Sonia stood up and lifted her left wrist. “What’s wrong with my wrist?”

“How did you get the red mole on your wrist?” Tim stared at her and asked.

Amused by Tim’s question, Sonia said, “I was born with it. How else could that have ended up on my wrist otherwise?” I couldn’t have faked that red mole, could I? While red moles were unique and uncommon, many people were usually seen with black moles instead of red ones.

Tim’s expression didn’t change much after he heard Sonia’s reply. Then, he looked down in a preoccupied manner, leaving Sonia in bewilderment as she rubbed her red mole and asked, “Why are you asking me all this?”

 

Tim adjusted his glasses and asked another question instead of answering Sonia’s. “I have another question. Did you once save a boy in your youth?”

“Save a boy?” Sonia raised her eyebrows.

didn’t concern him, he responded with an affirmative

squinted and asked, “How old are we

Tim looked at her and

smiled. “Yeah, I did save

 

posture became seemingly rigid.

A boy was bullied and thrown into the water as I happened to walk past that place. So, I grabbed a wooden

you!” Tina was never my angel! My

do you mean by ‘it’s me’?”

the meantime, Sonia, frightened by his unexpected dramatic behavior, struggled to breathe in his suffocating embrace.

cry, Tim acted as if he didn’t hear her voice and continued to wrap his arms around her. Soon, Charles barged into the ward and showed up by the door. “What’s wrong, Darling? What’s with the commotion—” Before he could finish his words, he

hearing Charles’ response, Zane came in from the outside. “What happened? W-What… a jerk you are, Tim!” He then joined Charles and separated Tim from Sonia before Charles clenched his fist and swung it across Tim’s face. At

wolf in sheep’s clothing, aren’t you? How dare you try to take advantage of my darling?! Where is your professionalism as a doctor?! How could you

from her and shouted across the

punch just inches away from Tim’s face and gazed at the lady in disbelief. “Darling, he just tried to take advantage of you. So, are

her forehead. “I know you’re doing this for me, Charles, but you’re hurting him. After all, you don’t want

it!” Zane said, to

a doctor, and he mustn’t be injured. Have you thought about the patients who might need him in

question as they knew the patients were innocent, even though they reckoned Tim deserved what was coming to

thought of that, Charles reluctantly let go of Tim despite his strong grudge against the latter, so he dropped Tim onto the ground and grunted. “Hmph! You’re lucky this time. If this happens again, you and I know where that is going to take us!” Although Charles didn’t specifically reveal what would happen next time, it appeared that

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