All Chapters of The Surgeon’s Revenge Deal: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Gwen's PovI sat in the car for a long time before I turned the engine on.My hands were on the wheel but I wasn't driving anywhere. I was just sitting, watching the university gates through the windshield, breathing through the anger that had wrapped itself around my ribcage and refused to let go. It was a good idea to have brought the car Alex forced on me.Raymond's arm around my waist. I'm her husband. Said so casually, so possessively, like the last few months of silence and suffering were just a pause in my life. And now that he was back everything would just continue like nothing happened.I pulled out my phone.Daniel Osei had been my lawyer since before the marriage, one of the few things I had done right, keeping something that was entirely mine. He picked up on the second ring."Gwen. This is a surprise.""I need to end this," I said. No preamble. No apology for the hour. "Raymond. The divorce. I need it done."A pause. The sound of papers shifting. "But if he does not sign

Gwen's PovI didn't sleep.Not really. I lay on the softest mattress I had ever touched in my life, staring at the ceiling of Alex's guest room while the city glittered silently beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, and I counted the hours by the slow shift of the skyline from black to purple to a pale, bruised grey.By six in the morning, I had already checked my phone four times and put it face down four times. The notifications hadn't slowed. If anything, they had gotten worse overnight, feeding on themselves the way these things always did, one viral comment sparking ten thousand replies, one shared article splitting into a hundred think pieces with titles like “Who Is The Mystery Volunteer And What Does She Want?"My hospital badge photo had been dug up from somewhere and plastered across three different tabloid sites.I pressed the heels of my palms against my eyes and lay there in the quiet until I couldn't stand it anymore.The first call came at seven-fifteen. I already knew f

The sun was unforgiving.Entering directly in my eyes until all I could see were shadows and dots littering my vision. How long did I sleep for?I groaned at the pounding in my head accompanied by pain. I looked at my side, to see the light casting a gentle glow over Alex’s sleeping face.I lay curled against his chest, tired and heavy-limbed from last night’s wine and tears. My head throbbed faintly, but I couldn’t look away from him. The sharp line of his jaw, the dark lashes resting against his cheeks, the faint stubble that had grazed my skin so many times. He looked almost peaceful like this. Devastatingly handsome.And completely out of reach.‘There’s nothing real between us,’ I reminded myself, a dull ache settling in my chest. I was losing on both ends, still chained to Raymond’s cruelty, and falling deeper into whatever this was with Alex. A man who had already warned me he could never give me more.As if he felt my stare, Alex’s eyes slowly opened. Those intense blue eyes

Gwen's PovI woke up slowly, cocooned in the softest sheets I’d ever felt.For a moment, everything felt… lighter. Like the heavy weight that had been crushing my chest for weeks had finally lifted, even if just a little. My body was sore in the most delicious, filthy way. A deep ache between my thighs and an even more tender throb in my ass that made my cheeks burn with embarrassment and lingering heat.I had let him fuck me there. I had begged him for it.I had never felt so thoroughly used in my entire life. And the craziest part? I didn’t regret a single second of it.I stretched carefully, wincing at the pleasant burn in my muscles, and reached out beside me. The bed was empty. The sheets were cool meaning he had been gone for a while. “Alex?” I murmured. My voice sounded hoarse from all the screaming I had done last night.I sat up, holding the sheet to my bare chest, and looked around. I wasn’t on the yacht anymore. I was back in Alex’s penthouse bedroom, the familiar floor-t

Gwen's Pov My eyes burned. I didn’t even realize I was crying until the cool air hit my wet cheeks.Tears kept falling, hot and messy. I wiped at them angrily, but more came. This pain was worse than what Raymond did. Raymond had lied and cheated and left me feeling stupid. But Alex? Alex had looked me in the eye and told me I was nothing. Just a body. A distraction. And the worst part was, I had known better. I had walked into this with my eyes wide open, telling myself I could handle it. That I wouldn’t catch feelings.I was such an idiot.Even though I had tried to prepare myself for the end, I never thought it would hurt this much, or come this soon. One minute I was happy about getting my volunteer spot back, the next I was being thrown out of his life like yesterday’s trash.I walked down the sidewalk without really seeing where I was going. My vision was blurry. Horns blared suddenly. Bright headlights flashed right in front of me.“Watch it!” someone shouted.A car swerved a