The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 577

At a time like this, all Ferris had to do was comfort her and things would eventually settle down.

But how on earth did I get dragged into this?

Why would Zoey accuse him of doing everything for me?

"Selena, I heard you and Director Sterling went to the same med school. Do you think it's possible he's been in love with you this whole time, and only settled for Zoey when he couldn't have you? And Zoey knows it, which is why she's constantly throwing fits?" Amber hadn't noticed my shock at all and was growing increasingly thrilled by her own wild theory. "It makes perfect sense! All this time, his bullying was just him having zero clue how to express his feelings..."

"That is complete nonsense!" I couldn't listen to another word of it. I literally reached out and pinched Amber's lips together to manually shut her up.

My mind was in total chaos, but I forced myself to maintain a level tone. "If you keep spouting this garbage, I am never speaking to you again."

"Okay, okay, mhm, I'm done," Amber mumbled through my fingers, blinking furiously. "Don't be mad, Selena."

I didn't even have the energy to respond. I just waved my hand, signaling her to get back to work.

My mind was still completely rattled. I sat in front of my computer typing up patient charts, but for the first time, my mind actively drifted back to the kidnapping.

That night, in the freezing, damp, dimly lit abandoned warehouse, when the kidnappers were deciding which of us to take, Zoey had been utterly frantic to push the target off herself.

She had screamed that she and Ferris meant nothing to each other, that he didn't love her—he loved me.

She had also said that everything Ferris did was for me.

Those were the exact same words Amber just told me today.