The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 263

As soon as the words left my mouth, a heavy silence fell over the room.

I watched the senior doctors stare at me in absolute shock. They looked terrified to even breathe, yet the gazes they aimed at me were filled with a mix of pity and disdain.

It was as if they were silently calling me a fool who didn't know her place.

After all, what I just said essentially shifted the blame for the abnormal blood pressure directly onto Ferris.

Ferris was an absolute authority. Whether at Capital General Hospital or within the entire national neurosurgery field, his word was law. To challenge him like this in front of everyone was, in their eyes, completely suicidal.

But so what? Authority might be unquestionable to them, but that didn't mean authority was always right.

I was simply raising a valid medical question. Was that a crime?

Amidst the silence, Zoey spoke up cautiously from the sidelines. "Selena, I know the surgery has you feeling overwhelmed right now, but you really should be careful about what you say. Don't you think?"

The younger woman looked at me with utmost sincerity, though she cast a side glance at Ferris, her eyes brimming with heartache for him.

She clearly thought I was just trying to start trouble.

Right on cue, the other senior doctors chimed in to back her up. "The young doctor just lacks clinical experience. Please don't take it to heart, Director Sterling."

They were desperately trying to smooth things over.

I wasn't backing down. I added, "I have my reasons for saying this. During the surgery, Director Sterling refused our suggestion for a central line. Instead, he used his preferred receptor agonist. This specific agent is commonly used in neurosurgery to maintain perfusion pressure, which naturally carries the risk of causing abnormal blood pressure."

I stuck strictly to the facts.

I could only state that I needed time to gather the data.

I had made it clear from the start that this was just my clinical assessment.

But Ferris weaponized it, using his words as blades to humiliate me.

"If there are no further questions, this morning's rounds are concluded." Ferris gave me a dismissive glance. "As for the brilliant theories raised by Dr. Hayes, I suggest everyone think them over. It's a good thing for young people to have a critical spirit, isn't it, Dr. Hayes?"

After his parting insult, Ferris turned on his heel and strode out.

I stood there in a daze. The more I thought about it, the more furious I became. I grabbed the medical chart and pulled up all of Silas's data from admission to post-op.

Ferris wanted data to back it up, right? Fine. I was going to find it.