The CEO Lost Me, the Doctor Won My Heart novel Chapter 9

After lunch, we finalized the next steps.

Aiden had an afternoon consultation and had to leave, but he walked me to the hospital entrance.

As expected, Lucas was there.

His car door was open, and on the passenger seat was a bouquet of cornflowers—my favorite.

He was waiting for me.

But I walked right past him and stepped onto the curb to hail a cab.

He reached for my hand—gently, like I was something fragile, something that would shatter if he held too tight.

"Let me drive you home."

"Oh? Trying to get my new address this way?"

I looked at him with a smirk, ignoring the hesitation in his eyes.

"I don't need to," I continued.

"Lucas, until the divorce is finalized, contact me through my lawyer."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid the court might not approve the case."

"After all, you've never been the type to let go of what's yours, even when you don't actually want it."

Every word was a dagger to the heart.

A reminder that, in his eyes, I had only ever been a possession.

His sudden change of heart was nothing more than nostalgia tinted by memory—a distorted, blurry illusion.

"Toni, can we just sit down and talk?"

He rarely spoke to me like this.

Not even during our happiest times.

Because Lucas Turner was always in control.

He was the heir to the Turner family, always free, always untouchable.

Yet now, he was standing before me, looking like he was ready to sink into the dirt just to keep me from walking away.

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