Guidebook for the Dark Duke

After that invitation, Dr. Hester invited Evan several times one after another, but was rejected by Evan obliquely. However, Dr. Hester was very persevering and still warmly invited Evan. Go to his house as a guest.

Evan was also confused at the beginning. Speaking of which, Alia’s conditions are considered good. What is Dr. Hester’s intention to push her to him so eagerly? You must know that being a pastor’s wife is not an easy job.

But when he thought about what had happened before, Evan also understood Dr. Hester's approach. Alia had boldly asked John to terminate the engagement before, and it had long been spread in Delaney. Her upbringing and reputation It had been a mess for a long time, and no decent family was willing to accept Alia, so Dr. Hester turned his mind on Evan, a well-known benevolent and kind priest.

When Evan wanted to understand this point, the bit of 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 the Cornwall Manor. He had already inquired about it. Dr. Hester would return for a consultation on this day. As the family doctor of the Duke of Wilson, Dr. Hester and the Duke of Wilson have always been in close contact. .

Evan's visit was not announced in advance, so when he came to the 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 put on a face and said: "I promised the lord to come to see him before, but I just passed by today, which is really abrupt."

The Duke nodded with a stiff face, and didn't say much, but Dr. Hester said excitedly: "Pastor Bruce, you are here to spread the gospel of the Lord, why are you so abrupt? His Excellency is a loyal believer, so he will definitely You are welcome."

The duke's face was a bit ugly, but he had no choice but to say: "Dr. Hester is right, the Cornwall Manor is full of glory when you come."

Evan laughed secretly in his heart, but he wanted to see why the Duke didn't want him to have an affair with Alia.

Evan nodded at the Duke and Dr. Hester, and followed Chris butler towards Edward's room.

While going up the stairs, Butler Chris suddenly said a word.

"Thank you for keeping your word and visiting again, you are a true gentleman."

Evan's expression was slightly stagnant, and then he smiled again. It's great that this cold butler has also been included in his pocket. The Duke is now 'besieged', and his goal is getting closer.

Butler Chris led Evan to the door of Edward's room and left. Evan knocked on the door, and it was Alia who opened the door.

Aliya was also stunned for a moment when she saw Evan. She had been told a lot about Evan by his father in the past few days, and she was a little embarrassed seeing Evan at this time. There was no one between them for a while. People speak first.

In the end, it was Edward who broke the embarrassment between them. Seeing that Alia would not come for a long time, he said loudly: "Alia, who is the person outside?"

Alicia's face froze for a moment, then she turned around and said in a low voice, "It's Pastor Bruce."

Edward ran out from inside as soon as he heard it, his big eyes were shining, and when he saw Evan, he rushed up and grabbed Evan's clothes: "Pastor Bruce, you are really here!"

Evan rubbed Edward's hair with a smile, and said softly: "Your lord, this is not good for you, if you run around, you will be easily injured."

Edward raised his head and looked at Evan, with a trace of cautiousness in his eyes: "I won't fall, I'm a big kid."

Evan stroked his side face with a smile, but didn't speak.

And Aliya, who was standing aside, looked at this tender scene, but couldn't help feeling a little strange in her heart.

Evan led Edward in, and Aliya followed behind with a somewhat unnatural expression. Although she didn't have any special feelings for Evan, the relationship between the two of them had obviously changed at this time.

Evan's expression didn't change at all. He sat next to Edward, smiled and listened to him talking about himself, and interjected from time to time. The atmosphere between the two was as warm as a father and son, while Alia sat aside , but couldn't get in a word.

Alicia was very uncomfortable with this situation. She almost wanted to intervene urgently, but Evan didn't give him any chance. He comforted the very excited little Edward, and turned his head to look at Alicia, He said softly, "Miss Alia, I don't know if I can talk to you alone for a while?"

Aliya pursed her lips nervously, and finally nodded in response.

Edward sat on the sofa, raised his little head and looked back and forth at Evan and Alia, suddenly laughed softly as if remembering something.

Seeing him smiling, Evan asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Edward just giggled and didn't speak.

Evan shook his head helplessly, read a few more passages from the Bible, and watched Edward fall asleep, then smiled and gestured to Alia, and the two quietly retreated from the room.

