A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 85:

Belinda had spent the entire night in the emergency room at the hospital.

By the next morning, she woke up to find Darren at her side, his eyes red and weary.

“Darren, how are you holding up?”

As she woke, he swiftly pressed the call button next to the bed and grasped her hand with evident excitement. “Is your stomach still aching? Are you feeling any better now?”

The man’s voice was nasal. “Do you realize you scared me to death last night? The doctor mentioned it was fortunate I got you here when I did, or else…”

Darren trailed off, leaving the sentence hanging.

Belinda understood his implication.

She managed a weak smile and responded, “Thank God you came just in time. I feel a lot better now,” Belinda said, trying to pull her hand out of Darren’s hold.

However, his grip was firm, and her strength faltered against it.

“Belinda.”

feeble attempt to free her hand, Darren pressed his lips together and tightened his hold. “You know what? When I sat outside the emergency room last

Belinda frowned.

it felt like

a strained smile, she looked up

into new worlds at g Ɐ

“Let me finish, Belinda.”

and said each word

her tense up

to free

pull away, she leaned back against the bed’s headboard, perspiring, and said

“I know!”

don’t care about the time you have left.

paused upon noticing

hand back awkwardly, he said with regret, “Belinda, I…

“It doesn’t matter.”

discreetly covered the mark on her hand with her sleeve. She offered a

began to

“—Darren.”

the only friend who knows about my condition, which is why I called on you last night. If you keep behaving this way, I won’t

The room fell quiet.