Chapter 193: The Mysterious Stranger
The male doctor’s face flushed with embarrassment, and for a moment, he seemed at a loss for words.
"Who dares to insult my woman? You think you have the right to talk down to her?" A cold voice cut through the tension, and Ella turned around in surprise, only to see Eric striding into the room, his expression icy as he cast a disdainful glance at the doctor.
"Mr. Nelson!" someone exclaimed, recognizing Eric. Another doctor quickly stepped forward, trying to diffuse the situation. "Mr. Nelson, please don’t be upset. This is just a misunderstanding, a simple mistake!"
The male doctor looked nervously between Eric and the others, as a female nurse whispered in his ear, "That’s Mr. Nelson, Ella’s boyfriend, and a close friend of the director’s son!"
The doctor bowed his head in fear, "Miss Davis, I apologize. I spoke out of turn earlier."
Ella glanced at him coolly, a faint, cold smile playing on her lips. "It’s fine to show sympathy for someone, but don’t be so quick to make them out to be an angel."
Eric, with a smirk, wrapped his arm around Ella’s shoulder. "Perhaps this doctor has had experiences similar to Miss Hannah’s and feels a special kinship with her?"
Eric had overheard the doctor’s earlier remarks but was caught up in an important phone call and hadn’t intervened immediately. Now, the doctor’s face turned ashen. "No, no... I’m truly sorry, it was my mistake..."
"Let’s just leave. This place is too depressing," Ella said, gently tugging Eric towards the exit. She didn’t want to escalate the situation further.
After all, the doctor had spoken out of impulse, and though Ella hadn’t suffered any real harm, she knew the man must have been left seething inside after her sharp rebuke.
"Rare to have some free time to spend with you, and someone had to go and upset my girl!" Eric sighed as he opened the car door for Ella to get in.