SWNOVELS Chapter 88
Chapter 88
Chapter 88 Amanda’s Anger
Elias narrowed his eyes slightly. He might not have known what Amanda had said, but he sensed that it was extremely important.
“Really? Don’t lie to me.”
I’m not. The situation was so urgent, and I was in a mess, plus you were bleeding so much. I was afraid that you might faint again which would make you lose a lot of blood, so I had to think of a way to keep you awake all the way to the hospital.”
She tried hard to maintain a sincere expression, but he still looked suspicious, so she changed the subject instead. “Oh, where’s Grandpa? He stayed here the entire night, insisting on watching you wake up. Why has he left?”
“I don’t know.” Elias refused to say that his grandfather had gone off to see a fortune teller again.
Amanda looked at her watch. “Rest well, then. I have to go to work. I’m nearly one hour late already.”
She was about to get up when he caught her wrist, and she turned to glance at his hand. “What? Do you want anything else? Just call Yacob since he’s been waiting outside the entire time. You should give him a pay raise since he’s so loyal to you.”
Elias stared at her for a long while as if hesitating
“Are you going to say anything? If there’s nothing. I have to go to the law firm since I’m running very late.” Amanda was about to remove her hand, but he held it tighter.
There was a conflicted look in Elias’ eyes before he eventually spoke. “I just wanted to check something with you. I hope that you will answer honestly,”
It might not have been so important to him anymore, but he had always been curious.
Amanda’s curiosity was piqued as well and she looked confused. “What is it?”
He considered it again, knowing that she would get angry if he mentioned it, though he really wanted to know about it. “I just want to know something. When did we…. sleep together four years ago? When was that child conceived?”
Elias had always been curious about this. While the child was already lost, he had continued to ponder it. numerous times but couldn’t recall when he had slept with Amanda and allowed her to successfully
conceive.
Sure enough, she became furious and slapped his hand away. “Do you still not believe what I said four years ago? Stop asking then!”
She turned and left the hospital room in a rage, slamming the door violently behind her, which caused a loud bang.
Elias lay against the bed, becoming immersed in his thoughts. The room was deathly silent and felt even colder than the morgue.
His memory returned to the night of the celebratory party four years ago, which was when Amanda had
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repeatedly insisted it had happened, However, the party had been held outside Imperia and she hadn’t gone there with him at all. Plus, he had gotten extremely drunk after being coaxed into drinking. By the
time he woke up the next morning, he found that it was Grace who was lying beside him while half- dressed. The most terrifying thing had been the splotch of virgin blood on the pure white sheets.
Amanda, however, had claimed that she was the one who had fallen into bed with him. Whom should I believe? One of them has to be lying. If Amanda really had aborted a child, then Grace is lying.
But how can I explain what had happened that night? I did not see Amanda when I woke up, just Grace. Besides, Amanda was already home when I returned to Imperia. What exactly happened?
Elias felt a sudden yet intense headache coming on and he shouted angrily while holding his forehead, “Yacob! Get in here!”
Yacob, who had been waiting outside, immediately came in with a solemn expression. “Mr. Winters, how can I help?”
“Can we still get the hotel footage from the celebratory party in Flimwood four years ago?” Elias knew that it would be difficult, but he really wanted to know what had happened that night and whether Amanda had shown up or not.
Yacob was stunned for about three seconds before he uttered. “T-that may be impossible. It has been four years, plus the hotel would only store it for one to three months before replacing it with new footage-”
“Bullsh*t! Of course, I know that! Never mind. Just pretend I never asked. Elias lay on the bed, feeling his head throb painfully as he replayed the night of the party inside his mind.
He had been so drunk that he didn’t even know how he had gotten back to the hotel, never mind. remembering what had happened that night. Was there a possibility that Amanda was the one he had actually slept with that night? But why had it been Grace who had lay beside him while half-dressed?
Elias’ head hurt the more he thought about it. Coupled with the concussion he had suffered due to the accident, he felt like his head was about to explode.
“Mr. Winters, are you okay? I’ll call the doctor!” Yacob turned away to summon the doctor when he saw how much pain Elias was in.
“Come back! I want to ask you something else!”
“What is it?” Yacob was surprised, not understanding why Elias was suddenly so invested in what had happened four years ago.
Elias covered the wound on his forehead and asked seriously while suppressing his pain, “Who was the one that helped me back to the hotel? Were you there at the time? Did you see Amanda go inside my room that night?”
The string of questions confused Yacob momentarily as he began to recall the party four years ago. After at while, he said, “Mr. Winters, I was on leave that day and someone else took my place, so I’m not so sure.”
Elias was flabbergasted and glared at Yacob coldly, sounding annoyed as he growled, “Get out!”
“Yes, sir!” Yacob had no choice but to retreat outside the room again in puzzlement, not knowing what had happened. After all, he really hadn’t been there at the party since he had accompanied Howard to a forum that day.
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The ward was quiet until nightfall, with no other visitors besides the doctors doing their rounds and the nurses applying medication.
Elias had been waiting for Amanda to show up, not expecting her to be so cruel. As a result, he felt gloomy and filled with emotions that had nowhere to go. He desperately wished he could fly to Flimwood right now to look into the momentous night four years ago, but he was confined to the bed and couldn’t move.
Suddenly, footsteps that belonged to a woman sounded outside the room. His eyes brightened slightly as he stared at the door, eagerly waiting for it to open. As the door was pushed open with a creak, Elias’ eyes dimmed again. It was none other than Grace.
“Elias, I have come to see you again. Do you feel better?” She had brought along some plain porridge this
time.
“It’s too late. You should go home and rest. Elias’ tone was freezing.
She couldn’t take the sudden change in attitude. Before this, he would have been gentler toward her even though he had been faking it, but now it seemed like he had completely dropped the pretense.
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