Chapter 90 - Two can play at this game

Elena POV

Two days had already passed with me still in the hospital. Even though I protested that there was no need to stay, Nick still suggested I do.

Yet, the main cause of the incident was nowhere to be found. He never came to check up on me, not even once. I guess my sadness became noticeable as Nick noticed the shift in my eyes, the way I kept staring at the door.

“Elena,” he said gently, “I’m sure he just got caught up in something important. He’ll come.”

Always the excuses for the past two days. I gave him a small smile. Fake. So fake it hurts.

“Yeah,” I murmured, reaching for my phone. “Probably.”

I opened the screen.

There it was. The headline.

Catherine Monroe Involved in Minor Accident — Billionaire Alexander Donovan Seen Rushing to Her Side

And there was the picture. Alex. Holding her hand. Carrying her into the damn hospital like some knight in shining armor.

My fingers trembled.

Oh. So that was the “important” thing.

I stared at the screen until my vision blurred, my th