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.

parents to visit him in the hospital, and you’re a woman too, so I just

and-” She prepared herself to voice the question she’d been harboring in her mind since she heard of Travis‘

surgery ward, Larissa supposed there was a problem with his spine.

his life.” The nurse paused and glanced in the direction of Travis‘ room. When she was certain that no one was coming out anytime soon, she lowered her voice and continued, “Poor Travis. They say he’s married, but ever since he’s been admitted, his wife has not been here once. It was always just his parents. They took care of him, and, speaking of his parents, they look like good, honest people–they really

have any

did not pay much attention to what the nurse said next. Her attention was entirely focused on the phrase “paralyzed for the

had been so adamant about getting her to the hospital.

His life was pretty

that Amber was either the reason why Travis had been in an accident, or she’d completely ignored Travis after

her because she had hoped that Larissa would be responsible for Travis for the

sneered coldly. It looked like they’d really

and returned to

gone.

Hardy was still unconscious, and the ice pack on her forehead

shocked. “Where’s Larissa? Where did she go?” he

hurriedly.

lay supine on the bed, motionless, his lifeless eyes