Chapter 23: Outstanding acting
After that invitation, Dr. Hester invited Evan several times, but he was rejected by Evan, but Dr. Hester is very persevering , still warmly invited Evan to his house as a guest.
Evan was also very puzzled at the beginning. Speaking of Alia's conditions, it is not bad. Dr. Hester can't wait to push her to himself. What does he want? Knowing that being a pastor's wife is not an easy task.
But when he thinks of what happened before, Evan also understands what Dr. Hester is doing. Arya boldly asked John to break up the engagement. Opened, her upbringing and reputation have long been a mess, and there is no decent family willing to accept Arya, so Dr. Hester hit his idea on Evan, a well-known benevolent pastor.
When Evan wanted to understand this, the guilt that still existed completely disappeared. Since everyone is using each other, there is no need to show mercy.
Three days later, Evan took the initiative to visit Cornwall Manor. He had already inquired that Dr. Hester would also return to see him on this day. As the family doctor of Duke Wilson, Hester The doctor and Duke Wilson had always been in close contact.
Evan's visit was not informed in advance, so when he came to Cornwall Manor, he was greeted by Duke Wilson's complicated look and Dr. Hester's happy look.
Evan was secretly delighted, but on the surface he still pretended to say: "I promised the Lord to come to see him before, and I just passed by today, it's really abrupt."
The Duke nodded stiffly, and did not say much, but Dr. Hester said excitedly: "Pastor Bruce, you are here to spread the Lord's gospel, how can you be abrupt, Duke Your lord is a faithful believer and will definitely welcome you."
The Duke's face was a little ugly, but he had to say: "Dr. Hester is right, your arrival at Cornwall Manor is full of brilliance."
Evan sneered in his heart, but he wanted to see why the Duke didn't want him to do things with Arya.
Evan nodded at the Duke and Doctor Hester, and followed Butler Chris towards Edward's room.
When going up the stairs, butler Chris suddenly said something coldly.
"Thank you for keeping your word and visiting again, you are a true gentleman."
The goal is getting closer.
Butler Chris led Evan to the door of Edward's room and left. Evan knocked on the door, and it turned out that it was Arya who came to open the door.
Alia was also stunned the moment she saw Evan. She had been told a lot about Evan by his father these days, and she was a little embarrassed to see Evan at this time. There was no one between the two of them to speak first.
In the end, Edward broke the embarrassment between them. Seeing that Arya would not come for a long time, he said loudly: "Arya, who is the person outside?"
Alia's face stiffened for a moment, then she turned around and whispered, "It's Pastor Bruce."
Edward ran out of it as soon as he heard it, his big eyes were shining, when he saw Evan, he rushed up and grabbed Evan's hem: "Pastor Bruce, you are really here. !"
Evan rubbed Edward's hair with a smile, and said softly: "Lord, it's not good for you, if you run around, you will be easily injured."
Edward raised his head and looked at Evan, with a hint of caution in his eyes: "I won't fall, I'm an older child."
Evan smiled and stroked his side face without speaking.
Alia, who was standing aside, watched this tender scene, but she couldn't help but feel a little strange in her heart.
Evan led Edward in, and Alia followed behind with an unnatural expression. Although she had no special feelings for Evan, the relationship between the two of them at this time , has changed significantly.
Evan's expression did not change at all, he sat next to Edward, smiled and listened to him talking about his own affairs, and occasionally interjected, the atmosphere between the two was warm like a father and son , and Alia sat aside, but couldn't get in a word.
Alia is very uncomfortable with this situation, she is almost eager to interject, but Evan did not give him any chance, he appeased the very excited little Edward, and turned to Turning to look at Arya, she said warmly, "Miss Arya, I don't know if I can talk to you alone for a while?"
Alia pursed her lips nervously, and finally nodded.
Edward sat on the sofa and looked at Evan and Arya back and forth with his small head raised, suddenly he seemed to remember something and laughed softly.
Evan saw him laugh and asked softly, "What's the matter with you?"
Edward just chuckled and did not speak.
Evan shook his head helplessly, read a few more Bibles, watched Edward fall asleep, then smiled and gestured to Arya, and the two quietly walked from the room back out.
