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Chapter 70: It really isn't Dr. David

Chapter 70: It really isn’t Dr. David

“Sorry to bother you, Dr. David.” Sofia swept her long hair back behind her ear, her black silk dress accentuating her voluptuous figure, her allure as a mature woman unmistakable.

“No trouble at all, it’s part of my job as a doctor,” Dr. David replied, his expression a mix of confusion and surprise. He was suddenly called over by this mature woman to check on her child’s medical report.

His first thought wasn’t that she was interested in him, but rather a chill ran down his spine.

He still had headaches at night from the concussion Scarlett gave him last time.

Whenever he saw a beautiful woman, he couldn’t help but suspect she might be trying to set him up.

In the hospital room.

Ryan clenched his fists as he watched the figure standing at the door.

“Ryan?” Ethan glanced subtly at his fists from his wheelchair. “You look like something’s on your mind?”

“I…” Ryan’s eyes showed resignation as he unclenched his fists, feeling a sense of helplessness wash over him. What could he do?

His mom had taken him out for a walk a few days ago and they had run into that middle-aged doctor. His beautiful mother had struck up a brief conversation with him.

Even though it was just normal chit-chat, Ryan felt uneasy about it.

“Ethan.” He suddenly turned to Ethan. “Dr. David is your primary doctor, right? What’s he like?”

“Huh?” Ethan turned his head towards the door, noting that the two had disappeared. “What exactly do you want to know about him, Ryan?”

“I…” Ryan wanted to voice his suspicion that his mother might be involved with the doctor.

But then he thought of Dr. David’s portly belly and balding head.

He felt it would be an insult to his mother to even suggest such a thing.

The thought of his beautiful mother in that man’s arms made his head spin.

“He’s not very well-regarded,” Ethan whispered, noticing Ryan’s troubled expression. “I’ve heard from the nurses that he once threatened a patient’s family to achieve some unsavory ends.”

“What?” Ryan’s hand flew to his forehead as his vision darkened.

Suddenly, it all clicked.

All the pieces in his mind connected at that moment.

No wonder every time his mom came back from dropping off Ethan, she looked like she’d just made love.

Because Ethan’s room was close to that middle-aged doctor’s office.

“Ryan, are you feeling okay?” Ethan saw his pale face and decided to swallow any further fabricated rumors,this was enough.

If he pushed further.

Ryan might end up in the emergency room again.

“Medicine.” Ryan frantically grabbed the medicine box from the bedside, quickly swallowing the pills inside, then held his chest until he felt a bit better. He waved at Ethan, managing a weak smile, “I’m fine.”

“Oh, Ryan, I brought you a gift.” Ethan quickly changed the subject, pulling out a shopping bag. “It’s a comic my sister read once and then just left lying around. You don’t use your phone much, so maybe you can read this when you’re bored.”

“Uh, sure, thanks.” Ryan took the comics.

“She and His Secrets”

“The Contract Sisters’ Blissful Life”

His mouth twitched as he saw the cover of the comics, featuring a man and woman embracing and kissing, and he knew exactly what kind of content it was.

The image of that tall, dashing woman flashed through Ryan’s mind.

A woman like that enjoying adult comics didn’t seem so strange after all.

“I’m heading out,” Ethan said as he saw Sofia returning, bidding Ryan goodbye.

“Yeah, okay.” Ryan covertly watched his mother, relieved to see no blush on her face, but his anxiety spiked again when he saw her sending Ethan off.

Watching his mother’s retreating figure, his emotions rollercoastered.

Ethan was wheeled back into his room.

“Ryan’s been in a bad way these days.” As soon as Sofia entered the room and saw they were alone, she asked anxiously, “If this keeps up, his health won’t hold.”

“I know.” Ethan closed his eyes,seeing Ryan’s dark circles today told him his mental defenses were nearly shattered.

After all, knowing his beautiful mother’s partner was a middle-aged, balding man of terrible character would be too much for anyone.

“Aunt Sofia, don’t panic. We have to wait for him to open up on his own. Whatever we say, he’ll only believe it if he doesn’t think it’s just an excuse to deceive him.”

“How long then?” Sofia asked, her heart aching like it was being sliced open as she watched her son suffer from insomnia. “We can’t wait any longer, I want to tell him the truth.”

Deep down, she still agreed with Ethan’s plan.

After all, comparing that unsightly Dr. David, even telling her son that she had been intimate with Ethan a few times just out of loneliness seemed acceptable.

She thought Ryan would accept that too.

“Give it another two days,” Ethan said calmly. Confronting Ryan now would just bring them back to square one.

Ryan’s hope was for his mom to find someone reliable.

He didn’t see himself as that man in Ryan’s eyes,to Ryan, it was a toss-up who’d be gone first, him or Ethan.

“Okay,” Sofia agreed.

This time, they didn’t bring up the topic of making love.

Given the situation, with Sofia as a mother seeing her son like that, she couldn’t possibly think about a quick fling.

When she returned to the room, she saw Ryan hesitating to speak.

“Ryan, is something on your mind?”

“Mom.” Ryan looked at his mother, tormented by the nightmares that had plagued him these days and what he heard today about Dr. David’s misconduct.

A fire burned in his heart.

“Is the person you’re seeing… is it Dr. David?”

Sofia saw the anger in her child and trembled, Ethan’s handsome face flashing in her mind. Had he guessed it all?

“No.” Sofia shook her head, turning away, her gaze evasive. “Don’t think like that.”

“Then who is it?” Ryan tried to smile. “I think I should know.”

Sofia was silent for a long time, then shook her head again. “It’s not the right time yet.”

Hearing this, Ryan clutched his chest as a sharp pain struck him. He wasn’t a fool,his mother’s reluctance to tell him was as good as confirming it was David.

If it were someone else, why the secrecy?

“Mom, can you not be with him?”

“…” Sofia opened her mouth but said nothing.

Seeing his mother like this, Ryan felt a deep sense of despair. His mother liked that man.

In that moment, his whole being felt a shock.

And his mother was the one he had personally sent out.

Ryan’s eyes began to redden, and large tears rolled down his cheeks. “Why him? Why did it have to be like this?”

“Son.” Sofia was frightened by her child’s state. “It really isn’t Dr. David.”

“Then who is it?” Ryan, seeing his mother still lying to him, had a face full of despair.