Chapter: Chapter 31: You Don't Owe Me AnythingJazmine's POV"It's you," Kieran said again, quieter this time, like the first time hadn't fully convinced even him.I froze with the little prince still latched hard, my uniform open on one side, one full breast bare and wet where his small mouth worked in strong, rhythmic pulls. I got the baby settled first, hands shaking, moving faster than they should have, adjusting my bodice with quick, clumsy fingers while the infant made small, sleepy sounds of protest at being shifted away from the breast"Your Highness." I kept my voice low, my back half-turned toward him as I finished buttoning my collar. "This isn't-Whatever you think you remember, it isn't what it looked like.""I don't think I remember anything clearly enough to know what it looked like." He stepped further into the room, moving slowly, one hand pressed lightly against his side where the bandages still sat beneath his shirt. His voice was rougher than I expected, worn thin from days of recovering. "I remember a voice tel
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Chapter: Chapter 30: It's YouJazmine's POVRose was almost done when Jake walked into the kitchen.I sat in the low chair by the window, bodice open on one side, her small body tucked against the full, heavy curve of my breast. She nursed in slow, sleepy pulls, tiny mouth working, one hand resting on the soft warm skin, milk had already leaked a little onto the fabric. The morning light caught the fine red hair on her head. Jake stopped in the doorway, his eyes went straight to my bare breast, to the place where our daughter latched, then up to my face, jaw already tight, eyes dark. The air shifted the way it always did when he was angry and trying not to put his hands on me.“You’re really going back," he said."I told you I would." I kept my voice even, focused on Rose's small face, her eyes half-closed, one hand curled loosely against my collarbone the way she always fell asleep at the breast. "I already spoke to Alyssa about it last night.""Without talking to me first.""We talked about it two days ago, Ja
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Chapter: Chapter 29: The NurseryJazmine's POV I got there earlier than I needed to. It was part of my habits, showing up early was one of the few things I still had full control over in my own life, and this morning I needed as much of that as I could get my hands on. Jake hadn't taken it well. I'd known he wouldn't, but knowing didn't make the argument any easier, his jaw locked tight the whole time, that particular quiet he went into when he was too angry to trust his own voice, the way he'd finally said, low and flat, do what you want, Jazmine, you always do, and gone to bed without another word. I'd lain awake most of the night listening to him breathe beside me, wondering if this was the fight that finally cracked something we couldn't put back together. I pushed the thought down, it wasn't helpful. The corridor outside the royal nursery wing was quieter than the main servant halls, all soft carpets and closed doors that made every footstep feel too loud. My uniform felt tighter than usual across my chest,
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Chapter: Chapter 28: Neither Of Us Looked AwayKyra's POV The knock came later than I'd expected, well past the hour Dr. Alyssa usually finished her rounds, and when I opened the door she looked genuinely apologetic, tucking a loose strand of gray hair back behind her ear. "Forgive the late hour, Miss Sinclair," she said, stepping inside and setting her bag down on the small table by the window. "Prince Dorian's household kept me longer than I planned. The infant's still struggling, and there was a great deal to sort through before I could get away." "Is the baby alright?" I asked. "Stable, for now. That's a conversation for another time, though." She pulled her instruments out one by one, laying them across the cloth she always spread beside my bed for examinations, and glanced toward the door as it opened again. Davian stepped in, still in the dark coat he wore for evening Council work, and Alyssa nodded at him without breaking stride. "Your Majesty," Allyssa said. "Thank you for coming." "You asked me to be here." He sai
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Chapter: Chapter 27: Keep Your DistanceKyra's POV Davian was already in my suite when I returned, standing near the window with his hands clasped behind his back, and he turned the moment the door opened, something sharp crossing his face before I'd even said a word. "What happened?" "Nothing." I set down the small basket of pears I'd picked in the orchard, keeping my voice light, though I could feel my own pulse still not fully settled. "Kyra." He said calmly, and somehow that was worse than if he'd pushed harder. I sighed and set the basket aside properly. "I ran into Prince Dorian in the garden." His expression shifted immediately, jis brows drew together, his jaw tightening as the warmth disappeared from his face. His eyes narrowed slightly, fixed on me with a sudden intensity that had nothing to do with jealousy. There "You were alone with him?" "No I wasn't," I said. "The guards were with me the entire time.."He didn't do anything, Davian. We spoke for a minute. That's all." "What did he want?" I studied hi
