I said weakly, "This is an accident and has nothing to do with me..."
"Don't think I don't know. That was a new ladder you had replaced. It was greased. You wanted Ryan to get hurt on purpose!"
She looked at me with resentment, and at that moment I was committing a heinous crime.
Ryan didn't even have a scratch, but she hurriedly helped him drive to the hospital.
He didn't even notice that my legs were pinned down by the ladder and were bloody.
My leg had ninety-nine stitches. When I went to pay the bill in a wheelchair despite the pain, I happened to see Ryan smiling innocently beside Elena.
He also saw me and pretended to be kind, "Elena, do you want to help the gentleman? Maybe he really didn't mean it..."
Elena looked at me with disgust, then held his arm tightly.
"He really went too far this time. Don't bother with him. Let him calm down!"
"For me now, being with you is the most important thing!"
I stared blankly at their backs as they left hand in hand, and the last bit of attachment I had for Elena in my heart was completely gone.
In that case, Elena, I have a great gift for you.
Hope you like it.
I stayed in the hospital for half a month before they let me go.
Instead of rushing home, I changed into a suit and went straight to The Grand Auction House.
Elena and Ryan were sitting in the front row, their eyes glued to each other, being intimate as if no one was around.
"Ryan, I will take a picture of today's finale exhibit as a formal dating gift..."
"But……"
Ryan hesitated to speak, his face wrinkled in distress, "Mom and Dad taught me not to be a third party, Elena, I know you are good to me, but I can't do anything wrong!"
He had a stubborn look on his face, with tears in the corners of his eyes, which instantly made Elena lose her guard.
"I'll take care of these."
"Ryan is not the third party. After the auction, I will discuss the divorce with Ethan."
Even though everything was as I expected, I couldn't help but feel sad when I heard her mention divorce in person.
I kept my composure and pulled my hat brim down, not wanting to draw attention to myself.
But Elena still glanced back and saw it, her brows furrowed.
"How did you learn to track this?"
She accused me without any explanation, completely forgetting that I had told her three months ago that I wanted to take a picture of the crown as a commemorative gift for our fifth wedding anniversary.
I didn't explain, I just nodded at her and said, "The auction has started."
Elena immediately turned around and said, "I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"
Ryan next to her glanced at me playfully, with a victorious look on his face.
Seeing the items being carefully pushed onto the stage, Ryan was dazzled by the sparkling brilliance.
It was the first time that Elena saw stars in his eyes. She felt so soft-hearted that she wanted to kneel down and offer him to her immediately.
She raised the number plate in her hand again and again until the price reached an astonishing $5 billion, and the bidding sounds around gradually subsided.
“Five billion dollars, is there a higher amount?”
The auctioneer kept a polite smile on his face and glanced around.
Elena nodded slightly, contentedly accepting Ryan's admiring gaze and the unanimous praise and boasting from the people around her.
"Elena is really capable. She gave me 5 billion dollars without blinking an eye!"
"It seems like they are serious this time. Mr. Miller is so lucky. Elena's entire wedding only cost tens of millions of dollars, but Elena actually gave him a gift worth 5 billion dollars!"
"If I were Mr. Elena, I would find a way to crawl in right now. This is such a shame!"
