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Chapter Nineteen: The Echo After Ruin
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2026-01-22 23:27:25Nathaniel didn’t leave his office for hours.
The article glared at him from his screen like a living thing, each word carefully chosen to wound without outright lying. Alleged. Anonymous sources. Inappropriate proximity. Enough poison to rot reputations slowly. But it wasn’t the article that broke him. It was Iris’s face. Cold. Controlled. Detached. A performance so convincing it hurt more than any accusation. “You were convenient.” Her words echoed over and over, gnawing at his chest until breathing felt like work. He stood abruptly, pacing the room, dragging a hand through his hair. His phone buzzed again. This time, he answered. “What?” he snapped. “Doctor Hale,” a board member said calmly. “We need you to step away from clinical duties. Temporarily.” Nathaniel closed his eyes. “On whose authority?” “Public interest,” the man replied. “And legal counsel’s advice.” Silence. “You’re protecting her,” Nathaniel said quietly. “We’re protecting the institution,” the board member corrected. “Your resignation letter is still on file.” The call ended. Nathaniel stared at the dark screen, jaw clenched. She wouldn’t do this, he thought. Not Iris. Not the girl who shook when she laughed, who listened more than she spoke, who carried her heart too openly to weaponize it. Unless… Unless she was scared. The realization hit him like a blow. Iris didn’t stop walking until her lungs burned. She didn’t know where she was going. Only that standing still felt impossible. The city blurred around her as tears streamed freely now, no one watching, no one judging. She ducked into a narrow street and pressed her back against the wall, sliding down until she was crouched, shaking. “I’m sorry,” she whispered to no one. “I’m so sorry.” Her phone vibrated again. Selena. You played your part beautifully. Iris wiped her face angrily. This ends soon, she told herself. Just survive this part. Then another message arrived. You should know something. Her stomach twisted. The board isn’t finished. And neither is he. Before Iris could respond, footsteps echoed at the end of the alley. She stiffened. A man stepped into view. Not hospital staff. Not security. His gaze swept over her slowly, assessing. “You Iris Moore?” he asked. Her pulse spiked. “Who’s asking?” “Someone who wants to help,” he replied, though his smile didn’t reach his eyes. “You’ve caused quite the storm.” She stood slowly, heart racing. “I don’t want trouble.” He stepped closer. “Trouble already knows your name.” Fear curled in her stomach. Across town, Nathaniel sat in the dark of his office, replaying every moment he’d shared with Iris. Every look. Every hesitation. Every sacrifice she’d tried to hide. He grabbed his coat. He wasn’t done. If she had turned on him, he would face it. But if she had done this to save him His jaw tightened. He would tear the truth out of anyone standing in the way. Nathaniel stepped into the night, unaware that Iris was already surrounded by it.
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The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-Six: Taken in Plain Sight
The sirens screamed like judgment.Iris barely had time to breathe before the door burst open.“Miss Iris Carter,” a male voice barked. “You are under arrest for theft of confidential medical records and obstruction of justice.”Cold steel snapped around her wrists.“No!” Nathaniel lunged forward, fury exploding out of him. “This is a lie. She didn’t”A baton slammed into his chest, stopping him short.“Sir, stand back!”Iris cried out. “Nathaniel, don’t!”His eyes locked onto hers, wild and helpless. “Don’t you touch her. Don’t you dare.”Selena stood across the street.Watching.Smiling.Wrapped in a coat that looked far too calm for a woman who had just destroyed a life.Iris was dragged past Nathaniel, her body shaking, her heart ripping open as she was shoved into the back of the police car.“I love you!” she screamed through the glass.Nathaniel snapped.He broke free.Two officers went down before they could stop him. Rage like Iris had never seen before burned through his vein
The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-Five: The Things Buried Don’t Stay Silent
The knock came again.Harder this time.Nathaniel moved first, instinct sharp and dangerous. He stepped in front of Iris, one hand subtly reaching behind his back where his jacket hung, fingers brushing the cold weight of the burner phone he never left behind.“Stay back,” he whispered.Iris’s heart hammered as he opened the door just enough to see who stood on the other side.Not security.Not police.A woman.Mid-forties. Sharp eyes. Hospital ID clipped to her coat.“Dr. Hale,” she said quietly. “You shouldn’t be here.”“And yet,” he replied coolly, “neither should you, Dr. Monroe.”Iris stiffened. The name rang a bell. Former senior cardiologist. Disappeared after a “voluntary resignation.”“You have something that belongs to us,” Monroe said, glancing past him into the apartment.Nathaniel didn’t move. “You mean the truth?”Her mouth tightened. “You don’t understand what you’re holding.”“I understand exactly,” he said. “That’s why you’re here.”Monroe exhaled slowly. “They sent m
