Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
If this went on any longer, she might just flip the table over.
However, River seemed unaware of Averi’s mood. He took a sip of juice then said,” What Beata said is right. Since we’ve all become friends, it is strange to call each other Mr. or Miss.”
A fake smile appeared on Averi’s face as she looked at River with an expression that seemed to say:
Can you please shut up? Mr. Knight!
River raised his eyebrows slightly towards Averi, indicating he intended to continue with this topic until its conclusion.
Averi felt helpless at this point. She was outnumbered. Although there were only two people against one person, she still had never been so alone before.
Unable to describe how she felt at this moment, Averi could only try changing the subject, but facing the Knight family siblings proved difficult for her.
Without any options left, Averi could only resort to asking Beata,” So what do you want me call your brother?”
Beata tilted her head and thought for a moment. If they called each other brother and sister, she would truly be like her sister.
That wouldn’t do.
Although she didn’t have any sisters herself and having a sister wasn’t important, not having a sister-in-
law wasn’t acceptable.
Therefore, no matter what happened, Beata believed that she must nip this in bud.
Beata said, “When outsiders address him, they call him Mr. Knight, but for those who are close to him like my brother’s friends, they call him River. Averi, since you’re also one of my brother’s close people, why don’t you call him River too?”
Averi was at a loss for words. When did she become one of River’s close people? Can this girl stop talking nonsense?
If it weren’t for his strong self-control, River would have burst out laughing by now.
He really wanted to laugh out loud, but knew that if he did so and annoyed Averi in the process, they would both be kicked out.
River kept his laughter under control and fixed his gaze on Averi’s face instead.
He could see her changing expressions clearly and knew that if Averi didn’t think she couldn’t take on both himself and Beata alone earlier on when provoked by her sister’s antics, she would have already hit her by now.
Averi’s expression was so amusing that even though he tried hard not to laugh aloud anymore, the corners of his mouth still curved upwards slightly.
Averi caught sight of the smile on River’s face from the corner of her eye, but felt like crying instead, because at this moment, she felt as helpless as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
She had no fighting power left in her, except an appetite which made her grab a piece of pork rib, without caring about appearances or manners anymore.
Beata continued staring at Averi with hopefulness in her eyes, asking, “Averi, what do you think? Isn’t calling River more friendly?”
Averi sighed heavily before replying, “As long as it makes you happy.” The pork rib in hand no longer tasted good after all these shenanigans with Beata today!
She even thought about hitting Beata over the head with it!
Beaming with satisfaction, despite not hearing what she wanted from Averi directly, Beata happily focused on eating obediently without causing any further trouble during dinner time.
That made everything seem surreal for poor exhausted-looking Avarie who slumped onto the couch afterwards wondering how things got so complicated tonight.
She wasn’t stupid, so she naturally understood the meaning behind Beata’s words.
However, this situation was truly laughable and ridiculous.
No matter how she looked at it, there was no way that she and River could develop in that direction.
Beata was really a strange girl who seemed to be thinking about something else entirely.
On the other side of things, Beata and River left Averi’s house.
Beata obediently sat in the passenger seat and turned her head towards River to seek praise.
“River, was I good today?” Beata asked with a smile.
She was an excellent little helper. There were no better sisters than her.
River felt speechless beyond belief.
He realized that even though Beata had become a successful novelist, she still remained just a child at heart where everything seemed simple without any complexity whatsoever.
But in reality, many things were not as straightforward as they appeared to be.
From River’s perspective, even if he had something going on with Averi before today, when it came time for him to think about what he wanted from their relationship now after being stirred up by his sister like this, it became impossible for anything serious or long-term between them anymore.
However, originally speaking, he never intended for anything more than indulging his sister’s whimsical behavior anyway.
Now that she had caused trouble herself though, he would wait until the day when she realized her mistake before considering himself useless as an older brother.
So right now when faced with such an arrogant appearance from his sister, River still cooperated very well by saying, “Great!”
