Chapter 91

Suddenly, a sharp knock echoed through the hospital room.

A moment later, the door handle began to turn, slow and deliberate.

Elise didn't even need to look-she knew exactly who was about to walk in.

But her once-beautiful eyes now flashed with a chilling, almost sinister light, as if they concealed a well of bitterness and secret plots.

Isadora, this time I'll make sure you pay. You're in for it now.

At that very moment, Elise squeezed her eyes shut, lifted the steaming cup of water she'd been holding, and without hesitation, flung it all over herself.

"Ahh!"

Her scream rang out, sharp and piercing.

Scalding hot water splashed across Elise's delicate skin, the burning sensation hitting her like a wildfire-immediate, overwhelming.

Within seconds, angry red welts bloomed across her arm and chest, the sight enough to make anyone wince.

It all happened in a matter of heartbeats.

hurt herself so recklessly. She'd assumed Elise was

Elise's over-the-top theatrics, Isadora couldn't help thinking how much Nanette could

simultaneously, the hospital room door was

in, moving with

his gaze landed on Elise, crumpled on the sofa, soaked and

dab at her wet skin, his expression dark and hard. “Isadora, what did you

she hid in Magnus's arms,

was my fault-I was

eyes so hard

Here we go again.

innocent act-anyone with half a brain could see right through her. Except, apparently,

his phone and called

time, cooling Elise's

Elise kept reassuring them, her

water wasn't that hot, thank goodness.

the unspoken implication: if the water had been any hotter, Isadora would have

Elise's favorite move-playing the victim, twisting the knife

be so cruel? Elise has surgery tomorrow, and you go and burn

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