Evan did not walk from the main hall, but went through the side door to the garden, and Alia followed behind with a little uneasiness, looking very uneasy.
The two of them walked to a small pavilion in the rose garden, Evan spread his handkerchief on the chair very gracefully, let Arya sit down, and he stood aside , with a bit of hesitation in his expression.
Alia couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere, so she spoke first: "Pastor Bruce, what's the matter with you?"
Evan sighed slightly: "Miss Arya, you should know what Dr. Hester means."
Speaking of this, Arya blushed instantly, stood up suddenly, and hurriedly said: "My father's behavior is very inappropriate, please don't mind."
Evan smiled and waved his hand: "You misunderstood, I don't mean to criticize Dr. Hester, you have experienced such a terrible thing, the doctor has such a thought is also Excusable, but..." Evan paused slightly.
Alia couldn't raise her head in shame, and stammered: "Mr. Pastor, you don't need to say anymore, I understand what you mean, I will Let my father stop bothering you."
Evan just smiled bitterly: "Miss Arya, please listen to me?"
Alia looked up at Evan nervously, then lowered her head and nodded quickly.
Evan breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "You know, as a pastor, although I can get married, I have already dedicated my everything to God, so I don't plan to This love is distributed to others, but you are in a difficult situation in the town now, and I need someone to take care of myself, so my proposal is, if that's the case, why don't you marry me, so that the plight of both of us can be has been solved."
Evan said these words very calmly, but his eyes were full of love, but when he finished speaking, Alia was shocked and widened her eyes Looking at Evan, I completely forgot the shyness between them.
"Pastor Bruce..." Arya murmured as if falling into a dream: "What do you mean?"
A person who was serious one moment before suddenly proposed to her the next moment, Arya has never experienced such a crazy thing in her life.
"I'm asking for your opinion, Miss Arya." Evan said softly, but in fact his eyes had long been caught by the corner of the blue-gray coat behind the rose bush absorb.
Alia lowered her head and took a deep breath to calm herself down, then she looked up at Evan with a certain firmness in her eyes.
"Pastor Bruce, like I said, in my opinion, marriage is a product of love, and there is no love between the two of us, then marriage should not exist between the two of us In between, Pastor Bruce, I don't want to take my own love for my reputation or future, that kind of marriage is not a happy paradise but a grave, so please don't say it again, I will tell mine Father, I will never bother you again."
After Arya finished speaking, she left in a hurry.
Evan stood there, looking at the direction Alia left, as if struck by lightning, full of disbelief, but also full of pain, sad and yet upset.
At this moment, the duke came out from behind the rose bushes. He looked at Evan with a very complicated expression and said in a low voice, "I'm so sorry, I overheard such unfortunate news."
Evan seemed to have been drained of energy, sat down on the chair in frustration, lowered his eyebrows, and whispered: "It doesn't matter, I'm so stupid."
Duke Wilson frowned slightly as he looked at Evan's death, his eyes were unfathomable black: "I just heard that you want to marry Ellie without love Ya, but since there is no love, why are you so sad?"
Evan smiled wryly and waved his hand, without raising his head: "Lord Duke, you should also see that Alia is in a very bad situation now, I'm afraid if I say directly, she will think that I'm pity for her, so I said such terrible words, but I didn't expect that I was still smart, and Arya didn't have any feelings for me at all..."
Evan's words were heart-wrenching, the pain between the lines was about to pour out, the Duke's brows frowned deeper, he stood there, looking down at the painful Evan, who covered his face with his hands, looked very complicated.
He was originally surprised that Evan just proposed to marry him, but at this time, listening to Evan's explanation, he felt very logical, he could hardly think of why Arya would refuse such a proposal A noble, considerate and kind man, he always felt that Arya was not worthy of Evan, so he did not let Hester get his wish, but at this time he was really rejected by Arya, and the Duke's heart was full of anger.
Duke Wilson bent down and half squatted in front of Evan, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, and said in the softest tone of his life: "Bruce, you deserve the best in the world. Girl, Arya, she doesn't deserve your heartbreak."
The corners of Evan's mouth twitched slightly, and when Duke Wilson didn't react, he suddenly raised his head, looked straight at the Duke, and said in a sad tone: "Lord Duke, I'm afraid I I will serve God all my life."