Chapter Nine: Doctor's Forbidden Patient

Sophia left Elias’s office that first follow-up night with her legs still shaky and her mind a complete mess.

His cum was still leaking down her thigh as she drove home, and she hated how much she liked the dirty reminder,she took a long shower, trying to scrub away the shame, but it didn’t work,every time she closed her eyes, she felt his hands on her, heard that low voice calling her soaked pussy “pretty” while she fell apart for him.

The next few days were torture,she tried to go back to normal life…work, running errands, avoiding her family’s texts about the Rachel situation but Elias kept slipping into her thoughts at the worst times.

She’d be making coffee and suddenly remember how his fingers curled inside her,she’d be driving and feel that ache between her legs again,the hate was still there, sharp and real, but now it was tangled up with something she didn’t want to name.

She told herself she wouldn’t go back.m,she even deleted his number but on the third night her ribs started hurting again or maybe she just wanted an excuse then she texted him from a new number: *Ribs are bad,I need that follow-up.*

He replied almost instantly: *My place by 9pm and don’t be late.*

When she got there, Elias looked tired from a long shift but his eyes lit up when he saw her. He pulled her inside and for a moment she thought he was going to kiss her, but he didn’t.

Instead he sat her on the couch and actually examined her ribs like a real doctor,his hands were gentle this time, professional. It made her even more confused.

“You’re healing fine,” he said quietly. “The pain is probably mostly in your head after everything that happened.”

Sophia pulled her shirt back down. “You don’t know anything about what’s in my head.”

“I know you’re still thinking about Rachel,” he replied,he leaned back on the couch, watching her. “And you’re wondering how close I am to her.”

The words hit like a slap,sophia felt a hot rush of jealousy she wasn’t expecting. “Are you? Close to her, I mean.”

Elias shrugged. “We’ve been friends a long time,she’s been texting me a lot lately, asking for advice about the mess with your family and she feels guilty.”

Guilty. The word made Sophia’s stomach twist,Rachel felt guilty while Sophia was the one falling apart and now Elias, the man she’d let touch her was the one Rachel was turning to for comfort.

“I shouldn’t be here,” Sophia said, standing up suddenly. “This is fucked up.”

Elias didn’t stop her from walking to the door, but his voice followed her. “You keep coming back anyway,that tells me something.”

She left without answering, but the jealousy stayed with her all night,she pictured Rachel texting him late at night, maybe even calling him “Eli” in that sweet voice she used when she wanted something.

The thought made Sophia want to scream. Instead she touched herself in bed, angry and turned on, imagining telling Elias exactly what she thought of him and Rachel.

The obstacle came the next day.

Sophia was at the grocery store when her phone buzzed and it was her mom. “Honey, Rachel’s mom called. They want to sit down and talk about everything and clear the air and your brother feels terrible.”

Sophia almost dropped her phone,the last thing she wanted was a big family meeting where Rachel played the victim but saying no would make her look bitter then she agreed to go, mostly because she didn’t know how to say no to her mom right now.

The meeting was set for that weekend at a neutral coffee shop, Sophia spent the days leading up to it on edge,she saw Elias once more a quick, risky meet in his car after his shift but they didn’t have sex.

He just held her hand and listened while she talked about the upcoming meeting. For a moment it felt almost real, almost like he cared then he kissed her forehead and said, “Be careful. Rachel knows how to twist things.”

Those words stuck with her.

The day of the meeting, Sophia walked into the coffee shop with her stomach in knots,her brother was already there, looking guilty and her parents sat on one side and then Rachel walked in… with Elias right behind her.

Sophia froze. Elias’s eyes met hers across the table,he looked surprised too, but he recovered fast and gave a small nod like they were strangers.

Rachel looked tired but pretty, the way she always did,she sat down and immediately started crying softly. “Sophia, I’m so sorry, I never meant for any of this to happen. It just… it got out of control.”

Sophia’s hands shook under the table,she could feel Elias watching her the jealousy burned hotter than ever. Here was Rachel, playing the broken girl, sitting next to the man who had made Sophia come so hard she saw stars and It felt like another betrayal.

The conversation was painful,everyone talked in circles,her brother apologized. Rachel cried more,Sophia mostly stayed quiet, feeling smaller and smaller at one point Rachel reached across the table toward her, but Sophia pulled back.

“I need air,” she muttered and walked outside.

Elias followed a minute later,he found her leaning against the building, breathing fast.

“You okay?” he asked quietly.

“No,” Sophia said. Her voice cracked. “She brings you here? To this? Like you’re her support person now?”

Elias sighed. “She asked me to come as a friend, I didn’t know you’d be here, Sophia.”

She laughed bitterly. “You fingered me in the ER,you fucked me on your exam table and now you’re sitting next to her like none of it happened.”

He stepped closer but didn’t touch her. “I’m not choosing sides but if people find out about us, it’ll blow up everything. Your family, my job, Rachel… all of it.”

The words hit hard,Sophia realized how many obstacles stood between them the hospital could fire him if they got caught and her family would see her as even more broken and Rachel would probably use it against her somehow.

“I should stop this,” Sophia whispered.

Elias looked at her for a long moment. “You could but you won’t.”

He went back inside before she could answer,Sophia stayed out there until the meeting ended,when everyone came out, Rachel hugged her parents and gave Sophia a sad look. “I am really sorry,” she said.

Sophia didn’t reply instead her eyes were on Elias as he walked Rachel to her car and the jealousy twisted in her chest like a knife.

That night she didn’t text him,she lay on her bed staring at the ceiling, torn between wanting him and wanting to punish him for even being near Rachel,the hate felt fresh again but so did the pull.

Around midnight her phone buzzed It was Elias.

*Come over. We need to talk.*

Sophia stared at the message for a long time,part of her wanted to ignore it while another part was already getting dressed,the obstacles were piling up family, secrets, jealousy, the risk to his career but the pull toward him was getting stronger than all of them.

She grabbed her keys and headed out into the night, heart racing with equal parts anger and need,whatever happened next, she knew one thing for sure…..this thing between them was no longer simple.