The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 538

Standing in the doorway was a figure I hadn't seen in a long time.

Actually, two figures.

Ferris and his precious darling, Zoey.

I had just been thinking about them, and now here they were, standing right in front of me. It was so surreal I almost couldn't believe it.

The other reason I couldn't believe it was that Zoey looked completely unrecognizable.

She used to be a sweet, adorable girl—petite, with big, round eyes and chubby little cheeks.

But now, she was shockingly thin. Her cheeks were hollow, her complexion a sickly, ashen grey. Her eyes appeared massive, but they bulged unnaturally on her gaunt face, pale and entirely devoid of life.

"Oh wow, I haven't seen Dr. Sterling in ages. Who's that standing next to him?"

"Isn't that Dr. Zeller? Who else gets babied by Dr. Sterling like that? Just look at how much he dotes on her."

"I haven't seen her in like ten days, she looks like a totally different person! She's terrifyingly skinny. Is she sick?"

"Shh. I heard she had a mental breakdown. A couple of days ago, I saw her coming out of the psych ward with Dr. Sterling right by her side."

"It's not just a mental issue. Apparently, she was in the ICU first and in a coma for two days. One of the nurses in the ICU told me that when she woke up, she tried to kill herself, but Dr. Sterling stopped her. It only got crazier from there. The second he leaves her side, she throws massive fits, smashing things and screaming at everyone. Completely out of control..."