I'll Take Him

It all started when my fiancée's adoptive brother, Afton Jackson, claimed I had used a dirty scalpel in his private parts enlargement surgery, and that had given him Syphilis.

My fiancée, Mia Jackson, flew into a rage. She stomped on the hand I had used to perform surgery. Then, she stripped me naked, forced me into humiliating poses, and put me up for auction on the black market for free.

[Second-hand. Free.]

Her best friend tried to talk her out of it. "You and Ryan Hathaway are about to get married. Are you really going to destroy him like this?"

Mia's voice was calm. "He operated on Afton so recklessly and made Afton break down after catching that disease. Afton almost jumped off a building, yet he still refuses to admit what he did. He doesn't deserve to be a doctor. I'm only trying to scare him. It's not like I'm really going to give him away and let him catch some filthy disease too."

I stood in the doorway, my face pale. When our eyes met, she spoke as if every word were justified. "You made a mistake, so you deserve to suffer for just a little while. As long as you cure Afton and then apologize to him, you'll still be the fiancé I love most."

I silently held back my tears and reposted the auction link to my feed.

It was claimed in seconds with a single comment.

[I'll take him.]

But Mia's face darkened as she threw the wine glass to the floor.

I turned and left without a word.

No one at the bar dared to make a sound.

Someone tried to talk to Mia and said, "Maybe we should let it go and not let this get out of hand?"

Mia's sneer came from behind me. "If someone's willing to take my fiancé, why shouldn't I give him away? He doesn't even care, so why are you worried?"

My heart ached like it was being stabbed. When I walked out of the bar, everyone around me simply looked at me with contempt and disgust.

"Isn't that the pervert looking for group sex online only with people who have STDs? That's so disgusting!"

"Stay away from him. Who knows how many diseases he has?"

When I returned to the hospital, even my colleague looked at me and sighed with mixed feelings. "Ryan, Mia has pressured the hospital. She wants your medical license revoked, and she wants you to pay three hundred thousand dollars in compensation."

He sounded furious on my behalf. "Mia bought shares in the hospital just to protect you back then. She even almost ended up paralyzed for life because of you. She loved you as though her life depended on it. How could she destroy your future over another man?"

I couldn't say a word as my throat tightened.

Many years ago, Mia had been involved in a car accident, and twelve of her ribs had shattered. I fought at the operating