Sweet Subterfuge

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.

his parents to visit him in the hospital, and you’re a woman too,

the question she’d been harboring in her mind since she heard

ward, Larissa supposed there was a problem with his spine. And problems related to the

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

have any other

nurse said next. Her attention was entirely focused

been so

His life was pretty

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

Hardy had come looking for her because she had hoped that Larissa would be responsible

coldly. It looked like they’d really

returned to the ward, Larissa was

gone.

her forehead had slipped down to

Larissa? Where

hurriedly.

the bed, motionless, his

ceiling.