Chapter 2 - The Unshakable Doctor
Clare didn't back down. Though every instinct screamed at her to turn and run from the towering guards, she squared her shoulders and walked straight toward the terrifying crime lord.
Setting her heavy black medical bag down on the marble table, she looked directly into Sebastian’s piercing, intimidating eyes without a single flicker of fear.
"You can insult me, but let me check your legs first," Clare said, her voice steady, firm, and ringing with professional authority.
Sebastian let out a low, dark chuckle. Three months ago, an ambush on the docks had broken his spine, leaving him bound to a wheelchair. Top neurosurgeons across the country had examined him, and every single one concluded he would never feel or move his lower limbs again.
He found her quiet bravery amusing, yet completely pathetic.
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"My bodyguards will throw you out the window the moment you waste my time, lady," Sebastian warned softly, his voice dropping into a lethal whisper.
👉 What made Clare so certain that the top neurosurgeons had made a grave mistake?
