Chapter 69 He's not my boyfriend, he's my husband

Lara didn't expect Thurman to know Doreen as well.

Life is full of surprises.

Over there, impatiently, Doreen handed something to the man across from her. "Your sister asked me to give this to you. She said it's good for your health and you should drink it."

Thurman opened the bag and saw several bags of well-sealed Chinese medicine. He immediately frowned.

The sun was a bit scorching, so Lara walked over.

"Senior Thurman."

Her soft and sweet voice resonated.

Thurman turned around and saw the stunning girl. He couldn't help but blush. "Junior Lara?"

Lara nodded with a smile.

After a brief surprise, Doreen glared at her unhappily. "What are you doing here?"

Lara looked at her arrogantly and asked, "And who is this?"

Thurman quickly explained, "She's my brother-in-law's sister. My sister asked her to give me something."

Doreen glared at him. "Why are you explaining to her?"

Thurman furrowed his brows. "Doreen, she’s, my friend. Don't be so rude, okay?"

"Friend?"

Haha!

Doreen laughed sarcastically. "Lara, why pretend not to know each other? With your low grades, how could you get into a prestigious university? Even I didn't get in!"

Lara shrugged innocently. "Can't help it, lucky me."

This response directly admitted that they knew each other.

Thurman was stunned for a moment.

Doreen looked skeptical. "Did Avila buy your grades for you?"

Otherwise, how could someone like Lara, who is a complete loser, get into such a good school when even she couldn't?

Lara smiled, casually twirling the ends of her long hair. "I don't know. Why don't you go ask Mr. Avila yourself?"

"..."

Doreen's face tensed up; she was afraid of that man, so she didn't dare to ask.

Therefore, she took out her anger on the blushing man next to her, who had been red-faced all this time.

“Thurman, don't blame me for not warning you. This woman is poisonous. I don't care if you put yourself in danger, but don't involve the Sharp Family!"

Thurman furrowed his brow. "Doreen, the items have been delivered. You can leave now. My affairs don't concern you. Instead of worrying about the Sharp Family, you should spend more time on your studies."

Doreen stomped her foot in anger. "You are so unreasonable!"

Thurman had an indifferent expression. "Enough, just leave. I have to go to class."

With that, he grabbed his bag and looked at Lara. "Let's go together."

Lara smiled faintly. "Sure."

The two of them walked side by side towards the door.

Not far along the path, Lara turned her head and stuck her tongue out at the furious Doreen.

"Ah!"

Doreen became furious.

Her relationship with Thurman wasn't great to begin with, but seeing him laughing and talking with Lara made her extremely unhappy.

On the shaded path of the campus, tree leaves blocked the scorching sunlight.

Lara spoke honestly, "Doreen and I were classmates from elementary school to high school. She doesn't like me, and I don't like her either. But I didn't cheat on my college entrance exam, I have to clarify that."

Misunderstanding anything else is fine, but not my college entrance exam score.

That score was the result of countless sleepless nights, along with being scolded by Avila countless times. It was an honest achievement that couldn't be smeared by others.

Thurman chuckled. "Junior, I didn't misunderstand you. You're actually very smart."

He had noticed it when he was tutoring her yesterday.

Lara laughed and said, "You have good judgement."

She just didn't like studying, that's all.

Thurman was usually not talkative, and this whole journey had been quite silent. It wasn't until they were about to part ways that he gathered the courage to ask her, "Um... is your boyfriend Mr. Avila?"

He had seen that man once before and felt familiar, but he couldn't recall it until Doreen mentioned it just now.

Lara shook her head. "No."

"Not?"

"He's not my boyfriend, he’s, my husband."

"......"

Thurman was astonished. "You're married?"

Lara smiled and said, "Yes."

She got married at such a young age, although it was unfortunate, it was indeed a fact.

She remembered the first time they met at the movie theater; Thurman's niece had mentioned his liking for her.

She gently touched her forehead and let out a sigh. As a married woman, she shouldn't meddle with an innocent senior.

Being friends was possible, but anything more was not.

She couldn't afford to play the game of love.

After school, her driver arrived to pick her up on time.

After driving for a few minutes, she realized they weren't heading home and asked, "Where are we going now?"

"Madam, Mr. Avila asked me to take you out for dinner."

Whether she had dinner outside or at home, it didn't make much difference to her. However, she hadn't been to the sanatorium for several days... Even though they talked on the phone every day, she still felt a bit worried.

Now that she was obediently going to school as he instructed, she planned to discuss with Avila after dinner whether they could make time every week to visit her father at the hospital.

Restaurant.

Lara walked in and immediately spotted the cold and handsome man sitting over at the table. It seemed like she had already mastered the skill of quickly finding him among a crowd of people.

Avila stood up and pulled out a chair for her.

"Thank you."

She sat down, feeling slightly uncomfortable with his gentlemanly gesture. Unable to help herself, she glanced at him a few times and asked, "Why did you suddenly think of eating out when everything was fine?"

Avila sat across from her; his expression indifferent. "I felt like it."

"Oh."

She didn't say much either.

But, was it an illusion?

She felt like he was particularly cold today.

He was the one who asked her out for dinner, and he was the one being distant. She sat quietly, feeling a bit inexplicably disappointed.

Before she arrived, he had already ordered the dishes, so it didn't take long for the food to be served after they sat down.

Time passed quickly during the meal. He was never talkative, and she had some thoughts she didn't want to share, so they finished the meal quietly.

"Avila, I want to go see my father this weekend. Do you mind?"

After finishing the meal, she carefully observed his expression and cautiously asked.

Avila glanced at her and spoke in his usual cold and calm tone, "Let's talk about it later. Wait here, I'm going to have a smoke."

Saying that, he got up and walked towards the smoking area.

Lara rubbed her temples. The man who had been affectionate with her the night before seemed like a completely different person after not seeing him for a day.

She couldn't just let it go without any reason, could she?

Just as she was annoyed, his phone on the table rang.

Avila had forgotten to take his phone while he went to smoke. Lara leaned over and picked it up. It was a call from Lennon.

Since it was Lennon, she answered without hesitation.

Before Lara could even say anything after answering the call, an anxious voice came from the other end.

"Mr. Avila, Miss Cole's anemia symptoms are very severe, but she has been refusing a blood transfusion. She insisted on seeing you before accepting treatment. The surgery has been scheduled, but if her condition becomes unstable before the operation, they might not proceed as planned."

"..."

"Mr. Avila?"

"He is not here, but I will relay your message to him exactly as you said."

Lennon, "..."