Cosima's mother gave a scornful laugh.
"I put that homewrecker in her place, of course. Alaric, you're such a catch. All these shameless women keep throwing themselves at you. But don't worry. I've dealt with that Isadora for you."
Alaric's face darkened at once.
"Alaric, my mom..." Cosima hurried to take his hand. "I'm sure she just scared Isadora a little. It can't be anything serious."
Alaric forced a smile, made an excuse, and left the hospital room.
At the end of the hallway, he finally took out his phone with shaking hands and called Isadora.
To his shock, the call wouldn't go through, no matter how many times he tried.
He hurriedly opened their chat history.
The last messages were from several days earlier.
Isadora had sent him countless messages. He hadn't answered a singl
