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All Chapters of The Professor's Beautiful Secret: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

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Chapter 170

Eliana’s POV It wasn’t until after two days that Derrick was discharged from the hospital. And in the course of that, the doctor issued a stern warning to make sure that he was allowed a lot of rest without even the smallest amount of stress. Hours after we arrived at home, I heard a firm knock on the door. Annabelle had left earlier to quickly attend to a situation at her apartment and Derrick was already fast asleep. Pausing the movie I was watching, I rose from the couch and headed over to the door. It was one of those afternoons where all one needed was peace, quiet, and any form of relaxation possible. Apparently, the universe didn’t deem me worthy of that. Another knock came on the door as I got closer to it. “I’m coming,” I called out to whoever was behind it. Two seconds later, I opened it to see an unfamiliar man standing there. He was huge, with a wide set jaw and a small mouth. His blond hair was neatly trimmed into a buzz cut and his light brown eyes looked li

Chapter 171

Derrick’s POV “I don’t like him,” Eliana said as she returned to the room. “Me neither,” I said in agreement. “It’s as if he sees us as suspects in this case. What type of detective is that?” “Fuck him. Come here, baby.” The look of disapproval she had for the detective faded quickly. Smiling pleasantly at me, she walked to the side of the bed and sat gently on it. “How are you feeling?” She asked, reaching for one of my hands with hers. “Honestly? I feel like shit.” And that was exactly how I felt. My ribs hurt as if they’d been hammered by a golf club. My face not only hurt but it itched too. That was thanks to the scratches I suffered during my assault. My shoulders weren’t left out in the cycle of pain. It had taken several assurances from the doctor to believe that they weren’t dislocated. Even at that, my brain repeatedly tried to convince me that they were. That was how bad and inconveniencing the pain was. Out of every part of my upper torso, my forearms were t

Chapter 172

Eliana’s POV The distant sound of an unfamiliar voice suddenly filled the air, echoing all around me as if it came from the heavens. The moments of bliss I’d been trying to savor prior to that were ruined in an instant and everything that made my surroundings so beautiful rapidly faded into nothingness. The sunshine, the pleasantly colorful flowers, the lively birds… it all dissolved into absolute darkness. Then everywhere slowly became bright again. I soon realized that that was because my eyes were coming open. The first thing that registered in my mind was the fact that I could still hear the unfamiliar voice, except that it was very much closer this time. I jerked my head in the direction of the door which was where it was coming from. Then I saw them. Coming into the living room was Derrick and a lady that was so pretty that she must have been extracted right out of a princess fairytale. She was dressed in a white shirt with little floral patterns on it and black loose fitting

Chapter 173

Derrick’s POV The next few days were quite uneventful for me. Since I was in recovery, all I could do was stay at home while waiting for my body to return to its optimal state. It took me two full days to be able to convince Eliana to leave me at home and go to school. Thanks to support from Annabelle, she finally gave in. But then, she called me hour after hour to see how I was doing. And she never missed any hour. Once, I failed to pick the call. I regretted that the next time she called because she instantly became hysterical. Almost half an hour went by before I was able to get her to calm down. After that, I knew better than to miss any of her calls. As I settled onto the couch in the living room that morning, I found myself thinking about how she would cope had it been that I ended up dead. Grunting slightly, I adjusted a little bit, then I relaxed fully into the couch with a deep sigh. Save for my arms and my sides, most of the pain I felt before was gone. Four days had pas

Chapter 174

Eliana’s POV “Eliana!” A voice called out just as I stepped out of the faculty building. The voice was vaguely familiar but I had already turned in the direction it came from before it registered in my head. At the same time, my eyes landed on the owner. “Patrick?” I stared at him, both in confusion and in surprise. He was standing several metres away from me, on the other side of the fountain that was in the middle of the yard. He was waving his hand as if trying to catch my attention, and as soon as we made eye contact, he dropped his hand and started walking briskly towards me. It had been weeks since I last saw him, but nothing much had changed about him except for his now overgrown beards and him looking paler than I could remember. He was in front of me within seconds. “Patrick. What are you doing here?” I asked, still yet to get over my confusion about his sudden appearance. His lips broadening into a smile, he spread his arms for a hug. I hesitated, reluctant to give

