The Surgeon's Cold, Calculated Resolve

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simple instruction: initiate divorce proceedings. Before I could even pre

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a suffocating embrace, his arms wrapping around me tightly. My body stiffened, every fiber of my being reco

thick with what he wanted me to believe was relief. "I'

ushed him away, my strength surprising even myself. My gaze, usually soft, was now a hard,

d. "Let's put all this behind us, my dear. I've already arranged for your reinstatement

an just buy back what you've destroyed? You think my career, my hands, are wort

escued me, he' d said, from the crushing burden of my mother' s death, from the injustice that had tainted my early career. I was a rising sta

worked for eighteen hours straight, my hands moving with impossible precision. He woke up, looked at me, and said I was his an

e reserved for anyone who wasn't him. And then Aurora had reappeared, a ghost from his past, his "one that got away." My heart sank

tered, his briefcase clutched in his hand. Clark' s face instantly paled, a flicker of pani

?" Clark demanded, his

and, steady now, took the divorce agreement. I looked at Clark, a c

ly yours, then? Fine. I'll make sure you're well compensated." He even looked a little relieved, as if a lar

. "Clark! My mother! She's not well! The doctors say it's... it'

hat did you do, Addison? Did you deliberately botch the surgery? Was this

sister lies dead because of you, you're worried about your precious Aurora's mother?" My eyes burned

verything to me! I know you hate me, and you have every right to. I deserve all your anger. But pleas

son, I swear, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

calm. "Sign the divorce papers, and I'll se

cle jumping in his cheek

arely above a whisper, "I'm jus

d fury, and scrawled his signature across the document. The pen dug into the p

son. "Get this processed immediately. I want

m. "It will take some time, Dr. Frank. F

t care about the money. Just the divorce. I

eyes, a dawning realization of what he had truly l

iron-clad. Aurora was still sobbing dramatically, her eyes darting to Cl

flat, already moving toward

unit. As I stepped through the door, a heavy crystal vase flew past my h