Love in Twilight

Love In Twilight By Tiny Mountains Chapter 135

Chapter 135 Now that She’s Awake, Is She Coming Home?

Clarissa and Theresa chatted till late night.

Meanwhile, Damien had been waiting downstairs this whole time. Around 8.50 in the evening, he

received a Whatsapp message from his assistant. A Word document was attached to it.

Damien’s assistant worked quickly and efficiently. He was able to track down Steven’s old subordinate,

as well as the doctor who was in charge of Steven. From these people, he managed to discover the

whole truth.

After Steven fell from the building, he was sent to The Affiliated Hospital of Genovia Medical University.

Having broken his spine as a result of that fall, even if Steven’s injuries were to be fully treated, he

would end up being permanently paralyzed. So, Steven went to his doctor and told him that he didn’t

want to add to his family’s plate.

When Theresa went to the doctor’s office to discuss her husband’s condition with him, she heard that a

young man was in desperate need of corneas. After that, she went back and brought it up as a side

topic to Steven during a light conversation, as she sympathized with that young man.

Later on, Steven told Clarissa and Theresa that if he were to die, they must donate his corneas to that

young man. However, he didn’t want to burden that youth by leaving his name in that incident, so he

wished to be an anonymous donor. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Clarissa and Theresa were dedicated to taking good care of Steven, so they didn’t think much of his

words.

One week later, Steven pulled the plug on his oxygenator willingly.

However, after he passed away, his information and medical records mysteriously vanished from the

hospital’s database.

Back then, there was another terminally ill patient named Marcus York. He had a daughter named

Madelynn.

Marcus passed away one day after Steven’s date of death.

That day, two things had happened in Genovia Medi-U Hospital; Marcus’s death and Damien’s surgery.

The director of this particular hospital happened to be Madelynn’s distant uncle.

The truth was that Marcus and Steven didn’t die on the same day. The latter had died one day before

the former, but the information had been tampered with. It showed that Marcus’s day of passing was

one day earlier than his original date.

Damien kept reading the Word document, feeling his eyes starting to go moist. He couldn’t imagine

what Steven was feeling when he reached out to unplug his oxygenator, much less the feelings that

surged in Madelynn’s heart as she did all those things in the past…

If it wasn’t for Theresa telling him all of these things, he would’ve been kept in the dark forever.

After all, the documents looked pretty much accurate. Damien had no idea that a man named Steven

Johnson had once existed in this world. Even if he knew that something was up, he

wouldn’t be able to investigate this person.

As for the girl that held his hand, Madelynn kept claiming that she was her. Since Clarissa intended to

hide the truth till the day she breathed her last, she would never tell him the truth even if she was the

one.

Then again, an outsider could be the one holding his hand too.

The Word document also enlisted Steven’s favorite things and traits when he was still alive.

Shepherd’s pie was his favorite food. He was amazing at cooking clam chowder, and his daughter,

Clarissa, was the apple of his eye. He hated using umbrellas whenever he went out. He was previously

infected with pneumonia…

No wonder…

A strange feeling quickly enveloped Damien at that time. All this time, who had Clarissa been preparing

meals for? Why would she hand over an umbrella to him from time to time? Damien thought he was the

recipient, but was that truly it? She would always get lost in his eyes, too. Damien finally realized where

Clarissa had gone the day she had mysteriously disappeared. It had been her father’s death

anniversary.

It was then when he realized why Clarissa told him the reason she came all the way to New East

Corporation in search of a job. He did ask his assistant to investigate the exact reason, but all he could

find out was the incident at school rather than following the trail back to Steven.

The reason was simple: he possessed her late father, Steven’s eyes.

Suddenly, Damien didn’t know how he should treat Clarissa. Was he supposed to view her as the

daughter of the man who saved his life, or his wife?

If he decided to see her as the savior’s daughter, then he would do anything for her.

However, if he viewed her as his wife, then she was obviously a terrible candidate…

A phone call from Clarissa soon shattered the silence.

“Darling, my mom’s awake. I’d like to spend the night talking with her, so is it okay if I don’t go home

tonight? You can go home first,” Clarissa said excitedly over the phone.

“Make sure she rests well. I’ll be leaving now.” Damien sounded rather tired. Then, he left the hospital.

Having heard the call being disconnected, Clarissa thought, ‘He’s definitely not my real husband. He

doesn’t even share my excitement.’

Of course, if she were to treat him as her sugar daddy, then it would be a completely different

situation.

Even though she was disappointed, Clarissa still felt joyful.

She was afraid Theresa had grown tired from the constant talking, but at the same time, she was also

worried that her mother had said all she wanted to say and decided not to speak anymore. Hence,

Clarissa asked Theresa to go to bed early.

Lying on the caretaker’s bed, Clarissa started shooting messages to Lily, Luke, and everyone else

that she knew on Whatsapp. The only thing that she didn’t do was send messages to group chats to

announce Theresa’s awakening.

Lily: Aunt Theresa’s awake? That’s great news, Clarissa! You’ve finally reached the end of the dark

tunnel! Even God is touched by your filial dedication! Congratulations on Aunt Theresa’s awakening!

Anyway, I’ll drop by tomorrow and visit her.]

Joseph: (You’re pretty amazing, Clarissa.]

Clarissa had no idea which part of her was amazing, but she was still quite happy to receive that

message.

Most of the people sent messages of blessings and congratulations to Clarissa.

Luke was the only odd one out.

Luke: (Now that she’s awake, is she coming home to live with us?]

His question soured Clarissa’s mood instantly.