Merts

bChapter /bb7 /b

Charlotte bstiffened/bb, /bstaring bat /bhim bin /bbdisbelief/bb./b“I bwas /bbtargeting /bbher/bb?/bb” /b

So, he hade to confront bher /bfor bCaroline’s /bbsake/b.

b“/bAs your superior, she bdeserved /bbyour /bbrespect/b. bYou /bbshouldn’t /bhave humiliated her bin /bbfront /bof everyone,” Jaxson said coldlyb, /bhis tone strictly professional. There bwas /bno btrace /bbof /btheir bmarital /bbond.

A bitter ache tightened in bCharlotte’s /bchest, but she bforced /ba bugh/b. “You do brealize /bbI /bbwas /bthe lead bsurgeon/bb, /bbdon’t /bbyou/bb? /bOr do byou /bthink I don’t have the authority bto /bbdo /bthatb?” /b

“And bdo /bbyou /bbrealize /bthat I bhave /bthe authority bto /bbrece /bthe blead /bbsurgeon/bb?/bb” /bbJaxson /bbcountered/b, his smile edged with mockery.

The bwords /bbstruck /blike ba /bblunt bweapon/bb, /bbsending /bba /bbtremor /bbthrough /bbher/b.

What a pity.

She bhad /bbalready /bsubmitted her transfer brequest/b.

Whether he reced her bor /bnot didn’t bmatter /bbanymore/b.

“From bnow /bbon/b, bdon’t/bb…/b”

“If byou /bbwant /bto rece me, bgo /bahead, Mr. Hamiltonb,/b” bshe /bcut him boff/b.

bJaxson’s /bsmirk froze, his expression darkening as he studied her.

She had only ever bcalled /bhim “Mr. Hamilton” in formal settings. Never did bshe /bdo that in private.

bAnd /bshe had never been this distant with him beforeb. /b

“What did you just call me?b” /b

“Mr. Hamilton,” Charlotte replied calmly.“Isn’t that what you wanted?”

He frowned.

bBefore /bhe could respond, a bnurse /brushed out, “Dr. Sutton! The patient’s family bis /barguing with Ms. bWarren/b!”

Charlotte barely had time to breact /bbbefore /bthe man beside her strode off, leaving bher /bbonly /ba glimpse of his back.

Watching him hurry to Caroline’s side, Charlotte couldn’t help butugh hollowly.

When had she ever been worth that kind of urgency?

Outside the patient’s room, the family was in a heated dispute with Caroline, though no one knew why.

When Charlotte barrived /bbat /bbthe /bscene, she heard Caroline’s bdistressed /bbvoice/b.