The Real Reason

A hard shove sent Wendy stumbling out the door.Nora leaned against the doorframe. She had a few inches on Wendy. After the stumble, Wendy had to look up at her."I told you to leave. Did you not understand?"Nora's face was flat. "Take your crazy to the hallway.""NORA!"Wendy was shaking with rage.Down the hall, Summer came out of a patient's room, empty medicine bottle in hand. She'd heard the commotion."Chief? You okay?""I'm fine."A video call buzzed Nora's phone. She pointed at Wendy."If she keeps causing trouble, call security."She shut the door without waiting for Wendy's reaction. Answered the call.A face appeared on screen. Dimples. Warm smile."Babe, I'm back!"Jenny Jiang. Nora's best friend from college. Self-proclaimed hottest lawyer in Northridge.Behind Jenny, an airport terminal full of Chinese characters."You landed?" Nora asked."Yep!" Jenny nodded. Then she squinted. "Babe. You don't look happy."They'd been roommates in college. Jenny knew everything about

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The Confession

Someone who'd had sex and someone who'd never been in a relationship had very different priorities.Nora choked on Jenny's question.She coughed for a solid ten seconds. "I only have his ID photo.""Show me." Jenny craned her neck.The moment she saw it, a swear word slipped out. "Holy shit.""He looks like that in a government ID photo?""It's not Photoshopped?"Nora shook her head.Jenny understood now. "If my blind date looked like that, I'd flash-marry him too.""So. Is he good?""We've only met three times!" Nora hissed."Three times is plenty. Sex doesn't require multiple meetings."Jenny had her own theories. "You said yourself you're very satisfied with Adrian Cross. What does that mean?""It's chemical attraction. You're a doctor. You know this.""And you're a flash marriage, not a fake marriage. Why play the 'in-name-only' game?""Enough." Nora shoved a cookie into Jenny's mouth. "We're in front of a hospital. No R-rated content by the entrance."Jenny chewed and swallowed.

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The Morning After the Confession

Adrian had been there before both of them.He hadn't meant to eavesdrop. But opening the door would have made things worse, so he'd waited."Massager." Adrian held out the box.Nora took it. "Did you not see my message?"Adrian patted his white coat pocket. "Phone's in the office.""Oh." A soft sound.Her thumb scraped across the edge of the box. The nail left a crescent mark on the packaging.Running into her new husband right after being confessed to — and dragging out the messy family history as a bonus."About—""Do you need me to handle the family situation?"They spoke at the same time.Adrian gestured for her to go first."That was Ethan Shaw. Mr. Shaw — the foundation director's grandson. Wendy, my half-sister, has feelings for him."Adrian was sharp. Nora knew he'd already pieced together the situation from her conversation."I'm not involved with him.""I know." Adrian nodded. "From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, if you had a suitable partner, you wouldn't have needed a bl

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The Night Shift

The ER doctor's voice was clipped on the phone."Newborn. Transferred from Women's and Children's Hospital. Less than twenty-four hours old. Cyanotic lips. Severe hypoxia. Imaging confirms transposition of the great arteries."Transposition of the great arteries. The baby's two main arteries were swapped.Normally, the left ventricle connects to the aorta, the right to the pulmonary artery. In this baby, they were reversed. The aorta came off the right ventricle, the pulmonary artery off the left.The systemic and pulmonary circulations couldn't communicate. The baby wasn't getting enough oxygen.One of the most critical congenital heart defects. Emergency surgery.Nora stood up too fast. A wave of dizziness hit. She grabbed a glucose shot from the nurse and headed for the ER."Why wasn't there a transfer notice? Wasn't it detected on prenatal screening?"Normally, once a congenital defect was diagnosed, the hospital coordinated prenatal-to-postnatal care. There was no reason for the

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The Massager Incident

Adrian left the on-call room before morning handoff.He took the trash with him on his way out.Nora wasn't used to being taken care of like this. She called after him. "Just leave the bag. I'll throw it out when I wake up.""Already got it."Adrian didn't think twice about it. "You can sleep a little longer."Then, as an afterthought: "If you have a free day coming up — even half an hour — call me."They worked in the same cardiac center. Adrian knew exactly how heavy Nora's load was. If he was asking for time, it was important. Nora nodded.—Warm congee in her stomach. Heat pack on her abdomen. She fell back asleep after Adrian left.In the morning, the nurses' station was buzzing about the emergency from the night before.Summer intercepted Nora the moment she walked out."Chief — I heard the newborn case was Dr. Cross's surgery?"Such a complex procedure used to be Dr. Zhao's domain. But the overnight Cardiac Surgery nurse said Dr. Zhao hadn't come in. Dr. Cross had done it.Six

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Alle Kapitel von Flash Marriage with My Stoic Boss: Kapitel 11 – Kapitel 15

The Real Reason

The Confession

The Morning After the Confession

The Night Shift

The Massager Incident