A Love Forgotten (Arianna and Elijah) novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17 

My head started to hurt, and a ringing filled my ears. Dizziness soon overwhelmed my senses as I willed. all my energy to speak, “I wasn’t the third person in that relationship! I’m not-” 

“You’re not?” Ruby’s voice grew shrill. “You publicly pursued Elijah in your second year of university. What else are you, if not a despicable man–stealer? 

“Let me make this clear–you ruined Elijah and Jocelyn’s relationship! It’s because of you that they broke up!” 

“No, that’s not true… No, Teri said that wasn’t the case. I muttered. At this point, I was also trying to convince myself that I couldn’t have torn their relationship apart. 

Teri said I had only committedly pursued Elijah after hearing that Elijah and Jocelyn had broken up. I couldn’t be the person who broke them up. There was no way. 

Yet, how could I explain such things to Ruby? I had lost my memories, so I didn’t even know the truth about what had happened. 

My entire body couldn’t stop trembling as cold sweat coated my skin. 

Now, I regretted coming to the Wood residence. I could have averted such attacks had I just arranged an overnight stay at the hospital this afternoon. That would still be better than staying here and feeling miserable. 

Ruby noticed I had covered my ears and wasn’t speaking anymore when she finished hurling insults at me. Then, amid her fury, she slapped me. 

I was already struggling to stand because of my dizziness, so her slap sent me falling to the ground. The nausea I felt was so intense that I couldn’t bring myself to get up from the ground for a long time. 

Even then, Ruby continued to yell at me, “You shameless bitch! Don’t think Logan will pity you just because you’re pretending to be frail! What else do you have, apart from your looks and identity as the York family’s heiress? You’re just a useless piece of trash! 

“Unlike Jocelyn, you’re like the dirt everyone steps on! How dare you keep smearing her name? Don’t you know you nearly caused her to end her life?” 

Ruby’s insults were incessant. 

I could no longer hear as clearly by then. The ringing in my ears continued, and my head was spinning so much I nearly vomited. My only hope was that Ruby would stop prattling on soon. 

“That’s enough, Ruby!” Logan thundered, shutting Ruby up for good. 

At that moment, my chest heaved in relief. 

Then, Logan carried me off the ground and gingerly placed me on the bed. 

Unable to hold it back anymore, I grabbed Logan’s sleeve and hurled everything I ate during dinner onto him. 

My vomiting was worse this time. 

1 kept vomiting until the world spun, and tears streamed down my face. It felt as if I’d almost vomited all my organs out. 

Even then, Logan’s voice remained warm and gentle. He said, “It’s okay. Everything’s okay. Let it out if it’s 

making you uncomfortable…” 

Meanwhile, Ruby seemed shocked by the scene. “Why’s she like this? I bet she’s pretending! I didn’t even push her with that much force. I only nudged her because I was annoyed. She fell to the ground herself!” 

I could hear the warmth vanishing from Logan’s voice as he reprimanded her, “She injured the back of her head and may have post–concussion syndrome. It doesn’t matter that you nudged her. You’re at fault for doing it in the first place. 

“I want you to go to your room now. You’re not allowed to come out anymore!” 

“But Logan!” Ruby faltered briefly. Then, she snarled, “I’m not leaving! She’s the one who should leave, not mel” 

Logan then harshly said, “Martha, please pack Ms. Quare’s things and take her to Sunny Seas Hotel.” 

Rattled, Ruby yelled, “You’re making me stay at a hotel, Logan? I can’t believe you’re kicking me out because of this woman…” 

I didn’t have the heart to listen to the rest of their conversation, but I could hear chaotic noises soon erupt from inside and outside the room. 

It seemed like one of the maids had dragged Ruby away while I continued to vomit. 

Eventually, I managed to empty everything in my stomach. Only then did I properly look at Logan. He had been holding me this entire time.