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Chapter: Chapter 26: Be Careful Around HimKyra's POV I lay awake longer than I should have last night, turning yesterday's visit over in my head like a stone I couldn't stop rubbing smooth. He had asked what I ate, not in the clipped, clinical way Dr. Alyssa did it, actual follow-up, like the answer mattered beyond a chart. Then the garden access. The guards had already been told to expand the cleared paths. He was the same man who had stood in this room and told me I had no right to question him was suddenly asking about toast and rice and whether I was getting outside air.It didn't add up, I had learned the hard way from everything Liam had thought to not trust the soft sides of powerful men. They usually hid the sharper ones.A soft knock came at the door, then Jazmine came in with the tray. Chicken and rice again, plus the plain toast she knew I could keep down. She set it on the table and looked distracted, a little tighter around the eyes than usual."You alright?" I asked, reaching for the toast."I'm fine." She bus
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Surgeon's Revenge: From Ex Wife To Country's Best Doctor
They threw me away like I was nothing.
Divorced me for my younger, prettier, fertile sister. I signed divorce papers while I suspected I was finally pregnant. Smiled while they handed me five thousand dollars and told me to disappear.
I disappeared, alright. Off a cliff, Into freezing water. Nearly drowned carrying his twins.
Someone wanted me dead. His family buried the investigation before my body was even cold, except there was no body. Because I survived.
Ten years later, I walk back into their world as Dr. Scarlett Fox. The surgeon they're begging to save his dying mother. He doesn't recognize me until it's too late. Untill he sees my face and his entire world crumbles.
Then he sees my kids, his kids. With his eyes and my fury.
Now Nicholas's on his knees. Saying he spent a decade in hell thinking he killed me. Saying he's changed.
But someone in his family is guilty, and as I dig deeper, people start watching.
The man who saved me, Spencer, wants me to stop. He says it's too dangerous. That I should choose him, let the past stay buried.
But I didn't survive murder just to run back scared.
I'm Dr. Scarlett Fox now. Elite surgeon. Single mother. And I'm about to perform the most important operation of my life.
Cutting out the cancer in the Cruz family.
Even if it kills me this time.
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Chapter: Chapter 127: You Have To ChooseScarlett's POV The ICU was more than the emergency floor. The nurse slid the glass door open just enough for me to step through. The monitors hit me first, steady beeps, the sigh of oxygen, the low continuous hum of machines doing work that should have been ordinary. Spencer lay in the bed, lines running from both arms. One leg was in a heavy brace, bruising spread dark across the left side of his face and down along his collarbone where the seatbelt had locked and had bandages on, his eyes were close. I had stood at the foot of beds like this a hundred times. I had delivered updates in a calm voice while families came apart in front of me, none of that training reached me now. My throat closed and my hands started shaking before I even reached the rail. This was not a patient. This was the man who made coffee every morning for eleven years, who counted standing kicks so a ten-year-old’s heart rate stayed safe, who had walked out of our kitchen hours earlier with his jaw locked an
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Chapter: Chapter 126: Why Did You Come BackScarlett's POV I don’t remember most of the drive. One minute I was standing in the kitchen with the hospital still on the phone, the next I was pushing through the emergency department doors with my heart pounding so hard I could feel it in my teeth, he air smelled like disinfectant and floor wax. Someone at the desk asked me to spell the last name twice before they would tell me anything. “Spencer Ashford, I’m the emergency contact." My voice was shaky. "They called me.” "Trauma is still with him," The nurse checked a screen, typed something, then pointed down a corridor. “Family waiting area is to the left. Someone will come out when they can.” I didn’t sit. I stood near the double doors with my arms locked around myself and stared at the scuffed linoleum until the pattern stopped making sense. People moved past me with clipboards and badges. Every time the doors opened I looked up too fast. A doctor in blue scrubs finally pushed through. . He looked exhausted, his mask han
