Beverly's eyes widened in shock as she froze in place. Just as she was about to push him away, Elroy straightened up, his expression unreadable.
"You still don't know how to behave, even right under my nose? Don't forget what you promised me," he said in a low voice, his words brushing past her ear like a cold breeze.
Without waiting for her reply, he grabbed her wrist and led her straight to his hospital room. Beverly was too stunned to notice Rorick standing in the hallway behind them.
Rorick, however, saw everything.
Back in their school days, Rorick had already liked Beverly. But at the time, her relationship with Elroy was so enviable, so intense, that he knew he never had a chance.
Seeing her again after all these years felt like fate giving him another shot. Yet he hadn't expec
