A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 196

Chapter 196

Chapter 196 Never Love Him

Darlene thought that Elisa had forgotten it and reminded her, “Dr. Elicott said that you took the photos inhigh school. You gave them to Dr. Elicott and asked him to give them to me.”

She saw that Elisa still didn’t remember it and was a little surprised. “Have you forgotten?”

Elisa did not have a good memory and did not remember much. Outside the kitchen, Nathen walked inwith a smile. “What are you cooking? I smelled it as

soon as I came in.”

When he suddenly came in to talk, Elisa remembered that Nathen, who had almost never contacted herbefore, suddenly got her mobile phone number and called her to ask her out for a cup of coffee twomonths ago.

Elisa remembered that Nathen had a bad temper in high school. His temper was very bad that no onedared to get close to him. Moreover, she had never contacted him before, so she politely refused.

After that, Nathen told her on the phone with embarrassment. He said that he had taken a lot of photosof Darlene in high school and was discovered by Darlene. He did not know how to explain it, so he askedElisa, who loved photography in high school, to help him.

It was normal for students to have a crush on someone else. Elisa herself often came into contact withthe media industry, so she immediately agreed with a

smile.

After that, she also gossiped with her colleagues for a while, saying that a boy with such a coldpersonality when he was in high school would also have a

crush. It was really hard to tell.

But several months had passed. If Nathen had not suddenly appeared now,

maybe she would have forgotten.

Elisa immediately replied to Darlene and nodded, “Oh, I remember now. There was such a thing. It justso happened that Dr. Elicott also came over. For the matter of the photos, I have to thank you, Dr. Elicott.I couldn’t contact Darlene at that time.”

Nathen didn’t have the slightest bit of guilt on his face, as if this was really the case. He thought for amoment and replied, “It’s nothing. Have these dishes been washed? Do you need my help?”

Elisa smiled meaningfully and immediately found an excuse to leave. “Then you guys prepare first. I willgo out and prepare the table.”

After she finished speaking, she did not wait for Darlene to speak again. She was worried that Darlenewould ask about the photos again and quickly went

outside.

There were only two people left in the huge kitchen. Darlene put the washed vegetables aside and said.

“The ingredients have been washed. I’m preparing the seasoning. I’ll cook some soup later. There’snothing else. Why don’t you go out and rest for a

while, Dr. Elicott?”

Nathen half–jokingly said, “We are all guests. We can’t let you do all the work. I will cook the soup. Youcan’t eat some seasonings now, so let me prepare it.”

Darlene was stunned for a moment before realizing it. She was indeed a guest. Speaking of which, heridentity here was the same as Nathen’s.

Darlene stepped aside, and Nathen naturally untied the apron on her body and

tied it to himself.

“The smell here in the kitchen is not good for your health, so you should go

out and rest first.”

Gustave, who was standing outside, was particularly unhappy. He gritted his teeth and said in a deepvoice, “How can this man keep touching her?

Everyone knows how to cook soup. Darnell, do you think I can’t?”

No matter how bad his cooking skills were, he would be better than Nathen as he thought.

If not for the fact that Darlene remembered that he couldn’t even fry the eggs and politely rejectedGustave’s request to help out in the kitchen, how could he only stand outside and see Nathen show off?

Darnell stood behind to watch the show and responded, “Mr. Walpole, since you don’t want him toremove Ms. Garcia’s apron, why don’t you stop him? How could you stand behind others and gossip?”

Gustave was so angry that he turned around and wanted to beat him up. Darnell immediately dodgedand continued, “However, it doesn’t seem appropriate for you to go in and stop him as you’re just Ms.Garcia’s friend.

“Ms. Garcia had already divorced and is completely free. Whoever she wants to hang out with, it is all upto her.”

Elisa stood at the side and listened. She did not hear clearly and immediately came over. “Who? Whathappened?”

Darnell said enthusiastically, “It has nothing to do with Mr. Walpole. Speaking of which, Mr. Walpole isgood at everything except his cooking skills. It is rare to see a man who can enter the kitchen to help.”

