Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Cornell could no longer accompany her inside, so he waited outside, pacing back and forth. He couldn’t calm down at all.
At this moment, two nurses chatting passed by. He overheard their conversation.
“Today seems like a very unlucky day. Many people brought into our hospital today were involved in accidents. Another seriously injured person was sent here by the police car just now.”
“Oh, that young woman? Her condition is actually the worst. She is pregnant, but she was beaten so hard that she bled profusely. I don’t know if she can survive.”
“We women should protect ourselves. That woman must have fought hard.
But maybe the people who beat her were stronger than her. I don’t understand what kind of hatred can push someone to beat a woman Like that.”
“I feel so sorry for her. I heard she has no family. Only her best friend has come.”
“Oh, speaking of her best friend. She actually looks familiar. She resembles the daughter of the family that went bankrupt. If I remember it correctly, it’s the Lawrence family.”
Cornell’s tall body suddenly froze. He turned his head and stared at the nurse.
The nurse didn’t seem to notice him. She took out her phone and browsed for a while. Then she exclaimed excitedly, “I found it! I actually followed her because of the scandals involving her recently.
She has more than one hundred thousand followers already. Her name is Nicole Lawrence.”
Cornell’s eyes widened in shock. Suddenly, he felt like his heartbeat and breathing stopped. The blood all over his body froze.
When he came back to his senses, he strode forward and grabbed the nurse’s arm. He looked at her with cold eyes and asked, “What is the name of the patient they just brought in?”
The nurse was shocked by the sharp pain Cornell inflicted on her arm.
When she met Cornell’s gaze, she was frightened by the look in his eyes. She said in a trembling voice, “Sir, you’re hurting me. Please let me go.”
However, Cornell turned a deaf ear to her. His eyes turned red as he roared, “Tell me her name!”
The nurse was so scared that she burst into tears. The other nurse was also frightened. She picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, “Security, come up quickly!
At this moment, a man in suit rushed over and stopped the nurse in time. He explained something, and then the two nurses left timidly.
Cornell still stood straight and tall. But his trembling hands betrayed him.
He looked at Matteo and asked slowly and stiffly, “Audrey is in Serenity Villas, right?”
Matteo shook his head speechlessly.
“Then… Where did she go?” Cornell asked cautiously. It was as if he was afraid his voice would break something. He even held his breath, waiting for Matteo’s answer.
This was the first time Matteo had seen Cornell like this. He didn’t dare to meet Cornell’s eyes. He braced himself and said, “Mrs. Clement was kidnapped. She was severely injured, and the doctors are trying to save her now.”
These words instantly shattered the fluke in Cornell’s heart.
He staggered and almost fell to the floor. Fortunately, he leaned his hands against the wall for support. Suddenly, he seemed to have gone deaf. He couldn’t hear anything.
Cornell’s hands went numb. A cold air rushed up from the soles of his feet and spread all over his body. His back was instantly drenched in cold sweat.
“Mr. Clement…” Matteo called out worriedly. He had been working for Cornell for a long time, but he had never seen Cornell like this.
Even when the Clement Group suffered two huge crises before, and the company would go bankrupt with the slightest carelessness, Cornell didn’t panic. He didn’t even frown.
But now, the panic on his face was so evident that even a three-year -old child could see it.
Matteo hurriedly stepped forward to support Cornell. But when he saw Cornell’s eyes dim, he called Cornell again, “Mr. Clement? Mr. Clement…”
When Matteo held Cornell, he was shocked for a moment. He didn’t expect that a giant crocodile in the business world like Cornell was trembling.
Or maybe he was just mistaken because Cornell immediately pushed him away.
Cornell ordered coldly, “You stay here and look after Cecilia.”
Then, he walked away unsteadily.
He went to the operating room where Audrey was.
In the long corridor, Nicole sat alone on a bench with her eyes closed and hands clasped, praying for Audrey’s life. When she heard the footsteps, she opened her eyes and raised her head to see who had come.
The moment she saw Cornell, her eyes suddenly became sharp. They were like blades ready to cut Cornell’s body in half.
“Sir, did you come to the wrong place?” Nicole mocked through clenched teeth.
But Cornell ignored her sarcasm. He asked in a low voice, “How is Audrey?”
Nicole sneered, “Mr. Clement, do you really care about her?”
