Chapter 59: Are You Against Our Relationship?
Clint quickly realized that any plans he may have had before the meeting at dinner had just been disintegrated.
Selene realized that Clint’s mother was her biological mother.
But it happened so suddenly that it made her brain go haywire.
The people in the room and Selene kept completely silent for a long time.
It was Clint who finally spoke. “Selene.” He said quietly.
Selene looked at him with a cold smile and turned away without saying a word.
She walked towards the exit very quickly.
Clint hesitated for a while but then went after her.
“Clint…” His father called out, finally waking up from his reverie. He called his son’s name again, but Clint didn’t respond.
Clint’s father turned back to his wife, who was still standing behind him. When he looked at her, he saw that her face was pale, and she seemed like she was in shock. “Selene…” She murmured with quick breaths.
Then her eyes rolled back, and she fell down.
“Anne, Anne, wake up!”
Selene walked very fast, as if running away from something.
“Do you still remember your mom’s face?”
“Did you miss your mom while growing up?”
“Do you really not remember much about your mom?”
“They are good people, and they love me.”
“From now on, my mom will also be yours.” “Hello, I’m Clint’s mom.”
Everything made sense now. But the world spun around her. She felt dizzy.
Yes. In her mind, she had no concept of a mother. She forgot her face. Over the years, she simply had no mother.
But whenever her father got very drunk, he would hold his mother’s photo in his arms. Selene remembered the photo. She remembered the face of the woman in the photo. The woman in the photo was a stranger to her.
But when she saw the woman in the hotel room, she instantly remembered the photo.
She recognized the woman immediately.
She ran out to the street outside and stopped for a while.
She looked at the cars passing by in front of her. She felt at a loss and became totally blank.
She touched her eyes, and there were no tears.
She didn’t have high expectations from love, but she also did not expect such a ridiculous relationship.
She did not know that the great sorrow in her mind was caused by Clint’s deliberate concealment or by the sight of her biological mother.
Finally, Clint caught up with her and pulled her arm from behind. “Selene, listen to me.”
Selene turned around.
SLAP.
Clint didn’t expect the hard slap on his left cheek, and he winced.
However, he didn’t let go of her hand.
He knew that he could not let her go now.
So he grasped her tightly and looked at her cold expression.
Selene just kept still without crying or shouting. Clint could not read Selene’s face.
She stared at him indifferently and contemptuously, which made Clint feel totally lost.
Clint lowered his head apologetically. “I’m sorry.”
He did not get any more words out before Selene slapped him a second time.
The slapping sound caused a few heads to turn towards them. People who were passing by stopped to see what would happen. But nothing else happened between them. They just stared at each other without saying anything.
The weird silence was broken by Clint’s phone call. He looked at the screen and answered.
“What’s wrong?”
“Please come back now. Your mom has fainted. We need to take her to the hospital.”
“Don’t worry. I’m on my way.”
Clint frowned and let go of her hand, then started running back to the hotel.
Clint and his father waited anxiously outside of the operating room. The door suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man wearing doctor’s clothes walked out. He looked at a notepad in his hands, then walked over to the two worried men.Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.
”Fortunately, there is nothing seriously wrong with Mrs. Denovan. So, there is no reason to worry. She just needs to stay in the hospital for a few days and remain under supervision.”
The doctor paused and looked down at his notepad again, writing something down. Meanwhile, Clint and his father both sighed in relief.
”One more thing. Please make sure she stays calm and that her heart rate stays low.” He warned. ”So, nothing too exciting.” He chuckled slightly. ”You can wait in the room until she wakes up.”
Clint’s father, Bradley Denovan, gave the doctor a smile of gratuity. “Thank you very much, doctor.”
After Anne was settled down in a different room, Bradley patted Clint on the shoulder and motioned him to walk outside.
They both exited the room, and Bradley gave Clint a worried look. His son kept silent for a long time. Then, “Is Selene the girl you fell in love with?”
Clint nodded.
“Is she the one you’ve been dating for the last two years?”
“Yes.”
“Why did you hide it from us? Does Selene know anything about our family?”
“No. She doesn’t. I’ve been putting it off for a long time. We were all meant to meet up for dinner tonight.” Clint said, furrowing his brows.
”Selene told me that she doesn’t remember her mother anymore, so I wasn’t sure. I was hoping that we could arrange for Mom to be absent for the dinner so that Selene could meet you first. Then, they could’ve met at a later date. But you know how that turned out…” Clint said.
Bradley felt breathless and pointed at Clint with one finger but said nothing. Then, after a few moments, he sighed.
“You’ve always been more rational and sensible than the people around you. So, how did you possibly think this was a good idea? You know who Selene really is. Did you really think you could keep this a secret from her?” Bradley asked.
Clint kept silent and suddenly lifted his head and looked at Bradley. “I didn’t, but I tried to delay it as much as possible. You know quite well what love does to you. Just look at what it did to you! You took her mom away from her father, and she ended up abandoning her family. So surely you know quite well why I acted so ‘foolishly.”’