Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Exposing Her True Colors

The day Elsa was discharged, I texted her and invited her for a meal the next day.

She readily agreed and must've figured it wouldn't be just a meal. But I believed she'd come to me even if I didn't reach out. She was engro

I had

received word that after Jack was rejected by Eric in the ward, he refused to give up and arranged to meet for a discussion at the same rest This time, I was determined to expose Elsa's true colors to Jack.

I left home 30 minutes late on purpose. When I arrived at the restaurant, Elsa was visibly impatient.

When she saw me, she masked her annoyance as if her earlier irritation had just been nothing more than my imagination.

Once I

took my seat, she started whining, "Why are you so late, Jane? You didn't answer my calls, and I thought you'd forgotten about today." Her tone was casual as if the incident with the spiked juice had never happened. I was amazed by her nerves of steel. I decided to play alor

and set my bag beside me. "I left

food arrived in no time. While we ate, I made some small talk with Elsa though she kept steering the conversation toward Jeremiah. Then, she'd scan my face to gauge if

she was going to be

of the city through the floor-to- ceiling windows. There was even

meal, I suggested taking a

set

by the pool of Sizzling Bistro." Those few words were

two days. And now that she'd just been discharged and we were alone, Jack driven crazy with worry. He'd come running to her even if it

water ripple under the breeze. My tone was

was the spiked

turned to look at her with a sharp

must not have

through her face, and she forced

What are you talking about? Haven't we moved on from the

was the one who ended up in the hospital, and I juiced the freshest fruits for you." Whenever Elsa lied, she tried to