he heard the words, then stood up and said to Martha, “I’ll accompany you back.”
Martha wasn’t restrained, and this wasn’t the time to be like this.
Sitting in the car, Martha had a very helpless feeling.
She can imagine who smashed her home.
It was just that she didn’t understand why those people still didn’t let her go after such a long time, and still tortured her like this.
For a moment, Martha was nervous. She couldn’t explain what was going on to Douglas, and didn’t want him to see those things.
“Stop,” Martha yelled suddenly.
Douglas stepped on the brake, turned his head to look at her, and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Martha bit her lower lip lightly and said, “I’ll go back by myself.”
With that said, Martha was about to get out of the car.
However, Douglas did not unlock the car, and looked dissatisfied.
He said, “Martha, do you think I’ll let you go back alone?”
Martha was a little overwhelmed by what Douglas said.
She bowed her head, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Douglas looked at Martha and said, “Sit down. Don’t say anything that makes me angry. Otherwise, you won’t be able to bear the consequences.”
Martha didn’t speak any more, just drooped her head, as if letting Douglas do what he wanted.
Douglas restarted the car and headed towards Martha’s neighborhood.
When they arrived, a lot of people gathered downstairs, and the woman who called Martha was also there. When she saw Martha coming, she immediately greeted her, “Hey, Martha, you’re here. I don’t know which bastard did it. Go up and see what’s going on.”
After thanking the woman, Martha went upstairs.
It was better than she expected. At least, the door was not damaged too much, and the messy scene she imagined was also better than what she expected.
Martha inspected it. In this house, basically everything that could be smashed was ruined, and everything that could be damaged was also destroyed.
Probably because she had prepared psychologically, Martha was very calm about all the things in front of her.
However, for Douglas, it was a different story.
His face looked grim, and his expression seemed to show that he was about to kill someone.
Martha raised her eyes, and saw Douglas’ expression, which made her stunned for a moment. After a while, Martha found her voice, “Mr. Torres, what’s wrong with you?”
Douglas stepped on the mess on the ground, walked up to Martha, and said, “Can you guess who did it?”
Martha’s heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously wanted to avoid this question, but Douglas stared at Martha closely, as if trying to see through her.
With such gazes, Martha was oppressed, unable to answer this question at all.
However, Douglas did not give her a chance to escape.
He said, “Aren’t you going to say it? Martha, do you really think I can’t find it out?”
Martha’s expression froze instantly. She looked at Douglas, and even her breathing stopped for a moment.
She looked at Douglas for a while, and then said with difficulty, “Can you not force me?”
Douglas’ heart seemed to be grabbed by something, making him unable to breathe for a long time.
He looked at Martha, and wanted to say some harsh words, so that Martha could tell him honestly.
But, just for a moment, Douglas couldn’t be cruel to Martha.
He said, “Martha, do you think I only see you as a tool for my work?”
Martha was taken aback when she heard the words, and instantly became a little overwhelmed.
She didn’t know what Douglas meant by asking this, and she had always thought so.
However, she will not be unhappy about this. This was the relationship they should have, and she had nothing to be unhappy about.
But, now that Douglas brought it up like this, it made Martha feel a little dazed.
She didn’t understand what Douglas meant by this.
Martha just looked at Douglas blankly. The blankness and helplessness in her eyes seemed to stab a knife in Douglas’ heart.
He didn’t know what he was thinking, which made him feel that being looked at by Martha in the eyes made him so sad.
Douglas said, “Martha, even if I only regard you as a tool, you have worked for me for seven years. Do you really think that these seven years are not enough for me to have some feelings for you?”
No matter how exploited and oppressed he was, seven years would move him.
Martha bit her lip and looked at Douglas with unspeakable sadness in her heart .
She didn’t even know how to comfort Douglas, but that was exactly what she thought.
She had always put a great distance between them, and it had nothing to do with Douglas. It was purely because she really didn’t think she deserved it.
Her past made it impossible for her to face Douglas so calmly, and she was even more afraid to think about so many things.
She always thought she was unworthy.
Martha lowered her eyes, her voice trembling.
She said, “Mr. Torres, can you not force me?”
Douglas fell silent, and could see clearly that Martha really didn’t want to give him a chance.
