Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 262: She was four or three

Chapter 262: She was four or three

Albeit reluctantly, Maxim released her hand but when Diana reached Louis’ bed, she could feel Maxim’s towering presence right behind her. And one of his powerful arms settled on the small of her back.

A simple gesture yet it made her feel like she was safe as long as he was there. And if things were to go out of control, then he would pull her behind to protect her like he always did.

But Diana knew that things might not go to the extreme. Louis was acting this way perhaps because his demands were not being met and after the issue with his team of lawyers that ran from the hospital with their tails tucked between their legs, his ego was hurt.

’’It’s just a matter of few days,’’ Diana did not beat around the bush.

When he looked up at her, his eyes flashed with a hint of recognition as if he noticed her presence only at that particular moment.

His expression was slightly nonchalant towards her and seeing him calm down, two of his subordinates who were holding his legs in a death grip gradually released him.

Elder Qin looked at Diana hopefully when Louis calmed down, wishing for her to knock some sense in Louis’ head.

’’You told me that you have important things to do before you die. Then, live,’’ When he remained quiet, Diana took it as a form of encouragement. Taking a deep breath, she continued, ’’It’s just a matter of few days. Keeping you here in the hospital is for your own good. Once you meet the criteria, you will be discharged from the hospital and then you can go wherever you want and do whatever you want...’’

’’You haven’t left the hospital yet?" Louis cut her off with a question.

When Diana remained quiet, he continued, ’’I thought they made a mistake by hiring an inexperienced little girl here. But as it turns out, you poor thing, are being scammed by them just as I was,’’ Louis shook his head as his judgmental eyes landed on Maxim’s hand that was resting on Diana’s waist.

Although he did not make a remark on it, but his insinuation could not have been more obvious to the people inside the room. From his gaze and words alone, it was easy to figure out he was suggesting the reason behind Diana’s defensive statements was nothing else than the ambiguous relationship between her and Maxim. And calling her inexperienced was somewhat equal to suggesting that she was being brainwashed and used.

Maxim stood there with an aloof face as if the man who was being suggested to be a manipulator and predator was not him.

Even the nurses could not help but sneak glances at the intimate position between the two people. They knew that Dr. Warner was close to his assistant, Diana, but looking at things now, it came as a shock to them. It suddenly dawned why Dr. Warner who was rumored to change his girlfriends like shirts wasn’t seen with some new model or another girl lately. Even his ex-girlfriend, Dr. Nora, who badgered him regularly had not done it lately and when they thought about it, it seemed to have started after Diana came that no other girl was seen besides Maxim.

Despite those questioning gazes, Maxim did not make an effort to explain the situation or put in a word for himself. Apart from Louis’ stubbornness in being discharged, from the beginning to the end, he was concerned about Diana’s safety only.

No one had noticed that seeing Louis’ calmness, they had instinctively released their grips on him.

"You might be tricked into trusting these people, but I am not,’’ A deep frown appeared on Louis’ face. The surgery and his stressful behavior post-it had made his face look much older than initially it was with dark patches and heavy eye bags. His red eyes looked sleep deprived and scary, ’’I am adamant about my decision. If these bastards do not discharge me, I will cut myself and make their lives hell whether I am dead or alive,’’ he snapped and pressed the scissors to his wrist.

His sudden action startled Diana who was standing close to him.

His behavior triggered the worst memories in Diana’s head.

She was too young to remember things but in her head, several incidents left deep imprints. It was almost as if she had a photographic memory and she remembered things since she was young.

But she knew that that was not the case. She had no photographic memory and she was just as ordinary, forgetting-simple-things kind of normal person. Hell, she even forgot her passwords which is why all her passwords were the same.

The only reason she had some recollection of those events when she was so little was because they marked her young brain.

Perhaps, she was four, three, or even younger back then but in her head, there was an image of her father and mother kissing each other before he left for work.

Sometimes, it felt like an illusion. And she thought that maybe her younger self had wished for it so hard that the image had appeared in her mind.

But then, she remembered a time when her father said ’no’ to her mother, when he turned down her mother for some reason and she grabbed a knife from the dining table, threatening to cut herself.

In one arm, she was holding younger Diana while she pressed the knife to her own wrist, threatening her husband with her life.

It was almost as if Diana could still feel the coolness of that sharp blade against her thigh. And she still remembered how young Daisy rushed down from the chair of the dining table, bawling, halting her breakfast midway.

But without the help of servants, her legs barely reached the floor and she lost her balance. Her head hit the edge of the chair yet with a bleeding forehead, she cried and reached out towards Alice, shouting ’Mommy, no, mommy!’ desperately to stop her from harming herself.

Diana’s gaze never once shifted from the scissors pressed to Louis’ wrist, a drop of blood oozed out from a shallow cut that appeared when he applied pressure.

Her hands turned cold and she retreated a few steps back.

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