Guidebook for the Dark Duke

Sheriff Chandler felt like it was Christmas. He had everything he wanted. He sent Laura away excitedly, and pretended to call a few more people in for questioning. He left Lawrence's house contentedly.

Mrs. Lawrence looked at Sergeant Chandler's cheerful back, and there was a trace of haze in her eyes. She turned her head and looked at Laura, whose face was pale and frightened like a quail, and there was a bit of anger in her eyes.

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Sheriff Chandler went straight to the church as soon as he left Lawrence's house. He wanted to report the good news to Evan, but he didn't want to be told by the secretary George that Evan had gone to the Duke's mansion.

Evan was picked up by the carriage sent by the Duke of Wilson, and the reason for the invitation was very upright. Lord Edward wanted to see Pastor Bruce.

Sitting in the car, Evan thought about this extraordinary invitation, and felt very unsure. What happened last time had already drawn a gap in the relationship between him and Duke Wilson. This sudden invitation was even more important. Leave him clueless.

The person who came to invite Evan was none other than Butler Chris, who sat across from Evan with a straight face, without saying a word.

Evan watched him hesitant to speak, and finally gave up communicating. You must know that the housekeeper at this time is very loyal to his master, especially those who have served the Bruce family for generations like Chris Butler.

Amidst the trampling of the carriage, they finally arrived at the Cornwall Manor, still as gorgeous and calm as when Evan first came. Butler Chris opened the door for him and welcomed him in from the carriage.

Evan once again stepped on the floor of the Cornwall castle, surrounded by exquisite and bright, off-white European-style spiral staircases, glowing with a faint soft light under the setting sun.

Duke Wilson came down from the stairs. He was wearing casual clothes today, his white shirt was a little messy, and his black hair, which was originally soft, was also a little messy at the moment. He was holding a book in his hand. When he saw Evan , slightly surprised in his eyes.

Evan squinted his eyes involuntarily. He had never realized so clearly at this moment that the man in front of him was so charming, with a flawless appearance, handsome as if he had just stepped out of a painting. , but the slight coldness in his light brown eyes made people daunting.

It's a pity that Evan is not among these people.

"My lord duke." Evan bowed to him respectfully, as if the moment of distraction just now hadn't happened at all.

"Pastor Bruce, why are you here?" Duke Wilson said in a strange tone.

Evan looked up at the Duke in surprise: "Didn't you ask Steward Chris to invite me? I heard that Lord Edward wanted to see me."

Just as he was talking, Butler Chris just came in.

"Chris, what's going on here?" The Duke frowned slightly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke." Butler Chris remained expressionless: "Lord Edward's spirit has not been very cheered up these days. I heard that it was because he wanted to see Pastor Bruce very much, so he took the initiative to take Pastor Bruce over. .”

Evan couldn't believe that the butler Chris, who had always followed the rules, would do such a deceitful thing. Duke Wilson was probably going to be angry.

"You...why didn't you tell me earlier." Duke Wilson just frowned: "You lead Pastor Bruce up."

Evan was very surprised. He glanced at Duke Wilson, but found that although he was frowning, there was no displeasure in his eyes.

Evan pursed his lips slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He now understood the Duke.

Evan walked into Edward's room. It was still the same as last time, clean and spacious. Edward was sitting on the carpet playing with a small wooden horse. When he heard someone coming in, he raised his head. When he saw that it was Evan, his eyes lit up immediately. stand up.

"Pastor Bruce!" He ran up to Evan, gently pulling the hem of Priest Evan's robe with a small hand, with an obvious smile in his eyes: "Why are you here?"

Evan looked at these shining eyes, and felt very comfortable in his heart. It seemed that his several actions were not in vain.

Evan squatted down in front of Edward, and said with a smile, "I'm here to see you, Lord Edward."

"You can just call me Edward, you don't need to call me Lord." Edward said with some shyness on his face.

Evan smiled slightly: "Okay, I will listen to you."

Edward became happy when he heard this, and took Evan's hand to play the wooden horse with him. Evan smiled and dealt with Edward, but thought to himself, it seems that Edward is much more cheerful now than last time .

Evan is not a child, and of course he is not interested in small wooden horses and carriages, so after dealing with it for a while, he became a little tired. At this moment, there was a crisp knock on the door.

Edward was still playing with the wooden horse on the ground, but he immediately stood up and ran to the door. Evan was surprised and stood up.

