The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 797

The person standing in the doorway was Sabrina's closest friend, Jada Lane.

Despite the years that had passed, she looked exactly the same. She was draped in a ridiculously oversized, androgynous trench coat, her hair buzzed so short her scalp was visible. Tiny, glittering studs pierced her brows, nose, and lips. Her narrow, heavily lined eyes stared at me with open provocation.

A cruel smirk twisted her lips. "Long time no see. You're still as pathetic and tacky as ever."

Even after all this time, she was still aggressively obnoxious.

Seeing her sneering face brought a tidal wave of awful memories rushing back, making my stomach churn with a sudden, violent urge to vomit.

Instinctively, my hand clamped down hard on Ferris's.

"Where did this stray bird come from, squawking in the hallway?" Ferris tightened his grip on my hand, his voice dropping into a lethal, icy drawl that dripped with open hostility.

"Who are you calling a stray bird?" Jada snapped, clearly shocked that anyone had the nerve to fire back at her.

Perhaps she hadn't realized that the pathetic girl she used to bully relentlessly finally had someone to protect her.

Jada's brows shot up, her eyes narrowing with fury as she glared at Ferris.

Even I was a little surprised that Ferris had engaged her so directly.

Calling someone a 'stray bird' was completely out of character for him. He usually couldn't be bothered to engage in petty verbal spars. When faced with trash like this, he typically just ignored them or let his subordinates take out the trash.

After all, bickering in hallways was a waste of time and beneath his status. Ferris Sterling simply didn't lower himself to argue with peasants.