Chapter 13 - The phone calls

Elisabeth POV

I woke up with a sore face and lip. Slowly I open my eyes and realise I am late for work. Great.

I jump out of bed and get myself ready for work. I put on a maxi dress to cover the bruises on my legs. What can I say? I bruise easily.

While I brush my teeth, I start to think about how I will conceal the marks on my face. It wouldn’t be the first time doing it, but it definitely the first time covering to go to work. To see people that actually care about me and that will ask why I’ve got a cut on my lip, why I have a cut on my cheek. But, unfortunately, I can’t conceal that, so I will have to come up with a random excuse to tell people.

And I decided that today I will be going to see Michael Lockwood at Lockwood enterprises and end this fake marriage once and for all. I can’t do this to him. I can handle Samuel’s anger, and I don’t mind him hurting me if he leaves Michael alone. I know that h