The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 207

Early the next morning, I told Lucille about Leon noticing the framed bouquet. She gasped in shock. "And then? Did he figure out you're married to Ferris? If he zeroed in on the date, do you think he knows?"

Watching her panic, I sighed. "He just said the date looked familiar. I didn't push it. But Mom, going forward, please stop relying on Leon for every little thing, okay?"

Lucille gulped down her milk, looking thoroughly wronged. "Do you think I want to? Look at the situation last night. My own son-in-law is completely useless, Uncle Silas's blood pressure is out of control, and we have no men in the house. Leon was my only option."

Honestly, I understood where she was coming from. Despite her dramatic personality, Lucille was easily terrified and got woozy at the sight of blood. Handling last night's gruesome delivery was too much for her.

"It's freezing outside," I said, dropping the subject as I stood up. "Don't forget to take some hot coffee to the guards."

Noticing I was leaving, Lucille frowned. "Where are you going? Don't tell me you're heading back to that godforsaken hospital."

I looked back at her. "I'm suspended pending investigation, not fired. I need to show them that cheap parlor tricks won't scare me away."

But I never expected an even more brutal trial waiting for me at the hospital.

The moment I stepped into the department, the Administration Wing called. The Hospital Inquiry Board demanded my presence.

I headed over without a second thought. It wasn't until I entered the boardroom that I learned the horrifying truth. Barney's condition had severely deteriorated that morning. His throat had swollen shut, leaving him completely incapable of speech.

My mind raced back to my conversation with him yesterday and his chart notes. Everything had been improving. How could this happen out of nowhere?

His words hit me like a sledgehammer. I stared at him, completely blindsided, as a suffocating wave of despair pulled me under.

I had written that chart myself. No one knew its contents better than I did.

"Leon can testify to it."

The first investigator shook his head. "Dr. Lennox is also under investigation. His testimony is inadmissible."

All the fight drained out of me. I slumped in my chair, utterly paralyzed.