The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-Four: When Silence Becomes a Weapon
The hospital had never felt this cold.Iris noticed it the moment she stepped inside. The way conversations stopped when she passed. The way nurses avoided her eyes. The way doors that once opened easily now felt sealed shut.Nathaniel was gone.Suspended. Silenced. Removed like a stain they were eager to scrub away.She kept her head high anyway.“Miss Carter,” a senior nurse called sharply. “You’re late.”It was five minutes past her shift.“I was cleared to resume at eight,” Iris replied calmly.The nurse smirked. “That was before yesterday.”Iris swallowed the sting and nodded. “Understood.”She moved through the ward on autopilot, hands steady even as her chest burned. Cardiology rounds continued without him. Machines beeped. Hearts beat. Life went on.But hers felt paused.Everywhere she turned, reminders of Nathaniel followed her. The way he liked charts arranged. The questions he asked trainees. The calm authority that used to fill the unit.Now, it was replaced by whispers.“
The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-Three: The Room Where Wolves Smile
The boardroom smelled like polished wood and bloodless ambition.Iris felt it the moment the doors slid open. Dozens of eyes turned. Some curious. Some judgmental. Some already convinced she didn’t belong there.Nathaniel’s hand rested lightly on the small of her back, steady and warm. A silent promise.“Stay close,” he murmured. “No matter what you hear.”She nodded, even as her pulse thundered in her ears.At the head of the table sat Dr. Richard Hale, immaculately dressed, his silver hair untouched by stress. To his right was Selena.Perfect. Poised. Smiling.Iris’s stomach dropped.Selena’s eyes flicked to her, slow and deliberate, her lips curving in something that wasn’t a smile. It was victory rehearsed too many times.“Let’s begin,” Richard said calmly. “Dr. Hale, thank you for honoring the summons.”Nathaniel didn’t sit.“I’m here under protest,” he said. “And with counsel.”Murmurs rippled around the table.“This trainee,” one board member said sharply, glancing at Iris, “ha
The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-Two: Blood Does Not Ask Permission
Iris couldn’t breathe.The photo burned into her vision. Her grandmother’s familiar front gate. The cracked paint. The flowering hibiscus she watered every morning. And standing just outside it, hands in his pockets, a stranger who had no right to be there.“They promised,” Iris whispered. “They said they wouldn’t touch her.”Nathaniel was already moving, pulling on his shirt, grabbing his phone. His jaw was locked so tight it ached.“They don’t keep promises,” he said coldly. “They leverage them.”“I have to go back,” Iris said, panic rising. “I can’t let her”“No.” Nathaniel turned sharply, his voice cutting through her fear. “You’re not walking into a trap.”“That’s my grandmother!”“And you’re my responsibility,” he snapped back, then stopped himself, softening his tone. “You’re under my protection.”She stared at him. “You don’t get to decide that.”He stepped closer, his hands settling on her arms, grounding her shaking body. “I get to decide how far I’m willing to go. And I’m a
The Cardiologist’s Forbidden Trainee Chapter Twenty-One: Shelter Made of Secrets
They didn’t take the main roads.Nathaniel drove with one hand on the wheel, the other resting on Iris’s thigh like an anchor, his eyes sharp and alert as the city thinned into quiet stretches of darkness. Streetlights flashed over his face, revealing tension carved deep into his jaw.Iris stared out the window, her heart still racing.“You didn’t answer me,” she said softly. “Where are we going?”“Somewhere my name still holds weight,” he replied. “And where Selena’s reach ends.”“That doesn’t exist,” Iris whispered.Nathaniel’s mouth curved in something that wasn’t a smile. “It does. She just hopes you never learn about it.”They drove for over an hour before turning off the highway onto a private road flanked by tall iron gates. Security cameras followed their approach. The gates opened silently.Iris’s breath caught.The house that emerged from the darkness wasn’t just large. It was old. Solid. The kind of place built to endure wars, scandals, and bloodlines.“This is…” she traile
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