Evan didn't go from the main hall, but went to the garden through the side door, and Aliya followed behind with some anxiety, looking very disturbed.

The two of them walked to a small pavilion in the rose garden. Evan spread his handkerchief on the chair in a graceful manner, let Alia sit down, and he stood aside, with a somewhat hesitant expression. .

Alicia couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere, so she spoke first: "Pastor Bruce, what's the matter with you?"

Evan sighed slightly: "Miss Alia, you should know what Dr. Hester means."

Speaking of this, Aliya blushed instantly, stood up abruptly, and hurriedly said: "My father's behavior is very inappropriate, please don't mind."

Evan smiled and waved his hands: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean to criticize Dr. Hester, you have experienced such a terrible thing, it is understandable for the doctor to have such thoughts, it's just..." Evan paused slightly.

At this time, Aliya was too ashamed to lift her head, and stammered a little: "Mr. Pastor, you don't need to say any more. I understand what you mean. I will let my father stop disturbing you in the future." of."

Evan just smiled wryly: "Miss Alia, can you please listen to me?"

Alicia 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 everything to God, so I don't intend to share this love with others, but You are in a difficult situation in the town now, and I need someone to take care of me, so my proposal is, in this case, why don't you marry me, so that our two plights can be solved. "

Evan said these words very calmly, but his eyes were full of love, but when he finished speaking, Aliya looked shocked, stared at Evan with wide eyes, and completely forgot shyness between.

"Priest Bruce..." Aliya whispered as if falling into a dream: "What do you mean?"

A serious person one moment, suddenly proposed to himself the next moment, Aliya has never experienced such a crazy thing in her life.

"I'm asking for your opinion, Miss Alia." Evan said seemingly tenderly, but in fact his eyes were already attracted by the blue-gray corner of the coat behind the rose bushes.

Aliya lowered her head and took a deep breath to calm herself down, then she raised her head and looked at Evan, with a certain firmness hidden deep in her eyes.

"Pastor Bruce, as I said, in my opinion, marriage is the product of love. If there is no love between the two of us, then marriage should not exist between the two of us. Pastor Bruce, I don't I am willing to take my own love for my own fame or future. Such a marriage is not a happy paradise but a grave, so please don’t say such things anymore. I will tell my father and I will never bother you again. You."

After Aliya finished speaking, she left in a hurry.

Evan stood there, looking at the direction Alia left, as if struck by lightning, his eyes were full of disbelief, and at the same time, there was full of pain, sadness and annoyance.

At this moment, the Duke came out from behind the rose bushes. He looked at Evan with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice, "I'm so sorry, I overheard such unfortunate news."

Evan seemed to be exhausted, and sat down on the chair in frustration, lowered his eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "It doesn't matter, I'm really stupid."

Duke Wilson frowned slightly when he saw Evan's life was worse than death, his eyes were dark and unfathomable: "I just heard that you want to marry Alia without love, but since there is no love, Why are you so sad again?"

Evan waved his hand with a wry smile, without raising his head: "Your Excellency, you should have noticed that Alia is in a very bad situation now. I was afraid that if I said it directly, she would think that I was pitying her, so I said I made such terrible words, but I didn’t expect that I was still being smart, and Aliya didn’t have any feelings for me at all..."

Evan's words were heart-wrenching, and the pain between the lines was about to pour out. The Duke's frown deepened. He stood still and looked down at Evan, who was covering his face with his hands in pain. , the expression is very complicated.

He was surprised at Evan's marriage proposal just now, but now he heard Evan's explanation, and felt that it was very logical. He could hardly figure out why Alia would reject such a noble, considerate and kind man. He always felt that Alia was not worthy of Evan, that's why Hester didn't let Hester get what he wanted, but at this time he was really rejected by Alia, and the Duke's heart was full of anger.

Duke Wilson bent down and squatted in front of Evan, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in the softest tone of his life: "Bruce, you deserve the best girl in the world, Alia is not worth it You are so sad."

The corner of Evan's mouth curled slightly, and when Duke Wilson didn't react, he suddenly raised his head, looked straight at the Duke, and said in a sad tone: "My lord, I'm afraid I will serve God all my life."