Chapter 140

NOAH I was about to step into Dr. Watson’s consultation room when the door suddenly opened from the other side and I collided with someone. The impact wasn’t hard, but it was enough to make the stack of medical reports in her hands slip and scatter across the floor. “I’m sorry,” she said immediately, her voice low and strained, as if the words had been forced out of her. She bent down quickly to gather the papers. It was only then that I saw her clearly. Olivia. Up close, I noticed how much weight she had lost. Her shoulders looked sharper beneath the thin fabric of her shirt. She seemed smaller than I remembered. For a moment, I stood there watching her hurried movements. A blood test report had slid near my shoes. I bent down and picked it up before holding it out to her. She didn’t look at my face. Her gaze lingered only on my hand. Her fingers trembled slightly as she took the paper and slipped it back into the folder. She stood up quickly and walked past me without a glance. I rem