At this moment, Cornell felt like his head buzzed from severe pain.
He could no longer suppress his irritability and impatience. His eyes narrowed as he asked again, “How is she?”
When he finally cooled down, his face was expressionless. The look in his eyes made people feel intimidated and oppressed.
But at this moment, Nicole was no longer afraid of him. Instead, she wanted to kill him.
Audrey was severely injured when she was sent to the hospital.
Fortunately, she was able to tell the doctor to inform Nicole about it before she lost her last bit of consciousness.
This made Nicole hate Cornell to the core. Where was Cornell when Audrey needed him the most?
And her anger intensified when she learned from Jarrod that Cornell was with Cecilia, who was also injured. She wanted to skin Cornell alive.
Nicole couldn’t accept what had happened to Audrey. Audrey was a kind -hearted and innocent woman. She didn’t harm other people. Why did she have to be treated like this by this?
Nicole laughed and blurted out, “Mr. Clement, drop the act! No one will believe you anymore. Do you think I don’t know you left Audrey to save Cecilia? Well, Cecilia is your first, after all. But is she dead? If she is, let me know. I will wait no time to congratulate her for finally passing away. She did tell you she was on the verge of death multiple times, didn’t she?”
Cornell grabbed her arm, looked at her fiercely, and said coldly, “Enough! Just answer me. I’m asking you how she is.”
Blue veins popped out on his forehead. Nicole was a little stunned to see his gloomy and appalling expression. But the next second, she shook him off and sneered, “Can’t you see she is inside that operating room? She is in the operation now.”
Cornell was so anxious that he picked up the wrong one to question about Audrey’s condition. Audrey was still in the operating room.
Cornell took a step back and said hoarsely, “I didn’t know… I didn’t know Audrey was telling the truth when she said she was kidnapped.”
Nicole sneered, “Mr. Clement, I understand you. You’re never at fault.
How could her injuries have anything to do with you? But let me ask you one thing. Has Audrey ever made such a joke with you before? Did she ever use any illnesses as an excuse to summon you up as Cecilia did?”
Judging from Cornell’s expression, Nicole knew she hit the nail on the head.
“So, why didn’t you believe Audrey? Let me help you decipher it. You don’t care about Audrey at all, and you don’t take her seriously. In your heart, there is only Cecilia, your first love.”
“No… It’s not like that…” Cornell clenched his fists tightly, and his face turned pale.
How could he not care about Audrey? Nicole was wrong. He cared about Audrey very much.
It was just that he assumed he could cease taking care of Cecilia after sending her abroad for the surgery. Although he knew Cecilia once saved him, he thought he could return the favor by helping her recover from the illness. He didn’t want to be at Cecilia’s beck and call any more after learning what she had done. More importantly, he decided to spend the rest of his life with Audrey peacefully.
Unexpectedly, on the day he sent Cecilia away, Cecilia was kidnapped and called him for help.
Nicole somehow found pleasure upon seeing the regret on Cornell’s face. She still got some more to say.
“Cornell, do you know the distinct difference between humans and beasts? People have brains to think so they won’t fall for the same trick repeatedly. Yet, you kept falling for Cecilia’s trick blindly without even thinking or investigating. Meanwhile, you’ve harmed Audrey a lot. How could you still claim you love her? Is that the way you love her? When two people are together, how can there be room for the third person?”
Her situation was the best example. Jarrod and Jamie were together, so there was no place for her.
But her situation was different from Audrey’s. That bastard Jarrod just wanted to torture her.
Moreover, Audrey and Cornell were a legal couple. In any case, Audrey shouldn’t have been treated like this.
“If you really can’t leave Cecilia, please let go of Audrey. It will be good for everyone. Audrey doesn’t deserve all the torture you’ve inflicted on her. Look at her now. Let her go if you don’t love her.
Is it difficult for you to do that?”
Cornell’s lips turned pale, and his charming eyes narrowed.
“Stop it!”
However, Nicole ignored him. She continued stabbing his heart with her sharp words.
“This time, Audrey won’t forgive you. She will never forgive you.”
The baby in Audrey’s belly was gone. The only bond between Audrey and Cornell was gone.
Nicole knew Audrey well. What happened this time was irreversible.
At this moment, Cornell was so furious that his face turned gloomy.