Whispers Of Betrayal (Anastasia and Alastor)

Chapter 55

“Anastasia, Anastasia.

“Wake

1. it’s time to eat something, or your stomach won’t hold up.”

When Anastasia woke up, it was already the next day’s afternoon.

Jason was sitting by the bedside, looking serious.

“Awake?” Jason got up and poured Anastasia a cup of warm water. “Rinse your mouth, and don’t move around.”

Anastasia moved slightly and felt a sharp pain in her chest.

“I called the police.” Jason’s face did not look good, and there was a wound on the corner of his mouth.

Clearly, he had gotten into a fight with someone.

“So many years have passed, and you’re still so impulsive. Anastasia looked at the injury on Jason’s face and spoke hoarsely. “Fighting comes with consequences. Whether you win and end up at the police station or lose and end up in the hospital, it’s never pleasant.”

“So, you lost the fight?” Jason’s voice was low as he held the water cup to Anastasia’s lips for her to drink and rinse her

mouth.

then that Anastasia noticed that her right forearm

broken, and your right arm has a

by myself,” Anastasia

did fall on

protecting an abuser will only turn the pain you suffer into a joke.” Jason’s face looked grim, and his tone was not

“An abuser? Did he misunderstand Alastor as an abuser?”

You can demand an injury assessment and file for divorce,” Jason could

you. I fell by myself. Did you really call the police?” Anastasia looked at Jason in shock, trying to sit up with her left arm, but the pain in her collarbone

was angry.

enduring the pain as she sat up and reached for her phone. “I’ll

so disappointing Jason watched Anastasia, who was getting up in a hurry,

had not brought her

to herself? Are bones that fragile? Such an implausible excuse could only be said when Anastasia was protecting Alastor.”

Jason stood

sharp pain in her heart, turned her head with

could no longer give Anastasia the sense

the window, backlit, looking

think you are to me? Mind

fingers slowly clenched

Anastasia did not want Jason to interfere, why would she call him? “Do you know that if it wasn’t for your cat going crazy, disturbing the neighbors and making me and the doctor find your location in

fell silent for a long time

but the disappointment in his

changed in a

ago, Anastasia, though quiet and silent, was never weak