The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 57

With that, the topic of Zoey was officially dropped.

Just like the previous day, Leon escorted us to the waiting area of the Neurosurgery department. "I've already given Dr. Zephyr a heads-up. Call me if you need anything else."

The guilt was eating me alive. The second he was out of earshot, I turned to Lucille. "You cannot keep using Leon like this."

Lucille rolled her eyes dramatically. "Leon didn't even complain! Why are you always nagging me?"

Remembering Ferris's harsh warning, I didn't hold back. "Because he's Ferris's best friend."

Lucille looked genuinely shocked by this revelation. After a brief pause, her eyes lit up. "Wait, if they're close friends and they work in the same department... Selena, do you think it's possible that Leon is only helping us because Ferris secretly asked him to?"

Secretly asked him to?

I stared at her, completely baffled by her delusion. Before I could say a word, she kept spinning her fantasy. "Think about it! Ferris cares about you, but he can't break hospital rules. At the same time, he doesn't want to see us running around stressed out, so he came up with this brilliant workaround!"

I held up a hand to silence her. I couldn't stomach another syllable. A bitter, suffocating weight settled in my chest.

Cares about me?

That had to be the most beautiful, romantic lie Ferris had ever unknowingly spun.

Despite the emotional whiplash, the medical visit was a success. Silas's blood clots hadn't caused any further complications, so we finally got some closure.

And he had zero idea that I was already married to Ferris.

When a stroke patient starts yelling in a hospital, arguing back is pointless. Lucille could only hang her head like a scolded child, frantically shooting me desperate looks.

I was just about to step in and defuse the situation when a sickeningly sweet voice drifted over from right in front of us. "Oh, so you did have an appointment with our department, Selena?"

I looked up and froze. Standing just a few feet away in her white coat was Zoey. And standing right beside her was the very man Silas had just accused of lacking medical ethics.

Ferris.