A Wound that Never Heals

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 little suffocated.

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

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

Only then did Darlene vaguely realize that she was not in bed and there was no quilt over her. What was more, 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, she had been uneasy. She was always worried that Avery would suddenly come looking for her as in the past.

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 met the 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.

to be Nathen’s eyes, or something else, but Darlene

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

from a daze, and Nathen seemed to quickly return

be a bit slower in his reaction this

the panic on his face could

looked at the empty street in front of her. The car pulled up in the

spoke after she recovered. “Dr. Elicott, what happened? Why

the back seat

cold at night. Cover yourself up with this blanket in case you may

car and continued driving. “Do you have any idea where you’re

and I won’t go back home. Why don’t you stay at my place for a while? It just so happens

this at all. After she left the hospital today, she

the afternoon, when Gustave accompanied Darlene to the Southwood Villa, packed her clothes and other things, and carried two large suitcases

the time Darlene had

she had been living in Gustave’s place and Gustave even let her live in the master bedroom upstairs.

that, Avery brought Darlene back. Gustave

in the bedroom.

was as if that room was Darlene’s.

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

or rent one, it will not be settled in a

She will only go over for one or two hours every day and help you prepare food and clean up the room.”

it at first, but now that Nathen had spoken to this point, she couldn’t

Gustave’s place.

when the phone rang. It happened to

Gustave mumbled vaguely on the other side of the line. “I’m going to bed. I left the gate open for you. Close it when you get back. Just park in