Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 39

After the doctor examined Mrs. Hardy, he found that other than her fever, there was nothing else wrong with her. So, he arranged for her to receive an intravenous drip on a bed in the ward. He also prescribed a few boxes of cold and cough medication

for her.

When Larissa returned from the pharmacy, Mrs. Hardy was still unconscious.

The nurse told her to remove the wet clothes from the woman’s body to prevent her condition from exacerbating. Larissa felt a wave of repulsion from the bottom of her

heart.

She tried to call Travis, but his phone was still turned off. Then, she tried to contact Andrew, but he was unreachable despite her multiple attempts. She even suspected that Andrew had already blocked her number.

As for Mr. Hardy–she never even saved his number in the first place.

Helplessly, Larissa slipped a hundred dollar note to the nurse tending to the next bed and had her change Mrs. Hardy’s clothes for her.

been administered for almost two hours now. Consequently, Larissa had sat by Mrs. Hardy’s bed for

hours as well.

up gradually when the nurse came by to draw some

the nurse violently, completely disregarding the needle still stuck on her arm. She threw herself onto Larissa and grabbed her frantically.

before the thermos on the table fell and was smashed to bits. Not only that, the hot water from the thermos had even splashed

sent into disarray. The patient from the

in, surveyed the

patient from bed 2’s

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back of her right palm was indeed dislodged. Bright red blood was trickling through the entrance wound, but Mrs. Hardy seemed to

of her hand

about to help her tamp the bleeding when Mrs.

away.

you dare touch me!” she growled ferociously.

in

wound later,” she

ball in her palms. Before she could make a move, Mrs. Hardy started to climb out of the