Chapter 1

At two in the morning, my boyfriend's patient, also the girlfriend of his bro, sent him a photo of her private parts.

"Dr. Marcus, this spot has been swollen for days. Can you please take a look and tell me what's going on?~"

I confronted him, but Marcus was impatient.

"Are you fucking insane? I'm a doctor. What's wrong with Jessica consulting me?"

I immediately sent the photo in a group message to his medical colleagues.

"You bitch! How could you be so malicious? You sent out a photo like that! How is Jessica supposed to face anyone ever again?"

To placate Jessica, he transferred every last dollar out of the clinic's account.

He whisked her away to the Caribbean for vacation.

Staring at the photos of them, locked in a passionate embrace, kissing on the beach.

Without a second thought, I pulled my entire investment from the clinic.

This time, without my funding,

Let’s see what gives him the right to be so arrogant.

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1

At two in the morning, I was startled awake by the vibration of my boyfriend Marcus's phone.

Still half-asleep, I reached for the phone on the bedside table, intending to check the time.

But the screen displayed a message from Jessica, sent ten minutes ago.

[Dr. Marcus, I've been all swollen down there for days. You have to help me figure out what's wrong~]

I was instantly wide awake.

I tapped open iMessage and saw a photo from Jessica.

In the picture, she was wearing sexy, see-through lingerie, with half of one breast exposed.

She was striking a seductive pose, her gaze hazy and bewitching.

Trembling with rage, I rushed to the bathroom and started banging on the locked door.

After a moment of frantic scrambling from within, Marcus stormed out.

"Eliza, what the hell is wrong with you, acting crazy in the middle of the night? I can't even go to the bathroom without you policing me? Are you going through menopause early or something?"

I held up the phone, pointing at Jessica's photo as I demanded angrily:

"What is this?!"

A flash of guilt crossed Marcus's face before he snatched the phone from my hand and roared:

"Who allowed you to go through my phone? Have you no sense of boundaries? No wonder, orphans are just so ill-mannered!"

A sharp pain pierced my heart.

The people closest to you always hurt you the most.

We had known each other for eight years; he knew perfectly well that losing my parents in a medical malpractice incident was a wound that would never heal.

And he didn't hesitate to rub salt in the wound.

"You have to tell me what this is!"

Seeing my serious expression, Marcus completely lost his patience and snarled viciously,

"Eliza, are you fucking crazy? Is this ever going to end? I'm a doctor. Jessica just had a breast augmentation and wasn't feeling well. What's wrong with her consulting me?"

"If you're really that bored, go get a job instead of causing trouble here. My work is exhausting enough without having to deal with a psycho like you."

With that, he shoved me hard against the wall, got dressed, and slammed the door on his way out.

After Marcus left, I collapsed onto the sofa in a daze.

We'd known each other for eight years and been together for four. I had always put him first in everything.

But in the end, he cursed me out, started a huge fight, and stormed out of the house, all for a patient.

Something about him being a doctor, so she was just consulting him.

Even a fool wouldn't believe such a ridiculous lie.

Remembering the look of disgust on his face as he left, the rage in my heart burned hotter and hotter.

The next second, my phone suddenly lit up.

Jessica had sent me a message.

In the photo, she was still wearing the sexy lingerie.

Only this time, the background had changed to a large bed.

And there was a man beside her.

I recognized the man's familiar silhouette.The last shred of hope in my heart shattered.

My hands trembled with rage, and I wanted to curse out that shameless bitch.

But Jessica immediately unsent the photo, feigning panic:

[Oops, I'm so sorry, Eliza. I sent the wrong photo. You didn't see that, did you?]

I had to admit.

Jessica's provocation had well and truly infuriated me.

I was so furious I actually laughed, then immediately blocked Jessica.

Right after, I sent the two photos I had saved beforehand to Marcus's medical colleagues' group chat.

She loves showing off her medical condition, doesn't she?

Well, I was going to let her show off all she wanted!

After doing all that, I finally felt a little better.

I turned and went back to bed to continue sleeping.

Before I was even fully awake the next day.

Marcus, who had stormed out last night in a huff, suddenly returned.

Without a word, he yanked me up and slapped me across the face:

"You bitch, how could you be so vicious? You sent those kinds of photos to the group chat! How is Jessica supposed to face anyone now?"