Duke was eventually discharged as he wished. They arrived at the Winters family’s house just in time for dinner. The kids were sitting obediently at the table, eating their dinner. When he saw them walk in, Harold put down his spoon and darted toward them. “Yeah! Mommy, you are finally back!” “Mommy, are you still going to go to the hospital tonight?” Alden asked. “Ahem!” Duke let out a loud cough. The kids’ attention finally shifted to him. George remarked with surprise, “Daddy, you got discharged so soon?” “Oh, you should have stayed in the hospital for a few more days, Daddy.” Harold was quite bummed. When his daddy wasn’t around, no one was around to restrain him. He could do whatever he wanted and had so much fun. Duke was speechless. He was their father. Were these boys hoping that he would not return for the rest of their lives? “Come, come. Let’s sit down and have dinner.” Mrs. Winters ordered the servants to bring up two sets of dinnerware. After Duke and
“Come upstairs with me.” Mrs. Winters carried Melody in one arm and held Harold’s hand as she led the children upstairs. “You will have plenty of chances to make it up for the kids, but not tonight.” Duke leaned in and whispered into Adina’s ear, “Tonight is our wedding night. Let’s not waste the evening away.” Adina immediately blushed. He was such a flirt. How could he say something like that with other people present? Mr. Brown took in their interaction, which he interpreted as them flirting. The old man narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, “Mrs. Winters, perhaps you would like to go upstairs and take a look at the bedroom first and see if there is anything else you need.” Adina could feel her gut tighten when she heard the title, Mrs. Winters. It suddenly dawned upon her that she and Duke really were married. She had become a part of the Winters family. “Come on, let’s go upstairs and take a look.” Duke wrapped his arm around her slender waist and steered her
Adina put down her pajamas and walked toward the bathroom door. She knocked on the door and raised her voice to ask, “Duke, are you alright?” “I-I’m fine.” The sound of Duke’s voice, combined with the sound of running water, came from the bathroom. From the sound of his voice, there was indeed nothing wrong. Adina turned around and walked away. Duke was slumped on the bathroom floor at this point, looking extremely miserable. For the first time in his twenty-six years of life, he realized how difficult taking a shower could be. Didn’t the injury on his left leg already heal? Why would it start to spasm when he ran cold water over it? His left leg spasmed, and the bathroom floor was slippery. As a result, he fell miserably to the floor. An eight-foot-tall man lay on the bathroom floor. It was absolutely ridiculous. Duke was so frustrated. He sat on the floor and waited for the spasm to pass before he slowly stood up, holding onto the wall. Then, he picked up th
“Get… Get a bath towel on first. Then, I will help you up.” Adina said as she closed her eyes tightly. Duke threw open his arms and said, “My left arm feels powerless. I can’t lift it up. I wouldn’t have called you here otherwise.” Adina was speechless. Adina took a deep breath and opened her eyes a little bit. She scanned the bathroom and quickly found the bath towel. She pulled it off the rack and threw it on him. “Wrap it around you, now!” Duke let out a stifled laugh. Why did she look so cute when she was shy? He let out a subtle sigh and said, “Give me a hand. I really don’t have much strength.” Adina wished she could kick him away. She took a deep breath and hastily wrapped the towel around his body. In the midst of her panic, her hand touched his body. It was as cold as ice. Only then did she notice that there was not a trace of heat in the bathroom. She frowned and said, “Your injury is not yet healed. How could you take a cold shower? What if you catch
The temperature in the bedroom rose. Mrs. Winters and Mr. Brown exchanged eye contact with each other at the door of the room. An understanding smile appeared on their faces. “Mrs. Winter, I will have the cook make the oyster stew. Master can have some when he wakes up tomorrow.” Mrs. Winters nodded her head. “And make some asparagus soup. It’s good for women’s bodies.” “Why would Mommy need to drink asparagus soup?” A pure and delicate voice was heard. Mrs. Winters and Mr. Brown turned around. They saw Melody look at them with big eyes and a face full of innocence. Behind the girl were her three brothers. Harold asked suspiciously, “Mr. Brown, did I hear you say oyster stew? Why would Daddy need oyster stew?” Mr. Brown smiled dryly. “Your daddy got injured, didn’t he? Oysters are good for his health.” Alden frowned. “I remember reading from a book that oysters are an aphrodisiac.” Harold fulfilled the spirit of asking questions without feeling shy and pursuing know
She was startled, and she jumped out of the man’s hold before nervously asking, “Do you feel uncomfortable?”“The back of my head hurts a little.” Duke put his palm against his temple and said, “The doctor prescribed some medicine for me. Can you please bring me two pills from the drawer on the left?”Adina hurriedly went to grab the medicine and poured him a glass of warm water. “I think it’s better for you to stay in the hospital and be monitored for a few days,” she said after waiting for Duke to take the medication. Duke lay on the bed. His raven eyes were trained at the woman, and he softly said, “Our wedding is just around the corner. It’s the most important day of our lives, so how could I wait for the day to come while lying in a hospital bed? I will do the necessary preparations on my own.”“Other than the fitting for the groom’s dress suit, there’s nothing else you have to prepare on your own.”Adina strongly disagreed. He already faced so many troubles on the first
About five chefs stood at the dining hall’s entrance, each with a smile on their faces and teasing looks. “Cough!” Adina nearly choked to death from her own saliva. That meant that her and Duke’s ‘activities’ from last night were known to all the mansion’s servants…Mabel walked over to Adina with a smile and said, “You’re up early, Adina. Have some saffron chicken stew. It’s nourishing for women and…” “T-thank you, Mrs. Winters.”Adina lowered her head and drank her stew, not even daring to look at the people around her.This morning was the most embarrassing one she ever had in her whole twenty-three years of living. She wanted to bury herself in a hole.She felt very frustrated at the thought of Duke still sleeping soundly. But at that very moment, a well-rehearsed “Good morning, Mr. Duke” echoed in the dining hall in unison. Adina subconsciously turned around to see Duke enter the dining hall while dressed in a silver suit.Who could have imagined the tenderness and
Duke and Adina, on the other hand, went to try out their wedding outfits. “I want to see you in your wedding dress,” Duke went close to Adina’s ear and whispered. “Wait till the day of the wedding,” Adina teased with a bright grin. “Just five more days.”The woman smiled shyly. The man had gentle eyes. The store staff all looked at them with envy as the two came inside the bridal store together.“Mr. Winters and Miss Daugherty are so deeply in love. They look very happy.”“Miss Daugherty has four children, a man who loves her, and she is only twenty-three years old. She’s really winning in life.”“The four children that came to try on the clothes yesterday all have such a strong resemblance to Mr. Winters. Even the young girl took after her father.”“I think the children’s eyes look more like Miss Daugherty’s…”The storekeepers continued gossiping about the couple. The staff members quickly introduced the groom’s dress suit to Adina and Duke as soon as they took a seat in t