The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 667

Her words struck a nerve, sending a sharp pang through my chest. "It's not that you can't tell, it's that he isn't pursuing me!"

Ferris truly hadn't sought me out for the past two days.

Not at the hospital, and certainly not in private.

It seemed he had finally taken my rejection to heart and stopped bothering me.

Even his encouragement and comfort in the OR just now were strictly professional.

There was no ulterior motive.

I clenched my fists, stopped in my tracks, and turned to look at Amber with a dead-serious expression. "Amber, listen to me. Drop this bet. Dr. Sterling and I have absolutely nothing going on, and I'm never going to be with Dr. Cross either. If you keep messing around with this, you really are going to lose everything."

"...Selena, are you mad at me?" My expression must have been too harsh, because Amber looked genuinely frightened. She apologized timidly, "I'm sorry, Selena. I didn't know you and Dr. Sterling were fighting. I shouldn't have said things to upset you."

"We are not fighting!" The turbulent emotions in my chest flared up, and my voice unconsciously rose.

In that split second, I snapped back to my senses.

Why was I raising my voice at Amber?

If I truly felt nothing for Ferris anymore, why was I reacting so violently to her teasing?