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Chapter 4

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After our argument on the rooftop, Maya and Ryan stopped hiding their relationship and announced that they were together.

They brought coffee and snacks for the entire department.

A few of the newer nurses, unaware of what had happened, cheerfully waved me over.

“Dr. Hayes, come get yours. We saved you an iced Americano.”

Ryan frowned and spoke without thinking.

“Her stomach can’t handle iced coffee. The hot tea is hers.”

Maya’s smile stiffened.

The room went silent for a moment.

I raised my thermos with a smile.

“I brought my own.”

One night, after finishing my shift, I had barely parked my car when an uneasy chill ran down my spine.

For the past few days, I’d had the uneasy feeling that someone was watching me.

I took a deep breath and started toward my apartment.

Then a dark figure stepped into my path.

My heart jumped.

It was Maya’s ex-husband, Mark Wilson.

He gripped a baseball bat and glared at me viciously.

“Long time no see, Sophie.”

My stomach dropped.

I instinctively tried to move around him, but he blocked my way.

“You were pretty tough when you showed up at my house with that boyfriend of yours and beat the hell out of me. What happened? Not so brave now?

“Oh, right. I forgot. Maya stole your man.

“That bitch has hooked up with the hospital owner’s son, so I can’t touch her anymore. But I still need someone to pay.”

He clicked his tongue.

“Guess you’re just unlucky, Dr. Hayes. You risked everything for Maya, and she stabbed you in the back.”

His grip slowly tightened around the bat.

I slipped a hand into my pocket and blindly activated the emergency call feature on my phone.

My fingers trembled, but I forced myself to remain calm.

“What do you want? Money? We can talk about this.”

Mark’s expression twisted.

He spat onto the ground.

“I don’t want money. I want you to pay.”

He raised the bat.

I screamed and ran.

“Mark, calm down! If you hurt me, you’ll go to prison!”

He chased after me.

“My wife ran away and turned me into a laughingstock. You think I care about prison anymore?”

He cornered me in a dead end.

My whole body shook.

“Please don’t hurt my hands. I have surgery tomorrow.

“My patient is a little girl. She’s been sick for a long time. If the operation succeeds, she’ll live.

“Mark, I’m begging you.”

Before I could finish, the bat came down with a sharp rush of air.

It struck my arm.

I heard the bone crack.

Just before I lost consciousness, I saw my phone lying shattered on the pavement.

The emergency call had gone through.

But he hadn’t answered.

When I opened my eyes again, I was staring at the white walls of a hospital room.

The sharp smell of antiseptic filled my nose.

Maya knelt beside my bed, her eyes swollen from crying.

“I’m sorry, Sophie. I’m so sorry.”

Ryan stood nearby with bloodshot eyes.

He slammed his fist into the wall.

His mouth opened, but the words barely came out.

“I didn’t know. He... that call...”

I closed my eyes.

“Give me the test results.”

Ryan hesitated before handing them to me.

I was a doctor.

One glance was enough to tell me how badly my hand had been damaged.

The physical pain was nothing compared to what tore through my chest.

My entire body trembled as I looked at the colleagues who had come to visit, then at Maya and Ryan’s devastated faces.

“Please leave.”

The door opened and closed.

Only then did the sound of my muffled, broken sobs escape the room.

Ryan and Maya waited outside my hospital room every day.

I refused to see either of them.

Eventually, Ryan spoke to me through the closed door, his voice heavy with pain.

“Sophie, even if your hand doesn’t fully recover, your career doesn’t have to be over.

“I can talk to my dad about moving you into administration. Or you could go back to the university and teach.

“Whatever you want, I’ll make it happen.”

I didn’t answer.

I looked down at my bandaged hand and opened an email from Germany.

My fingers trembling, I typed a reply.

'I’ve made my decision.'

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