The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 651

But I couldn't bring myself to be tough.

In front of Ferris, it seemed my resolve just crumbled.

I didn't know if my weakness came from the fact that Ferris knew my secret, making me feel like an ant crushed in his palm, which stopped me from being as relentlessly cold as before.

Or if it was because of everything he had done over the past few days, and the things Officer West had revealed to me at The 5th Precinct earlier today.

I was starting to lose my clarity, constantly wondering what Ferris was actually plotting.

If he was truly trying to clear Zoey's name, he could have easily used this massive secret of mine to blackmail me into helping her.

But he didn't. Instead, he personally sent Zoey away.

Yet, if things were really as he claimed—that there was nothing between him and Zoey—then why had he spoiled her so rotten back then?

Every little thing they had done right in front of my face was like a sharp thorn buried deep in my heart...

Ferris didn't seem to mind my bitter sarcasm at all. He reached out to ruffle my hair again, his tone laced with an indulgent chuckle. "If you can't afford it, no one can. Be a good girl and stop fighting with your husband. If Lucille and Silas see us arguing later, they're going to overthink and worry."

Lucille. Silas.

The names rolled off his tongue so naturally, making my chest tighten even more.

Last night, Ferris had held me in his arms, telling me how much he regretted everything and begging for another chance.

This morning in his car, he had grabbed my wrist, pulled me into his embrace, and told me with a trembling, tearful voice that he was wrong. He said he shouldn't have used Zoey to intentionally make me mad, but swore that absolutely nothing had happened between them.