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.”

his lips together and tightened his hold. “You know what? When I

Belinda frowned.

was so firm that it felt like

strained smile, she looked up at

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“Let me finish, Belinda.”

look, Darren gazed intently at her and said each word deliberately, “I

her tense up

harder to free

the bed’s headboard, perspiring, and said in a raspy tone, “Darren, please don’t joke about this. You know

“I know!”

the time you have

again but paused upon noticing the red mark he had

awkwardly, he said with regret, “Belinda, I… didn’t mean

“It doesn’t matter.”

discreetly covered the mark on her hand with her sleeve. She offered a gentle smile and said, “Let’s

to

“—Darren.”

my condition, which is why I called on you last night. If you keep behaving this way, I won’t

The room fell quiet.