Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
No need to ask, Douglas already knew why.
Douglas looked at Martha, and finally said, “You have worked hard for the past seven years.”
Martha said she came to repay his favor, and Douglas believed it.
But he was not stupid enough not to understand what Martha thought of him.
He cherished it very much, and even felt extremely lucky because Martha did this to him.
However, Douglas will not be complacent because of this. For him, what was more important was that he cared about Martha and what she had done to him.
If she hadn’t been forced to reveal her original face, Douglas didn’t even know how long she would keep hiding herself like this.
Just thinking about it made Douglas feel bad.
Martha sensed the sourness in Douglas’ eyes, and the deep regret.
She bit her lip and said, “Mr. Torres, you don’t have to think that I sacrificed something. In fact, I’m fine.
From my own point of view, I need to take those medicines not for work. After all, I can’t hide myself in a sterile room.”
She said it very easily, as if this matter should be like this.
Douglas, however, didn’t think so.
In his view, there were better options for everything.
If Martha didn’t work for him, she wouldn’t have to bear these.
But, because she had to work for him, she took on these.
Douglas said, “Don’t make this so simple. You and I are very clear, between you and me, you are the one who pays, and I am the one who gains. I’m not going to take any credit away from you, and you don’t need to take all credit away from yourself by saying so.”
When Martha heard this, she was inevitably touched.
Douglas’ words were undoubtedly an affirmation of her past seven years, which was really very important to her.
It was also because of Douglas’ words that Martha believed that her thirteen years of dedication had not been in vain.
Her eyes were moist and hot for a moment. Martha suppressed the tears welling up, and said to
Douglas, “What I did is nothing compared to you saving my life.”
If it wasn’t for Douglas, she didn’t know which swamp she was living in, and she might have been played to death long ago.
But now, she was alive and these were far more important than the thirteen years she had paid.
Therefore, Martha didn’t think that she had anything to praise after working with Douglas for seven years.
To her, being by Douglas’s side was the best thing that could have happened to her.
Douglas ached at the thought of her.
He said, “If you want to leave, I’ll not agree, but in the future, I will protect you.”
Douglas’ words made Martha’s whole body freeze.
She was completely unsure whether the meaning of this sentence was what she thought.
For Martha, Douglas at this moment made her very at a loss. For a moment, she didn’t even know whether she should be presumptuous and think in a bold direction.
She wanted it, but didn’t dare.
The spoon stirred the rice in the bowl into a mess. Martha took a deep breath, then raised her eyes again and looked at Douglas.
She said, “Mr. Torres, let’s eat first. The food is getting cold.”
Douglas saw her fleeing and didn’t force her.
He picked up a piece of beef and tasted it. Sure enough, the dish was not only very good in appearance, but also tasted first-class.
Douglas said, “If I knew you had such a good cooking skill, I would have let you show it earlier.”
Martha said, “Do you still feel that I came to you on purpose to compete with you?”
“I lost,” Douglas said. “You hid deep enough to tell me now that you have the skills.”
As Martha heard this, she became tensed instantly.
Looking at Douglas a little helplessly, she asked, “Mr. Torres, are you blaming me?”
It was wrong for Martha to conceal, whether it was concealing her identity or her cooking skills.
So, whether people said she was sensitive or hypocritical, she really thought a lot because of Douglas’
words.
For a moment, there was some tension on her expression.
Douglas looked at her expression and sighed secretly in his heart.
After all, in the past seven years, she did suppress herself, so that she was so sensitive after being known by him.
Douglas never wanted to hurt Martha, but in this situation, it seemed that no matter what he said or did, he was hurting her.
This feeling was very bad. At least in Douglas’ opinion, he didn’t want to have so many scruples about talking with Martha.
Douglas said, “I don’t mean anything else. Don’t think too much about it.”
Martha nodded and said, “I know.”
Although that was what she said, who knew if she will think too much?
Douglas was very helpless, but in the end he couldn’t bear to be tough on her.
He said, “Okay, if you don’t eat anymore, it will really be cold, and your good cooking skills will be wasted.”
Martha nodded, and didn’t say anything else, but suppressed her emotions.
Neither of them said anything more, but focused on eating.
Douglas was very face-saving, and ate two-thirds of the ten dishes on the table.
Martha was really very happy that Douglas was satisfied with those dishes. In an instant, all her emotions were gone.
Now, she was only full of happiness and moved.
Douglas put down the fork, looked at an empty plate, and said, “How about it? Enough to support your cause.”
“Thank you, Mr. Torres,” said Martha, not hiding her happiness at all.
She stood up and said, “I’m going to tidy up. Mr. Torres, you can rest.”
Douglas also stood up and said, “You have made so many dishes, but I have to ask you to tidy it up.
Am I being too inconsiderate?”
Martha was a little dazed, looked at Douglas, but was held by his hand. She walked to the living room, and pressed on the sofa.
Douglas said, “Sit here and wait for me. When I get tidied up, let’s go for a walk.”
He really needed to move and digest properly.
His stretched stomach was already making him very uncomfortable.
If he didn’t digest it, his stomach might explode.
Martha sat on the sofa obediently. In fact, she really wanted to help. However, Douglas asked her to sit, so she sat obediently.
Douglas rubbed Martha’s head and went back to the dining room to clear the dishes.
Martha was fairly surprised to hear the sound of running water coming from the kitchen.
Although they had eaten at home before, it was just a matter of cooking a bowl of noodles, and the tableware was particularly easy to clean.
Today, there were ten dishes. Plus the cleaning of the bowls used by the two of them was a very consuming.
It was a very special thing for Martha that Douglas was willing to do this.
She had seen a lot of men who bossed her around and thought that these things were what women should do, and men just cared about nothing.
If it happened to that kind of people who was willing to do it and totally accept it, but, Martha believed that the vast majority of women were not willing to it.
Therefore, under such a premise, it was very precious to her that Douglas can do this.
Douglas was washing dishes in the kitchen, and wiped the very clean stove that Martha had cleaned up. Then he came out with the kitchen waste and said, “Let’s go. Let’s go for a walk.”
Martha stood up and followed Douglas without a moment’s hesitation.
Douglas’ mouth curled up as he watched her rush towards him.
He reached out and stopped in front of Martha.
This action made Martha startled, then looked at him suspiciously, and asked, “Do you want something?”
The door lock was fingerprinted, and there was no need for a key.
Douglas instantly became helpless that she didn’t understand what he wanted to do.
He glanced at her, pulled her hand over, and said, “What do you think I want?”
Martha was speechless.
Her eyes fell unconsciously on the hands they were holding together, and Martha couldn’t react for a while. What was going on?
