After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 4

When Elaine came to, she blinked against the harsh fluorescent lighting, the antiseptic smell told her she was in hospital.

Her head still throbbed, She glanced around the room and spotted Alistair.

When he noticed she was awake, he just frowned."I apologize, I was too hasty." he muttered, still frowning. "But I only pushed you because I saw you slap Vivian first."

He pinched the bridge of his nose like he was dealing with an annoying business problem rather than his hospitalized wife. "She's pregnant. I already told you she'll be gone after the baby's born. Your position isn't threatened. Why would you do that?"

"I didn't touch her!"When she heard him convicting her of a crime she never committed, Elaine could barely breathe. Despite her situation She stubbornly resisted. At that moment, it was hard to tell which hurt worse-her throbbing head or her shattering heart.

"Save it," he cut her off. "I saw it with my own eyes."

Elaine stared at him for a moment, then let out a laugh.

see, don't you?

guard. For half a second, he knew exactly what she meant the love letters he'd "accidentally" found years ago, the

but before he

like he was about to step into a board meeting. "I just needed

he just... walked out. Didn't even look back

his dead girlfriend,He'd just swooped in to save her father's company and

god it was almost

made sure to keep her

soup!He worked at home in order to be with her, and that today he even turned down a

just hit delete, delete,

hospital stay, Kate, who is Elaine's

your so-called husband?" She scanned the hospital room. "You're lying here, he can't even

smiled, where