Chapter 2

2.

Now, in such a disgusting situation, he said them again.

But this time, he said them to someone else.

I didn't dare to cry out loud, so I bit my own arm.

I bit it until the taste of copper filled my mouth.

I realized I was biting my right hand―the hand I used for surgery.

But why didn't I feel the pain?

Why did my heart feel like it was being ripped apart instead?

Dexter, do you know you've practically killed me?

Suddenly, the door opened.

The lights flickered on, and I was caught huddled in the corner.

I covered my head in despair. "Don't look at me! Don't come closer… please…"

The footsteps came closer anyway, inch by inch.

Every step made me feel more hopeless.

Finally, the person stopped in front of me and knelt down.

He took my bleeding hand, his voice trembling. "Sienna…"

I looked up.

It was Lucas. He was my mentor's son and my junior colleague.

We had known each other for almost twenty years.

My parents died when I was young, and my mentor raised me.

Lucas was like family.

Seeing him made my composure crumble completely.

I hugged Lucas and let out a muffled scream.

"Why!"

"Why would he do this to me!"

"Why didn't he just kill me?!"

Hot tears soaked Lucas's shoulder.

He rubbed my back, whispering comfort over and over.

"It's okay, Sienna. It's okay."

"I'm here. I've got you."

After a long time, my strength faded. I knelt on the floor, exhausted.

Lucas helped me to the sofa and grabbed some gauze.

He cleaned my wound with tears in his eyes.

"Sienna, do you know how many people's sight you've saved with these hands?"

"You are the hope of so many patients! How could you hurt yourself like this?"

I closed my eyes, my throat working hard.

"Lucas… Dexter… he…"

"I saw," Lucas interrupted.

"I saw him and that girl being brought into the ER."

"I heard what happened at the scene from the other nurses."

"Sienna, promise me you won't hurt yourself anymore, okay?"

After a long silence, I nodded.

Lucas's eyes were bright red.

"You two have been the golden couple for ten years."

"Whatever happens, I hope you can talk it out. For the sake of how he fought his family to marry you back then."

"Give each other one last chance, okay?"

His words brought back memories from a decade ago.

Back then, I was just a young doctor with no money and no status.

Dexter was my patient, and his surgery was the first one I led.

I saved him from the edge of blindness.

When he opened his eyes, the first person he saw was me.

He said I was like a light in his dark life.

That rich boy fell in love with me instantly.

His parents were totally against us.

They hated that I was an orphan with nothing to my name.

His father even came to the hospital to scream at me in front of everyone.

"You little gold-digger! You think your sweet talk can fool me like it fooled my son?"