Chapter 308
Sweet Subterfuge
Instantly, she bicke into a cold sweat. Ichalry sharply, she turned her head to see Ruby sprawled on the sola, with one hand pressing down on her njured lag.
âIâm sorry, Iâm sorry!â Ruby quickly got up from the sola and knelt on the ground as she hurriedly removed the bandage from Larissaâs leg.
As she had pressed too hard earlier, Larissa gritted her teeth in pain even at Rubyâs slightest touch, When Kevan returned from his bedroom, he noticed Rubyâs anxious expression and Larissaâs pale complexion. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart.
âWhat happened?â he asked.
Ruby burst into tears first.
âIm sorry, Iâm sorry!â she repeated incessantly, unable to say more.
She covered her mouth, crying uncontrollably, teaâs streaking her face.
Unable to stomach the sight, Larissa instructed Kevar, âGet her some issues to wipe âer lears.â
Kevan quickly grabbed several tissues and stuffed them all into Rubyâs hands, âWhat about you?â He lowered his head to look at Larissaâs injured leg and asked. âDid you hurt your leg again?â
âArenât you a genus? Larissa attempted to lighten the atmosphere. Kevan glared at her fiercely in response.
He scooped her up in his arms, bridal style, carefully avoiding her injured leg.
I take you to the hospitalâ
He strade out and Ruby rushed after him, wiping away her tears.
Iâm going with you!â
She seemed normal in the car, but as soon as they entered the emergency room, she started crying again, leaving everyone in the room baffled.
âItâs all my la.lt. She seemed a little better with her words this time. âWhen I got up. I wasnât stable and accidentally fell on her, cressing down on her leg.
The doctor frowned upon hearing that âHow could you be so careless knowing that thereâs a patient with a fractured leg?â
Histore wasnât particularly harsh, but it camed some reproach. Unable to withstand i Ruby burst into tears and ran out.
Kevanâs gaze tra le aber her until she reached the door before he shifted his focus to Larissa.
Larissa sighed and said. âGo check on her. Ill be fine on my own.â
Rising to his feet, Kevan said to the doctor. Please have a nurse lake care of her later,â
Then he left the emergency room. According to proloco, the doctor had Larissa get an Xâray.
After handing her the payment slip, he called a nurse to wheel her upstairs in a wheelchair.
The nurse chatted with her along the way. âDid you come alone?â
Larissa smiled. âYes.â
The nurse sighed. âYouâre really strong.â
A bitter taste filed Larissaâs heart. Without anyone caring for her, what choice did she have but to learn to be strong?
Kevan and Ruby didnât retum, even after she Inished the Xâray. Unsurprisingly, her wound had reopened, and it was even more severe than before Larissa had a thousand curses, but she couldnât utter them to Ruby. Without Kevan, she couldnât leave.
Hence, she rushed cul in a pank, without her phone and no way to contact them, On the cold winter night, she sat along the emergency room lobby. The cold wind rushed in through the tiny gaps in the window.
seeping through her loose clothes.
in Larissa hugged herself lightly, conserving whatever warmth she had She lost count of how many times she had turned toward the entrance, and how many times she had sighed. When she thought she was about to freeze to death, Kevan and Ruby finally appeared.