The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 345

He really bought Zoey's nonsense and believed Leon and I had slept together.

Lucille's bewildered and anxious gaze also locked onto my face.

I knew exactly what she wanted to ask, but she couldn't say it in front of Ferris. She could only use her eyes to demand answers about who I was actually with last night.

The truth was, I wasn't with anyone last night.

I was completely alone.

Silas, sitting on his hospital bed, actually looked quite pleased by the rumor. A bright smile broke across his face. "Leon and our Selena..."

"Ferris, how do you even have the nerve to ask that?" Leon suddenly interjected.

His usually gentle face was hard as stone. His dark eyes locked onto Ferris, practically vibrating with fury and indignation. "If you hadn't maliciously leaked my whereabouts to my mother last night, do you really think I would have been dragged home halfway through my evening? You know damn well I was trapped at my estate all night, yet you still ask that? Are you mocking me on purpose?"

He was clearly enraged; his chest heaved with every word.

After shutting down Ferris, he turned his sights on Zoey. "And you, Dr. Zeller. Please refrain from spouting nonsense based purely on your own delusions. You're supposed to be a professional. Stop casually fabricating stories about people spending the night with men. Aren't you just tarnishing a woman's reputation for no reason?"

This was exactly why Leon was such an incredible friend.

He wasn't just loyal and kind; he would go to war for his friends. He was brutally outspoken and acted as my perfect mouthpiece, saying everything I desperately wanted to say.

His outburst didn't just clear my name and prove the truth about last night; it also fiercely put Zoey in her place.

This girl seriously loved making wild assumptions about my relationship with Leon.

In fact, it was as if he hadn't even noticed Zoey's tear-filled eyes or heard her sobbing voice.

I was genuinely shocked.

Zoey was just as shocked. She clutched her shirt and stared at Ferris with red-rimmed eyes.

But Ferris was staring right back at Leon, his eyes crinkling with a smug, almost victorious smile.

It was as if he hadn't even registered the pleading look Zoey was giving him.

What exactly was going on here?

It was the very first time I had ever seen Ferris completely ignore his precious pet, completely oblivious to her emotional breakdown.