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Chapter 2

作者: Nine Fifteen
The sharp smell of antiseptic flooded my nose.

I lay on the hospital bed, my mind still drifting somewhere between sleep and waking.

Nearby, I heard the timid voice of the nurse on duty. She seemed to be answering my phone.

On the other end, Felix's voice was thick with irritation.

"Roxy, what game are you playing now, going dark on me again? Didn't you see the texts I sent you?

"Tiffany's dog pulled through, but it's so shaken it won't even eat. Get over here right now and apologize to her!"

The nurse flinched, startled, and stammered out an explanation.

"Mr… Mr. Callier, Dr. Kamp can't come to the phone right now. She pushed through several major surgeries back-to-back and collapsed from exhaustion. She's still on an IV..."

There was a stunned pause on the other end of the line.

A flicker of hesitation crept into Felix's voice. "Collapsed?"

Before he could finish, Tiffany's voice cut in, soft and fragile. "Felix, is Roxy just pretending to faint because she's afraid you'll blame her for not saving my puppy?

"It's fine, Felix. As long as Roxy's okay. I'll calm the puppy down myself, slowly. Don't be angry with her..."

Felix's tone turned cold in an instant.

"Roxy, you really are something else. Now you're even faking a fainting spell to fish for sympathy? I'm telling you, even if you're dying on that hospital bed, you're getting over here today to apologize to Tiffany."

The call ended.

The nurse lowered the phone and turned around, finding my eyes already open. Her mouth opened, caught somewhere between embarrassment and pity.

"Dr. Kamp, just now, Mr. Callier..."

"It's fine. I heard all of it." I cut her off calmly, my voice dry and hoarse.

This was the ninth time Tiffany had thrown one of her tantrums.

The dog had an upset stomach, the dog was depressed, the dog's coat had lost its shine.

Whenever anything, even the smallest thing, seemed off with her dog, she sent for me, a cardiac surgeon, to go treat it.

Tiffany shed a few tears, and Felix punished me by pushing back our wedding, forcing me to bow my head.

That was when the comment feed drifted past my eyes again.

[Serves her right! Tiffany fed the dog chocolate on purpose just to test Felix's loyalty. And look, he trusts her unconditionally. Childhood sweethearts really do hit different.]

[The real heiress really doesn't know her place. She can't even compete with a dog, and she still dreams of fighting Tiffany for his affection?]

[Am I the only one who feels bad for the real heiress? The impostor is just cruel. She knew chocolate was poison to dogs and fed it to the dog anyway.]

[Playing the saint up there? If she hadn't wormed her way in, Tiffany and Felix would already be married. Is it really so wrong to use a few tricks on a homewrecker?

My pupils shrank slightly.

So every single disaster that had ever befallen Tiffany's dog hadn't been an accident at all. She'd engineered every one of them herself.

And Felix had used her little schemes as an excuse to trample all over me, again and again.

"Dr. Kamp, are you all right? You've gone so pale..." The nurse studied me with worry.

I managed a weak smile. "I'm fine."

I didn't care anymore what the truth actually was.

Whether Tiffany was cruel or Felix was simply blind, none of it mattered.

I was just so tired.

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