Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
With a little force on his wrist, he pulled Martha into his arms.
Martha was frightened by his action again, and after falling into Douglas’ arms, she didn’t recover for a long time.
Or maybe, Martha just didn’t want to recover.
She craved the smell of Douglas. It made her feel extremely comfortable and secure.
It was just that Martha didn’t know how long she can crave the sense of security.
However, Douglas hugged Martha forcefully, with such force that it could even be said that he trapped her in his arms. The strength of his arm even hurt Martha a little.
She was strangled and wanted to say something to Douglas, but she couldn’t.
Neither of them spoke for a while, and Martha just lay quietly in Douglas’ arms.
They didn’t know how long it took before Martha raised her hand and quietly pinched Douglas’ clothes.
She didn’t dare to squeeze too much. She looked cautious, as if she was afraid of being discovered by
Douglas.
Martha like this made Douglas feel even more distressed.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the top of Martha’s head.
Douglas said, “Martha, don’t leave, okay?”
Martha’s body froze, because Douglas’ tone of voice when he said this was a cautious tone she had never heard before.
Even, Martha could hear a bit of pleading in Douglas’ tone.
Her fingers tightened unconsciously, and she hugged Douglas tightly.
Let her be capricious this time. Let her show all her emotions to Douglas frankly.
Martha’s voice trembled, and there was a hidden love.
She said, “Douglas, I listen to you.”
As long as he didn’t let her go, she won’t go.
Even if he was just out of pity for her.
She just wanted to look at him from such a distance, so quietly.
Douglas’ arms tightened a little more, and he said, “Martha, give me some time to sort things out, okay?”
Martha nodded. As if she had let go of all her defenses, she just leaned softly on Douglas’ chest.
The two hugged like this for an unknown how long before Douglas let her go.
He asked her to sit down on the sofa again, and he squatted down in front of her.
Douglas said, “I’ll go out for a while. You can take a bath later, relax, and sleep for a while, okay?”
Martha subconsciously wanted to refuse, and reached out to Douglas, trying to grab his hand.
However, after she raised her hand, it froze in mid-air, because she dared not touch Douglas.
Such a reaction made Douglas’ heart ache again.
Douglas raised his hand, held Martha’s hand, and said, “Do you want to go out with me?”
Martha wanted to say that she wanted to follow him.
But, after thinking about it, she could guess that Douglas’ going out this time was probably because of her.
Perhaps, he wanted to find out whether the words she said were true.
Martha smiled and said, “I listen to you. I’ll sleep at home.”
Unconsciously, Martha talked about the word “home”.
This word made Douglas’s heart tremble.
The word didn’t mean much to him, but hearing it from Martha at this moment, it had a different meaning.
It was as if this was really their home.
This feeling was so subtle that Douglas felt as if there was a little beast in his heart, swaying wantonly.
Douglas’ gaze on Martha’s face was extremely gentle, a kind that he hadn’t even noticed.
Martha was dazzled by the gaze for an instant.
She even wondered if she was wrong. Otherwise, how could she see a bit of love in Douglas’ eyes?
Martha just looked at Douglas so directly, without hiding her thoughts.
Anyway, she had already confessed everything about herself, so she had nothing to be afraid of anymore.
Douglas looked at her with this gaze, feeling a little helpless for a moment.
Such a warm gaze made it difficult for Douglas to calm down.
He raised his hand and rubbed Martha’s head, saying, “You’d better not take a bath. Be careful of the wound. Go to sleep. After you wake up, I’ll be back, okay?”
Martha nodded, looking obedient.
After Douglas left, Martha really went to sleep in the room.
Lying down on the bed, Martha was still in a daze.
It was as if what had happened today, or even in the past thirteen years, was so unreal.
For the past three years, Martha had been pursuing in the direction of Douglas.
She lived, even for Douglas.
In the past thirteen years, she crawled out of the quagmire in the first six years. After six months of psychotherapy, Martha had experienced repeated begging for death and being rescued, and suddenly set a goal to go to Douglas’ side and assist him.
For this goal, Martha had lived an inhuman life for five full years, training herself to be an all-round secretary.
After going through a one-in-a-million selection, she won the final victory in many selections and became Douglas’ secretary.
Of course, when she first became Douglas’ secretary, Martha also experienced various hardships. In the first three years, because she was just a secretary, she was made things difficult on various occasions, whether it was being questioned professionally or in various situations in the workplace.
This kind of harassment made Martha miserable.
Even though, from the moment she entered the workplace, she appeared in the eyes of everyone with a conservative and rigid image, but she still inevitably encountered all kinds of strange things.
It wasn’t until the third year of work that she became the chief secretary next to Douglas because of her thunderous skills, and she avoided those worries.
However, in the past seven years, Martha had always been worried about what kind of situation she will face when she was exposed.
Martha had been worrying about this day since working for Douglas, from day one.
What she didn’t expect was that when this day really came, it would be like this.
Martha was completely unexpected about the current situation.
She thought of a thousand possibilities, but it never occurred to her that Douglas would keep her.
Regarding the current situation, Martha was actually very confused. It was a wonderful feeling, as if she was already prepared to be hammered to death, but suddenly found that there was still a glimmer of life.
Martha even had some delusions that maybe she could be a little greedy and think that Douglas would not be so cruel to her.
Lying on the bed, Martha kept thinking if, as she thought, Douglas treated her…
Then she…
Martha shook her head quickly to shake off the messy thoughts.
She can’t think like that.
Others can do it, but she can’t.
She knew better than anyone that she was extremely lucky to be alive and to be by Douglas’ side.
In the past seven years, she had had enough.
She can’t be so greedy anymore.
But what to do? She really couldn’t help it and couldn’t control it.
Martha hated herself very much. God had already given her a favor, but she still thought it was not enough.
However, Martha couldn’t control herself at all, and her thoughts unconsciously went to the direction she shouldn’t be thinking.
Closing her eyes, Martha tried to make herself sleep.
Nevertheless, no matter how she persuaded herself, she didn’t feel sleepy at all.
So, not knowing how long it took, Martha didn’t fall asleep.
By the time she came to her senses, it was already dark.
Martha sat up from the bed, feeling a little unhappy in an instant.
Douglas just said he went out for a while, but he hadn’t come back until now.
In an instant, Martha fell into a huge panic, inexplicably worried, thinking whether it was just an excuse to leave her behind.
Just thinking about it made Martha panic.
