Marriage Games with a Charming CEO novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7 A Stroke of Cosmic Karma

Edmond returned to work at the hospital. Once the waiting patients had left, his colleague, Alan Canning, stealthily closed the door with a penchant for gossip.

"Dr. Agos, you took leave last Friday. Telling me you were getting a marriage certificate. That was a joke, right?"

"No, it was real."

"Holy shit! Who is the unlucky one then?"

Alan blurted out inadvertently.

Edmond heard, took it in stride, and looked at Alan with a playful smile in his enchanting eyes.

Alan asked, "The woman must be pretty, right? With a great figure?"

He thought for a few seconds, his mouth curling into a smirk. "A knockout."

Another "holy shit" flew out of Alan's mouth.

"Dr. Agos, will you ever settle down?"

"What do you think?"

"I think not."

Edmond watched him with interest.

Alan gathered the courage to continue.

"People like you, inherently a playboy, surely live a life of indulgence and freedom! How could you become chaste just because you married a beautiful woman? There was a nurse who saw you taking a keychain from your drawer and staring at it for a long time. They secretly speculated that you are a love-struck man. And then you went to a bar to pick up hotties over the weekend. That was hilarious! Most women are so unrealistic, always thinking they can tame a wild stallion."

Edmond's gaze flickered and fell on the drawer, silent.

Most women are unrealistic?

Not all, necessarily.

*

Alicia received a phone call from Grace that evening.

Grace was extremely excited.

"Bestie, guess what explosive news I heard?"

"Your ex died in a car accident?"

"I wish! But the gossip I have is about Edmond."

"He's had more scandals than I've had hot dinners. What's so intriguing?"

Grace laughed cunningly.