Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
In this way, inexplicably, Averi had the illusion that River didn’t come to deliver things, but came to live in her home.
Averi didn’t even know how she had such an outrageous idea.
However, the thought was only fleeting.
Because, when River saw the cat in Beata’s arms, he took a step back, with an unbearable dislike on his face.
Averi was speechless about that.
It turned out that he hated cats, so can she think that River didn’t like Beata’s contact with her too much because she had cats?
Averi really didn’t want to think that River disliked her.
Beata was happy at first, but when she opened the door and saw her brother, she was frightened. Not to mention seeing how he disliked the cat in her arms, Beata’s mood suddenly turned bad.
Why did her brother dislike cats so much?
Beata handed the cat in her arms to Averi, then reached out and said, “Rive, give me the bag.”
River looked at Beata’s hand, which had cat fur on it.
He disliked it even more, but it was never easy to dislike her cat in front of Averi.
Passing the travel bag in his hand to Beata, River said, “Call me if you have something to do, and go home when you have enough fun.”
Beata nodded and said, “Okay, River. Goodbye, River.”
River was speechless.
His sister really thought that he won’t settle accounts with her, right?
River looked at Averi and said, “Miss Knight, sorry to trouble you.”
Averi smiled and said, “Mr. Knight, you’re welcome.”
Beata looked at her brother, and finally said, “River, go away. There are many cats in Averi’s house, so
I won’t invite you to come in and sit. You have been at the door like this, and Averi and I have to stay here with you. Very embarrassing.”
River was really going to laugh angrily at his sister.
Okay, she disliked him so much.
River said, “Okay, I’m leaving.”
“Bye bye, River.” Beata said.
After speaking, Beata pulled Averi back a step, and closed the door directly.
River outside the door was dumbfounded.
And it was like he had a headache.
This feeling was really too bad.
Averi looked at Beata dumbfounded, and said, “Don’t you worry about your brother being sad when you embarrass him like this?”
Beata said, “He is not sad, but I am sad. I think he must be looking for an opportunity to take me back. I will not give him this opportunity.”
Averi said, “Probably not, your brother looks like he doesn’t seem like someone who doesn’t keep his word.”
Now that he had agreed to let Beata stay here, Averi didn’t think that River will go back on his word.
Beata looked at Averi with her head tilted, her brows furrowed unconsciously, and she looked at Averi with a serious face, saying, “Averi, are you talking for my brother?”
Averi suddenly didn’t know what to say.
The answer to this question was assuredly not easy to answer.
Beata said, “Averi, you don’t know my brother. When he embarrasses me, he will forget I am his sister at all.”
Although River doted on her very much, she was embarrassed by River often.
She didn’t understand why River did this to her.
After he made her upset, it seemed like a fun thing to coax her later.
Beata didn’t quite understand what River was thinking.
Averi said, “I really don’t know much about it, but I can feel that he loves you very much and cares about you very much, so, I think, no matter what he does, he focuses on your happiness.”
Beata thought about it seriously, and it seemed that this was really the case.
Suddenly, she felt that what she had done to her brother just now seemed to be a little too much.
Beata thought for a while and said, “I know. When I get home, I will go and make him happy.”
Averi stroked Beata’s head and said, “You’re a good girl.”
Beata hugged Averi’s arm and said with a smile, “Averi, you just looked like my sister-in-law.”
Coughing lightly, Averi said, “Go and see your room. If there is anything you need, we’ll go out and buy it later.”
Beata frowned and said delicately to Averi, “Averi, can’t I sleep in the same room with you?”
Averi didn’t expect Beata to ask this question. She always thought that at her age, Beata would care most about privacy and personal space. So she hadn’t planned on sharing a room with Beata.
But since Beata brought it up, Averi smiled and nodded, saying, “Of course you can if you want to.”
Beata immediately became happy and almost cheered. She hugged Averi tightly and said affectionately, “Averi, why are you so good? You’ll spoil me like this.”
Averi replied with a smile, “You’re so cute. Is there something wrong with spoiling you?”
Beata’s eyes rolled around before she said innocently, “It’s not that I care much about it myself but what will my brother do in the future? With me as his sister, he might never marry!”
Averi was speechless. Anyone who heard what Beata just said would think her intention was too obvious.
“If your brother hears you say that, he’ll be heartbroken,” Averi replied.
“Will he?” asked Beata blinking innocently. “But I’m just stating the fact here. Anyway, if I ever look for a boyfriend, then my potential sister-in-law should be taken into consideration.”
Averi laughed and reassured her, “Don’t worry. Your future sister-in-law will definitely love someone as cute as you are.”
