Chapter 4

After hearing my question, the self-satisfied look on her face vanished.

"...Yes."

I knew both her and Alec too well. If it had just been me there, they probably wouldn't have hidden anything at all.

But now, I was ironically the one who wasn't present.

"Alright, Vivienne, come here quickly."

Alec hurriedly pulled her away from the camera.

Mrs. Grey, standing to the side, was clearly furious. My best friend abruptly hung up the phone.

I switched back to the surveillance video feed, not forgetting to wipe off the foundation from my lips.

Just then, the delivery guy said he had left the bubble tea at the nurses' station.

It was so late, and I didn't want to trouble the nurse. Since my IV drip had just finished, I decided to get up and fetch the bubble tea myself.

But as I reached the doorway, I bumped into a large dark figure.

It was Alec's friend, Nash.

He looked at me with an enigmatic smile.

"What are you doing lurking here in the middle of the night? Do you know how terrifying that is?"

At that moment, on the surveillance video, Mrs. Grey was berating Alec and Vivienne.

She even issued an ultimatum.

"You two are forbidden from meeting alone. If it happens again, I'll ship Vivienne off to Africa!"

"Mom!"

"I'll say it and I'll do it!"

It turns out that as long as I don't love Alec, I can easily see them being put in their place.

This feeling is too satisfying.

I even felt like my illness has improved quite a bit at this moment.

"Why are you still standing here?"

I saw Nash still not leaving, irritably pushed him away, and started slurping my bubble tea right after getting it.

He looked me over for a while, "You're drinking bubble tea with a bad cold?"

"None of your damn business!"

You should know that in my past life, to please Alec, I was very gentle and polite to all his friends.

But perhaps because I was too much of a doormat, they all seemed to look down on me.

But now I was not being very polite to this Nash, yet he didn't get angry, and even laughed out loud.

"I thought you were really infatuated with Alec, I didn't expect you to be such a drama queen."

"Me, infatuated with him? What kind of precious gem is he that's worth my infatuation."

I rolled my eyes.

It's time I should divorce him.

I calculated in my mind.

"What the hell are you here for anyway?"

I saw Nash still not leaving, and drived him away with a not-so-nice tone.

"My sister is also hospitalized with the flu, right next door."

"Want to go see her?"

I looked at the bubble tea in my hand, which I'd bought on a whim to round up the delivery fee, and inexplicably nodded.

Nash's little sister was chattering away, quite noisy but also very cute.

As a result, this friendly exchange between fellow patients earned me three days of hospital meals.

"No need to be polite, just think of it as a thank-you gift for treating her to bubble tea."

Since they put it that way, why should I be overly courteous?

I closed my eyes and dug in.

My best friend Daisy, upon learning of Vivienne's return, seemed to transform into a fighting rooster.

When she came to visit me at the hospital, she didn't forget to bring the latest gossip.

"Vivienne's been put under Mrs. Grey's surveillance. It's clear Mrs. Grey won't let them meet alone. I bet Alec will end up begging for your help sooner or later. You better think hard about how to handle it."

Sure enough, on the day of my discharge, Alec, who had seemingly vanished into thin air for several days, surprisingly showed up to pick me up.