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Chapter: Chapter 125: He Never Said GoodbyeScarlett's POVI was still sitting on the bottom step when I heard the first set of footsteps on the stairs.I stood up fast, wiped my face with the back of my hand, and walked into the kitchen before either of them could see me on the floor. I turned on the faucet and let the cold water run over my wrists until the skin went numb. The coffee Spencer had made was still sitting on the counter, half-cold, the dark surface reflecting the overhead light. I poured it down the sink. The smell of it made the empty space near the stove feel sharper. I started a fresh pot because the silence needed something ordinary to fill it.Valeria came in first, sketchbook tucked under her arm, socks quiet on the tile. She stopped just inside the doorway and looked at the place where Spencer usually stood with the spatula, her fingers tightened on the edge of the sketchbook, then she looked at me.“Good morning,” I kept my voice even. “Sit down, I’m making eggs.”She set the sketchbook on the table witho
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Chapter: Chapter 124: One Foot Out the DoorScarlett's POV I went upstairs after the kids were finally settled. Spencer was already in the bedroom. The lamp on his side was on, throwing a yellow circle across the floor. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, elbows on his knees, staring at the spot where the carpet met the wall. He hadn’t come down for dinner. I’d left a plate covered on the counter and it was still there when I came up, the pasta gone cold. I closed the door behind me carefully so it wouldn’t click too loud. “You didn’t come down for dinner.” I said. "I wasn't hungry," he said flatly. I set my phone on the dresser and sat on my side of the bed. The mattress dipped under my weight. He didn’t look over, his shoulders were tight. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing," he said. "I'm just tired.” I watched the side of his face. The muscle near his jaw kept jumping. I knew that look. “You’ve been different since Nicholas left this afternoon,” I said. “You’re giving me one-word answers. You didn’t sit with us after t
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Chapter: Chapter 123: An Expiration DateSpencer's POV Scarlett was on the phone in the hallway when I sat down on the living room floor with Aiden. He had the tablet propped against a stack of books, the echo video already queued. Valeria sat at the table with her sketchbook open, pencil moving in short, precise strokes, but her eyes kept flicking toward the hall. She heard everything, so did I. “Yes… Emma’s proffer went clean." Scarlett said. "They’re locking the agreement today… No, Calista’s under watch but they haven’t moved publicly yet. They’re trying to keep the full weight of what Emma gave them from leaking until the supporting records are nailed down… Konrad’s still one step behind formal inclusion. Ashfield said we’ll know very soon whether they can bring him in properly.” "Uncle Spence," Aiden nudged my knee harder than necessary. “Frames.” “Forty-two,” I said, my eyes stayed on the screen but my attention didn’t. “Forty-three.” Scarlett hung up and came into the living room and stopped in the doorway, pho
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Chapter: Chapter 122: Choose A SideCalista's POV I sat very still on the sofa, the phone dark in my lap, the message from Reid’s associate still burned into the screen even after it went black. Do not leave the country. My thumb hovered over the contacts. Nicholas. I stared at his name for a long time before I finally pressed it. The phone rang against my ear. Once. Twice. The sound was too loud in the empty room. Four times. Voicemail. His recorded voice came on, short and formal, the version he used for people he didn’t want to talk to. I hung up without speaking and lowered the phone. My hands were shaking. I could feel the shaking in my fingers against the glass. I tried again and got the same ringing, same voicemail, same dead air afterward. I stood up and walked to the window. Outside the light had gone thin and gray. I could see my own reflection faintly in the glass, hair pulled back too tight, face pale, eyes too wide. I looked like someone who had already lost and hadn’t admitted it yet. I dialed Emma'
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