Chapter 13 Catching Thea Being Intimate With Another Man Skylar questioned Lucy , " Are you sure it was Elaine who transferred you that money ? " He knew better than anyone how much Elaine cared about Eric . It she had a hundred thousand dollars , she would've paid Eric's hospital bills herself yesterday Seeing Lucy momentarily speechless, Thea interjected softly , " On the way here just now , Lucy told me that a man with the last name Middleton transferred her the money . He even called afterward to confirm . Lucy , you must be mistaken . I'm sure that gentleman has nothing to do with Ms. Shelton . Why would Ms. Shelton ever ask you to do something like that ? " Lucy instantly seized the cue . " Yes , yes , that's right ! I just panicked and forgor . Ms. Shelton said she'd send me money , and it really did come through . After that , a man called to check whether I had received it . I remember hearing someone calling him Middleton in the background … " Elaine gave a cold laugh . " You're not trying to say it was Dr. Marcus Middleton , are you ? " Lucy immediately nodded . " Yes , yes ! Now I remember . They called him Dr. Middleton . " Elaine sneered . " Thea , you really are disgusting . Fine , let's bring Dr. Middleton here and confront him . Have the bank check his transfer records . A hundred thousand dollars isn't a small sum . There's no way there wouldn't be any record , right ? " . Thea hadn't expected Elaine to truly be unable to produce a hundred thousand dollars , so she casually dragged Marcus into it . Naturally , this matter wouldn't hold up under scrutiny . Skylar's expression darkened as he cut her ofl . " Enough . It he wanted to help you , he could've used someone else's bank account . There might not be any records at all . Elaine , I saw him pay a hundred thousand dollars in advance for Eric's hospital fees yesterday . It'd be easy for you to ask him for another hundred thousand , wouldn't it ? At this point, he no longer cared about the truth . Whether Flaine had bribed Lucy or whose foot had stepped on Elaine's hand simply didn't matter to him anymore . What mattered was that Marcus had dropped his own work to bring Elaine to the hospital . He personally cared for her and even incited her to divorce Skylar by introducing a lawyer to her . An outsider like him had no right to meddle in their marriage . He could hardly imagine how Elaine had secretly pleased Marcus to make him willingly fork out a hundred thousand dollars for Eric's hospital fees . The more he thought about it , the angrier he grew . " There's nothing left to investigate . Blaine , I believe Thea and Lucy . You've been faking pity and seducing that doctor over and over again . I'm warning you , don't use the excuse of ' finding out the truth to secretly meet that doctor again . Otherwise , not only will bring Agatha's ashes back , but I'll make sure Eric gets kicked out of this hospital too ! " Thea swayed slightly , leaning against Skylar . She pressed her pale fingers to her temple as she murmured . " Sky , don't say that . It's all my fault . I'm the reason things have spiraled into this mess between you two . I. I really . Lucy hurried over and played along . " Ms. Lancelot , what's wrong ? Are you having stomach pains again ? Yesterday , the doctor said that your body suffered serious damage after your miscarriage . You might never be able to have children again . " Thea immediately interrupted her , " Lucy , don't say any more . Skylar frowned . " Is that really what the doctor said ? " Lucy nodded fearhilly and said nothing more . Skylar supported Thea as they headed toward another ward . Before leaving , he cast a cold glance at Elaine . " You'd better make sure I never catch you secretly meeting with him again . Stop putting on that pathetic look ! Elaine turned her gaze away and didn't look at him again . Her chest ached so badly that she couldn't tell if it was from her illness or pure rage. Sometimes , she wondered if she had committed some grave sin to deserve the torment Skylar was putting her through . The ward finally tell quiet. The air inside was dry and warm . Elaine was utterly exhausted and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow . At some point , a nurse came in to change her dressings , but she barely woke up . By the time she opened her eyes again , it was already night . The sky outside the window was pitch - black . She struggled to sit up , wanting to go downstairs to check on Eric's condition . She slipped on her shoes and left her ward She passed the ward next door and saw that the hallway was deserted . The door to the adjacent ward was slightly ajar . Inside , she heard Thea talking to a ran The man's voice sounded oddly familiar , although Elaine couldn't recognize it at first . She had no intention of eavesdropping , but then she heard the man's words drifting into the corridor . " After all , that was our child . It's a pity we lost them . But hey , that idiot Skylar wanted you to carry the child anyway , right ? You could've just pretended to nearly miscarry and used it to make him pomish Elaine for you . Why go as far as taking pills and losing the baby for real ? That was a boinbshell Elaine quietly stood outside the dour , leading closer to catch what was being said luskle At that moment , she finally recognized the man's voice . It was Elliott Nagel , Skylar's stepmother's younger brother . After Skylar's birth mother passed away , his father , Joshua Frey , married a woman only a year older than Skylar . She had once been Joshua's mistress but eventually became his legal wife Thea coord , " I know you care about this baby , but the doctor told me before that the pregnancy wouldn't last . Thave a tendency to miscarry . Speaking of which , isn't it your fault ? You never used protection all those years abroad . Didn't you know that too many miscarriages would make it impossible for me to conceive a healthy pregnancy ? " Elaine felt a loud buzzing in her head . No wonder she had overheard a doctor saying that Thea's injuries shouldn't have been severe enough to cause a miscarriage after the car accident . Er turned out she had taken abortion pills in advance and was prone to miscarriages to begin with Elliot laughed as he soothed Thea . " Alright , alright , it's my fault . Don't worry . We can always try again for another baby . It's not like Skylar's even touching you these days . Next time you get pregnant , just find a way to get him drunk and say the baby is his . With that lid as leverage , maybe we'll figure out a way to get our hands on Frey Holdings someday . " Stealthily , Elaine switched on her phone's recording function Inside the ward , Thea's voice rose again . " I'm afraid there won't be another chance . The doctor told me in private that after this miscarriage , I wouldn't be able to have children at all . I've miscarried too many times . Lucy is with me as my housekeeper now . I've already told her to let Sky know . He must hate Elaine to death right now . " Elliott sounded displeased . " Sky ? Why are you calling him so affectionately ? Thea , you're not lying to me , are you ? Don't tell me you're thinking of getting back together with Skylar now that he trusts you and cares about you again . " Thea pouted playfully , " Don't be silly . You know exactly how I feel " Their voices faded away , replaced by muffled means and intimate sounds . They were clearly starting to kiss . Elaine felt a wave of nausea . Her phone was still recording when an advertisement text message suddenly popped up . By the time she realized her phone wasn't muted and fumbled to silence it , the door to the ward had already been thrown open . At this late hour , the hospital floor was nearly deserted . It was the VIP floor , with few patients around . The nurses at the station were half - dozing off . Elliott and Thea stepped out , exchanging a look before silently advancing toward Elaine . Before she could cry out , Elliott clamped a hand over her mouth . He grabbed her by the shoulders and dragged her into the nearest ward . Elliott had once practiced martial arts alongside Skylar to win his favor . Besides , as a grown man , he was far too strong for Elaine to fight off . He hauled her into her own ward and shoved her down onto the bed . Pressing her beneath him , he gave a chilling smile . " Ms. Shelton , since you've heard things you weren't supposed to … .. "