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Finally, just when I thought the call would be cut off again, a female voice picked up.

Pushing down the bile that threatened to come up, I asked to speak to Grant. Only to find out that the woman has no clue who he was.

The woman hung up on me, and I stared at it as the truth dawned on me—the asshole gave me a fake number.

Coming out of the memory, I stood still as Grant walked further and further away from me.

Everything felt like it did in that past moment, like the world was slipping out from under my feet. My tears wanted to choke me forever.

As much as I didn’t want to leave him in that state, giving him the space he so graciously asked for was the least I could do for him.

Gathering up my pride and broken heart, I turned away from the man I was falling in love with.

Chapter 16: Grant

(Flashback)

The line at the checkout counter went on forever. Luckily for me, I was the one right in front.

I looked around the hotel lobby for any sign of Jessica in case she was going to do the dramatic movie scene and show up at the last minute. There was no trace of her.

Just like it had been for the past two days.

After waking up to her beautiful face, I spent the entire day with my father going over different med schools and residencies I could transfer into. The main reason for my visit was for precisely that reason.

I was having a hard time with the school I was currently at—too much drinking and drama for my tastes—and I nearly quit the program altogether. That was what my dad and I were fighting about the day I met Jess. He was pushing me to stay in the medical field, and I was too stubborn to admit that he was right.

Jess was the one who helped me decidenotto quit. She helped me realize that despite my father’s expectations, I really wanted to be a doctor.

I’d come back to the hotel that afternoon excited about the future and ready to spend more time with her. There was even a thought that my future might include her.

Yet there was no word from Jessica.

The longer I didn’t hear or see her, I doubted our night together meant anything to her like it did to me.

So here I was, checking out and preparing to go back to school. A part of me knew I was likely never to see her again.

Although I hoped.

She never showed up.

“How was your weekend, Dr. Adams?” Hannah asked.

We stood by the nurses’ station. I couldn’t recall why or how long I’d been there. Everything was muffled in my head.

Blinking, I focused on Hannah as she played with the end of her ponytail, batting her eyes at me. I wondered if she knew what she was doing, or if her crush on me warped her brain like mine did around Jessica.

Just the thought of her had mixed feelings running through me like a dangerous toxin.

“Dr. Adams?”

“Huh?” I’d completely forgotten what Hannah was talking about. That wasn’t the first time either.

I haven’t been able to pay attention to anything besides my patients’ care since the bombshell was dropped on me.

Hannah just blushed and asked again. “How was your weekend?”

“Oh.”My weekend.Well, I found out the woman I love has been keeping our child a secret from me and I’ve been freaking out ever since.“It was fine. Yours?”

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