Chapter 103

Guilt painted black everything Elena tried to do. Her thoughts were always dotted with the knowledge that she had just laid with her husband's step brother.

Even though she was drunk that night, she could remember every detail of what happened. She could have stopped it from happening, could have pushed him away, just as she had been going. But she didn't. She gave up when the finishing tape was in sight.

Her grief and agony about how terribly Liam treated her had gotten the best of her, and she crumbled woefully.

Now, she not only worried about Liam finding out, but she also had Ethan to deal with. There was a tenacious tension that existed between them. At the office when she tried to speak to him, she couldn't hold his eyes. But he held hers perfectly well, and even put in some cocky smiles.

Elena had officially joined Plum.

"Ma'am," the phlegmatic maid said one day, "I realised you look a bit sick. Have you thought about seeing the doctor?"

To this, Elena smiled and shook her he