Chapter 196

---- Chapter 196 For the next couple of days, Giselle felt depressed. She didn't head to the hospital to visit Donovan at all. She just called Tony every now and then to check on Donovan's condition . Once she learned that he was safe, she gradually began to let go. Afterward, she tried to redirect her focus back to her own. life with a full heart. However , whenever she had a moment to herself, a strange and suffocating sense of loneliness always seemed to creep back into her life.

One afternoon, she'd just finished getting ready and was about to head to her shop when someone knocked on her door. Based on the way the person was knocking on the door, Giselle already had an inkling of who it was. The low and deliberate knock made her heart skip a beat. After taking a deep breath, she opened the door. The person that was now standing before her was none other than Donovan Kane. Giselle stared at his familiar face and felt herself grow anxious.

Her body stiffened, and she began to avoid his gaze. "Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?" she asked before he could say anything. It had only been a week since he'd woken up and had been ---- transferred to a regular hospital ward. It was clear that he'd yet to fully recover from his illness. His face was weary and covered in stubble. He seemed to be in low spirits, but he was still as difficult to read as ever. He didn't reply, but he didn't lash out at her like he used to do either.

On top of that, he wasn't questioning her or demanding answers from her. Instead, he acted as if he was returning to his own home and walked into her living room without saying a word. Giselle didn't know what he was doing here, but she didn't stop him from entering the house. She also realized that he seemed to be holding some kind of folder. Once he entered the living room, he placed the folder on the coffee table. Then, he placed his hands in his pockets and headed out to the balcony.

He stared out into the distance for a long period of time. Giselle didn't know if he was thinking about something or if he was simply getting some air. He looked oddly calm. Since he was behaving in such an unusual manner, Giselle couldn't help but say, "If you have something to say to me, just spit it out." After a few moments of silence, he finally returned to the living room. Then, he took out the contents of the folder one by one.

---- As it turned out, the folder contained multiple debit cards and a pile of property deeds. Giselle was shocked. She didn't know what Donovan was trying to do. "Here are five debit cards and ten property deeds. They're worth 1 billion dollars in total. All of these assets are now under your name," he declared calmly. He sounded extremely nonchalant about it. Giselle was speechless.

She glanced at the high-tier debit cards and the ginormous stack of property deeds and didn't know how to react. Part of her thought she'd misheard him, while another part of her assumed he'd lost his mind. "What is all of this?" she asked. "It's your compensation," he replied. Donovan turned away from her and stared into the distance. Then, in a heavy voice, he told her everything that'd been weighing on his heart for the longest time. "T'm the reason our relationship ended up like this.