Chapter 17

Time passed quickly. It wasn't until a few days later that I found out what people were saying online. It wasn't a big deal to me. I could just pay someone to clarify things for me. Online rumors were never completely true anyway. Who would keep paying attention to something this trivial forever? Stellan had hoped public pressure would make me give in, but it didn't work. But what he did set Raina off. Raina lay back against her hospital bed, scrolling through the updates on her phone. Hatred simmered in her chest. In the end, she snapped and hurled her phone onto the bed. She clenched her teeth as she cursed, "Eliana, you killed my baby! And now, you're trying to steal my man too! I hate you!" The nurse who came in to change her dressing gave a small scoff. She had almost been fooled by Raina at first. Raina's hatred had looked so real that the nurse initially assumed she was furious because I had caused her to lose the baby. In truth, she was furious because the man she wanted