A Wound that Never Heals
Chapter 197

Chapter 197

Chapter 197 Could You Go and See Him?

In a drowsy sleep, Darlene felt something approaching and that kind of feeling made her feel a littlesuffocated.

Darlene tilted her head vaguely toward the window, shrank to pull the covers

closer together, and lifted her hand to grab them, only to replace a coat cuff.

Only then did Darlene vaguely realize that she was not in bed and there was no quilt over her. What wasmore, she was not lying flat.

The sudden realization of this fact caused Darlene’s drowsiness to dissipate

and she almost sat up straight.

Ever since Darlene, during the day, learned that the divorce papers had gone through successfully, shehad been uneasy. She was always worried that Avery would suddenly come looking for her as in thepast.

Darlene was worried that she might accidentally fall back into Avery’s hands

again.

The strange sensations around her stiffened Darlene. She got up in a hurry, opened her eyes, and metthe eyes of Nathen, who was pulling himself away

from her in a hurry.

Darlene always had this feeling. Sometimes, when she suddenly woke up and saw Nathen in front of her,the man she saw seemed to be different from the

one she was familiar with.

It seemed to be Nathen’s eyes, or something else, but Darlene could not say.

But every time, it was in a very short few seconds when Darlene came back to

her senses from a daze, and Nathen seemed to quickly return to normal.

However, Nathen seemed to be a bit slower in his reaction this time. When

Darlene woke up and saw him, he had moved away. However, the panic on his face could still be seenand he even forgot to replace an excuse to explain.

Darlene sat up straight and looked at the empty street in front of her. The car pulled up in the parkingspace by the roadside and did not go forward.

Darlene felt a little strange and only spoke after she recovered. “Dr. Elicott, what happened? Why did yousuddenly stop?”

Nathen finally returned to his usual appearance and naturally reached out to the back seat of the car. Hetook a woolen blanket and handed it to Darlene.

“You fell asleep just now. It is cold at night. Cover yourself up with this blanket in case you may catch acold. You should take good care of yourself and get ready for the operation.”

Nathen didn’t even look at Darlene as he started the car and continued driving. “Do you have any ideawhere you’re going to live?

“I am working the night shifts in the hospital these days, and I won’t go back home. Why don’t you stay atmy place for a while? It just so happens that you can also replace a suitable house during this period oftime.”

Darlene had never thought about this at all. After she left the hospital today, she almost naturally plannedto live in Gustave’s place.

So in the afternoon, when Gustave accompanied Darlene to the Southwood Villa, packed her clothesand other things, and carried two large suitcases to his villa, she didn’t even feel there was somethingwrong.

It was probably because during the time Darlene had left Avery’s place some

time ago, she had been living in Gustave’s place and Gustave even let her live in the master bedroomupstairs.

After that, Avery brought Darlene back. Gustave left all her things untouched

in the bedroom.

It was as if that room was Darlene’s.

Seeing that Darlene did not respond, Nathen glanced at her and continued to say, “It is not safe for youto live in the hotel alone. Whether you are to buy a

house or rent one, it will not be settled in a short time.

“Just stay at my place first. Don’t worry, I won’t go back these days. The housekeeper won’t disturb youtoo much. She will only go over for one or two hours every day and help you prepare food and clean upthe room.”

Darlene looked a little embarrassed. She didn’t think much of it at first, but now that Nathen had spokento this point, she couldn’t say she would stay in

Gustave’s place.

Darlene was about to agree when the phone rang. It happened to be Gustave.

Darlene answered the phone, and Gustave mumbled vaguely on the other side of the line. “I’m going tobed. I left the gate open for you. Close it when you get back. Just park in the front yard. Bring a hangoverpill back for me.”

Nathen tapped on the door with his hand to hide his anger and looked out of

the window.

Darlene responded, but somehow felt a little unconfident, “You’d better shut the gate. I won’t…”

“What? Do you want to stay out all night? The gate is unlocked. If a burglar breaks in, you take the loss.”Gustave was probably really drunk and did not say anything normal.

Nathen was facing the window. If Darlene could see his face at this moment, she could see the emotionson his face and know he was extremely pissed.

Gustave directly hung up the phone. Darlene hesitated and did not know how to explain it. Nathen turnedhis face back, but he looked very calm now.

Nathen then said in a calm voice, “It’s okay. You can stay at Gustave’s place

first.”

When Darlene was back, it was already very late.

Darlene got out of the car and Nathen left in his car. She was about to inside

go

when there was the sound of a car honking behind her.

Darlene thought that Nathen still had something to say and came back. When she turned around, shesaw that the person who got out of the car was Cyrus.

Darlene did not want to see Cyrus. It should be said that she did not want to see anyone related to Avery.She turned around and wanted to go in directly, but Cyrus stopped her.

“Ms. Garcia, Mr. Gallard just came out of the emergency room, and he is in a bad condition. The doctorhas already given him two consecutive

tranquilizers. Ms. Garcia, could you go and see Mr. Gallard?”