Chapter 6

It’s been five weeks since that night. My life goes like how it should. At weekdays I went to work and do my job. While at weekends, I’ll go somewhere or just stay at home, review some works, watch series or read books.

I did things that can distract me from thinking of him. Every time he enters my mind, it would pains me and bring me to tears. And I’m getting tired of the pain so as much as I can, I don’t want to think about him. And in order to do that, I have to keep myself busy. I can’t afford keep breaking down, I got to pull myself together.

Morning came and I woke up early and took a bath. After bathing, I wore a simple short and paired it with a simple v-neck shirt and went downstairs to cook my breakfast. Since I live alone, I have to do everything.

Done cooking, I then started eating. As I finished my breakfast, I then proceeded to wash the dishes before heading upstairs to my room to change into my uniform.

I wore my uniform and put a soft make up on my face. Just a little powder on, mascara, and lip balm. I stood up from sitting in front of my vanity mirror and walk towards my working office just inside my room. I took my bag and car key then step out my room and head towards the front door of my house. I hurriedly entered my car and started it.

I drove my car head to our headquarters. When I arrived, I entered the entrance and walk straight to the elevator and went to the second floor to my office. On my way to my office, every personnel I walk pass by would be a greet me and I politely greeted back at them. I entered my office and started to do my works and keep my self busy the whole day. This day way too busy for me, which is good.

When it’s time to go home, I bid good bye to the officers and head home. When I arrived at my house, I saw Trix’s black fortuner outside.

I stepped out my car and walk towards the door and opened it. I enters the house and saw Trixie on the couch watching an anime alone with a bottle of wine on the round table and a wine glass in front of her.

I walked towards her and when she saw me smiling at her, she did the same. “Hi there Ms. SPO1!” she said looking at my uniform. I chuckle and rolled my eyes at her.

“What brings you here, Trixie? It’s weekdays, you’re supposed to be at school, teaching.” I asked as I’m removing my shoes.

“Nah, I took an absent today so I can rest. I’ve been so exhausted these days.” She said and continue watching what she is watching.

“What are you? A student? Why you were stressed? Does your students giving you a hard time? ” I laughed at her, causing her to roll her eyes at me.

Trixie leaned to get her glass and sipped her wine. “By the way, how are you?” she asked and that made me stilled for a second.

I cleared my throat, “I’m good, as always. Just doing the same thing everyday.” I casually answered. Discarding the slowly growing emotion on me.

Trixie hummed “You done with your emotional problems?”

I smiled at her. “Still healing, actually. But it’s better than before. So yeah I guess, that’s okay?”

“Yeah, that’s better.” Trixie finally stopped asking and just continue watching her favorite anime series.

“By the way, Trixie. Where’s our princess?” I asked, talking about her daughter.

Trixie shrugged “At school, she also asked me that they’ll be having a night study tonight so she might be late to come home.”

“Night study, huh?” I chuckled and she chuckled as well.

Trixie rolled her eyes and sipped on her wine again. “Well, it’s okay as long as she’ll follow the rules, we’re good, you know.” She said and sipped at her glass.

I smiled. “Yeah right, so you staying here tonight?” I asked as I started to remove my upper uniform while facing at her.

She shook her head. “Nah, not planning, I just came here to rest and to pass the time. And also to check up on you.” She said as she looked at me up and down.

I hummed. “You don’t really have to do that. I’m fine. Stop worrying about me.”

“Can’t help it and you can’t make me not worry about you. I know you’re strong, emotionally, mentally and physically, and to have you breaking down in font of me, that’s very unusual. It only happens when you’re really in so much pain. You never let anyone see you breaking down, unless, it’s deep. And because of him, you’re breaking down almost every day at those past few weeks.” She earnestly stated.

I can see in her eyes that she’s really concerned about me. I didn’t say anything and just started to unbutton my uniform and place it at the sofa and started removing my pant. Leaving me on my sport bra and silk short.

I stood up and walk towards the kitchen door. “Damn Shil, still looked so sexy as hell!” Trixie shouted before I could enter the kitchen. “By the way, got to go now.”

“You better be out of my house Trixie before I step out here in the kitchen, I’m going to tickle you to death for calling me that!” I shouted back and drink the water from my glass.

I heard her chuckling. Seconds later, her heel’s footsteps were echoing from the living room towards the door and I heard the house door opened and closed. Not so long, I heard Trix’s car horn as she drove out of the gate.

I sighed. “Damn that woman, still crazy as ever.”

A smiled made it to my lips and froze when I remembered what she told me earlier. What she said really hits me. Ever since we became friends, she seldom get to witness me breaking down and that only happens when my problem is too much that I broke down in front of someone. People won’t see me fall apart, even my own parents. Except if when I’m at the point that I needed someone to make me feel better.

I sat at the chair as I spaced out. I was pulled back to my reverie when my stomach made a noise. “I’m hungry.”

I stood up and starts to get ingredients and cooked for my dinner. I cooked a pork chop and rice. After making my dinner, I sat on the dining and started eating. After eating, I washed the dishes and step out the kitchen, I walk towards the couch and pick up my clothes. I went to lock the door and walk towards the stairs and went upstairs, I entered my room and put the clothes on the couch on my room and laid at the bed.

I closed my eyes, planning to sleep already. I’m wearing only a bra and a short so no need to change. After a minute closing my eyes, I fell asleep.

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I WAS woken up by my alarm. I sat up and stretched my body. I was about to stand up when I felt like wanting to vomit so I run towards the bathroom and vomited on the toilet. I keep on vomiting until there’s no food I can vomit but water dripping from my mouth.

