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Chapter 1The CEO's Rules

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I'd been transmigrated into a trashy CEO novel as a doctor, and the female lead had just been diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy.

The CEO domineeringly grabbed her wrist. "I'm keeping this child."

Then he ordered me, "Move the baby from outside the uterus to inside."

Me: "..."

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I'd been stuck in this brain-dead CEO novel for a month, but a request like that still gave me the absurd feeling of being dive-bombed by a ninety-year-old grandma in a fighter jet.

The male lead, Leo Howell, was the king of all scumbags. He was stringing along three different women at once, and in the name of fairness and equality, he'd put all three of them through hell.

If I'd heard him say that a month ago, I would've personally escorted him to the psychiatric ward for a brain scan.

But I was a mature woman now. I understood that the world of a CEO novel didn't need logic.

Was it reasonable for a multi-billionaire business elite to not know what an ectopic pregnancy was?

In this world, it existed, and it was reasonable.

I pushed up my glasses and said nothing. My colleague, a nameless side character, couldn't help but try to explain to him why an ectopic pregnancy was a serious medical issue.

The CEO, Leo, roared in response, "Useless!"

The female lead, Elara Warren, leaned weakly against his chest. "We were never meant to have a child..."

Leo's cold gaze landed on me. His tone left no room for argument. "Dr. Chen, you can do it, can't you?"

I gave him a firm "OK" sign.

Elara smiled.

My colleague turned to stone.

...

After all, in three days, Elara would run away heartbroken after learning that Leo was entering into a business alliance marriage, and she would have the surgery for the ectopic pregnancy alone.

All I had to do was put on a show for three days. Never mind moving the baby from outside the uterus to inside.

I'd tell him I could move it into his brain if he wanted.

I'd figured it all out on my first day here.

If I wanted to change my fate as a disposable side character, Leo Howell was the best ATM I could ask for.

I needed to make money.

A crazy amount of money!

As expected, Leo was very pleased with my confidence. He immediately hired me as his private physician.

Two days later, at one in the morning, I was sound asleep when my phone rang. "Dr. Chen! Elara is in pain! I want to see you at the villa in ten minutes!"