Chapter 173
Chapter 173 Darlene Hides in the Bathroom
It was already thetter half of the night. Darlene had just finished her drip and had already fallen asleep
on the bed.
Gustave was resting on the side of the bed when his phone suddenly rang. It must not be something
good if he received a call in the middle of the night..
Gustave got up and picked up his phone. He looked at the caller ID on the screen and didn’t look good.
The ward was quiet. The ringtone broke the silence in the ward. Darlene also woke up. She looked at
Gustave and got out of bed with a dark face, asking, “Are you alright?”
Gustave took his phone and walked out. “I’m fine. Continue to sleep. I’lle in after I
answer the call.”
He left the ward and closed the door.
Darlene was no longer sleepy, and she always felt that something might happen.
Speaking of which, during this period of time, Gustave had never left her.
After Ricky was elected as the temporary president of the Walpole Group, Gustave did not go to the
company and stayed with Darlene all day long.
Cassius originally wanted to use this excuse to force Gustave back, but the result now undoubtedly
made Cassius very dissatisfied.
Darlene was afraid that the Walpole Group would do something.
Darleney on the bed, tossing and turning. The more she thought about it, the more
uneasy she felt.
Gustave had been out of the ward for long. She stared at the ceiling, and Leana’s voice
came from outside. “Mr. Gard, you can’t go in. The patient has already rested.”
Originally, Darlene, who was in the ward, shouldn’t have heard Leana clearly. Leana
must have deliberately raised her voice to remind Darlene.
Leana was on night duty during this period, and she happened to meet Avery, who was
about to enter the ward.
Darlene’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. She immediately sobered up. She hurriedly flipped over the
bed, but the slippers were still on the bedside.
She did not have time to put on her shoes and directly rushed into the bathroom with bare feet. Then she
hurriedly closed the door and locked it.
The moment the bathroom door was locked, the ward was opened, and Avery walked in.
Avery immediately noticed the phone on the bedside table.
He took out his phone and called Darlene. His number was blocked, so he got the notification that the
phone was not connected.
He turned around and nced at Cyrus, who immediately handed his phone over.
Avery used Cyrus’s phone to call Darlene. The phone on the bedside table rang.
Leana, who had entered the ward, had a gloomy expression. She had originally wanted to exin or
stop him, but it was meaningless to say anything now.
Darlene’s phone was here, so she should also be here.
Avery looked around the ward. It was empty. He looked around and found that there was no one in the
wardrobe or behind the curtains.
After he finished searching, he felt that it was a little strange. Why was he looking for
her?
If Darlene was really here, why did she have to hide from him?
Avery’s heart sank. At that moment, he suddenly felt that something seemed to have deviated from what
he had expected.
Beside the bed were Darlene’s phone and a man’s coat.
The expensive custom–made coat manifested the identity of the man.
Somehow, Avery tightened his grip.
He had seen the tightly shut bathroom door, but at that moment, he stopped in his tracks and looked at
Cyrus. “How is the rtionship between Darlene and me?”
Cyrus didn’t reply and lowered his head.
Avery asked, “Have we argued? Did something happen? Or did we get a divorce?”
Cyrus finally spoke up, “Mr. Gard, why don’t we go back first? There are some things that I might need
to exin to you slowly.”
Avery did not leave. He finally walked to the bathroom and reached out and knocked on the tightly shut
door.
There was no response from inside. Darlene stepped on the cold, bone–chilling floor of the bathroom
with bare feet. The ground was a little damp. When she crouched down,
she almost fell.
She was trembling, curling up next to the bathroom counter, and her eyes fixed on the ss door.
There was a constant knock on the door, but she did not make any noise.
Then Avery said calmly, “Cyrus, open the door.”
Leana stood behind them and said coldly, “Mr. Gard, you should have guessed something. Why do
you have to do this?”
Ever since Avery woke up from hisa, he lost his temper for the first time. He said angrily, “It’s
between me and Darlene. Mind your own business.”
He looked at Cyrus again. “Open it. Be quiet and think of a way to open the door.”
Cyrus was about to kick the door open, but when he heard this, he immediately retracted his foot.
The bathroom door of this kind of hospital was of average quality, and it could be
kicked open effortlessly.
But it would be a bit rude and cause a louder noise, and Darlene would be scared.
Cyrus turned around, got a small de, and inserted it into the lock. Not long after, the lock was opened.
The door was pushed open, and Avery walked in. There was no light in the bathroom. He
saw someone curled up in the corner, and she was trembling.
Avery did not know why, but he suddenly felt that he did not dare to turn on the lights.
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He was in the dark and approached the person curled up in the corner.
When he got closer, he saw Darlene’s pale face, and her eyes were filled with resistance
towards him.
For a moment, Avery found it hard to believe that the person in front of him was
Darlene.
Her appearance was much different from what he remembered. She was so skinny, and her face was so
pale.
What made Avery even more unable to believe was that her belly was t.
Darlene was pregnant for six months. No matter how thin Darlene was or how small the fetus was, her
belly should be bulging.
Avery could not understand. He squatted in front of Darlene and stared at her for a long time before
asking her, “Darlene, what are you hiding here for? Where is our child?”