After minutes of vomiting nothing, I stood up and wash my mouth and face. I stared at my reflection on the mirror. It’s not normal to me to vomit like that. The last time I did vomit so hard was when I was just a teen and the result wasn’t good. I don’t usually vomit and if that happens, it only means I’m having a food poison and that’s impossible. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t get to eat anything like that.

I step inside the bathing area and took a bath. After taking a bath, I wore a fit denim jeans and paired with a peach oversized shirts. I went downstairs and grabbed my keys then went outside. I drove my car to the hospital and went straight to my friend doctor. More like my personal doctor but I don’t pay him to be one, he just wants to.

I knocked on the door and opened it. I watched the man in lab gown as I close the door. His back is on me as he types at his computer, so I can freely watch his manly back for a sec. Even though he has his back on me, anyone can tell he’s handsome. On the computer, I can see documents on it. Probably, patient’s documents.

“Done admiring my sexy back, Shil?” Laith’s sexy baritone voice reaches my ears. I rolled my eyes at the boastfulness lingering on it.

Laith Glover indeed is downright so handsome. Thick jawline, electric blue eyes, sexy lip, broad back, muscled biceps, with six packs of abs, and tanned skin, so manly and such. Though, I don’t like admitting it to his face. It’ll just feeds up his boastfulness and it’s annoying.

Laith is my friend since college. I met him when I’m still at first-year college. Back then, he’s the so-called prince charming in the whole university.

“Hi. And I wasn’t admiring your awful back, Doctor Glover.” I said and flashes a sweet smile at him.

Laith’s swivel chair turns and his foolish smirk greets me. “You weren’t?”

“No. I clearly didn’t, Doc.”

Laith’s sexy lips pouted. He stood up to approach me. “It really sounds so annoying when you addresses me professionally.”

“It’s the right way to address you since you’re a professional, Doc Glover.” I casually said, slightly smiling when I saw his face darkening.

“It’s. Laith.” He said in his deep baritone voice. His steps is getting slower as he slowly closes the distance between us. “One more time you’ll call me like that, I’ll—”

“You’ll what? Spunk me? Punch me? Throw me out? You’ll hurt me? Stops being my personal doctor, for free? ” I smirked. “Just choose which one of those you’ll use to threaten me this time. Or think of a new one so that I’ll get threatened. Really, those got so lame, Doc.”

Laith shut his eyes. Ever since he became a doctor, I always like to tease him with his professionalism and he would threaten me but I’ve known that he was just bluffing.

Laith opens his eyes and stared at me deeply in the eyes. Women would melt being stared by him like this and being flirted by him but not me. For so many years we’ve been friends, I guess I got used to it by now.

Seconds later, I found myself under his hot gaze. Since he’s a few inches taller than me, he towers over me. Instead of looking down, I stared back at his electric blue eyes.

“Look, I’m not here to play with your flirts at me now, Doc Glover. I’m here—”

My words hangs when Laith held my chin up making our faces just few inches away from each other. His thumb gently brushing the side of my lips.

Laith smirked as his eyes went down to my lips. “I’ll kiss you then. How about that, Shil?”

I narrowed my eyes at him. ‘Alright, that’s threatening.’ I smacked his hand off my chin and pulled back my face a little to give distance from his. “That’s a bit threatening, okay.”

He flash a smile at me as he pulled away from me and took a step back. “I thought so.”

I rolled my eyes at him. “Really, Laith. Don’t you like it when someone addresses you professionally?”

“There’s my name. And to answer your question, yes, I like it but not from you. I want you to call me by my name. Not anything else.” After that, he turns around and walk back towards his swivel chair. “I like it better when you call me by my name, it’s like music into my ears.”

I was frozen in place at his last sentence. I sighed. This guy really have the guts to flirt with me. Well, if I weren’t in love with someone else, why not? Though, shame on me, I’m too loyal to a person who doesn’t even loves me back.

“So what’s your reason to be here?” he asked.

I sighed again. I walk towards his table and sat on the chair across his table. “I vomited continuously this morning.”

His head rose at me and frowned. “And?”

“Could it be possible that I’m sick again? I mean, it’s not normal for me to vomit like that and trust me, I’m pretty sure I didn’t ate anything that could poison me, Laith.”

“You want a check up?”

“Yes.”

Laith sighed. “And why are you sighing?” I asked.

Laith shook his head, “Nothing. Nice timing, I’m not busy today. I can have you test now but expect the results tomorrow.”

I nodded, “Okay.”

“And…” Laith’s stares at me deepens as his brows frowns at me. He rested his elbows on the table and rested his chin on his hand. “I also want to get blood and urine sample, if you don’t mind.”

I frowned at him. “Could it be bad?”

“No. I don’t think so. I just had a doubt that it could be something else. It couldn’t be so impossible though, so I’ll test you and see the results if what I thought was right or not.” He said that made me frown even more.

“O-Okay… Okay.” I responded as I blankly nodded at him.

Laith chuckled and stood up. He started checking me up and said, everything is fine. That actually made me feel relieved. He took my blood and I gave him my urine sample, afterwards.

“For now, stay safe and I suggest, you don’t take any medication from now on. Though, I still need the results but I’m telling you this. You may be experiencing headaches, body weakness, more morning sickness, etc. Whatever sickness you’re having, don’t take any medication. Understand?”

“Why is that?”

“Just follow what I said. That’s an order as your doctor, Shilou. You’ll know the reason soon as the results is out.”

“Okay. Okay.”