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.

the only one besides his parents to visit him in the hospital, and you’re a woman too, so I just assumed,”

the question she’d been harboring in her mind since she heard of Travis‘ accident. What kind of injury does

supposed there was a problem with his spine. And problems related to the spine–they sounded serious enough

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

as we don’t have

much attention to what the nurse said next. Her attention was entirely focused on the

so adamant about getting her

was paralyzed. His life was pretty much

either the reason why

because she had hoped that Larissa would be

looked like

Hardy finished smoking and returned

gone.

Hardy was still unconscious, and the ice pack on her forehead had slipped down to the side of

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

hurriedly.

on the bed, motionless, his lifeless eyes staring blankly