Jessica didn’t give Cruz any response as she stared into her phone and Cruz became even more worried and curious as he couldn’t determine whether the shock was good or bad news. “Jessica, what’s up with you?” He asked once more. “I’m… I’m good!” She finally replied but her eyes were still glued to her phone. ‘Why was I so elated when it’s just a summon?’ She wondered as she heaved a sigh as she turned off the lights of her phone and relaxed her back on the car seat, her eyes shut. “What was that about?” Cruz asked out of concern but Jessica wasn’t in the mood to talk with him.“It’s nothing you should bother yourself about. I’m fine.” She lied, not opening her eyes.Cruz knew it was a lie but she understood she didn’t want to share it with anyone, especially not him so he decided to respect her decision and remained mute once again. In a few minutes, they arrived at The One Estate and once she dropped her at home, he returned home. After settling in, Jessica rested on her bed an
“Sir…Ummm…I…I had an…accident…and…broke my arm.” Jessica stuttered in fear of losing her chance of returning to school.“What?” Mr. Logan yelled in horror as he stood up to his feet and grabbed her hand gently and inspected it. grabbed her arm gently.“And you’re wearing a long sleeve? What is your problem?" He asked angrily, leaving Jessica speechless and confused. Mr. Logan quickly rolled up her sleeve and freed her arm. "You should leave your arm like this and allow some ventilation. It will not heal on time if you keep it stuffed like this." He advised while Jessica just kept staring at him. "Thank you, sir." She finally spoke up, bowing her head lightly. "Did you come in a car or did you board a taxi?" He asked thoughtfully. "Someone is waiting to take me home." She replied."Oh! That's good. I will get security to help you take the file downstairs." He suggested. "No! That's not necessary at all. I can hold it just fine." Jessica replied and with much hesitation, he handed
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED."I gave an order and you defiled it but you still don't get it? I asked you to go to the three hospitals, and you went to two and concluded that you will receive the same information as the third one. Did you go to the third one and were rejected?" Mr. Logan asked angrily. "Sir…but it's…" She was still talking when Mr. Logan hung up on him. 'Fuck…' She mumbled as she hit her hand on the car door before entering the car. "He wants me to get embarrassed again, so I will go there and get the same rejection news." She mumbled inaudibly. "Did you say something?" The chauffeur asked curiously. "Please take me to Westham Pharmaceutical." She replied. "After going through circles, we're finally going to the right place." The chauffeur remarked, provoking Jessica who knew she was going to be rejected.After almost an hour, the chauffeur stopped in front of Westham Pharmaceutical. "Wish you good luck!" The chauffeur said but Jessica just shook her head and walked in
"We don't have to meet for us to have a grudge against you. I mean, there is an online community where we all meet and form alliances or grudges." The first maid remarked and immediately, Jessica realized they were only trying to bully her because of her brief relationship with Cruz. "And don't think we are the only ones holding grudges against you, there are a lot of ladies…" "Point of correction, it is not 'ladies' but 'shameless ladies' with no self-respect or esteem. Next time you plan to stop me, think of a better reason and stop disgracing yourself." Jessica reprimanded while the ladies just dropped their heads in embarrassment and anger. Next thing, she shoved them aside and attempted to go into the elevator once again but someone else stopped her. "Hey, Ms. Vegas!" A lady whom Jessica recognized as a staff member from Royal High and one of the interns greeted her. "How are you doing, Ms. Manning, do you also work here?" Jessica asked curiously. "I'm doing good. I heard y
"Maybe you didn't know this but the school is only organized for the internship of four staff members in this hospital…" "Well…that was before I was included in the list. The school principal explained this to me and he also made me understand that each hospital is now supposed to accept five staff members. I mean…I even got accepted yesterday." Jessica explained to the best of her knowledge, interrupting Ms. Rivera. "I know but due to the short notice on the information, we couldn't provide more vacancies for the additional staff as we had other interns from different medical schools. But because the school board of trustees wanted you to return to the school, Mr. Westham decided to accept a fifth person and that happens to be you. I hope you understand that you are directly under the Chief Surgeon now. You should be grateful for this double opportunity because you're going to learn a lot from him more than any other interns would." Ms. Rivera persuaded and Jessica became confused.
"I don't think that is in your dictionary and even if it is, it obviously doesn't have the same meaning as others so I don't want your kind of help!" Jessica scolded terribly. "Are you seriously trying to tell me you don't know how I've helped you today? Do you think I would try to ruin this opportunity for you? After I overheard you complaining about how the other interns were already questioning your sincerity and relationship with me, that's why I wanted to show them there's no such thing between us. Being so formal with you in front of her will make her believe I don't associate my personal life with my professional life and soon enough, everyone will know of it because she's going to make it spread like wildfire. All I wanted was to make them believe there's no familiarity between us so that by the end of this program, your recommendation letter is not questioned but you…you believe the only thing I'm good for is causing problems and not solving them so you will always ever see
"Oh…Ummm…I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt your…" Jessica stuttered as she quickly closed the door behind her. "Fuck, that's gross!" She panicked, breathing heavily, and just then the door opened again and Cruz was standing behind her confused. "Are you alright?" He asked curiously. "Uhmm…yeah, yeah I'm good. Go back and have fun!" Jessica gasped as she quickly turned around and hurried down the veranda to where the nurses' office was. Jessica had a hard time concentrating on her work even after returning to her office and Ms. Rivera was forced to notice. "Are you alright?" She asked out of concern, jolting Jessica out of her thoughts. "Yeah…" she gasped, moving her eyes from one corner of the room to another until she decided to ask the question that had been troubling her mind. "Hey, Ms. Rivera…" "Mia! That's more comfortable." Mia corrected as she was more comfortable being called by her name. Jessica didn't have a problem with that after all, they were age mates.
"A serious situation? What do you mean by that?" Cruz questioned with wide eyes. "Uhmm…on the second floor…there is an issue of…sexual harassment involving…please just come with me." Mia suggested after several seconds of stuttering. "S-Sex…sexual harassment?" Cruz wondered as he dashed out of his office. "Where is Ms. Vegas?" He asked as he noticed her empty desk. "Uhmm…she is at the scene. Actually, we both went to do something downstairs when a patient…" "Did something happen to Jessica? Why did you leave her by herself? You could have just called me." He reprimanded before dashing out of the office into his elevator. Mia, who was confused after being reprimanded, couldn't make it to the elevator before it closed and hence had to wait for another one. Cruz paced restlessly in the elevator all through his ride down to the second floor and as soon as he arrived at the second floor, he ran through the small crowd of nurses and patients until he saw Jessica and immediately pulle