"Miss Mason only had a little scare with the baby, and her husband moved her straight into a VIP suite. He's been by her side the whole time, terrified something might happen to her."
"And then there's this one. The glass nearly hit her carotid artery. Do you know how close that was? She's been awake for a while now, and not a single person has come to see her. It's just sad."
"How can two people's lives be so different?"
After the door clicked shut, I slowly opened my eyes and let out a bitter laugh.
My hand drifted to the gauze on my neck. Tears slid down my cheeks. I wiped them away and swung my legs off the bed to go find the billing desk.
I had barely sat up when Anthony shoved the door open and stormed in. He seized my wrist, his voice ice-cold.
"Nora, what the hell are you trying to do?"
"Lying to you was my decision. Victoria had nothing to do with it!"
"If you have a problem, take it up with me. Why did you have the media drag her name through the mud online, calling her a homewrecker?"
"She just woke up, saw those posts, and got so worked up she nearly jumped off the balcony. Did you know that?!"
His grip was brutal. The color drained from my already pale face.