Chapter 114


    Chapter 114 Gustave Calls Darlene Aurora


    Gustave seemed to have not heard Darlene. He was very close to her and looked down at her carefully,


    trying to see through her.


    There was a deep confusion in his eyes. After a moment, he repeated, “Are you really


    Darlene?”


    Recently, Gustave was often puzzled about the simrity between Darlene and Aurora. He wasn’t


    familiar with Darlene, and Darlene didn’t look like Aurora.


    They were twopletely different people, but somehow he felt there was a resemnce between


    Darlene’s and Aurora’s expressions. He even thought that Aurora seemed to have the same mole as the


    one Darlene had beneath the corner of her eye.


    Even the mole of Abigail, who called herself Aurora, seemed to be in a different position


    from Aurora’s mole.


    And when Darlene roasted food in the backyard, her figure reminded him of the little. girl who stood on


    her tiptoes in the kitchen of the orphanage and secretly helped him cook in the middle of the night more


    than ten years ago.


    Gustave hadn’t seen Aurora for so long that he couldn’t be sure. He could only rely on


    his instinct.


    Darlene looked at him. There was no space behind her. She couldn’t avoid him, but she


    couldn’t call for help now.


    She tried her best to calm herself down. “Mr. Walpole, I am Darlene. You’re drunk. You’d


    better call Darnell over.”


    Drunk, Gustave was bolder than usual. He directly reached out and stroked the mole beside Darlene’s


    eye.


    “Is this mole something you’re born with?”


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    When his hand touched her, Darlene’s face becamepletely tense, and she said coldly, “Mr. Walpole,


    please behave yourself. I should go down. There are many people here. I don’t want our rtionship to


    be misunderstood.”


    Gustave was in a trance for a moment. He withdrew his hand and became a bit soberer. He took a step


    aside to let Darlene pass.


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    “I’m sorry,” he said.


    Darlene did not respond. She grabbed the bag in her hand and ran to the end of the corridor in a hurry.


    Behind him, Gustave suddenly said, “Aurora.”


    Darlene paused. She did not turn around, nor did she walk again. She thought that she


    heard him wrong.


    She hadn’t heard any person other than Reina call her Aurora.


    To be exact, she hadn’t heard anyone in reality, other than Reina, call her that. But there was one person


    who called her like that in her dreams.


    The person in her dreams addressed her as Aurora.


    She remembered that the boy in her dreams called her Aurora when he held her and


    swam back to the shore.


    The voice was gentle and steady, making people feel so secure.


    That voice… A thought shed through Darlene’s mind.


    She suddenly recalled that she had always found that voice a little familiar, but she couldn’t remember


    where she had heard it.


    But now she suddenly realized that the voice was almost exactly the same as Gustave’s.


    The only difference was that Gustave’s voice was more mature and firmer,


    Darlene clenched her fists tightly and turned around. Her voice was a little hoarse. “What did you say?”


    Gustave observed her reaction and approached her. “I met a person ten years ago. To be exact, it should


    be twelve years ago. That little girl is called Aurora. Her full name is


    Aurora Garcia.”


    Darlene was shocked as she remembered Reina had said, “Darlene, your original name was Aurora.


    Back then, the Gard family disliked your old name, so they changed it. I


    don’t see there is anything wrong with the name ‘Aurora‘.”


    Darlene froze for a moment. Her face turned pale. She stood there with a nk mind.


    Suddenly, there seemed to be a wind carrying some memories and blowing through her mind. Strange


    but somewhat familiar voices suddenly filled her mind.


    “Didn’t you hear them? I have so many scars on my face that I look like a monster. Aren’t you afraid of


    me?”


    “Your scars will heal. My father fell from the sky and passed away. They all said that he looked terrible,


    but I think he was still my father. He was not scary. It’s a pity that he didn’t survive. Death is what’s truly


    scary.”


    “Then I’ll go to the kitchen to make you some food. You stand guard outside. If the director sees us, we’ll


    get hit by the stick.”


    “Aurora, do you want to leave with me? I’m going home. I have nothing at home, but I have some pocket


    money. I can cure your illness and buy you something you like.”


    Darlene recalled another scene. It was a maning out of the car at the door of the orphanage and


    taking the teenage boy into the car.


    “Your father has instructed you to go back first. It has been half a year. No matter how angry you are, you


    should go back. I will take this little girl to the orphanage director to settle the formalities first. Then, I’ll


    bring her to you as you wish.”


    Darlene felt a stabbing pain in her head. Those memories overwhelmed her and made


    her mind all mixed up.


    Gustave couldn’t see the expression on Darlene’s face clearly. The alcohol made his


    vision a little blurred.


    He tried to figure out Darlene’s reaction, but he couldn’t think straight.


    He didn’t give up and asked her, “Darlene, you really don’t know the person I’m talking


    about?”


    Darlene came back to her senses and looked up. After all these years, she finally found the boy in her


    dreams.


    She opened her mouth. But as she was about to confess, she hesitated.


    She remembered how Cassius smashed the teacup on the coffee table angrily in Gustave’s vi.


    Gustave was cut by the broken pieces of the cup which were thrown into the air. The blood on his face


    was so shocking.


    Darlene could still clearly remember Cassius‘ angry words. “You should stop before you go too far. What


    are you trying to do? If the contract with the Gard Group is ruined, ourpany will probably lose


    more than 170 million dors. When did you be so stupid?


    “I hand the entire Walpole Group over to you. There are so many executives and shareholders in the


    company who have high hopes for you. You have disappointed me! Do you know how much effort I have


    put into developing the Walpole Group? Do you have any idea how much effort your grandfather and the


    entire family have put in?”


    Darlene looked at Gustave. What benefit can I bring him even if I tell him the truth now that I’m dying?


    I would only drag him down and bring him harm. There is no point in telling him.


    Now that I’m about to die, what’s the point of telling him who I am and making him suffer? I can’t let


    everyone who helped me suffer because of me.


    Isn’t what happened between Aleena and Nathen an example?


    Darlene loosened her clenched fists.


    She became indifferent again and said, “Mr. Walpole, I don’t know the person you’re talking about. I


    really have to go.”


    Gustave suddenly chased after her and reached out to grab her arm. “If you don’t know her, why did you


    listen to me for so long and stand here for so long?”


    Just as he reached out his hand, Avery, who had just found this ce, walked over with a gloomy face.


    Avery grabbed Darlene’s other arm and pulled her away from Gustave.


    “Mr. Walpole, you’re not easily drunk. Is it interesting to pretend you’re drunk and


    misbehave?”


    Avery turned back to look at Darlene behind him. “Is he the reason that you said you were maltreated in


    the Gard’s old mansion and wanted to go back on your own?”