Beata immediately smiled happily while leaning back against the chairback and chattering away non-
stop, “River! Let me tell you! Averi is my destined sister-in-law! The first time I saw her, I liked her so much! You know how important eye contact is between people? It’s such a rare thing to meet someone who has such great chemistry with you like we do. And Averi is also so beautiful and gentle too! You can’t miss out on someone like that.”
River was speechless.
His brain already started hurting slightly from listening too much nonsense from his younger sibling.
However, one thing he did admit wholeheartedly was that Averi was indeed very beautiful ??extremely beautiful even!
But then again, there were plenty of pretty people out there in the world. If judging solely based on looks alone could determine whether someone should become his wife or not, that would be too arbitrary of an assumption to make.
River said, “Beata, let me ask you something. If you meet a woman who is even more beautiful than
Averi, would you still think the same way?”
Beata looked at River in shock for a moment before asking, “River, do you really think that I only see
Averi as my future sister-in-law because of her look?”
River didn’t say anything but his meaning was clear.
Beata immediately frowned and said disapprovingly, “River, how can you be so shallow?”
River remained silent.
Who was the one being shallow here? Beata wondered. Why did she have to defend herself like this?
She continued to speak with conviction, “There are so many beautiful women in this world. I don’t just like anyone based on their looks alone. Besides if it’s just about looks then I should be looking at female celebrities instead.”
River chuckled and asked her how she determined that Averi was suitable for him.
“I just have a feeling,” Beata replied confidently.
She looked at River seriously and said, “Don’t you feel that Averi’s aura matches ours perfectly?”
For a moment, River paused while holding onto the steering wheel of the car.
He found his sister’s words confusing but he knew he wasn’t opposed to them either.
However, he decided not to engage in further conversation with Beata about this topic anymore, since she had been acting crazy these past few days already.
He didn’t want her getting any wilder ideas, if he were to reveal his thoughts on the matter now.
After waiting for some time without receiving an answer from her brother, Beata hesitated before deciding not to say anything else either.
She knew very well what kind of temper her brother had and didn’t want him getting angry with her over something trivial like this.
As long as River didn’t interfere with their friendship or prevent them from hanging out together, everything will be fine.
*
Casey slept all day until afternoon when Kelvin came into the room and sat down beside the bed. He reached out and patted Casey’s head, saying, “Grandpa wants us home for dinner tonight. Get up and get ready. We’ll leave soon.”
Still groggy from sleep, Casey asked curiously, “Did Grandpa mention anything important?”
She felt lazy today and wasn’t sure if she wanted to go back home yet.
Kelvin replied, “Nope.”
Casey pouted and obediently got up from the bed, but wrapped her arms around Kelvin’s neck and said, “Can you carry me to wash my face?”
“Sure.” Kelvin smirked and lifted Casey up.
He walked towards the bathroom and placed Casey beside the basin.
Casey swung her legs as Kelvin used a towel to wipe her face clean. She felt much better now.
Suddenly, she remembered something that happened at Averi’s house and asked curiously, “Kelvin, do you think Averi is dating River?”
“Why do you say that?” Kelvin replied with helplessness in his voice.
“You have to trust a woman’s intuition. I just feel like there’s something weird between them,” Casey explained.
Kelvin put the towel back down and said, “From what I can see, it seems like you don’t want them together.”
Casey continued swinging her legs as she spoke. “River seems like a dangerous guy. Even though I’ve never met him before, I’ve heard some not-so-good things about him.”
She believed that being with someone like River would be very risky for Averi whom she liked very much.
However, after expressing herself out loud, Casey immediately denied her own thoughts by saying,
“But this is just my own opinion. Maybe they are actually perfect for each other.”
Kelvin chuckled at Casey’s words, then picked her up while saying, “You worry too much! Averi isn’t impulsive. If she decides to be with him, then it must be because she has thought it through.”
Casey smiled mischievously when hearing this statement, then wrapped an arm around Kelvin’s neck while teasingly saying, “You really understand women well.”
Kelvin rolled his eyes playfully before tapping Casey’s forehead lightly while asking, “Are you trying to stir things up?”
Casey giggled before responding by wrapping both of her arms around his neck again while saying,
