Not Your Doormat Anymore novel Chapter 40

"You can curse at me, but she really does love you. Aren't you afraid of breaking her heart by treating her like that?" Even after everything I said, Andrew showed no reaction. His mind was still on Casey.

I gave him a thumbs-up. "You're a real bootlicker. Now get lost."

Andrew finally walked off.

"Let's go eat."

When I turned back to Nora, I found her staring at me in shock with her mouth wide open.

I frowned. "What is it?"

Had I scared her with all that yelling? After all, I had always been kind and composed around both doctors and patients at the hospital.

"No, it's not that. It's just… Dr. Ranford, you were so cool just now!" Nora shook her head excitedly. She looked at me, thrilled. "I used to think you were so kind that even if a woman were to cheat on you, you probably wouldn't do anything. But now, I see that I had a really one-sided understanding of you. Dr. Ranford, you're amazing!"

I gave her a small smile at the compliment. "I'm not usually like that. Only when it comes to people like them."

She nodded hard. "Yes, I believe you!"

With no one around to stir up trouble, the meal went quite pleasantly.

Afterward, I dropped Nora off at her place, then turned around and headed back to the apartment since it was getting late.

Kourtney had already gone to bed, but she had left a soft yellow light on in the living room so that it wouldn't be completely dark when I came home. The lamp had been placed near my door on purpose, and seeing it made my heart melt a little.

The rumors about me at the hospital had been cleared, but Dr. Crowell's affair was real. Word was that his wife had been fighting with him and was about to file for divorce. Chances were, he would be too busy with his personal mess to come after me anymore.