Katrina smiles. "Farrah, it"s just a plain necklace, it"s not as precious as you think. Even if I"ve had it for a long time, even if it"s important to me, it"s not as important as our friends.h.i.+p. I already gave it to you, and I can"t take it back now! I"ve been wearing that for a long time, and a lot of good things have come into my life. I feel that you need that necklace to bring you luck. I hope the necklace brings you good luck!"Her words deeply move Farrah. She doesn"t have the heart to refuse Katrina"s kindness anymore. She helped her many times and treated her like a sister. They both grew up in an orphanage, but the two became close friends and eventually became best friends. "Thank you, Katrina! I appreciate this a lot! I really wish this necklace will bring luck to me like you,"
The bus is approaching the hospital. Farrah gets off the bus and says, "I just arrived at the hospital, Katrina. Let"s talk later, okay?"
"Okay. Good luck with work, Farrah!" Katrina says before hanging up the phone.
After a while, Aaron returns to the room with a tray of food. He stays by Katrina"s side and makes sure she eats enough before he leaves for work.
The gesture makes Katrina feel warm. Her anger slowly melts away, and she enjoys Aaron"s attentiveness in silence. Even though she feels bad for Aaron every time he fails to keep the promise to be gentle when they are having s.e.x, she still enjoys watching every gentleness he gives her. Whenever she saw this much concern, his anger quickly disappeared. All she wanted for Aaron is he could find a woman who can handle his pa.s.sion in bed. She knew that he had great stamina. Every time they have an intimate night, Aaron often loses his self-control. She ended up exhausted every morning.
***
As Farrah steps off the bus, she sees Bob getting out of his car in the nearby parking lot. Despite the modest appearance of the car, she can recognize the expensive brand.
Of course, the heir of the famous Woods family can easily afford a million-dollar car. After finding out about his ident.i.ty yesterday, Farrah is not surprised to see him driving an expensive car to work today.
Despite her misery, she pretends nothing is wrong and greets Bob as usual. "Good morning, Dr. Woods."
He replies with a gentle smile, "Good morning, Nurse Jones."
Since they are getting off on the same floor, they wait for the elevator together.
In the past, going to work together would make Farrah happy. But now, the gap between them seems so large that she feels a lot less hopeful about her feelings. Her previous happiness is gone, and she remains quiet beside him. She didn"t dare to look at him too.
Bob breaks the silence. "Nurse Jones, I heard you left the takeout at my desk the other day. It was really good, thank you!" he says with a grin.
Farrah smiles back. "Oh, it"s nothing! I forgot my keys in the locker room, so I just dropped the food off while I was here. Besides, I have to thank you for saving me with that unreasonable patient last time," she says in a deliberately casual tone.
There"s no way I can let him know how much he means to me. He"s way out of my league, and I"ll just get brutally rejected. He would never fall in love with someone out of his league.
The elevator takes a long time to arrive. Bob lifts his wrist to check the time.
Seeing the expensive new watch on his wrist reminds Farrah of their differences. It makes Farrah"s heart sad. "Dr. Woods, did you change your watch?"
Bob smiles. "Yeah. My previous watch broke, so I"m wearing a new one today."
Farrah remembers the fas.h.i.+onably-dressed girl who gave Bob the watch yesterday. They looked so close, and he was so affectionate to her. He shows much of his gentleness to that woman. Despite her decision to keep her feelings to herself, she can"t control the jealousy she feels. She felt so aggrieved being a poor woman.
The elevator doors open with a ding and Bob lets Farrah in before following behind and pressing the b.u.t.ton of their floor.
Once they are alone in the elevator, Farrah can"t resist asking, "Oh, Dr. Woods, the girl who gave you the watch yesterday... Who is she?"
Bob is stunned by the question. "How did you know a girl gave me this watch?" Wasn"t Nurse Jones off duty yesterday? How did she find out about that? Did she stalk me?
Farrah"s eyes widened. He doesn"t know I dropped by yesterday to return his watch in secret! She hurries to say, "Dr. Woods, you"ve had the attention of every girl since you came to the hospital. Someone is bound to notice if you"re with a girl."
The excuse clears Farrah of any suspicion. She can"t let him know that she saw him yesterday with another woman.
Bob shakes his head and smiles bitterly. "Then, all the girls in the hospital must know that I accepted a watch from a girl."
How disgraceful, he sighs to himself. I wanted to keep a low profile, but someone saw us anyway. Well, I have nothing to hide. I didn"t do something wrong that makes me look degraded.
"The girl who dropped by is my cousin Mia. She often tried to convince me to be a part of the family business, but I chose my own path. I want to serve people by curing their illness. Politics is not my cup of tea," he confesses.
His cousin? Farrah"s eyes widen at the revelation. No wonder she looked so rich! Even if she"s not the heir of the Woods family, buying an expensive watch is nothing to her! She came from a n.o.ble family!
But if she"s his cousin… that means they"re not together at all.
Is he still single?