Chapter 3
When I woke up, I found myself in the hospital at the Ailfa Mount.
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“Elizabeth, would you like some water?” A girl asked me.
“Kayla?” She was Kayla Watson, my coworker. She had happened to find me fainting at the exit and took me to the hospital.
“How did you get into the primeval forest?” asked Kayla, puzzled.
I said, “It’s complicated.”
Just then, Edward’s voice came from the corridor. “Where is she?”
Kayla immediately walked over. “Edward, your wife is here.”
The door to the ward was open. I looked over at Edward, and his eyes were so cold.
A man said, “Edward, Jessica is in Ward 8.”
“How is she?” Edward asked.
The man replied, “She’s fine, just losing her warmth.”
“That’s good.” Edward went straight to Ward 8.
Kayla was shocked. “Why didn’t your husband come in to see you?”
I smiled bitterly and didn’t explain.
The next day at noon, I saw Edward walking through the corridor with a lunch box. He didn’t even glance toward me as if I didn’t exist.
I had bought that lunchbox.
I would often go to the rescue unit to bring food to Edward.
Now, he was carrying my lunchbox and delivering food to his beloved.
It was kind of ironic!
I was getting ready for bed around ten o’clock at night when Jessica pushed open the door and came in.
I asked, “What do you want?”
Jessica said wickedly, “I really didn’t think you were so tough that falling off a cliff didn’t kill you.”
I said, “Are you going to turn yourself in, or am I going to call the police on you?”
Jessica laughed, “Do you have any evidence? Who would believe you?”
“There’s always a day when the truth is revealed,” I said.
Jessica said smugly, “The truth? The truth right now is that you took me into Ailfa Mount and tried to kill me. I desperately ran away from you and was saved.
“By the way, are you having a hard, aggravating time right now? Edward chose to save me instead of you.”
After experiencing my previous life, I was now utterly disappointed in Edward. If I hadn’t encountered the miasma, I wouldn’t have asked
Edward for help.
“Have you finished? Get out when you’re done, I said in a cold voice.
Just then, the sound of steady, heavy footsteps came from the corridor. The footsteps were all too familiar to me. It was Edward,
Suddenly, Jessica slapped herself.
Then, she collapsed on the floor and looked at me with tears in her eyes. “Edward and I are just friends, Elizabeth. I can understand that you
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The door to my ward was pushed open.
Edward dropped the food he was holding and ran over, heartbroken, to help Jessica up. “Elizabeth, you’re a mean, vicious bitch. Jessica wasn’t wrong. Why did you hit her? Don’t you realize she hasn’t recovered from the distress?”
“Did I not get in distress? Did I recover physically?” I asked.
Edward said, “You deserved it. If you hadn’t lured Jessica inside the primeval forest, not so much would have happened.”
“Do you believe anything she says?” I questioned.
Edward said firmly, “Yes, Jessica doesn’t lie.”
I roared, “Fine. I don’t want to argue with you guys. You’re both assholes. Get the fuck out of here. I don’t want to see either of you.”
“My face hurts.” Jessica cried, covering her cheek in aggravation.
Edward was outraged and reached out to slap me hard.
I was dazed from the slap and stumbled, falling to the ground. A sharp pain came from my belly. Looking between my legs, I realized that blood was flowing out.
