Secret Wealthy Marriage
Chapter 981 - 015 Enemies on a Narrow Road_4

Chapter 981: 015 Enemies on a Narrow Road_4

Avery Graham sat in the car with Bernard Taylor, and she remained silent for a long time. Bernard stayed quietly by her side. She still couldn’t understand why Michael Auclair would dare to speak to her like that, it was simply too detestable.

Bernard knew what she was dwelling on and wanted to wait until her anger subsided before speaking, but Avery misunderstood him. "Do you think I was acting too much like a tomboy just now?"

Bernard pursed his lips with a smile. He had thought she was still angry, but as it turned out, she was concerned about this. "It’s good, like this. When no one is by your side, you won’t be bullied. Did your father teach you all your martial arts skills?"

Suddenly, Bernard thought of his first encounter with Violet Orson. At that time, Violet was being bullied by four thugs on a mountain pile. If it had been Avery there that day, he thought, she would have beaten those thugs until they were running with their tails between their legs, and if he passed by, he could enjoy a good show and then be impressed by Avery’s spirit.

"When I was young, my health wasn’t very good. I was born a month before my due date, and the first half-month after birth, I stayed in an incubator. Then, before I was one year old, I often went to the Hospital. My parents carefully nurtured my health. When I was three, my dad started taking me out every day to exercise. We met an old Taoist priest with an air of purity, and after that, I took him as my master," Avery said with a laugh.

Of course, the whole old Taoist priest part was just her making things up. Whenever she told this story, she would say it that way, but in reality, it was just a person who knew some martial arts, whom her dad happened to know. Whenever there were holidays, he had her learn some exercises to strengthen the body, and eventually, her master started teaching her some self-defense techniques.

Her master used to say that girls should learn to protect themselves. It’s not good to only be delicate and wait for men to protect them, because there are times when men can’t provide protection.

Avery quite agreed with this sentiment. She had never thought that her life should completely rely on a man, which is why, when she was dating Michael Auclair, they kept their finances separate whenever possible.

"So that’s how it is. I’ll take you home now," Bernard said with a laugh, knowing that Avery’s latter remarks were dubious, so he didn’t take them seriously and drove her home.

"Mhm," Avery nodded.

After that, they both would be busy for a while.

——Divider Line——

Every day, Bernard came home late with a smile on his face. Nancy Sallow noticed it and felt joy in her heart, knowing that it was all thanks to Avery. Jacob Taylor, too, saw his wife’s quiet delight.

Taking advantage of the time when Bernard went to work, Jacob asked Nancy if she had gone behind their backs to do something. Nancy didn’t hide it from him, telling him how she went to see Avery, shared Bernard’s past love stories with Avery, and although she wasn’t sure if Bernard’s stories could move Avery, allowing her to soften and get together with their son, she believed Avery was a good girl and wouldn’t reject Bernard anymore.

This pleased him greatly as Bernard’s mood seemed, at the very least, quite good every day.

"Our son told you not to go, and you went anyway, but it’s a good thing. Bernard hasn’t been this happy for a long time," Jacob also felt reassured, thinking that his wife’s actions were quite right.

"Pretty good, right?" Nancy also felt that she had done the right thing. She hadn’t yet collected her membership card from Avery’s store; she was leaving it there, thinking it might be good to collect it when she has something to talk to Avery about.

"It’s good, but how do you plan to explain things to the Powell Family?" Jacob reminded her. Initially, he had told her not to discuss the matter with the Powell family, but Mona Cervantes had somehow gotten involved. Now, it didn’t seem right to leave her hanging, did it?

The Powell family was prominent in G City, and he had heard from Mona’s father that she had become very diligent because of Bernard and was now working hard at the company every day, aiming to be worthy of Bernard in the future.

"Mona is sensible. Since Bernard doesn’t have feelings for her, I think she’ll gradually understand," Nancy knew she had been too impulsive, but if Bernard didn’t like her, she couldn’t force them to be together. She had completely figured that out now. "Alright, I’ll find a way to explain things to the Powell family when the time comes."