The Years Between Signing and Seeing novel Chapter 189

It was as if she were discussing a trivial matter with her doctor.

“This…” The nurse who had spoken was especially stunned, her mouth agape. This woman… she must have been truly broken by Jamie.

The other medical staff began whispering among themselves, their heads close together.

Jamie’s brows knitted together. He raised his right arm and gave a subtle wave to the man behind him. Aaron, standing in his shadow, nodded in understanding. Within a minute, every member of the medical team had been cleared from the room.

Suzie watched it all with a cold, detached gaze, as if she were a spectator at an absurd play. A sense of unease had been rising in her ever since that first frantic knock on the door. She hadn't clearly heard the report, only that something had gone wrong. Could it be? Was the procedure really being called off?

Once the door was closed again, Jamie spoke, his voice as cold as steel. “Get down. I’ll have someone take you home. Don’t make me say it a third time.”

Suzie gathered her wits and slowly met his gaze, a bitter laugh escaping her lips. “Jamie, you’re scared, aren’t you? What’s with the sudden change of heart? Did you set this whole stage just to back out at the last second, faking some medical report to save face?”

Before she had finished speaking, a dark shadow fell over her. In the next instant, she was airborne, lifted from the surgical table. By the time she realized what was happening, Jamie had already set her down on the floor.

“Do you think I don’t know my own body? If I were really sick, wouldn’t that make you even happier? You could kill me and have the perfect cover story—a medical accident! Go on! Bring those people back in and let them do the surgery!”

As her frantic words ended, Jamie suddenly leaned in close. He braced one arm on the chair next to her head, his voice a low, dangerous query. “Have you lost your mind? What is all this drama?!”

“Yes! I have!” Suzie screamed back. “I couldn’t win against you in life, so when I’m dead, I’ll come back as a ghost and make sure you never know a moment of peace!”

“Suzie!” Jamie roared, roughly grabbing her chin and forcing her to meet his gaze.