Chapter 37


    Chapter 37


    After I ran home in the rain, I removed my dress and the diamond ne and threw them into the


    box they’de in.


    Tomorrow, I would send them back to Roman. His “gifts” disgusted me, and I would never ept them.


    After closing the box, I went to the bathroom and turned on the faucet in the bathtub. I desperately


    needed a hot soak to warm me up. The chill from the rain had set deep in my bones, and my illness


    didn’t make it better.


    Once the tub was full, I sank into the water with a sigh.


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    I held the bath ball and scrubbed my face and body, rubbing my skin red before looking at myself in the


    mirror, sans of my armor of makeup. My face was left with a sickly pallor, devoid of any vitality or


    energy, and my eyes were dimmed to the point of lifelessness.


    I couldn’t see the light, couldn’t feel the warmth.


    Tonight I’d been treated as if I were no better than the dirt under someone’s shoe. But I was a person,


    dam mit. And I deserved to be treated with dignity.


    “Dignity.”


    I snorted and gave myself a self-deprecating smile in the mirror.


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    From the moment I’d sold myself to Griffon, I had lost whatever little bit of dignity I’d possessed.


    I dried my hair andy down on the bed, extremely tired, and fell deeply asleep again.


    After getting drenched in the rain, my condition worsened significantly. I buried my head in sleep until


    the afternoon of the next day.


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    Harper had been on duty all night, so she slept from morning to afternoon. When she got up and


    prepared dinner, Taya was still asleep.


    She had no choice but to knock on Taya’s door. She called out to her, but there was no response. Only


    then did she realize that something was wrong.


    Harper quickly pushed the door open and walked in. When she saw Taya’s flushed face, she quickly


    reached out and touched


    her forehead.


    She was burning up!


    Harper quickly lifted the quilt to help Taya up. “Taya, you have a high fever. Get up quickly. I’ll take you


    to the hospital.”


    Taya, in and out of consciousness due to the fever, resisted when she heard the word “hospital.”


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