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

a devilish smile. “Women love bad boys,

call me Bernie starting today. If you continue addressing me as Ms. Zimmerman, I won’t give you any chances

my soon-to-be

not your darling yet. That

who was rushing to the hospital right then, would probably never have imagined that his appearance led to Finnegan and Bernice’s relationship growing

would likely be so frustrated that he burst a blood vessel.

you’re already calling me intimately. Don’t you find it awkward to call me your soon-to-be darling?”

In that

now. But… it’s okay after I agree to

feelings out in the open, Finnegan and Bernice chatted and joked like a couple during the drive. Throughout it all, the splotches of red coloring the latter’s face remained

vivid.

bustling neighborhood that Finnegan stopped teasing her. “This is the place you wanted to bring me

the style of the nineteen-thirties and forties, surrounded by residential areas.

urged, “Let’s get out of the

the car, they walked to a cie known as Jerome Medical Clinic.

the back

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

call me

“Sure, Darling.”

Bernice chided him for being a rogue. under her

when I was young. He’s one of the top ten doctors in Loang, a native of Jadeborough.” Pausing briefly, he studied the clinic in

this clinic, a place providing treatment for the sick. But after something. happened two years ago, Mr.

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

a vow. He even hung those words in his clinic. But something happened later, and he removed the

few days of their

end of the day even after he asked some fellow doctors to help. Ultimately, only his

Jerome completely. Feeling that he was no longer qualified to be

of that, she sighed once more. “A few days ago, Mr. Magnussen even said 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

imagine his utter heartbreak after failing

same time, he looked at Bernice