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The Billionaire Doctor's Runaway Patient

Chapter 2 

Word Count: 1072    |    Released on: Today at 13:38

u have a severe urinary tract infection," he said, turning his back to write on

ed out of the room, the heavy

ly manage the zipper on her skirt. She threw her clothes on, buttoning her blouse wrong in her fran

fied she might lock eyes with that devastatingly handsome doctor aga

e let out a long, shaky exhale. She reached in

rs met em

. No phone. And then it hit her-she hadn't grabbed the prescription slip ei

ack, a cruel reminder that she couldn't just walk away.

aloud, pressing the heels o

t back toward the clinic entrance. Th

e said, keeping her voice low. "I left my phone and my pre

her ear and shoulder. She pointed a manicured finger down th

She stopped a few feet away from the partially open door of room t

resonant voice. He was speaking rapidly, using complex m

chart. The harsh clinic lighting caught the sharp angles of his profile. T

The nurse, looking surprised to see her waiting, offered a brief, prof

e whispered, clu

aw Corbin lift his head, his icy bl

inted down the hallway, fleeing the

screen. It lit up with five missed

ter not

ked hard to

ctor. Don'

e ar

wer

e. She had completely forgotten. She looked at the address

pe pulled out her compact mirror. She looked awful. Her skin was pale, her eyes were red-r

ng at the hem of her wrinkled skirt. She took a deep breath, pa

rm croissants filled the room. Hope looked around, searching for the ma

ed at her. "Tabl

said. "I'm me

t thi

her, her eyes landing on the broad, imposing shoulders of a man sitting in the booth. The na

eeting her mother had drilled into her head. H

losed the medical journal on the

ngs stopped working. The blood

from her was Dr

asn't wearing the white coat anymore, bu

. The impact rattled the table, causing the silver spoon in the coffe

nct was to turn and run out the door, but

e small space. He extended a large, masculine hand t

hat exact hand, wrapped in a cold latex glove, touching the most intimate, vulne

t sofa like a puppet with its strings cut, her fingers

irk touched the corner of his mouth. He leaned back against t

ty, Ms. Spence," Corbin said, his low

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The Billionaire Doctor's Runaway Patient
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“Hope worked eighty-hour weeks on Wall Street, enduring daily humiliation from her boss just to be her mother's golden ticket out of poverty. But when a severe kidney infection left her bleeding and collapsing in the middle of a boardroom presentation, her boss didn't call an ambulance. He slammed his hand on the table, publicly accused her of popping pills like a junkie, and threw her out of the building. Dragging her agonizing, feverish body back home, Hope desperately needed a mother's comfort. Instead, the moment her mother heard she had lost her six-figure job, the woman's face contorted with pure rage. She didn't care that Hope's kidneys were failing; she grabbed a heavy glass ashtray and hurled it directly at Hope's head. "You threw away a six-figure job? You threw away our ticket out of this dump?!" The glass shattered against the wall, slicing Hope's bare leg open. For twenty-nine years, Hope had sacrificed her health, her dignity, and her sanity to be the perfect daughter. She didn't understand why her life was only worth the paycheck she brought home, or why her own mother would rather see her dead than unemployed. Looking at the blood dripping down her calf, the guilt that had chained her for a lifetime suddenly vanished. She pulled out her phone and hit send on a brutally honest resignation email to her toxic boss. Then, she opened a text from the intimidating, billionaire doctor who had treated her at the clinic-the only man who had ever told her she was a fighter. She packed her bags and walked out the door. This time, she was going to live for herself.”