The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 771

So that was the truth.

My heart finally settled, releasing a breath I didn't realize I'd been holding.

I hadn't used connections to get in. Ferris and Dr. Yates hadn't unfairly paved the way for me.

I had earned my place at Capital General through my own hard work and merit. Everything was fair, just, and strictly procedural.

"However, there was a little hiccup during the process." Recalling the past seemed to amuse Dr. Yates, and she smiled as she brought up a hidden detail.

"At the time, I didn't know the exact nature of your relationship with Director Sterling, but I could tell you two were incredibly close—much closer than he was with Zoey. I even asked him, if he cared about you so much, why not keep you in Neurosurgery and send Zoey over to Anesthesiology? Care to guess what he said?"

"What did he say?" My heart skipped a beat in anticipation.

I hadn't expected Dr. Yates to be so observant. She had already seen through my dynamic with Ferris back then.

But right now, I desperately needed to know why Ferris had kept Zoey in his department and sent his own wife away to Anesthesiology.

Was it because he still harbored a massive misunderstanding toward me and didn't want us to be too close?

Or did he want to force me to watch him and Zoey working side by side just to make me jealous?

"He said that you wanted to be in Anesthesiology more," Dr. Yates answered with a gentle laugh.

I was genuinely shocked. "I never said that."

My initial dream was always to join the Department of Neurosurgery at Capital General. After all, it was my major in med school, while anesthesiology was only an elective.

I had never once claimed to prefer Anesthesiology.