Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 42

As soon as Larissa left Travis‘ room and went by the nurses‘ station, she was stopped by the nurse who’d given her the ice packs earlier.

“Oh, perfect timing.”

The nurse beckoned. Confused, Larissa walked over to her.

“Here!” The nurse handed her a bill. “You can pay downstairs.”

Larissa looked at the bill in her hands. It was yet another five–thousand–dollar bill.

“I think you’ve made a mistake.” She smiled at the nurse. “I’m not related to Travis. I think it’s better if you have his parents pay for this.”

“What?” The nurse was evidently surprised. “Aren’t you his wife? I heard his parents say he’s married, but his wife-” She hesitated, looking embarrassed.

Even though the nurse did not say anything else after that, Larissa was well aware that whatever the Hardys had said about her, it couldn’t have been flattering.

and you’re a woman too, so

and-” She prepared herself to voice the question she’d been harboring in her

spinal surgery ward, Larissa supposed there was a problem with

care of him, and, speaking of his parents, they look like good, honest people–they really do, but their tempers are simply unbelievable! They would start fighting in the ward, almost never for good reason, and they even got physical a

don’t have any other available

Her attention was entirely focused on the phrase

Mrs. Hardy had been so adamant about getting her to the hospital.

was paralyzed. His life

reason why Travis had been in an accident, or she’d completely ignored Travis after

had hoped that Larissa would be

coldly. It looked like they’d really thought this

smoking and returned to

gone.

still unconscious, and the ice pack on her forehead had

Where did she go?”

hurriedly.

on the bed, motionless, his lifeless eyes staring