The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 463

With that threat hanging in the air, she hurried out the door to chase after Ferris.

I could understand Vivian's mindset. She absolutely believed I had fed Ferris some kind of magic potion and was playing hard to get just to squeeze more assets out of him.

She thought I didn't actually want the divorce.

But in reality, I wanted nothing more.

With those two gone, the room instantly plunged into an awkward quiet. The registry clerk had looked visibly uncomfortable the entire time. She had tried to intervene during Vivian and Lucille's shouting match and failed miserably. Now, faced with this bizarre fallout, she hesitated. "Ms. Hayes, maybe you two..."

"I'm so sorry for the disturbance earlier. We'll be leaving now." I apologized instantly, grabbed Lucille by the wrist, and marched out of the registration center.

I walked quickly, hoping to catch up with Ferris.

But his car had already pulled away. Vivian had been in such a rush to chase him that she hadn't bothered to wait for me, ordering her driver to speed after him. Only a cloud of exhaust fumes remained in their wake.

The exhaust blew right into my face. Glancing at the nearby glass wall, I caught a glimpse of my own disheveled reflection.

I looked utterly defeated and exhausted.

"Selena, have you lost your mind? Why didn't you tell me Ferris gave you those things? Why did you return them without asking me?" Lucille had puffed up like an angry rooster, grabbing my arm and launching her interrogation. "If Ferris hadn't tracked me down and told me to come talk some sense into you, I never would have known you were being this stupid!"

So Ferris really had brought Lucille here intentionally.

But Lucille was truly clueless. Even now, she hadn't figured out why Ferris had brought her.

The reality was that Ferris had no love for me, not even a shred of sympathy or compassion.

He wanted to turn me into a sacrificial pawn for the sake of his future with Zoey.

He just hadn't anticipated that I would remain so clear-headed, refusing to be blinded by his schemes, and firmly rejecting his dirty transaction. So he resorted to playing dirty by refusing to sign the papers.

Lucille frowned deeply, her hands trembling as she grasped mine, looking like she wanted to say something more. "Selena..."

Just then, my phone rang.

It was the head nurse. "Selena, can you come to the hospital right now? It's an emergency."