The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 486

The second the words left Leon's mouth, my mind went completely blank. I stood frozen, my tongue feeling like lead. "Wh-what?"

Why was Leon asking about last night too?

But what shocked me even more was how he knew I was with Ferris.

Did he figure out our relationship?

My palms started to sweat. Just what exactly had happened last night? Why was absolutely everyone acting so strange today?

Before I could get the question out, another voice beat me to it. "Dr. Lennox, are you saying... Ferris was with Selena last night?"

Leon and I both whipped our heads around. Zoey stood there clutching a stack of files, with Zelda right beside her. Zoey was deathly pale, her almond eyes already rimmed with red.

Her knuckles were bone-white as she gripped the folders, clearly trying to hold herself together. But her dark lashes fluttered, heavy with unshed tears, and her voice trembled violently. "Selena... is that true?"

My heart plummeted into my stomach. When it rains, it pours. I hadn't even dealt with Leon's suspicions, and now Zoey was here.

Leon looked just as stunned to see them. A flash of guilt crossed his face, realizing he had just detonated a landmine.

There was absolutely no way I could admit I was with Ferris last night.

"Exactly, Dr. Zeller. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't just spout nonsense. Dr. Hayes is a single woman. Please don't drag her into your relationship drama with Ferris," Leon said, his expression hardening.

"Is that true? Then why did you just say Ferris was giving her a hard time last night? If they weren't together, why would you say that?" It wasn't an aggressive interrogation. As she looked at me with those wide, tearful eyes, there was nothing but pure, agonizing sorrow.

"I... I was just..." Leon's face flushed red again, and he started to stammer, completely unable to finish his sentence.

I quickly cut in with a self-deprecating laugh. "Does the Director need to be in the same room to give me a hard time? He barely has to move his lips to assign me enough surgeries to drop dead in the OR. You're really overthinking this, Dr. Zeller. He likes you, not me. He just likes making my life miserable."

Ferris had made things endlessly difficult for me solely to protect Zoey. She really had no reason to doubt his devotion to her.