A Healer’s Journey

Chapter 24 Do Not Call Me Darling

As everyone speculated about Finnegan’s identity, the man took Bernice’s hand and strolled out of the restaurant.

When they were about to reach the car, Bernice asked, “Is my hand nice to hold?”

Having gradually grown closer to her, Finnegan quipped with a chuckle, “My girlfriend’s hand is fair and smooth, so it’s naturally nice to hold.”

Bernice flushed bright red and retracted her hand. “I only said that to protect you. You’ve got to work harder if you want me to be your girlfriend.”

She was gentle and enchanting yet had a forceful side to her at times.

While she was from an affluent family, she was not condescending like the typical heiress. Instead, she was very much approachable.

At that very moment, her shy expression was also incredibly adorable.

Finnegan could not help but fall for her. “In other words, I still have a chance of winning you over as long as I work harder?”

Bernice’s eyes flickered imperceptibly. “Didn’t you say that matching family backgrounds is crucial? Can you overcome all feelings of inferiority and pursue me without bothering about others’ criticisms?”

“Why can’t I pursue you if I have the confidence to close the gap between us?”

Considering his medical skills and the connections he had built in the past few years, Finnegan believed that he could totally be on par with the Zimmerman family, given sufficient time.

Nonetheless, a question then popped into his mind. “But you’re not giving me a chance because I once saved you, right?” If it were a relationship that stemmed from gratitude, he would not pursue her, even if he had some feelings for her.

Blinking, Bernice replied, “I’m not the kind of person who’d give myself up for a debt of gratitude. It’s just that I don’t hate it if you want to pursue me, and I can give you a chance. So, do you want to try and conquer me?”

She herself was surprised when she said such words. In the past, she felt that it was brazen for a girl to act in such a manner.

However, she was willing to voluntarily take the first step since it was Finnegan.

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Finnegan’s eyes lit up. “Yes. I’ll definitely conquer you and have you beg for mercy on the balcony, in the bathroom, and on the floorboards.

Bernice said nothing, lost for a moment.

man. “What a rogue! Mrs. Larkin said you’d got excellent grades and character since young But from the look of things now, you’d been faking it in the past.”

Finnegan flashed her a devilish smile. “Women

away and climbed into the car. “I’m not talking to you anymore! Also, call me Bernie starting today. If you continue addressing me

it, my

rogue! I’m not your darling yet. That has to wait until you’ve won me over!”

have imagined that his appearance led

so frustrated that he burst

even won me over, but you’re already calling me intimately. Don’t

bit awkward. In that case, I’ll

right now. But… it’s

the open, Finnegan and Bernice chatted and joked like a couple during the drive. Throughout it

vivid.

bustling neighborhood that Finnegan stopped teasing her.

was a neighborhood that maintained the style of the nineteen-thirties and forties,

“Let’s get out of the

walked to a cie known as Jerome Medical

merging two units, while the back consisted of a yard and residence.

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regarded Bernice in puzzlement. “Why are we here, Darling?”

call me Darling.”

“Sure, Darling.”

her, Bernice chided him for being a rogue. under her breath before asking. “Do you know of Jerome

I was young. He’s one of the top ten doctors in Loang, a native of Jadeborough.” Pausing briefly, he studied the clinic in front of him. “Jerome Medical Clinic…

he opened this clinic, a place providing treatment for the sick. But after something. happened two years ago, Mr. Magnussen stopped receiving patients. The clinic only sells some

patients? But I remember that he’d seemingly vowed to provide medical treatment until

vow. He even hung those words in his

went on a vacation. Within a few days

he asked some fellow

he was no longer qualified to

he wants to sell Jerome Medical Clinic. It seems that he’s planning to raise some money and take Yuliana abroad in search of a cure and hope. Since you said you wanted to open a clinic, I contacted him. He told me to come over to

Finnegan heard that, sympathy welled within him toward Jerome. I can only imagine his utter heartbreak after failing to save his family despite being

the same time, he looked at Bernice gratefully