When Love Wore A Mask

out a glance. She knelt beside Julian, her voice

inger at Ethan. "He... he pushed me

es blazing with fury at Ethan.

as he limped heavily. The immediate crisis was Julian

badly sprained ankle and a fractured fib

al bed. He needed pain medication, and the doctor me

han. "You' re the same blood type. I remember

request. It w

e check... they might notice his missing kidney. His sca

. "Are you too precious to he

y blood isn' t free, especially not for him." He feigned greed, hopin

d out her wallet, extracted several hundred-dollar bill

face impassive. "Pleasure

t, solidified his greedy persona in her

Standard questions, blood pressure, temperatur

the doctor said, reachi

rt, his lungs. Then his fingers palpated Ethan

ng again. "Everything alright here?

doorway, gasped. "What? Missing a k

art hammere

r has only one kidney. It' s not uncommon, people can live perfectly healthy li

with a mixture of shock and dawning

or, you must be mistaken. I' m perfectly whole

ned into disbelief, th

al liar! He' d say anything to get out of helping Julian! He' s

give as much as they' ll take. Make him pay for what he did." Her voice was cold, her demand excessive, dangerous. She was dismi

table. "Ma' am, we can on

Ava cut him off, her eyes

' t fight this without revealing e

d health despite the earlier anomaly they now dismissed as perhaps an oddity in his anatomy or a misinterpretation. He felt lightheaded, a grow

d to stand, his legs buckled. Th

e had left a small container of congee – his favorite when he was sick – on t

from Julian' s room ne

to eat a little. You

ed by a familiar ache. He p

g when she saw him awake. The brief moment of potent

p," she said, her voic

in his eyes. Did she leave the con

ds shattered

e you. I wouldn' t have cared if you' d ble

s another nail in the coffin of their pas