All Chapters of After the Divorce, I Became a Super Doctor: Chapter 11
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Chapter 011
Caelan woke up before sunrise.An old habit from prison. His body could no longer sleep past dawn. But this morning, instead of lying on his back staring at a concrete ceiling, he was standing on the balcony of the twenty-eighth floor with the fresh air of Velmont hitting his face.He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.A technique the Master had taught him. Channeling qi from the center of the chest through every meridian in the body, making sure everything flowed without obstruction. A process that made four hours of sleep feel like eight. A process that kept his body from ever truly feeling exhausted.Around eight o'clock, the room bell rang.Caelan opened his eyes and glanced at the small screen on the balcony wall connected to the entrance camera. Layla was standing outside pushing a full dining cart topped with silver covers, her uniform just as neat as the night before.Caelan exhaled quietly. Dorian genuinely had no sense of where the line was when it cam
Chapter 012
Was it really because she had found a better man that she could just forget everything? Forget everything he had ever sacrificed for her?Caelan didn't know the answer. And maybe he didn't need to.What was clear was that there was nothing left here worth holding on to."I'm sorry," said Caelan. "But I'm turning you down."Serena, who had already half-turned toward her car, stopped instantly. She turned back slowly, as if she wasn't sure she had heard correctly."What did you just say?""I'm turning you down."Serena stared at him for a few seconds, then a short, unpleasant laugh came out."Has your brain stopped working?" Her voice rose, no longer bothering to sound casual. "You're turning me down? Turning down Serena Hale?" Her eyes swept over Caelan from head to toe with a look that didn't hide how little she thought of what she saw. "Look at yourself, Caelan. You're an ex-convict with no name, no money, no future. Who else is going to take you in besides me? Think about that caref