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The Ugly Healer: The Only Prescription Is Her Comeback
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Chapter 5 Unusual Compound In Her Blood img
Chapter 6 You'll Get What's Coming To You img
Chapter 7 Austin Wants To Register The Marriage With You Immediately! img
Chapter 8 A Contract img
Chapter 9 Archie's Uncle img
Chapter 10 Out! img
Chapter 11 I Can Help You Feel Better img
Chapter 12 Did You Strike Her img
Chapter 13 It's A Man's Duty To Provide For His Family img
Chapter 14 Mason's Gaze img
Chapter 15 Divorce Him Now, And I'll Give You Ten Million img
Chapter 16 Apologize To Eleanor img
Chapter 17 Would Soon Bring Him A Great-Grandchild img
Chapter 18 Diamond Ring img
Chapter 19 I Was Never Planning To Let You Go img
Chapter 20 Bring The Ring Back img
Chapter 21 You Took Advantage Of The Situation img
Chapter 22 Seems Like You've Had Plenty Of Practice In Pleasing Men img
Chapter 23 Only Now Do I Realize How Wrong I Was img
Chapter 24 Nothing Left Between Us img
Chapter 25 How Could You Stoop So Low img
Chapter 26 The More You Plead, The More Fun I Have img
Chapter 27 Golden Blood img
Chapter 28 She Could Actually Give You A Healthy Baby img
Chapter 29 If You Didn't Intrude On My Meal With My Husband img
Chapter 30 I Already Started On That! img
Chapter 31 Restrained img
Chapter 32 A New Project Leader img
Chapter 33 Let This Be Your Final Warning img
Chapter 34 Any Good News img
Chapter 35 How Does She Manage To Steal The Spotlight img
Chapter 36 Agreed img
Chapter 37 Why Didn't You Step In For Her Back There img
Chapter 38 Austin Would Outbid Everyone Till The Hammer Fell img
Chapter 39 I Will Tell You Everything! img
Chapter 40 I Never Planned To Betray Him img
Chapter 41 Promise To Marry Me, And I'll Come Down img
Chapter 42 A Kiss It Is! img
Chapter 43 The Wine Was Poisoned img
Chapter 44 Raw And Fierce img
Chapter 45 I Find Things Others Have Touched Repulsive img
Chapter 46 I Accept img
Chapter 47 Help Me img
Chapter 48 His Desires img
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Chapter 2 How Could I Fall For Someone So Ugly

Eleanor's legs nearly gave out as she glanced into the hospital room.

With a careless lift of his shoulders, Archie spoke up. "You tried to win Eleanor over and failed. That was why I played the poor guy to earn her pity. Wasn't the deal that if I managed to get into bed with her, that meant I won? You're only trying to back out now because you can tell I'm close to getting her, right?"

Greg Mills, Archie's friend, waved off the idea before answering, "Fine, I won't back out. But you can't keep spinning lies just to milk Eleanor's sympathy. First a car accident, then a failed company, and now you're saying you need a kidney transplant. How do you even bring yourself to say that?"

There was a sharp edge in Greg's voice as he continued. "Eleanor is juggling three jobs every single day just to scrape together money for your so called surgery. She's running herself into the ground. She may not be pretty, but she's handed you everything she has. Are you really fine treating her this way?"

Archie answered without hesitation, though a trace of discomfort flickered in his eyes before he forced it away, "Why wouldn't I be? That huge mark on her face makes her hard to look at. I told her I cared about her, and she swallowed it whole. She's just stupid."

With a dismissive tone, Greg responded, "Sure. The Andrews family is worth billions, so you can have any beautiful woman you want. Eleanor really is foolish. Getting tricked like this is what she deserves."

Annoyance showed as Archie opened his mouth, then dragged his fingers through his hair in frustration.

Greg reached out, giving Archie a friendly pat on the shoulder as he spoke with thinly veiled excitement. "You've been with Eleanor for a while now. Don't you feel bored? Let me take a turn. She might not stand out, but there's something about her that interests me. I bet she'd be fun."

Without warning, Archie lashed out and kicked him, his voice low and furious. "Get the hell out of here. Eleanor is dead set on saving herself for her wedding night. I haven't even gotten what I want yet!"

Lowering his voice, he added a final warning. "Even if I do sleep with her, you're never touching her. Stop entertaining that idea."

Greg reacted with clear surprise as he spoke. "Archie, don't tell me you're actually starting to like Eleanor."

An uneasy look crossed Archie's face before he retorted with forced confidence, "Don't be ridiculous. How could I fall for someone so ugly?"

Greg responded slowly, "Is that so?"

Without hesitation, Archie jabbed a finger toward Greg's face and said, "Watch what you say. I'm not letting Eleanor find out who I really am yet!"

Just outside the hospital room, Eleanor froze in place as though thunder had crashed directly through her chest.

Shock spread through her as every word sank in. A bet. Getting into bed with her. Just stupid.

Each phrase pierced her heart, sharp and cruel, as if poison were being pushed straight into her veins.

Her entire body shook while she clenched her teeth, until the metallic taste of blood filled her mouth.

Eleanor was only twenty-one and still a junior majoring in pharmacy at Eplosdon Medical University. She had no steady income to rely on. To raise money for Archie's so called surgery, she took on three exhausting jobs around her classes. She worked mornings at a breakfast shop, spent her afternoons doing manual labor under the blazing sun, and delivered food late into the night. With summer break underway, she pushed herself until midnight and dragged herself back up again at five every morning.

She'd gone so far as to beg for cash from shady lenders. She even secretly sold blood-and for that, she was almost assaulted by a complete stranger! Through it all, Eleanor poured her whole heart into Archie, never suspecting she was nothing but a pawn in his twisted competition. Archie had fooled her completely. He'd promised her that the birthmark on her face didn't matter, insisting he loved her for who she was. Every word was a lie.

Lightheaded and barely able to see straight, Eleanor staggered away from the hallway, her steps unsteady.

As soon as she stepped into the daylight outside, a flood of memories crashed over her and the tears she'd been holding back finally spilled out. It had been three years since that day when danger found her out of nowhere, and Archie stepped in like some sort of hero. That hospital stay brought them together, and from then on, they were inseparable. Archie's sob stories started soon after, and she had fallen for every single one, doing whatever she could to help him cover his debts. She'd always believed Archie was fighting for their shared dreams, never once considering that he could be hiding something so cruel.

Recalling all those moments when Archie pretended to care for her left Eleanor feeling nauseous.

Her phone rang, Archie's name flashing across the screen.

She pressed answer, her features settling into a mask of cold resolve.

With practiced sweetness, Archie greeted her. "Hey, honey, where are you right now? I miss you."

At first, Eleanor wanted to unleash every bit of her anger, to demand the truth from him, to scream and curse until he confessed. But as she listened, her urge faded. No matter what he said, everyone already saw her as a fool.

"Babe, are you there? Still busy working? I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If it wasn't for my sickness, you wouldn't be pushing yourself so much for me..."

"Archie, we're done." She cut him off in a clear, steady tone. "I want to break up."

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