Chapter 175

Eliana’s POV Moments before Patrick opened his mouth to answer, the evasive look in his eyes already told me everything I needed to know. So shocked was I that I jumped to my feet, staring down at him in disbelief. My heart thumped violently as the full weight of the realization sank into my senses. “Patrick, tell me you didn’t,” I said, my voice low and trembling. Somewhere deep down, I had the faintest flicker of hope that he would tell me that my suspicions were wrong. He looked up slowly, holding my gaze for only a few seconds before dropping it downwards. There and then, the flicker of hope was snuffed out. I knew without the slightest doubt that what I feared, what I’d seen in his troubled brown eyes, was true. Yet, I wanted to hear him say it. As if that was the only thing that would make it real. “Patrick.” My voice rose a notch higher, my gaze intense on him. He looked up again and this time, he maintained eye contact with me. I waited a few seconds to allow him to spe

Chapter 176

Eliana’s POV I barely waited for Annabelle to close the door before I narrated everything that happened that day to her. I was nearly done by the time I got to her couch. “…and it turned out to be Oliver. I was so shocked and overwhelmed by the whole thing that the only sensible thing I could grasp was the voice in my head telling me to flee.” With a deep sigh, I dropped onto the couch and slapped my face with both my palms. The couch sank a little as Annabelle settled down beside me. “How did Derrick react when you broke the news to him?”I let my hands slide down from my face and onto my lap. Hesitating, I shifted my gaze to Annabelle who was looking at me expectantly. When I didn’t say anything for the next few seconds, she quirked an eyebrow at me. “Eliana?” Her voice had a rising pitch to it. “You told Derrick what happened, right?”Shaking my head slightly, I flashed her the fakest smile ever, allowing it to freeze on my face. “Why not? He deserves to know.”“I can’t tell h

Chapter 177

Derrick’s POV My ringing phone roused me from my sleep. I woke up with a yawn, immediately turning over and reaching blindly for my phone lazily on the nightstand. But my hand dropped heavily to the floor, instead of landing on the nightstand. “The fuck?” I sat up, gentle enough not to hurt myself, but fast enough to reach for the phone again before it stopped ringing. Seeing my lawyer’s name on the screen, my heart flipped in my chest as a dose of excitement hit me. I answered the phone speedily. “Hello?”“Good afternoon, Mr. Matthews,” my lawyer greeted in his usual calm voice. I always wondered how many years it took him to be able to train his voice to be unshakably monotonous. “Tell me she already signed the papers,” I demanded, rising up from the bed and heading towards the living room. “She did, Mr Matthews. Bu–““Perfect,” I said with a sigh. I was one step away from being free of Susan forever. “How long will it take for everything to be finalized?”The thought of how i

Chapter 178

Derrick’s POV Heading home from the grocery store almost an hour later, I arrived at the conclusion that I was the biggest fool in the world. I wasn’t really surprised that had turned down my proposal, but the manner in which he did it was what added to my irritation. All I'd asked him to do was to convince Susan to take the initial deal regarding our divorce.His immediate reaction to that was a brief, sinister laughter that made me want to pummel him, regardless of the injuries I was still nursing. A knowing look appeared in his eyes then. “You want to hit me? Go ahead.” Both his tone and the expression on his face was challenging. “I’ll pass,” I said reluctantly. “Just tell Susan to agree to the damn terms if she knows what’s good for her. Or I won’t mind taking her ass to court and kicking it there if I have to. You care about her, don’t you?”“Of course. More than you do, obviously.” The corner of his lips went up into an evil smirk following that. “Which is why I asked her no

Chapter 179

Eliana’s POV I spotted the detective at the exact moment I entered the living room. Annabelle, who was right behind me, did the same thing too. She’d been bored at home and she’d jumped up to follow me as soon as I was ready to leave her apartment. On the way, we spotted someone we immediately concluded was a cop interrogating someone in the street. And that had brought thoughts of the detective in charge of Derrick’s case to mind. The same detective that was now standing in the living room, interrogating Derrick no doubt. I could sense the uneasiness in the air as we walked into the house. Even worse, I could see the look of discomfort on Derrick’s face, along with something I could swear was anger. But it was hard to tell. “Miss Hart,” the detective said with an enthusiasm that I assumed he’d spent years practicing. “It’s a good thing you’re here. Who’s your friend?”Annabelle beat me to an answer. “Hi. I’m Annabelle. Annabelle Thorne.”The eagerness in her voice prompted me to n

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