Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
As for the result she expected, Beata actually didn’t dare to think about it.
It was because her brother was a bad guy.
She didn’t know if her brother embarrassed Averi when he found out she was sick last night.
Beata was lying on the bed, motionless, but her eyes were open, staring at the ceiling and lost in her own thoughts.
Averi seemed to be extremely tired, and told Beata that she can wake her up if she needed anything and then fell into a deep sleep.
Beata was afraid of waking Averi up, so she never dared to make any big moves.
She played her fingers, thinking about how she could get what she wanted without making things too embarrassing.
However, Beata, who had no such experience, could only draw one conclusion.
This kind of thing depended on fate.
Whether she can have that kind of fate was really not certain.
The sound of Averi’s shallow breathing came from the room, and it was certain that she was really asleep.
Beata didn’t know if it was Averi or the effect of the medicine, so drowsiness also swept over her, and she fell asleep after a while.
She had a dream.
In her dream, there was a wedding.
The main characters were the two people she cared about most.
Beata cried and laughed at the wedding, feeling truly happy.
She couldn’t describe the feeling – it was like going through a long century before reaching that ending.
Beata was awakened by a ringing phone.
She quickly opened her eyes and reached for her phone, hanging up on the call immediately. Then she nervously looked at Averi to make sure she wasn’t disturbed before getting out of bed quietly to answer the call.
It was River calling, naturally asking when she would be coming home.
But Beata didn’t want to go home so soon – besides, Averi hadn’t even woken up yet! She couldn’t just sneak away while Averi slept. That would be weird.
River was left speechless by Beata’s reasoning but asked if she was hungry anyway.
Beata wasn’t hungry at all. In fact, she felt full, but then had an idea, “River,” she said with a smile, “I’m actually a little hungry now… could you bring me some food from the Autumn Petal?”
River’s expression must have been priceless because even without seeing him right now, Beata could imagine it perfectly well.
But still… she pushed her luck, “You don’t have to come right away though! Averi might not wake up for another couple hours or so… why don’t you come later? We can all eat together.”
River had no words left for his sister’s antics but knew he couldn’t help spoiling her anyway, “Wait for me,” he said before hanging up.
Beata collapsed onto the couch with laughter as soon as they hung up. How clever!
Of course, this was as far as Beata could take things ??anything more obvious than this would be too risky for her liking!
Otherwise, she was certain that once her brother caught on to something, he would find a way to skin her alive.
No matter how brave Beata was, she still feared her brother.
This was a long-standing struggle and she wasn’t in a rush to deal with it right now.
For the time being, with no external enemies present, Beata thought it best to adopt a conciliatory policy and take things slow.
Beata estimated that Averi would wake up in another two or three hours.
It was all due to her lack of understanding of Averi that led to this misunderstanding.
In fact, Averi slept straight through until nightfall.
River didn’t show up until two and a half hours after hanging up the phone call.
To make matters worse, he ended up waiting for over three more hours after arriving.
Beata sat on the couch watching her phone while occasionally stealing glances at River.
“River,” Beata said suddenly, “you don’t actually have to wait for Averi to wake up with me. We can eat by ourselves when she does.”
River couldn’t help but laugh at what Beata said as he leaned back against the couch armrests and tapped his fingers lightly against them.
“How come? Are you planning on staying here tonight?” River asked teasingly.
“Is that not okay?” Beata asked tentatively.
River gave Beata an expression which meant “don’t push your luck.”
“River,” Beata wrinkled her nose slightly. “there’s really no difference between staying one more night or leaving early tomorrow morning. There’s no need for you be so harsh.”
“I’m being harsh? Do you want me treat you like royalty instead?” River replied sarcastically.
“Be careful not get too full of yourself.”
It had been at least twenty years since River had been this patient and good-tempered towards anyone else before.
After thinking about it some more though, River realized he’d already spoiled his sister too much this time around.
He didn’t want any further challenges from her either.
Beata sighed inwardly, knowing full well how far she could push him without going too far.
She muttered under breath. “But there really isn’t any difference.”
She’d been sick yesterday but River hadn’t even bothered carrying her home.
Now that she was feeling better today, it wasn’t like she would fall ill again anytime soon.
What was there left to worry about?
With just one glance, River knew exactly what his sister was thinking.
He couldn’t be bothered saying anything else.
The girl had clearly lost all sense of reason and seemed convinced this place was the only option left for her anyway.
She knew when to stop and not push things too far.
Some things just couldn’t be ignored. So Beata continued watching her phone, scrolling through Averi’s
Twitter feed. But as she dug deeper, she stumbled upon something big.
It turned out that the breakfast place River took her to yesterday morning was the same one Averi had tweeted about last week.
Beata remembered seeing it before but didn’t pay much attention at the time.
Now, holding her phone tightly in hand, she glanced over at River and wondered if he had seen the tweet too.
When he caught her staring, Beata quickly looked away and pretended to focus on her phone again.
But once a seed of doubt was planted in her mind, it grew into an unbearable feeling that needed immediate answers.
Beata wasn’t good at keeping secrets anyway and wanted to know what was going on right away.
Unable to control herself any longer, she handed River her phone and said, “River, do you need to explain something?”
River scanned through Averi’s tweet on Beata’s phone before asking, “What do you want me to explain?”
Beata was furious with his nonchalant attitude but still tried asking him directly, “Did you check Averi’s
Twitter? Is that why we went there for breakfast?”
Of course River wouldn’t admit it.
Such a thing would be ridiculous for him even if it were true.
Seeing his silence only confirmed what Beata already suspected – he wasn’t going to confess anytime soon.
But regardless of whether or not River admitted anything or not didn’t matter anymore.
Beata had made up her mind about what happened based on what she saw online.
She said, “River, I never would have thought that you were so sneaky. You secretly checked Averi’s
Twitter and brought your cute little sister to breakfast. So tell me, do you just want to try the buns at that restaurant or do you want to run into Averi?”
River remained silent.
Although Beata was his beloved little sister, he really wanted to hit her in this moment.
Why couldn’t she just keep her mouth shut?
Beata noticed the dangerous aura emanating from River but she wasn’t afraid.
After all, it was River who had been caught red-handed.
She almost burst out laughing at how ridiculous the situation was.
With a sly grin on her face, Beata leaned in close to River and said teasingly, “River, what’s wrong with you? What are you really trying to do? Can’t you give your cute little sister a reasonable explanation?”
Surprisingly enough, River wasn’t angry anymore.
He raised an eyebrow and looked at Beata calmly before asking, “So what answer are you looking for?”
Beata choked up for a moment and almost blurted out that she wanted them to date each other but when she met his gaze full of danger, she chickened out.
Pouting slightly, Beata replied, “Why are you asking me? We’re talking about your business here. Don’t change the subject.”
