CHAPTER 20
Author: Benazir
last update2024-11-10 17:32:33

"Everything what? Everything you put me through?"

Victoria and Jackson exchanged worried glances as Vivian's face turned scarlet.

"Put YOU through? You ungrateful—"

"I have no time for rubbish, Vivian. Bye."

"Don't you dare hang up again! Don't you—"

Click.

Vivian stared at her phone in shocked silence.

No one... NO ONE treated her this way!

"Did he..." Victoria gasped, "hang up on you again?"

Vivian's scream of frustration echoed through the hospital corridors.

When Vivian saw the call end screen, disbelief turned into rage.

She slammed her fists down on the hospital room table, ignoring the curious glances of nurses passing by.

Her face was flushed, her breathing shallow.

Louis, of all people, dares to hang up on her?

Without a second thought, she dialed his number again, her finger pressing the screen harder than necessary.

She wasn’t going to let him get away with this.

When he finally picked up, she could feel her anger simmering.

“Louis!” she spat out, her voice cutting.

“Y
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