Edward quickly opened the door, and then threw himself into the arms of the person outside the door, shouting: "Alia! You are finally here!"

Evan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The person outside the door was indeed Alia. She was wearing a light blue dress today, and her curly brown hair was tied with a long beige ribbon. She smiled and carried Edward into the room. , but was obviously taken aback when he saw Evan, then smiled and said, "Pastor Bruce, why are you here?"

Evan was crazily wary of the woman in front of him, wishing he could snatch Edward from her arms, but he still said gently on his face, "Butler Chris invited me over."

Edward struggled out of Alia's arms, walked to Evan, pulled his robe corner, and said to Alia: "Mr. Pastor is here to see me. I want to see him very much these days. I didn't expect He's coming today!"

Poor little Edward, who had never enjoyed a gentle fatherly love, Evan just filled the gap with his wounded heart.

After hearing this, Alia showed a gentle smile on her face: "Priest Bruce is a noble person. If you can get along with him, you will definitely learn a lot."

The words she said seemed to come from the heart, but Evan couldn't help sneering in his heart. Miss Alia really couldn't get rid of it.

"Miss Alia has won the award. I just came to visit Edward today, but I didn't expect to meet Miss Alia." The look in Evan's eyes was a little cold.

But Aliya didn't notice it at all, but smiled a little shyly: "I did something very sorry to Lord Edward before, so this time I came here specially to ask Lord Edward for forgiveness."

Edward looked at Alia with some doubts: "Alia, what did you do? Why don't I know."

Alia was a little ashamed for a while: "You fell into the water by the lake before, and it was all because I didn't take care of you. I'm really sorry."

Edward smiled: "I insisted on going to the lake, and it has nothing to do with Miss Alia."

Alicia looked at Edward very moved, and whispered: "You are such a kind person, I am ashamed of what I have done."

Evan's eyes suddenly became a bit hazy. It seems that the relationship between Edward and Alia is much better than he imagined. What he did with his life was resolved so simply by Alia. What the Duke said that he didn't want to see Alia again, I'm afraid it's invalid now.

Evan is unwilling to stay in this place any longer, he needs to find a way to completely cut off the relationship between these two people, only in this way can he completely expel Alia from the game.

Evan nodded slightly: "Lord Edward, since Miss Alia is here, I will leave first. There are still many things to do in the church."

When Edward heard this, he felt a little bit reluctant for a moment. He gently tugged at the corner of Evan's robe, and said in a low voice, "Can't you stay a little longer? I want to hear you read the Bible for me."

Edward's attitude of attachment finally made Evan feel better. He stroked Edward's hair with a smile, and said softly: "I'll help you read it next time. Mrs. Sanders is not here these days. Things are too complicated."

Edward is a reasonable child. Hearing this, he stopped entanglement and nodded seriously: "Okay, but you must come here next time."

Evan nodded with a smile, turned and walked out.

Evan went down the stairs, only to find Duke Wilson and Dr. Hester sitting downstairs and talking about something. Duke Wilson was a little surprised when he saw Evan coming down.

"Pastor Bruce? Are you leaving?"

Evan smiled reservedly: "It's getting late, I should leave."

"But Edward..." Duke Wilson looked at Evan with a complicated expression.

Evan just smiled: "With Ms. Alia here, I think the lord will recover soon."

Speaking of Alia, Duke Wilson looked uncomfortable for a moment, and then said: "Alia and Edward have always had a good relationship, and they can indeed be of great help."

The smile in Evan's eyes became colder and colder. It seems that Duke Wilson's view of Alia has changed a lot.

Evan nodded slightly at Duke Wilson, and was about to leave, but Doctor Hester suddenly stopped Evan.

"Pastor Bruce." Doctor Hester said with a strange smile on his face, "Why did you leave in such a hurry, Alia, she has suffered a lot of mental torture these days, you are a pastor, and I also I want you to help Alicia get out of the low tide."

The smile on Evan's face froze for a moment, asking him to help Alicia, why didn't he just kill him directly, but in order to maintain the image of a good priest, Evan was about to agree, but Duke Wilson took a step ahead .

"Pastor Bruce still has a lot of work to do in the church, let this venerable pastor serve God."

Duke Wilson's tone was a little stiff, and the original smile on Evan's face also froze. What does Duke Wilson mean?