My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: The Past Is Past
Selene frowned at Xavier, her head throbbing painfully. She was certain that the Wallace and Clark families never crossed paths, so why was Ezekiel Clark at the hospital? Why would Xavier refer to him as an acquaintance?

“What?” Selene asked with confusion written in her expression.

“Excuse me,” Ezekiel excused himself and left the ward. “Let’s go,” he informed Kael and together, they left the ward before any more questions would be asked.

“What just happened?” Selene wondered. She flinched in pain when her head throbbed hard again. She tried to sit up properly on the bed but immediately regretted that action when she felt a sharp pain electrocute her entire body, which led her to yelp in pain.

The doctor checked her vital organs, the nurse changed her bandage, then they left to give the couple some time to talk.

“Are you hungry? I will go get you some food quickly,” said Xavier. He was extremely relieved Selene was finally awake.

Selene gave him a warm smile before she shook her head, “I’m not hungry at all, but I do feel sleepy,” she said. “But I don’t want to sleep now.” She gave him a pointed look, knowing he would immediately urge her to go ahead and rest.

The car crash was fatal and it was only by a stroke of luck that she survived.

“Where’s Jake?” She asked, suddenly remembering her driver.

“He’s in the room next to yours. He didn’t sustain severe injuries and would recover in no time,” Xavier replied.

Selene nodded in understanding. She made a mental note to check on him later.

“You said that man was Ezekiel Clark, from the Clark family?” She asked Xavier. “I thought the two families never crossed paths again,” she added, staring into his tired dark eyes. It was already three in the morning and he hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep yet. “What was he doing here?”

For an unknown reason, when she made eye contact with Ezekiel, he stared back at her with longing eyes. His soft blue eyes stared right back into hers, slightly shocked that she was awake, but there was something else hidden in them that she couldn’t explain.

Kael was the only member of the Clark family she’d met and the two brothers looked quite similar.

“About that, he came to the hospital for Kael. He donated his blood for you and he was the one who brought you here,” Xavier explained.

He understood why Ezekiel didn’t want him to inform Selene that he was her brother. The news would come out as shocking and he still needed to inform his family, the Clark family first before any decision was made.

He was upset he had to lie to Selene at the moment. However, telling her the truth was crucial at the moment. She needed o focus on recovering.

Selene felt indebted to Kael for donating his blood to her.

“Really? Where’s my phone? I need to call him and appreciate him,” she said, her eyes scanning the hospital room, searching for her phone.

“Your phone was destroyed in the car crash. But I will get you a new one,” he replied.

Selene sighed, and Xavier urged her to sleep if she was too tired. She agreed, but with one condition: he had to sleep as well. She made extra space on the bed for him, and he lay down beside her. Together, they drifted off to sleep.

**

“She’s Selene Jones,” Ezekiel said to Jeffrey.

He was at the Clark mansion, staring at the garden scenery with Jeffrey, his hands in his pockets as he calculated their next move.

Jeffrey’s head snapped to look at Ezekiel.

“Who’s Selene Jones?” Jeffrey asked.

Ezekiel pulled out his phone and searched for Selene Jones. When a picture of her came up, he stretched out his hand, handing Jeffrey his phone for the latter to look at the picture, his missing daughter.

“She’s Ava, but she goes by a different name now,” said Ezekiel.

Jeffrey stared at the picture of Selene on Ezekiel’s screen. The picture was taken with a professional camera at the award show, when she stepped down to collect her award. She looked beautiful, happy, and surprised with several other mixed expressions as she held her award in her hand.

Tears pooled in Jeffrey’s eyes, joyful that his daughter was finally found.

“She was in an accident yesterday. Kael was the one to bring her to the hospital and he donated his blood. Xavier had Kael take a test together with Selene in case the information is wrong, the results will come out in a few days,” he informed his father.

Jeffrey handed Ezekiel his phone back, his emotions were about to burst out but he kept them caged in for a little while longer.

“She woke up yesterday,” Ezekiel added.

His father had suddenly gone silent after seeing the picture.

“What are you thinking about, father?” He asked with concern.

“How were you able to find her?” Jeffrey asked.

Ezekiel sighed, keeping his hands in his pockets. He didn’t know how to reply to that question since he wasn’t the one that found her.

“I didn’t. Xavier did and we haven’t spoken since yesterday.”

As soon as those words left his mouth, he felt his father’s piercing glare on him.

Jeffrey didn’t need to ask more questions for Ezekiel to continue to explain.

“It turned out that the both of them are dating—”

“That’s impossible,” Jeffrey immediately cut him off, his tone firm and void of any emotions. “My daughter won’t be getting associated with any member of the Wallace family. They are the reason she went missing in the first place. If they had been careful, she would still be here, right here with us.”

Ezekiel sighed one more time, completely understanding where his father was coming from.

‘But the past is the past.’ Ezekiel bit his tongue so that he wouldn’t spout out those words.