Chapter 188
The hospital was empty at midnight.
Esme woke up with a shiver, feeling a sudden chill. She looked around the empty ward and then out the window. Breathing heavily, she grabbed her phone. The time was stuck at midnight.
She'd had a nightmare where Elizabeth came to kill her.
Esme swallowed, rubbed her temples, and texted Alexander.
Esme: [Alexander, are you still awake?]
No reply. Esme felt uneasy.
She got up to pour a glass of water. Just as she was about to drink, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Esme asked, turning around.
A nurse? Maybe she saw the light on?
But there was no answer, just more knocking.
Esme frowned and looked through the glass. Suddenly, a woman's face appeared.
Startled, Esme stepped back.
The door swung open, and the lights went out.
The room was pitch-black. In the faint light from outside, Esme saw it was Elizabeth.
Elizabeth's face was deathly pale, her hair and clothes soaking wet. Water dripped from her body.
Esme's eyes widened, and she forgot to breathe.
Elizabeth's hollow voice said, "Esme, give me back my life. You harmed me so badly. Why did you harm me?"
Elizabeth lunged at Esme, grabbing her neck.
"No, I didn't harm you!" Esme's voice trembled, and she struggled to breathe.
Seeing Esme about to cry, Elizabeth smirked for a moment.
"No? Then why did I die? You knew I was most afraid of water!" Elizabeth shouted.
Esme shivered, "I didn't know you were afraid of water! Elizabeth, I didn't kill you!"
Elizabeth didn't respond, just kept repeating, "I'll kill you!"
Esme's palms went cold.
A few seconds later, she fainted.
The lights came back on, and Felix walked in, approaching Elizabeth.
Elizabeth was still gripping Esme's neck. She frowned, "She fainted already?"
Felix smirked, "Do you want to see how scary you look?"
In the middle of the night, with Esme already feeling guilty, how could she not faint?
Elizabeth was silent for a moment, then went to the bathroom to check her appearance.
She wore a long white dress, her hair scattered, with thick powder on her face and heavy dark circles. She had white contact lenses, making her look eyeless.
Elizabeth clicked her tongue; she even scared herself.
Esme's phone rang.
Felix picked it up and saw a reply from Alexander.
Alexander: [I'm about to rest. Why aren't you asleep yet?]
Felix deleted the message.
