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Chapter 2

Author: Little Shadow
Gabriel looked up at Keira as she stepped out of the bathroom. His tone carried a hint of pleading and grievance as he said, "Dr. Walker, my wrist gives out so fast that I can't reach the deep tissue. Mind showing me how it's done?"

Keira dried her hands instantly and walked over. "Let me take over. You take a break."

She set her hands on my calves, but Gabriel didn't step back. Instead, he smoothly layered his hand right over her fair skin. "Show me where to apply pressure so I can do a better job next time."

As he looked at her, his eyes were thick with heavy flirtation.

Their bodies hovered so close that they were practically pressed against each other.

In my head, Gabriel's ecstatic thoughts exploded.

[God, Keira's hands are so soft. I just want to pull her into my arms right now. Cody Hansen, what good does all your money do you now? You're still just a brainless idiot being kept in the dark!]

I bit down hard on my lower lip until the metallic taste of blood filled my mouth, barely suppressing the urge to punch him in the face.

Pretending to wince in agony, I jerked my leg back, breaking their little moment. "Ow! Keira, that hurts."

Keira froze for a moment. Then, as if jolted by an electric shock, she quickly pulled her hand back and took half a step away from Gabriel.

She shot me a flustered look and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear to play it cool. "Sorry, Cody. I must've used too much force."

Pushed aside, Gabriel's face went sour.

[Damn cripple. I hope it hurts like hell! Of all times to yell, you had to interrupt me now!

[Are you showing off in front of me now? Back then, I found out Keira's favorite color was white and specifically threw on a white jacket. If you hadn't stolen my spotlight, I'd be the one standing by her side right now!]

Hearing those words in his mind felt like a thunderbolt to my chest.

A white jacket…

During sophomore year, Gabriel said he was heading to the basketball court to see an upperclassman he had a crush on. He had begged me to lend him my rare, limited-edition white jacket.

At the court, a rogue basketball came flying right at us.

On instinct, I shoved him out of the way, taking the blow straight to the head and passing out on the spot.

When I woke up in the infirmary, Keira—the medical school's reigning beauty at the time—was sitting beside my bed.

Blushing slightly, she told me that she was the one who had accidentally thrown the ball.

Soon after, she started pursuing me, and we naturally fell in love and got married.

Yet every time we went on a date, Gabriel tagged along with the excuse of looking out for me.

He always acted so helpful and considerate, even playing the role of mediator whenever Keira and I argued.

And over time, a spark of admiration for him had quietly taken root in Keira's eyes.

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    Three years later, a rehabilitation clinic officially held its grand opening right in the heart of the city's bustling commercial district.Dressed in a sharp, tailored suit, I stood in the center of the room delivering my opening address.My right leg—once severely atrophied—showed no remaining trace of disability, save for a faint surgical scar along my calf. Every step I took was steady and grounded.The room was packed with people.Among them were my former lead physician, investors who had believed in my project's potential, and fellow patients who had stayed by my side through my darkest days. Now, they were all part of my team, rewarded with generous compensation.After surviving that ordeal, I refused to let my life waste away.I took my reclaimed divorce assets along with the massive compensation payout from Keira and went abroad to formally study rehabilitation.Not just for myself, but for every patient out there who, like me, was once handed a slow death sentence by

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    The moment Keira saw me, the dead, hollow light in her eyes suddenly burst into a desperate flare.She broke free from the police officer's grip and fell to her knees before me with a heavy thud."Cody! Cody, I was wrong!" she wept hysterically. She was now stripped of any remaining grace or the arrogant poise she had once carried as a chief cardiac surgeon."I lost my mind! That bastard Gabriel manipulated me! Forgive me, please. I do love you!"As I looked down from above at the woman I had once loved so deeply, I felt nothing but a wave of nausea.A cold chuckle escaped my lips. "Keira, I've always wanted to ask you one question. If you had truly fallen out of love with me and fallen for Gabriel, all you had to do was tell me the truth."I'm not someone who would cling on desperately. I would have signed the divorce papers and let you both be together. So why go for the kill? Why did you have to take my life?"Keira froze where she knelt. After a long moment, she spoke in a t

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