Beata sighed inwardly but didn’t say anything else out loud, because she knew some things couldn’t be rushed. Otherwise, they could have an opposite effect on people’s minds.
She needed to plan carefully how to make the two people she liked go in the direction she wanted them to go without causing any trouble right now.
Not wanting to cause any trouble anymore for now, Beata turned back into a little girl who loved playing with cats again while Averi answered an incoming call, leaving her alone. Beate was playing with her five cats which had already become very fond of her, especially since they got all sorts of treats from her hands, which made them feel like they were being spoiled by some kind of princess!
They surrounded her, rubbing against her legs and trying every trick, including acting cute or playful. By doing so, they could get more treats from their new friend! Beata wasn’t upset at all. She felt like she had never been so happy in her life. These little cats were like a healing balm for her soul, if only she could stay with them forever.
After finishing up a few work tasks, Averi was about to ask Beata what they should have for lunch when she received a message from Aimee asking about Beata’s situation. Averi called Aimee back and explained that Beata would be staying with her.
Aimee didn’t want to interfere with who Averi chose to be close to, but she did offer a word of caution,
“Just be careful around River. He can be dangerous.”
Averi chuckled and said, “Aimee, you never used to worry about things like this before. What’s changed?”
The old Aimee was fearless and would fight anyone who crossed her path without hesitation. But now she seemed more cautious.
“I’ve mellowed out a bit,” admitted Aimee. “But if he tries anything on you, I’ll take care of him.”
Averi smiled and said, “That’s the Aimee I know! But really, I don’t think he’ll do anything.”
Although River clearly didn’t like her very much, Averi understood why he might feel that way. If it was her sister being friendly with some stranger out of nowhere, she’d probably feel the same way too.
But as far as she was concerned, there was nothing wrong with how close Beata had become to her- it wasn’t hurting anyone else after all.
It might sound selfish, but for now, at least it helped ease the tension between them both – after all, there were already enough pressures in their lives if worrying about other people’s opinions too much.
After hanging up the phone, Averi left her study and found Beata sleeping on the couch with a hairless cat in her arms. She felt helpless seeing that the young girl was sleeping right under the air conditioning vent without any concern for catching a cold.
Averi walked over and covered Beata with a small blanket before adjusting the air conditioning to blow in another direction. To prevent Beata from getting sick, Averi went to the kitchen to make ginger soup.
However, she had overestimated Beata’s physical condition. Later that night, Beata still developed a fever. As Averi slept, she heard some murmurs and felt like there was a furnace next to her.
Averi immediately realized something was wrong and turned on the bedside lamp, only to see that
Beata’s temperature had risen significantly due to fever.
Averi reached out and touched Beata’s forehead; it was already about 39 degrees Celsius just by feeling it with her hand. She quickly grabbed a thermometer and took her temperature again, which showed 39. 6 degrees Celsius.
Averi became nervous at once, because if anything happened to Beata while staying with her, she might end up on River’s hit list for real this time.
Bending down close to Beata’s ear, Averi whispered softly, “Beata, wake up! Let’s go see a doctor together since you are sick now.” However, due to being delirious from feverishness already at this point of time, Beate couldn’t hear what Averi said clearly anymore.
Looking at little red face of hers, which looked so uncomfortable, as well as hearing those murmurs coming out of her mouth, Avieri felt heartbroken beyond words.
Since they couldn’t go straight to hospital right now, Averi could only grab some antipyretic patches first for physical cooling purposes. However, this time, Beate’s fever came fast and furious without any sign of slowing down, despite using these patches.
Feeling helpless after trying everything possible, Averi hesitated but eventually picked up her phone and called Kelvin. It wasn’t really appropriate timing given their current situation, but calling Aimee would be even more inappropriate since she was pregnant now and all decisions must be made based on prioritizing her health condition.
Kelvin didn’t answer immediately when Averi called him. She had tried three times before he finally answered. After listening carefully about what happened with Beata, Kelvin said, “Don’t worry too much. I’ll be there in half an hour or so. I will give Beata an antipyretic injection which will help bring down her temperature.” Averi finally breathed a sigh of relief as her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down. Before Kelvin arrived, Averi didn’t just ignore Beata but focused on giving her a physical cooling treatment.
Beata seemed to be in extreme discomfort and was muttering to herself while tears streamed down her face. She looked particularly pitiful.
After some thought, Averi decided to grab Beata’s phone and unlock it with her fingerprint. She found
River’s phone number and called him.
River answered the phone quickly but his voice was hoarse, since he had probably just woken up from sleep. Averi took a deep breath before speaking, “Mr. Knight, hello. I’m Averi. Sorry for bothering you so late at night but Beata has a fever. Would you mind coming over?”
There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment as River considered what she had said.
