Chapter: 9 - Insecurity Kills“How could I know?!” Margo immediately denied it, her voice rising sharply.Evander narrowed his eyes at Margo’s reaction. “Are you sure you know nothing about that bastard showing up here?”“I don’t know, Evander! I haven’t seen him in a very long time. Watch what you say! What kind of woman do you think I am?!”Evander’s eyes became even more probing as he stared at Margo. Meanwhile, Margo immediately fell silent when she realized she had let herself answer far too defensively.“Well, maybe he contacted your parents and they told you.”Evander shrugged casually and snatched the bag of medicine back.“Stand up. We’re going home now. I’m already so damn tired.”Then he walked ahead with long strides, intentionally leaving Margo struggling behind on her own.Even so, Margo only looked at his selfish behavior and let out a short sigh. She tried to get off the patient bed by herself, then walked slowly while enduring the pain that spread over one entire side of her body.Throughout the d
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Chapter: 8 - Eavesdropping“Oh! Doctor Richmond?!”Aubree stopped walking and turned toward the voice calling her. Right at the intersection, a familiar figure could be seen walking quickly toward her from the hallway beside her.“Doctor Richmond! Good evening!” The young woman in a nurse’s uniform greeted her with a bright smile.“Hey, Tina! Oh my God, it’s been so long since I last saw you! How have you been?”“Yeah, I’ve been really good. I haven’t had a chance to go back to Riverbrook since I moved here. So I’m really happy to see you again here, Doctor.”“Are you enjoying working in this city? Is everything going well?”“Of course. I really love living here. Everything is easy and quick to get to because it’s a small town. My husband and child are enjoying it here too. Honestly, the air is even much cleaner than in Riverbrook.”They both laughed.“By the way, what are you doing here this late at night, Doctor? Don’t tell me you moved here?!”Aubree smiled. “My residency isn’t over yet, Tina. But… yeah, I m
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Chapter: 7 - No Longer a LoserMargo was already sitting on the sidewalk, looking extremely shocked as she held her left arm.Derek immediately tore open the sleeve of Margo’s blouse when he reached her. Judging by the amount of blood flowing from it, the wound was definitely very deep.He quickly checked and examined the cut.It was about ten centimeters long and extended diagonally upward. It had not reached the muscle, but it was deep enough to expose the layer of fat.Derek completely tore off the sleeve of Margo’s blouse and used it to press against and tightly wrap the wound to temporarily close it.“Can you try to raise your arm?”Margo managed to lift her arm despite being in severe pain.“Now move your fingers and try to grip my fingers as hard as you can.”Derek slipped three of his fingers into Margo’s palm, and she managed to do as instructed, although her grip was weak.“You need stitches, Margo. Probably quite a few. Other than that, there’s nothing serious about your condition.”Margo still couldn’t
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Chapter: 6 - Series of Unfortunate Events“I hate him so, so, so much! If killing someone wasn’t a crime, I would’ve done it already!”“Whoa, easy, Aubree. I might be the one getting killed first today.”Derek lowered the bread knife Aubree had pointed at his face with his own knife.“He’s always been such an annoying person.”Aubree pursed her lips and went back to slicing her bagel into bite-sized pieces.“My last rotation was full of challenges and completely ridiculous situations. What a freaking asshole.”“Just hang in there a little longer. You won’t have to see him after you graduate.”“Yeah, only three more months to go. But it feels like three hundred years when he’s around me.”Aubree shrugged.“Even so, I’m still grateful to him. Because of him, I’ve gotten really good at almost everything. And my subcuticular sutures are so neat that you can barely tell the skin was stitched at all. They’re so smooth!”“I remember he used to give you such a hard time over your sutures. Turns out it’s been really useful for you.”“
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Chapter: 5 - The Beginning of Sweet RevengeMargo's expression changed as soon as she got a reaction from Derek that she hadn't expected.The atmosphere around them shifted to awkward. She looked at her ex-husband with a slight tremble in her eyes, caught off guard and unsure of how to react.Derek let out a soft chuckle, making her frown in even greater confusion.“Just kidding, Margo. Why are you taking it so seriously?”Margo chuckled along, though the awkwardness still lingered and she couldn’t quite shake it off.“Want to talk for a bit?” Derek glanced at the watch on his wrist. “I have some time before I start work.”She seemed to think for a moment before finally nodding.“Good.”Derek gave her a charming smile.For a split second, Margo felt as if time around her had come to a brief stop. She realized it had been a very long time since she had last seen Derek’s smile. The same smile that had once made her fall in love with him.And now, it made something strangely unfamiliar creep through her heart.She followed him as
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Chapter: 4 - Do We Know Each Other?He finally decided to reveal everything. Derek’s throat felt extremely dry, making it difficult for him to swallow. “Our call earlier… you never hung up.”Margo’s eyes widened in shock as she immediately realized what Derek meant. If the call had never been disconnected, then Derek had heard their entire conversation and everything she had done with Evander in the car.“All of this made me wonder if the child you were carrying back then was actually mine or not… And whether that man is the reason we still haven’t been able to have a child until now.”“W-wait—what?!” Horror filled Margo even more after hearing Derek’s confession.“About four months after we got married, I accidentally found out that you were pregnant. But because you insisted on focusing on your career, and our marriage was still so new, I pretended not to know, just to spare your feelings and respect your wishes. I even stupidly stayed silent when you deliberately ended the pregnancy.”“I’m telling you, Derek, I swear
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