Chapter 8
I was getting worse. If it went on like this, I really wouldn't make it.
I opened a loan app and withdrew ten thousand dollars.
I could earn more money later. Right now, saving my life came first.
I went to the hospital again.
But as I stood at the entrance, someone called out from behind me.
"Elodie? Wow, what a coincidence. What are you doing here?"
I turned around.
A blonde guy in a black tracksuit was pushing a bike, grinning at me with that sly, up-to-no-good look.
He squinted those seductive eyes, staring me down.
It was Ronan Carver, another rich guy I was stringing along.
He walked right up, eyeing the names of the gynecological departments on the hospital sign.
"Oh? Are you sick? Here to see a doctor?"
I didn't say anything. He kept going. "Well, well. Didn't expect you to catch something like this. Just wait. Beckett's gonna find out soon. Let's see how he reacts then."