Chapter 9

Chapter 9:

Outside the train station, Derek looked visibly shaken, his face pale as if he was about to collapse. Marissa asked with concern, “What’s wrong, Derek?”

“Derek, are you thinking about calling off our wedding?” Derek inquired

“Absolutely not,” Marissa reassured him

“Then why haven’t you been answering my calls or responding to my messages?”

Marissa quickly checked her phone and discovered several missed calls and texts from Derek. “Sorry, my phone was on silent. I didn’t notice them.”

“You don’t really want to end things with me, do you?”

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“No, I’m right here with you now.”

her response, his spirits lifting noticeably. Marissa offered a helpless smile. Derek’s family situation was challenging. Both of his parents were disabled, and his eighty-year-old grandmother relied on them. They were still living in a run-down house that had been his great-grandfather’s. They were the poorest

managed to attend university, it was not a prestigious one, and Marissa had paid for his tuition. After graduation, Derek struggled to find a good job and resorted to working as a delivery man. In a society where wealth often dictated

She was supposed to be out of Derek’s league. This was why his

get a divorce today, so she was looking for a reason to postpone their wedding. Derek and his family could not afford to get entangled with

calling for passengers to check in. “Let’s go. They’re checking tickets,” Marissa

repaying Derek’s grandmother for her kindness when you were young, you’ve already done more than

responded, “I have to keep my

“You were just six when you made that promise. It’s absurd that Derek’s grandmother convinced a

promised her, “I will come back to you safely!” Marissa smiled and then fell silent. She feared she might never see it realized, which made her

Connor, the wealthiest man in Biebert, has reached out to our team. He’s requesting your services to treat his brother’s legs. Should we accept the

answered without

has been burdened with guilt ever since. If you manage to heal his brother, perhaps Connor would even marry

to cut all ties with Connor. What if Connor found out she was actually Riss, the famous highly-skilled doctor, and demanded her earnings from the previous day be considered community property? In fact, she

to greet his family. What they saw upon arriving was astounding. Derek’s previously desolate home was now bustling with visitors. Dozens of luxury cars were parked outside the gates. The yard was filled with people, including reporters carrying cameras. Villagers had climbed walls and tree branches to get a better view, murmuring among themselves. Worried that something bad had happened to his family, Derek pushed his

middle-aged couple rushed up and hugged Derek, shedding tears of joy.

but the crowd suddenly swelled in the courtyard center. Before she could see anything clearly, she was

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