My heart leaps to my throat. Why is he apologizing all of a sudden? Did I disappoint him? Turn him off? Did I—-
"There's an emergency at my workplace—-"
I flinch as soon as I hear his words. Has he forgotten that I'm not actually stupid? Why is he using such a lame excuse to leave me all of a sudden?
"If you want to end this, then just say—-"
Dr. Somebody suddenly cups my face. "Look at me."
The biting note of command in his voice is impossible for me to disobey, and my gaze reluctantly lifts to his.
"I'm a doctor in real life, and I'll give SFI the green light to confirm this for you."
He says a bunch of other stuff after that, but I can't remember any of it since my brain is still frozen in confusion.
Did he just say he'swhat?
Fourteen
Adam could still rememberhow Ilona would react every time he had to cancel a date because of work. While she hadn't been stupid enough to throw a tantrum in his presence, she had still found various little ways to get back at him for his "negligence".
And when he had finally met Temptation, a part of him had cynically assumed the girl would be even worse, considering her age and inexperience. He had expected her to text or call him endlessly. Maybe even make him choose between her and his work, like Ilona had the first time he had to cancel on her.
Temptation, however, had done none of those.
Although it had taken him a while to believe he was indeed what he claimed to be, she had shooed him away as soon as she realized he wasn't lying, and upon learning that the operation he would be performing could take hours, Temptation had also told him quite seriously that she would pray for him and his patient.
He and Ilona had dated for three years, but not once had the heiress uttered anything similar, and that was why, even though he and Temptation had only known each other for over a week,
Adam was absolutely sure he had finally found a rose of his own.
And speaking of said rose...
Hello, Dr. Somebody.
Your patient has requested for urgent treatment.