Chapter 25 You’re So Lucky, Doctor Sterling
Gabriel’s thumb brushed against Emily’s sweat–dampened cheek before he even realized it. For a second, she seemed to stir and awaken slightly.
Then, a soft, cold laugh escaped her lips.
“How could it possibly be you? Even in my dreams, I’m seeing this jerk…”
It was half her sleep–talking, half a bitter taunt at herself.
With that, she abruptly turned over with her back turned to him and pulled the blanket tighter
around herself.
Gabriel’s hands froze mid–air.
Jerk? Was that how lowly she thought of him?
The next morning, Emily stepped out of her bedroom, only to see Gabriel and Amelia in the dining area.
Amelia noticed her and flashed a sweet smile. “You’re awake, Dr. Sterling. Gabe knows I love sandwiches, so he got up early to make this for me.”
She picked up the remaining half from her plate and warmly offered it to Emily. “You should try it, too. It’s really good.”
Emily felt her heart sink instantly. In two years of marriage, Gabriel had never once cooked for her. Yet now, he was preparing meals for another woman.
Just as she was about to leave, out of the corner of her eyes, she spotted something else on the other side of the table. It was a plate of pumpkin waffles drizzled with maple syrup and the exact breakfast she’d eaten for years.
Her steps halted, and her foot was instantly nailed to the spot. A ridiculous thought couldn’t help but creep into her mind–did Gabriel make those waffles specially for her?
Amelia’s sweet voice rang out right on cue, “Gabe heard I wanted to try pumpkin waffles, so he made some for me, too. You’re so lucky to have such a thoughtful husband, Dr. Sterling,” she said, elegantly cutting a piece with her fork and knife.
Emily gave a self–mocking laugh. It was for Amelia, after all.
She’d been overthinking.
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As she turned to leave, a large hand grabbed her wrist.
It was Gabriel. She hadn’t even noticed when he’d come up behind her.
“Have your breakfast before you leave,” he said flatly, his voice completely devoid of warmth.
She flung his hand away. “Watching the two of you is enough to kill my appetite. Once you’re finished here, please take your lover and get out of my house.”
That afternoon at the medical mission site, Emily was taking an elderly man’s blood pressure while a group of elderly ladies gossiped nearby.
“Have you heard? The new five–star hotel in Northport caught fire last night.”
“Are you talking about Obsidian International Hotel?”
“Yes. Apparently, it was serious, but luckily, no one got hurt.”
Mallory handed Emily a bottle of water and lowered her voice. “Isn’t Amelia staying there?”
As if a thought crossed her mind, she gave a sharp little scoff. “Funny timing. You just signed a lease, and her hotel burns down the same night. Is that bitch pulling another stunt to leech off you?”
Emily’s voice was eerily calm as she announced, “She’s moved into my place.”
“What the fuck! Does she and Gabriel have no shame?”
Mallory could barely hold back her volume in surprise.
Just then, a delicate, wounded voice came from behind them. “Dr. Sterling, how could you gossip about people behind their backs?”
It was Amelia. Dressed in a pristine white dress, her face was pale, and her eyes were red-
rimmed.
Gabriel stood beside her, completely shielding her with his tall frame,
Amelia quickly seized the chance to continue. “I understand you don’t like me staying with you, Dr. Sterling, but you could’ve just told me that. Why did you have to say such nasty things about me to Dr. Prescott?”
She surely was the most infuriating bitch to exist on earth.
Emily let out a low laugh. “I told you to get out last night, didn’t I? Or do you not understand the human language?
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“You and Gabriel were the ones who shamelessly insisted on staying in my house. And now, are you expecting me to pretend it never happened?”
Amelia’s face drained of color, while Gabriel’s expression darkened.
“Enough, Emily. Amelia is in poor health, and she can’t handle stress.”
The moment he spoke, Amelia seemed to receive her cue and gasped sharply, clutching her
chest.
“Gabe, I–I don’t feel well… I can’t… catch my breath…”
Mallory let out a scornful laugh. “With a body that frail, what are you even doing out here in the mountains for charity work?”
She folded her arms and took a step closer. “Oh, I get it. Are you afraid that if you take your eyes off him for a second, Gabriel and Emily will reconnect as husband and wife? So even if you have to fake it, you followed them here to play the devoted lover?”
Her words landed like a slap across both Amelia and Gabriel’s faces.
Mallory’s gaze drifted to Amelia’s flat stomach as she added in a pointed tone, “But let me remind you, Ms. Waverly. With a body that can barely walk two steps without panting or speak two sentences without fainting, you’ll probably struggle to bear a child for the Holtons.”
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