Chapter 1528: 1528. Is it Elly Campbell from the medical department?
"Helen, did you hear what the doctor said? You just need a few more days of rest, and you can be discharged."
A large hand gently stroked her soft, smooth long hair.
Even while she was in a coma for a long time, the caregiver Shirley, whom Elly Campbell brought in, took good care of her.
Every day, she would wash her body and wash her hair twice a week.
So, even though Helen Melendy just woke up, she didn’t have the sticky feeling that comes from lying in bed for a long time.
Harry Hall saw the confusion on Helen Melendy’s face and felt a bit worried, "Helen, what’s wrong?"
Only then did he notice that since Helen Melendy woke up, she had been silent. Her gaze at him was not unfamiliar, yet there was no natural closeness, instead... instead, it was somewhat uneasy.
Harry Hall’s heart ached suddenly.
Why did Helen look at him with unease besides confusion? Why would she feel uneasy?
"Helen?"
Suppressing his uneasiness, he looked at the silent Helen Melendy and called out again.
After a long while, he finally heard Helen Melendy’s low voice, holding some uncertainty as she called out, "Senior Hall?"
Harry Hall’s heart shattered in that instant when Helen Melendy called him "Senior Hall."
His face, usually not expressive, was clearly shaken at this moment. After a long time, he barely found his voice, "Helen, what did you call me?"
If it were in the past, he might have thought she called him that for fun, but at this moment, her behavior clearly wasn’t joking, but rather... genuinely calling him Senior Hall.
After calling him that, her gaze at him still carried some unease, even... embarrassment and awkwardness.
"Senior Hall?"
Seeing him question like this, Helen Melendy carefully repeated.
Seeing Harry Hall’s face look a bit off, her voice softened, as if he didn’t like her calling him that?
But... isn’t that what everyone calls him?
After she repeated the call, Harry Hall’s eyes visibly darkened with what seemed like sadness.
The smile that had just been restrained on his face faded even more at that moment.
After a moment, Harry Hall spoke again:
"You’re just waking up and still very weak, lie down and rest for a while, I’ll call Elly Campbell and tell her you’re awake."
He raised his hand, gently lifting it to pat her head, but saw Helen Melendy instinctively avoid it, seemingly not expecting Harry Hall to make such a gesture, with surprise and disbelief flashing in her eyes.
Only then did she remember that when she had just woken up, Harry Hall often made such intimate gestures towards her, but at that time she was still in a state of confusion, and the unusual gentleness and affection in the eyes of this usually cold man when she first opened her eyes had stunned her into forgetting how to think.
So it was at this moment that realization dawned on her.
Harry Hall’s hand, which hadn’t yet touched her head, hung awkwardly in the air because of Helen Melendy’s instinctive avoidance, a flash of surprise once again crossing his eyes.
After a moment’s pause, he seemed to sigh softly, his hand finally landing gently on top of her head, speaking hoarsely:
"Rest well."
He was about to get up and leave when he heard Helen Melendy’s confused voice say:
"Elly Campbell?"
She pondered for a moment, then looked at Harry Hall and asked: "The Elly Campbell from the medical department?"