Semua Bab Flash Marriage with My Stoic Boss: Bab 11 - Bab 17

Someone who'd had sex and someone who'd never been in a relationship had very different priorities.Nora choked on Jenny's question.She coughed for a solid ten seconds. "I only have his ID photo.""Show me." Jenny craned her neck.The moment she saw it, a swear word slipped out. "Holy shit.""He looks like that in a government ID photo?""It's not Photoshopped?"Nora shook her head.Jenny understood now. "If my blind date looked like that, I'd flash-marry him too.""So. Is he good?""We've only met three times!" Nora hissed."Three times is plenty. Sex doesn't require multiple meetings."Jenny had her own theories. "You said yourself you're very satisfied with Adrian Cross. What does that mean?""It's chemical attraction. You're a doctor. You know this.""And you're a flash marriage, not a fake marriage. Why play the 'in-name-only' game?""Enough." Nora shoved a cookie into Jenny's mouth. "We're in front of a hospital. No R-rated content by the entrance."Jenny chewed and swallowed.

The ER doctor's voice was clipped on the phone."Newborn. Transferred from Women's and Children's Hospital. Less than twenty-four hours old. Cyanotic lips. Severe hypoxia. Imaging confirms transposition of the great arteries."Transposition of the great arteries. The baby's two main arteries were swapped.Normally, the left ventricle connects to the aorta, the right to the pulmonary artery. In this baby, they were reversed. The aorta came off the right ventricle, the pulmonary artery off the left.The systemic and pulmonary circulations couldn't communicate. The baby wasn't getting enough oxygen.One of the most critical congenital heart defects. Emergency surgery.Nora stood up too fast. A wave of dizziness hit. She grabbed a glucose shot from the nurse and headed for the ER."Why wasn't there a transfer notice? Wasn't it detected on prenatal screening?"Normally, once a congenital defect was diagnosed, the hospital coordinated prenatal-to-postnatal care. There was no reason for the

The car pulled out of the lot.Feeling guilty about Nathan Wen, Nora didn't dare turn to look at Adrian for a long moment.Once they cleared the hospital gates, she pressed her lips together and borrowed Zoe's phrasing. "Everyone's kind of in awe of you. That's why they bought the same massager. You're not upset, are you?""Not upset." Adrian's voice was calm. "Relax. I don't yell at people."The car rolled to a stop in front of the notary office.Adrian asked Nora to open the glove compartment. "Clear document folder. Grab it for me."It was right on top. Transparent plastic. Nora pulled it out and couldn't avoid reading the label printed inside: *Postnuptial Property Agreement*.The car was parked at the notary entrance."Are we here to notarize your assets?""Yes. The property deeds." Adrian locked the car and walked her toward the entrance. "Vivian said — since we got the marriage license first, a simple property transfer could face legal challenges later without notarization."No