The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 272

"Selena, what is going on? My cards were suddenly frozen," a stylishly dressed Sabrina complained through the video call. "Can you ask Ferris what happened?"

The Sterling family funded Sabrina's tuition. For her cards to be cut off right now, I knew this was Ferris's warning to us.

"Oh, Sabrina, don't panic," Lucille coaxed into the phone. "Listen, I'll wire you some money to tide you over. Selena and I will handle things on this end, okay?"

Sabrina pouted, her voice rising in frustration. "How can I not panic? I literally can't even buy food. Selena, just go talk to Ferris. He adores you. Just find out what the problem is."

I thought about how Sabrina had been abroad for three whole years, yet the moment a credit card was frozen, she broke down in hysterics. What would she do in the future? My contract with Ferris only had half a month left. If we divorced in two weeks, what was she going to do then?

With that in mind, I spoke up. "Don't you graduate in six months? Try getting a part-time job. You can't just cry for help every time a minor issue pops up. You're an adult now; you need to learn how to solve your own problems."

The moment I finished, Sabrina glared at me through the screen, completely offended. "Selena, I'm alone in a foreign country! Do you know how hard it's been for me these past few years? What, is it too much to ask you to go beg Ferris for a favor? Are you even my real sister?"

I was rendered speechless.

Remembering how I had survived all four years of college on scholarships, a bitter taste filled my mouth.

"Alright, Sabrina. Selena is still working right now. Just accept the transfer I sent you, and we'll figure out the rest, okay?"

Only then did Sabrina reluctantly hang up.

"Selena, don't take it to heart," Lucille said, trying to smooth things over before shifting the topic. "Do you think the Sterlings did this because we changed the attending physician?"

I almost laughed out of sheer disbelief.

"Lucille, this marriage was a business arrangement between the Sterlings and the Hayes. On what grounds would we get compensation?" My chest felt hollow as I spoke the blunt truth. "Do you still not get it? If we don't stand on our own two feet—"

I was cut off by the shrill ring of Lucille's phone.

She glanced casually at the screen, but her expression instantly tightened. "It's Greenwood Care Center."

Lucille answered it right in front of me.

"What? You fired one of his caregivers?" Lucille's voice spiked in disbelief. "And you moved Maxwell to a standard ward?!"