Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Billionaire Doctor's Unwilling Wife : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Chapter forty-oneEmily Nothing could have prepared me for this.Especially not the serious look Seth was giving me, as though I were the unreasonable one for hesitating to help him to the restroom.Like... hello?How exactly was I supposed to do this when we both knew the circumstances surrounding this marriage?“Come on, Emily. I'm pressed. Badly. Just see it as though you're helping a patient.”A patient. Right.I closed my eyes for a second and raised a hand to my temple, trying to convince myself that the man standing in front of me was nothing more than someone who needed medical assistance.Not my husband. Not Seth. Just a patient.It should have worked but it didn't. With a reluctant sigh, I walked toward him and slipped his arm over my shoulder. His weight shifted against me as I helped him stand.He was heavier than I expected.His body leaned slightly into mine, and before I could adjust my balance, his other hand came around my waist.I stiffened.A small shiver ran thr

Chapter forty-threeEmilySomething had changed.I couldn't put my finger on what exactly it was, but I felt it the moment I walked into the sitting room.Seth was sitting by the window, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a file resting loosely in his hands. He looked much better than he had the night before.Almost too much better.Because somehow, barely a day after collapsing in front of me, he was already back to burying himself in files.The man who had scared the life out of me yesterday was nowhere to be seen.This was the Seth Hernandez I knew.Composed.Controlled.Impossible to read.Except this time, he was watching me.Not briefly. Not casually.His attention followed me until I reached the table, and I finally stopped."What?"His brows lifted slightly."Nothing."I narrowed my eyes."Then why are you staring at me?"The corner of his mouth lifted."I wasn't aware I needed permission."There he was.The annoying Seth.I rolled my eyes and turned away, pretending not to

Chapter forty-fiveSethBy the time I stepped through the entrance of Healing Grace Hospital, I had already received three calls from Daniel asking where I was.I ignored the first two.The third came while I was walking through the lobby, and I finally answered.“I'm here.”There was a brief silence on the other end.“You're already at the hospital, sir?”I glanced around the familiar lobby. Nothing had changed. The same polished floors. The same reception desk. The same large screen displaying the hospital's departments and services. Yet somehow, after two weeks away, everything felt slightly unfamiliar.“Yes.”“I thought you were coming next week.”“So did everyone else.”I ended the call before he could say anything else.I didn't come here to make an announcement of my arrival. I came because there was a patient I needed to see, and that was the only reason that mattered to me right now.My eyes moved across the busy lobby.Healing Grace had never been a quiet place. Even at this

Chapter forty-sevenDonaldsThe moment I stepped out of the boardroom, the tension bled out of my shoulders like water through a cracked dam.Finally,Two weeks away from the hospital, and the very first thing waiting for me was an argument about Seth Hernandez. Of course it was. The man couldn't even manage to stay away for the agreed period, couldn't manage two measly weeks without inserting himself back into my hospital, my business, my life.I shook my head as I made my way down the corridor, my footsteps unhurried despite the storm building behind my calm expression.Doctors and nurses greeted me as I passed, their voices bright with the practiced cheer of people who wanted to stay on my good side."Good morning, Doctor Donalds.""Morning.""Welcome back, sir.""Thank you."I returned each greeting with the same measured smile, warm enough to be believed, distant enough to discourage conversation.Everything looked normal. The hospital hummed along exactly as it always did. Patie

Chapter forty-nineEmily I didn't follow him. Not anymore.I wanted to. God, I wanted to.The moment I heard Seth's footsteps disappear down the hallway that morning every curious part of me wanted to get up and find out where he was going.But I didn't.I remained where I was, sitting on the edge of the chair with my fingers intertwined tightly in my lap.Because whatever I had heard...I didn't want to become the kind of wife who secretly followed her husband around the house.I had already been through enough betrayal to know what suspicion could do to a person's mind.It could make you see things that weren't there.It could make innocent actions look guilty.And it could turn every unanswered question into a reason to doubt someone.I didn't want that.Not with Seth.Especially not now.I lowered my head and closed my eyes.But the problem was...I remembered everything.Every word.Every pause.Every change in his voice.I had been walking downstairs that night, intending to sp