When the woman walked out of the clinic, she was so unremarkable that one might forget her in a crowd. So, Max was into that kind of girl.

The woman crossed my path to stand beside Max, saying, "Dr. Hilton, I'm so sorry to have you bring me here. My husband's heart surgery is in your hands now." That was when I felt like being metaphorically slapped in the face.

Max had deliberately held back, waiting for this moment to humble me, hadn't he?

"Dr. Hilton, is she related to one of your patients?" I blurted out, realizing my error and feeling the need to apologize.

But Max just cracked a cryptic smile. "It's your turn now."

I chuckled nervously. "Yeah, okay."

He didn't ask about the child or if I had a boyfriend. His smile seemed to suggest that my check-up wouldn't go as planned.

Feeling his intense gaze, I lost my nerve just as I was about to turn the doorknob. "Forget it. It's just a minor issue. No need for a check-up."

slip behind and walked

Max closing his office door, I finally relaxed. What if Max ever found

my office, I saw Claude lounging

he hadn't called me Claire in ages, always using

and have the Goodwin family backing you. What do

in his hand, saying, "This

was a ring box with the ring I had forcefully slipped onto my finger in another

glanced at it disdainfully, but he took out the ring,

take my hand with the ring in his, but I

hate me

and wife, the sentiment remains, and this ring belongs to you. His words felt like

on

me, and he even got a size smaller. The irony hit even harder, and I realized that even without Kate coming back, he stiff wouldn't have

with the Hart family anymore." I refused to take it. Seeing the ring reminded me of my finger brutally broken, the ring embedded

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