“Although it is rare, there is one here. I think Dr. Elicott is good at cooking,” Elisa immediately understoodand smiled.

“I heard Aleena say that Darlene went to Dr. Elicott’s house to have a meal before. Darlene even praisedthat his food was delicious.”

Darnell clicked his tongue and sighed, “Really? Nowadays, it’s rare to see this kind of man…”

Gustave interrupted him with a smile, but his eyes were cold. “Darnell, the position you stepped on iswrong. Your year–end bonus is gone.”

Darnell was silent abruptly. He looked at Gustave without any intention of joking. He could not laugh now.

Elisa stared at Darnell’s leather shoes for two seconds before bursting into laughter. “Darnell, Mr.Walpole is right. How can you step on his position?”

Darnell immediately chased after him. “Mr. Walpole, Mr. Walpole, please listen to my explanation. Let’stalk. The weather is cold. Don’t make my heart cold as well. We rely on the year–end bonus to celebratethe New Year. It was a joke. Don’t take it seriously. We have been friends for ten years, aren’t we?”

Gustave slowly sat back down on the sofa and took a sip of tea. After a long while, he looked at him. “Idon’t cook well. I don’t know you well. Dr. Elicott is your friend.”

Darnell looked at Elisa with despair. “Ms. Emmy, the joke was made by everyone. I can’t bear the lossalone. You should at least say something for

me.”

Elisa immediately looked up at the wall and walked to Aleena. “Hey, Aleena, let’s take a taxi back afterdinner. Did Josefina drive here? Why don’t we ask

Josefina to take us back?”

Josefina smiled and replied, “Okay, no problem.”

As the only victim, Darnell looked at Elisa, who had escaped unscathed and

wanted to cry but had no tears.

Gustave got up and chatted with them. Darnell was left alone, standing by the

wall to reflect on his mistakes.

Nathen came out of the kitchen with the plates. Darlene smiled and took out

the vegetables. “Wash your hands and prepare to eat.”

Gustave turned around and looked at them who came out of the kitchen room

one after another. For some reason, he felt uncomfortable again. He obviously

had nothing to do with Darlene, but he felt like someone touched his woman.

The meal was lively. Elisa and Darnell were drinking together, and then Aleena and Gustave joined them.

Because Darlene could not drink, she only drank some juice. Nathen said that he had to drive back, sohe only drank juice with Darlene.

Gustave drank a lot of wine, and he was not happy after drinking it. No matter what, he wanted to drinkjuice.

For so many years, Darnell had never seen him drink juice. He only bought a bottle of juice for Darlenewhen he was shopping, thinking that Darlene could

not drink.

Now, the two men wanted to drink juice, and it was already late at night, so he

couldn’t buy it.

Darnell was like an assistant and a butler. He was drunk and got up again. He went to the kitchen tosqueeze the juice. He was dizzy and almost smashed a juicer. The kitchen was filled with the sound ofthings being knocked over.

When the juice was finally done and taken out, Nathen said that he had a stomach disease two days agoand couldn’t eat anything spicy like Darlene.

Then Gustave did not eat spicy food no matter what, saying that chili was not good for his body. He hadto quit spicy food and take care of his body.

The people at the dining table were all laughing. Only Josefina, Darlene, and

Nathen were sober after the meal.

Josefina originally wanted to send Aleena and the others back, but just as she went out, she received acall from Braylen.

She did not look good. It seemed that she had encountered a difficult matter

and could only leave first.

It was already very late at night. Darlene took Nathen’s car and sent Aleena

and Elisa back.

It was almost midnight on the way back to Gustave’s house after sending them off. She was reallysleepy. When the car drove halfway, she fell asleep directly.

Nathen stopped the car by the roadside. He did not wake her up and was not in

a hurry.

The dim light outside the car window projected in, and he rarely looked at her

at such a close distance.

After a long time, he let out a self–deprecating laugh. “Why do you always love

someone else?

“It was him in the past, and now it is Gustave. Why can’t it be me after so

many years?”