After that invitation, Dr. Hester invited Evan several times, but they were all rejected by Evan, but Dr. Hester was very persevering and still warmly invited Evan. visit his house.

Evan was also very puzzled at the beginning. Speaking of which, Arya's conditions are not bad. What is Dr. Hester's impatience to push her to himself? You must know that being a pastor's wife is not a problem. 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, which has long been spread in Delan Lier, her upbringing and reputation It was a mess for a long time, and there were no decent people willing to accept Arya, so Dr. Hester put 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 about it, and Dr. Hester would also return to the clinic on this day. As Duke Wilson's family doctor, Dr. Hester and Duke Wilson have always been in close contact. .

There was no prior notice of Evan's visit, 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 happy in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to say: "I promised the lord to come to see him before, and it happened to pass by today, which is really abrupt."

The Duke nodded stiffly, and did not say much, but Dr. Hester said excitedly: "Pastor Bruce, you are here to spread the Gospel of the Lord, how can you be abrupt, the Duke is a loyal believer, and he will definitely You are welcome."

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 smiled secretly in his heart, but he wanted to see why the Duke didn't want him to do things with Alia.

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 very much for keeping your promise to visit again, you are a true gentleman."

Evan's expression was slightly stagnant, and then he smiled again. It was great. This cold butler was also included in his bag. The Duke is now 'embarrassed on all sides', and his goal is getting closer and 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 stunned the moment she saw Evan. She had been told a lot about Evan by her father in the past few days. She was a little embarrassed to see Evan at this time. For a while, there was no one between them. People speak first.

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

Arya'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, and when he saw Evan, he rushed up and grabbed the hem of Evan's clothes: "Pastor Bruce, you are really here!"

Evan rubbed Edward's hair with a smile, and said softly, "Lord, it's not good for you to do this. 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.

And Alia, who was standing on the side, looked at 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 had obviously changed at this time.

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

Arya was very uncomfortable with this situation. She was almost eager to interject, but Evan did not give him any chance. He calmed the very excited little Edward and turned to look at Arya. He said warmly, "Miss Arya, I don't know if I can talk to you alone for a while?"

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

Edward sat on the sofa, raised his small head and looked at Evan and Arya back and forth, suddenly he seemed to remember something, and laughed softly.

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

Edward just chuckled and didn't 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 retreated from the room.

Evan did not walk from the main hall, but went through the side door to the garden, and Alia followed behind a little uneasy, with a very uneasy expression.

The two of them walked to a small pavilion in the rose garden. Evan spread his handkerchief on the chair very gracefully and let Arya sit down, while he stood on the side with a bit of hesitation in his expression. .

Arya 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, Alia blushed instantly, stood up abruptly, 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. It is understandable for the doctor to have such thoughts, but..." Evan paused slightly.

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

Evan just smiled bitterly: "Miss Arya, please listen to me?"

Arya 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 share this love with others, but You are in a difficult situation in the town now, and I need someone to take care of myself, so my suggestion is, if that's the case, why don't you marry me, so that both of our predicaments can be resolved."

Evan's words were very calm, but his eyes were full of love, but when he finished speaking, Arya looked shocked, stared at Evan with wide eyes, and completely forgot shyness in between.

"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 attracted by the corner of the blue-gray coat behind the rose bush.

Arya 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, Pastor Bruce, I don't I am willing to take my own love for the sake of 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 my father, and I will never bother you again. you."

After Alia 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, sadness and annoyance.

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 strength, 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 life as bad as death, with an unfathomable blackness in his eyes: "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 and didn't look up: "Lord Duke, you should also see that Alia is in a very bad situation now, I'm afraid that if I say directly, she will think I pity her, so I say Having said such terrible words, but I didn't expect that I was being smart, and Arya had no feelings for me at all..."

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

He was surprised at the fact that Evan had 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 reject such a noble, considerate and kind man. I always felt that Arya was not worthy of Evan, so Hester didn't 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 girl in the world, Alia, she doesn't deserve it. You are so sad."

The corner 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 will serve God all my life."