18I just landed and received a message from Sebastian. I was absent these past few days, and he was scolded by the client because no one was supporting him with many things."Okay, don't be afraid." I got in the passenger seat of Kenneth's car and fastened my seat belt. "We'll be at the company soon. It's okay. Send me a copy of the feedback. I'll check it first."Kenneth's expression was dark all the way. After I hung up the phone, Kenneth said gloomily, "Are you cleaning up the mess for him?""Alas, he's an intern, after all. I was also a huge mess when I was an intern." I waved my hand as if I didn't mind it. Then, I took out the tablet from my backpack and began to read the documents. "Kenneth, when will we arrive?""In 20 minutes." Kenneth pursed his lips. "Don't look at the tablet in the car. It will hurt your eyes."I wanted to laugh as I recalled he was the one who was settling documents on the plane.The car soon stopped. I talked to Kenneth before I went upstairs to c
Author: Wan He Chui Yan "Don't. Other people are still in the room..."As I said this, Joseph Moore had already put his cold hands under my clothes.Although I was feeling dizzy over the fever, I grabbed his hands after I noticed that there were still people there."Does it hurt?"Joseph leaned sideways to block the view of others. He pressed on my lower abdomen with his fingers, which made me moan with pain at once.I never made a sound like that.I never thought I'd make a fool of myself in front of Joseph. This thought made me extremely embarrassed and dared not to look at him.1I got the diagnosis.It was a fever caused by appendicitis and surgery was needed.When I waited alone in the ward, I felt that my hands were trembling and I was too nervous to calm down."You need to change into the hospital gown. By the way, have you informed your family of the surgery?"Joseph came into the ward in a white coat, which made his long legs more conspicuous.I bit my lips and
9Fortunately, the boy and his mother were discharged from the hospital, and Joseph also left in a hurry.I was the only one left in the ward, lying on the bed and waiting for my takeout.Fine, another day of embarrassment. I only hoped that I could be discharged from the hospital soon.Suddenly, my phone rang.It wasn't until I saw the message from my editor that I remembered I hadn't finished my drafts.Zoe: [Where's your drafts, Harper?]I just looked at her message, not daring to reply.Zoe: [I know you are online. Today is Valentine's Day. Are you out with your boyfriend?]Seeing this, I almost burst into laughter.In this world, probably the only people who thought I have a boyfriend were my lovely editor, Zoe, and my readers.After all, I often procrastinated.My readers usually said, "Why haven't you updated today? You must have been out with your boyfriend.""Hey."Joseph stood quietly behind me and tilted his head, staring at me with a serious expression.I was
15I feel so upset after comparing myself to them.Every Valentine's Day in the past, I would see these girls showing off how good their boyfriends were to them. What was worse, I was still going through the same thing this Valentine's Day and I was going through that in the hospital.Actually, I didn't like roses. I just envied those who had someone send them flowers.Zoe: [I have to remind you that the deadline is in three days, babe.]I felt a little distressed when I saw Zoe's message. So I just replied briefly and went to the comment below my novel.As expected, some of my readers were talking about my relationship again. I felt it funny and replied to them, "Fine, I'll keep updating throughout the day to prove to you that I got no boyfriend!" Then I opened my file.However, my motivation disappeared the moment I saw some tweets. I clicked on them and was immersed in the news, and soon I felt sleepy.Maybe it was because it was not long after the operation that I got sle
21I had no idea what Joseph was planning. During these days, he came here to bring me fruits or tuck me in late at night. Sometimes he just sat here for a long time and wouldn't leave until the nurse knocked on the door.He had been here for two nights. Sometimes I woke up and saw him sleeping on his stomach by the bed. He might have just finished operating on a patient because there were visible marks left by the mask on his face.I felt sorry for him for no reason."Joseph."I couldn't help calling his name.Joseph just woke up and was pouring water with his head down. When he heard me call him, he said, "You finally talk to me."Joseph looked happy in his white coat. He looked at me with bright eyes and tight lips as if he was saying "I've done nothing wrong." I was fascinated by his good looks and didn't know how to react.I bit my lips and wanted to say something, but Joseph said first, "I'm gonna take a shower here."What?No wonder he kept coming here. He took my ward
24Noah used to stay with me since childhood, but after we grew up, we were seldom together. Since it was a good chance for us to get close to each other, he would often come to my ward. But every time he came here, Joseph would be here too five minutes later.Joseph would operate on a patient this afternoon. Meanwhile, Noah had a stomachache from eating too much fried chicken. He was lying on my bed, complaining in an injured tone, "If I had known Mr. Moore was so busy, I would not have chosen him as my mentor. Since I became his student, I had to do so much work every day and have no time to rest at all. I'm still sick."I frowned and said, "You deserved it, OK? You drank tons of ice water right after eating the fried chicken. No wonder you had a stomachache."Hearing my harsh words, Noah said with a grievance, "You don't care about me as you used to, Sharon."I sighed and said reluctantly, "Alright, drink some tea and have a rest."Noah closed his eyes with sobs. I turned to l
27I didn't know how good Joseph was at cooking, but I had high hopes for him and had been looking forward to leaving the hospital soon. However, the last thing before I left the hospital nearly made me cry and lose my appetite."Wait! I can't! It'll hurt."As soon as I woke up the day I left the hospital, Noah stood beside me with tweezers in his hand, trying to do suture removal for me. And that scared me.Noah said, "Come on, you can leave after the suture removal."I hid under the quilt and said angrily, "Go get another doctor for me. You'll make me hurt."After all, Noah never knew how to take good care of people, and I was worried that he would make me bleed as he did the suture removal for me.Noah chuckled and said, "Fine, I'll get you Mr. Moore."Wait. What?Now I realized what Noah was planning.However, before Noah walked out of the room, Joseph hurried to the door. He walked quickly to Noah and held out his hand to him.Noah nodded and gave Joseph the tweezers.
Extra Chapter: The Marriage Leave1Emma: [Holy crap! Are you dating Joseph?]When I saw the news, I was stunned. [How did you know that?]I was going to call her out for dinner and tell her about it after I fully recovered. To my surprise, she had already known it.Emma: [You admitted it!]Then Emma quickly sent me a screenshot of Joseph's post on Instagram.It was the picture of me trying to get to the dishwasher.It came with the caption: [Look at this lovely girl.]Was this Joseph?I thought a cool man like him wouldn't have an interest in Instagram. Besides, after I followed him on Instagram, I checked his profile immediately and saw no posts there.Someone said in the comment: [Sharon gave me two dollars to do attendance for you.]Joseph: [?]When I saw this, I collapsed on the inside. Someone helped me! What should I do?As my heart kept racing, I realized that Emma didn't follow Joseph on Instagram, so I texted her back. [Where did you get the screenshot?]Emma: