<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan turned around and walked away from the door after speaking.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Meanwhile, Ruby was devastated and was practically shoved into the car with her suitcase before being driven away.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I quickly returned to the living room and pretended I hadn’t seen or heard anything.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Logan then walked into the living room and saw me quietly sitting there. He smiled. “Let’s go. The</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">weather is perfect right now. The dew will start to settle if we wait any longer.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">So, I happily walked beside him as we left the house for a stroll.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The walk was delightful.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The night breeze was gentle, and the person beside me made me feel at ease..</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I started bing chatty. But in contrast, Logan didn’t talk much at all and just quietly listened to me. However, one thing I didn’t ask him was why he would rather send Ruby away than stop siding with me. I hade to realize that ignorance truly was bliss sometimes.</font></font>Têxt ? N?velDrama.Org.
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">The next day, I went to the hospital for a check–up and to get my bandages changed. Teri had rushed over to see me and seemed relieved when she saw that I looked well. She pointed at Frank. “Is this him? Doesn’t seem like it.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I knew she had the wrong idea, so I exined, “He’s Dr. Drake. The Wood family doctor.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri clicked her tongue and started to tease with a hint of jealousy, “How nice it is to be rich. It turns out that those romance novels weren’t lying after all…”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I quickly covered her loose lips and asked in a low voice, “What brings you here?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri gave me a strange look. “Do I need a reason to see you? Be honest with me, are you falling head over heels for Mr. Wood?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">My face flushed with embarrassment, and I hurriedly exined, “Stop talking nonsense! I’m not. He’s only taking care of me because of my brother.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri’s expression grew even more confused. “Arl, are you unaware that your brother…”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I cautiously asked, “What’s wrong with my brother?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri quickly changed the subject. “It’s nothing. Your brother is fine. I came here because I’ve got some. juicy gossip.*</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I frowned. “What gossip?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I had a bad feeling that it was about Elijah and Jocelyn again. It honestly exhausted me just to hear Elijah’s name these days. All I wanted to do now was to recover quickly, hire awyer, and sever all ties with him. I didn’t even care about getting any of his assets.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">All my interest was drained when I thought about the five years I’d spent with that man and that he had touched everything we’d once shared.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I couldn’t deny that I was utterly disgusted by both Elijah and Jocelyn.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri nced around and started to smirk. Then, she took out her phone and proudly waved it in front of me. “Elijah somehow got my number and added me on WhatsAppst night, and I gave him a piece of my mind.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I was speechless, but Teri didn’t seem to notice and continued proudly scrolling through the chat.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I nced at it briefly and immediately looked away, fearing that those three words might taint my sight. Teri looked like a victorious rooster as she grinned. “I listed all the ways he’s wronged you over the years and gave him a full–on lecture. He seemed drunk and tried to exin at first, but he just went silent after that.”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri forced me to read through the long string of insults that she had proudly thrown at him.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I skimmed a few lines before pushing the phone away. “I don’t want to read it. What did Elijah say in the end?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri chuckled. “He didn’t say much, but he didn’t seem to believe Jocelyn that bitch could pull off something like this. I told him to check for himself and even sent him screenshots of her usual posts on social media.</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">I was stunned. “You have screenshots of Jocelyn’s posts?”</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">Teri rolled her eyes at me. “What’s so surprising about that? Weren’t you the one who asked me to create a fake ount and pretend to be her junior to blend into her alumni circle?</font></font>
<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">“That’s how I got all her phony posts, I’ve saved most of the screenshots because you asked me to back then, and I sent them all to Elijah.</font></font>