Wesley immediately answered the call after seeing who it was.
"Do you think the subject of you and Shea is a conversation that we should be having right now?" he asked in a low voice. "Shea hasn't even recovered yet, so why are you getting yourself in a twist?"
Wesley could only stay silent when he questioned her.
It was not Wesley who wanted to discuss that, but Shea, who held on to the hope that everything could be settled.
Wesley would not want to dampen her enthusiasm, but indulging in her would cause others to be under the mistaken impression that he was directing everything behind the scenes.
"Okay. I'll talk with her once she recovers," Wesley said.
Elliot did not hang up because he still had doubts.
"Can you separate your feelings for Avery and Shea?" he asked, "You pursued Avery before. Why would you like Shea now?"
"Am I barred from liking other women just because I liked Avery before?" Wesley then gave a straightforward answer. "Avery's not just a beautiful woman. She has an easy -going personality and she's very talented too. A lot of men like her."
"Then are you with Shea right now because you think she’s easy to control? Or because you think you can get something?" Elliot questioned bluntly.
"Shea's not your sister, Elliot. Do you think I’d get anything from you by being with her, aside from your scrutiny?" Wesley laughed in spite of himself. "I have lost far more than I have gained this year."
Elliot could sense that Wesley had not finished speaking, so he did not speak immediately either.
"If she were your sister, I would’ve felt embarrassed to be together with her. But we're both ordinary people who are willing to be together and spend our future together. That's all there is to it."
Elliot could roughly understand what Wesley meant.
Wesley was not the kind of person who had wild ambitions. The fact that he left Bridgedale and returned to Aryadelle to become an ordinary doctor without relying on his father's connections demonstrated that he had no desire to pursue a life of luxury RIU< prestige.
"Shea might not be my sister, but in my heart, she’s closer to me than my actual sister. I'll come for you if you so much as dare to harm her in the future," Elliot made it indubitably clear to him.
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