Chapter 289 Enclosing Her in His Arms
On the other end of the phone, Oliver was stunned.
After a while, he stammered, "Mr. Windsor, aren't you in Pariz? How come..."
"My wife was framed, so I came back early," Alexander said truthfully.
"Your wife?" Oliver had already guessed that Alexander's so-called wife was Elizabeth, but at this moment, he still mechanically asked.
"Elizabeth!" Alexander replied.
Oliver fell silent.
The phone dropped directly to the ground.
"What happened?" Lila approached, her face covered in bruises, and asked Oliver.
"Elizabeth and Alexander got married," Oliver said.
Lila fell silent.
After a few seconds, Lila wailed, "What did you say? Mr. Windsor and Elizabeth got married? How is that possible! If they got married, what about Clara!"
Oliver's face also turned deathly pale.
It seemed something had happened but they missed, all because of that afternoon, they had been fighting over Elizabeth's wordless letter all afternoon.
Oliver immediately went online to check.
Meanwhile, holding Elizabeth's phone, Alexander asked after the call was automatically disconnected, "Why did Oliver suddenly call you again?"
Elizabeth didn't hide anything, explaining, "I have a grudge..."
She originally wanted to say she had a grudge against Oliver, but suddenly thought of little Alice. She didn't want Alice to see the malice of adults too early.
So she changed her words, "I have a little conflict with the Guise Family."
"Conflict?" Alice, who was beside them, was particularly interested in the word she didn't understand.
Elizabeth smiled, "Alice, a conflict is when you have a little argument with your friends."
Alice nodded, "Oh, I rarely have conflicts with my friends. Am I better than you, Mom?"
After thinking for a moment, Alice said, "By the way, Dad, didn't you say you would bring me a truckload of toys? Where are they?"
The topic shifted back.
Alice had a good memory and was persistent.
The toys were already on the way. Although not as exaggerated as a truckload, they were transported back in five cars. Alice would definitely be happy when they arrived.
However, because Alexander had to return to Sunwillow City urgently, the toys would be delayed by a few days.
But at this moment, Alexander sneered at Alice, "Alice, you haven't answered me yet. When I left, I told you to take good care of your mom. How did you take care of her?"
Alice didn't hesitate, asking, "What happened to Mom?"
She looked at Elizabeth with great concern.
Elizabeth tugged at Alexander's sleeve.
She indeed had suffered a lot, but she never wanted Alice to know, because Alice would feel heartache and sadness, and her little heart would be hurt.
She felt that in six years, she hadn't been able to give Alice a complete home, and she already felt very sorry for Alice. So, she never wanted Alice's heart to be hurt.
"Your mom took too long giving you a bath the other day. She kept switching between hot and cold water, and ended up catching a cold," Alexander made up a reason on the spot.
Alice immediately raised her hand to feel Elizabeth's forehead with concern, saying, "Mom, do you have a fever? I'm sorry, Mom, I didn't take good care of you."
"It's okay, baby," Elizabeth said, immediately hugging Alice with a heartache.
Alice also hugged Elizabeth.
That night, back at home, because Elizabeth was sick, Alice was very well-behaved during dinner. She didn't need Alexander to supervise her, nor did she pester Alexander for toys. After dinner, even though Alice hadn't seen Alexander for a few days, she didn't pester him to play with her in the toy room or to tell her a bedtime story.
She even washed up by herself.
After washing up, she went to her children's room to sleep like an adult.
Seeing Alice being so sensible, Elizabeth's nose tingled, with her eyes turned red.
Seeing Elizabeth's red eyes, Alice thought Elizabeth's cold had gotten worse.
She immediately said to Alexander, "Dad, you have to take good care of Mom. Make sure she gets better soon. I'll go to sleep by myself."
After speaking, Alice really ran back to her room.
In the vast hallway, only Elizabeth and Alexander were left.
It had been an entire afternoon, she had a lot of things she wanted to ask Alexander but never had the chance. Now, finally having the opportunity, she stood in the hallway, face to face with Alexander, and asked in an extremely calm tone, "Can you tell me why?"
Alexander pretended not to understand, saying, "What do you ask?"
Elizabeth said, "Why did you let Molly come to Sunwillow City to deal with me? Clearly, she came to Sunwillow City to deal with me while you went to Pariz. Didn't you do it to let Molly deal with me without having to face me? I've always been very understanding. No matter how Molly bullied or insulted me, I endured it. But why did you come back?"
"I've never understood you. Can you tell me the truth? What is your relationship with Molly? Before you left, you specifically told me not to ask about anything related to Molly. Tell me, so I know what to do in the future."
Elizabeth's words sounded extremely calm.
In reality, it was a silent protest!
Alexander didn't answer. For the first time, he felt an immense guilt towards her.
He didn't want her to ask about Molly because he knew Molly was a malicious woman, and with her extremely stubborn personality, Alexander didn't want Elizabeth to provoke such an unreasonable woman. He mainly didn't want her to get involved in complicated matters.
However, today, he almost harmed Elizabeth.
It was his lack of clarity.
It led to Elizabeth's reputation being damaged overnight, only to be restored within half an hour, turning her into an internet celebrity.
"Can you tell me why?" Elizabeth raised her head, asking Alexander without arrogance or inferiority, without joy or sorrow.
Alexander lowered his head, saying nothing, and just kissing her lips.
Elizabeth was tightly held in his arms.
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