A Wound that Never Heals

Chapter 148 Do You Have an Extramarital Affair?

They were so close, and Darlene subconsciously retreated. “Mr. Walpole, you drank too much. You should rest.”

Gustave’s gaze fell on her. He was a little dazed, but his voice was still clear.

“Everything can be settled. Aurora, don’t secretly take it alone because you are afraid of being a burden on me.

You were the one who stayed with me twelve years ago. Now, it’s my turn to go through it with you.”

Even if it was about death, he would definitely stay with her.

He continued in a low voice, “I can help you, and I am willing to help you. But you have to stay here and trust me.”

Darlene nodded. Her heart, which had been cold in the past, seemed to have warmed up a little because of

expectations.

“Alright, I won’t leave. Thank you. I used to think that living was too boring for a long time,” she said firmly.

“But now, I suddenly feel that I can actually give it a try. Perhaps life isn’t completely hopeless.”

Gustave patted her shoulder and lowered his gaze to look at her with affection.

“Aurora, I’ve been missing you all these years. No one has been nice to me, and no one has cooked such delicious

spaghetti as you did.”

He had hired many maids, and he had also eaten a lot of food in the restaurant.

Darlene’s cooking was indeed good, but it was not the best.

But it was different. Those people cooked for money or with purpose.

But the ten–year–old Aurora cooked with a stool under her feet. She would cook spaghetti in the narrow kitchen of

the orphanage because Gustave, who was disfigured and did not want to go to the canteen to eat, was hungry.

Outsiders said that Gustave was ruthless, but in fact, he remembered everything better than anyone else.

As he approached, Darlene felt his breathing. Something between them seemed to

change silently.

It was only when Gustave’s face was very close that she suddenly came back to her

senses.

Gustave had drunk too much, but she did not. She was very sober.

She quickly reached out and pushed him. In a moment of panic, she directly escaped under his arm and opened

the door of the bedroom.

The servant who had just brought the things up saw the suddenly opened door and Darlene’s flushed face. She

probably guessed something and immediately turned to

leave.

“I suddenly remembered that the soup needs to be warmed up again. I will send it to Mr. Walpole later.”

Darlene walked out and stopped her. “Take it in. Mr. Walpole hasn’t slept yet. I’ll go

back to my room.”

When the servant turned around, Darlene had already gone to the bedroom on the other

side of the corridor.

Only then did the servant bring the soup in. She thought that it was not the right time to come. If she had known

earlier, she should have asked Darnell to send it. Darnell earned a lot, so it did not matter if his salary was deducted

a little.

Darlene did not sleep well that night. At night, she was always thinking about the moment Gustave approached her.

Am I really sick? So I keep thinking about him.

She had just tried not to think about those things, but then she thought of what Avery told her that she could not

solve the problem even if she found Braylen.

After thinking about it, she felt that the matter was not so simple. She could only wait for Gustave to bring the other

contract to Braylen and let Braylen sign it tomorrow.

Then, there should not be any problems.

After midnight, she finally felt sleepy, but her heart ached again.

She

got up

and took the medicine. When she sat up, the pain in her heart would lessen a little, and she sat on the sofa for

more than an hour.

After a while, and when she lay down again, the sky was already bright and she could

not fall asleep.

When it was morning, there was a knock on the door outside. Gustave’s voice came. “Are you awake?”

Darlene immediately got out of bed and replied, “I’m awake.”

He continued, “I heard from the servant that Avery came here in the morning. I am going to the company. Why

don’t you come with me? He might come here again.”

Darlene responded, “OK“. She hurriedly washed up. She went downstairs to have breakfast and then went to the

Walpole Group with Gustave.

**

The drama series, “Star and You“, also began to shoot. Gustave said that he would take her to the company in the

morning and take her to the crew in the afternoon to take a look for a walk.

The temperature in the late autumn of Baltimore had been dropping fast in the past few days. Because of the cold

wave, it was drizzling in the morning, and the temperature was close to 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Darnell had already gone out to buy a lot of things for Darlene, such as a scarf, mask, hat, and gloves. It was

because the doctor said that Darlene should keep warm and avoid catching a cold.

Gustave asked her to put everything on. Other than her eyes, she covered her entire body.

before she went out.

When she arrived outside the company, it was very cold outside. When Darlene got out of the car, there was a

layer of sweat on his forehead.

Gustave was answering the phone. When Darlene followed him into the company, a group of reporters with

microphones and cameras suddenly rushed out and surrounded

Darlene.

A female reporter from the front rushed to speak first. “Mrs. Gallard, Mr. Walpole, can we do a short interview with

you?”

Darlene looked at the group of people who had blocked her way. The title of “Mrs. Gallard” sounded a little

unfamiliar to her.

In the years that she had been married to Avery, she had never heard anyone call her

that.

It was also because of this address that she could sense that this group of reporters had obviously come with ill

intentions.

When Gustave heard the commotion behind him, he immediately hung up the phone with a gloomy face. He turned

around, grabbed Darlene’s arm, and pulled her behind him. He looked at the reporters with a stern gaze.

“What are you doing? Who gave you the right to interview and shoot without permission? Hurry up and put it away.‘

Darnell, who was following at the side, immediately stepped forward to stop them.

This had never happened before. The reporters in Baltimore knew that Gustave did not like to be interviewed,

especially when it came to private matters. The reporters blocking him in private would obviously make him very

disgusted.

However, this group of reporters who suddenly appeared in front of him did not show any fear and retreat. Instead,

they bombarded him with questions.

“Mr. Walpole, we found out that you had a close relationship with Ms. Bullock a while. ago, but there was news from

the hospital that Ms. Bullock was sent to the hospital yesterday, and she was suspected to have suffered a blow and

tried to kill herself.

“What do you think of this matter? Is it related to your relationship with Mrs. Gallard?”

“Mrs. Gallard, you and Mr. Gallard are still a couple, but you are living together with Mr. Walpole. Isn’t it

inappropriate?”

“If it is because your relationship with Mr. Gallard broke up, or Mr. Gallard did something bad to you, why didn’t you

choose to divorce first? Instead, you chose to be so close to Mr. Walpole while maintaining a marriage relationship

with Mr. Gallard?”

Gustave’s expression was cold. “Which media is it? Darnell, go check the reporter’s certificate and ask the security

guards to come over.”

A reporter wearing a mask directly turned on the live broadcast and continued to ask sharply, “Mr. Walpole, we are

just simply interviewing you, and it is also based on the known facts.

“If we are wrong or misunderstood, you can point it out. There is no need to kick us out,

right?

The group was in chaos. Darnell stepped forward to stop the reporters with a cold face. The security guards in the

company had not come out yet.

Darlene stood behind Gustave. She did not know which reporter was pushing her, but she staggered back a step.

Because she felt a little hot when she got out of the car, she took off the scarf halfway. After her body was pushed,

the scarf fell to the ground.

The cold wind suddenly blew into her clothes from her neck, and there was a buzzing sound in her ear. In the noisy

crowd, her face began to turn pale.

Looking at the opposite street, she saw the parked black Maybach. It was far away. She could not see clearly, but

she knew very well that it was his car.

Avery, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, looked at Darlene, who was standing

in the cold wind.

She was wearing thick clothes and a hat, but she still looked very thin, as if she could fall down with a blow of the

wind.

His palm tightened, and when he looked over, his voice sounded a little confused.

“Why did she come with him?”