The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 899

For a split second, my vision went completely dark, as if the entire world had been plunged into an abyss.

If I hadn't been gripping the wheelchair's armrests so tightly, I would have pitched forward onto the floor.

*Brain tissue damage.* The words crashed down on me like a falling boulder, crushing the air out of my lungs and leaving me dizzy.

This "accident" was unequivocally a premeditated assassination attempt.

I had naively believed that Ferris only suffered a broken leg, something that would heal with time and physical therapy. I never imagined the impact had caused catastrophic trauma to his brain.

"Selena, don't be scared. I'm right here with you." Noticing my terrifying pallor, Amber immediately grabbed my hands, holding them tightly to comfort me. "There are many degrees of brain damage. Maybe Dr. Sterling's case isn't that severe, right?"

She looked up at Dr. York and the orthopedic surgeon, silently begging them to agree. "It's not that bad, is it?"

Clinging to that tiny shred of hope, I forced myself to look at Dr. York.

Yes, maybe his condition wasn't as horrific as I was imagining.

After a car crash, even a mild concussion could be classified as brain tissue damage. Maybe he was just temporarily unconscious and would wake up any minute. Why was I always jumping to the worst-case scenario?

It had to be the pregnancy hormones messing with my head.

However, Dr. York's brow twitched into a subtle frown. He quickly adjusted his glasses, completely avoiding my desperate gaze. His voice was laced with hesitation. "Well... it's not the worst-case scenario, but there is some cerebral edema."

*Cerebral edema.*