A Wound that Never Heals

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 similarity between Darlene and Aurora. He wasn’t familiar with

Darlene, and Darlene didn’t look like Aurora.

They were two completely different people, but somehow he felt there was a resemblance 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?”

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

behave yourself. I should go down. There are many people here. I don’t want our relationship 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 flashed 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

Gallard 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 blank 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 man coming 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 villa. 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 Gallard Group is ruined, our company will probably lose more than 170 million

dollars. When did you become 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 place, 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

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