By the time Randall arrived at Rowena's place, she was having her dinner.Doctors are not actually healthier than anyone else. Their busy lives prevent them from having fixed schedules.Normally, Rowena would just go home and sleep after work. She would skip dinner if she had to.However, it was a Friday, so she had tomorrow off. She decided to leisurely make some steak for herself.It started to rain after midnight, so Rowena got up to close the balcony windows. She had just taken two bites of her steak when someone knocked on her door."It's already so late. Who could it be?"Rowena put on her slippers and walked to the door, looking through the peephole.The hospital dormitory was in need of improvements, and the corridor was dark so she could not see.Rowena was suspicious.She had always had a cold personality and was slightly unfriendly. Even though she had worked in the hospital for a while, she did not really have anyone she was close to at the hospital.The knocking
When had Rowena recovered her memory?Probably three years ago. She had nearly been kidnapped. During that incident, she had been hit on the back of her head, but she had not gone to the doctor or had it checked out.That night when she had returned home, flashes of her memory started pouring into her mind. It was a painful and agonizing process because most of the memories related to Randall.The first time they met was the worst memory to regain. How Randall had tried to force her to be with him; how he had broken up a lovely couple and forced Rowena to marry him… All her memories of Randall were bad and sorrowful.Randall had been right. When Rowena had suggested he be with Lola, she had regained her memory. However, she had hidden it from him, not knowing if she had been using Lola to get rid of him or if she had not had a choice.After all, Lola had been pregnant.Rowena did not know if she would have chosen differently if Lola had not been pregnant.Before she could decide
It was around seven in the morning. Most people would be out buying breakfast at this hour. People would be walking around the apartment.No matter how much Rowena hated seeing Randall in her apartment, she could not let him walk out now.That was a good thing for Randall. After he fixed the bed, he refused to leave. Though Rowena refused to talk to him, he ate the last sandwich in her fridge and went to the living room to read.After that, he went into the kitchen and came out with a cup of coffee."Here, drink this."Randall knew Rowena had the habit of saying nothing when she was angry or unhappy. When she had been married to him, she had been so angry that she had refused to talk to him for three months.Even though Randall was not a person who liked to talk, he was afraid her simmering anger would worsen her body's condition.He placed the cup beside her and started to clean up the mess he had made. The steak was left unfinished on the table because of the sudden events.H
When Rowena went back to work, she did not dare make eye contact with anyone. She felt like everyone was looking at her weirdly.During lunch, a nurse came over and asked her, "Dr. Peck, when are you going to introduce your boyfriend to us?""What— What are you talking about?" Rowena stuttered."Don't try to hide it from me." The nurse winked at her and touched her shoulder, "I heard all about it from Dr. Long. He said your boyfriend is very tall and well-dressed. He left your house on Sunday morning, but Dr. Long did not see his face."Rowena was speechless."I'm really curious what kind of man he is when you have such high standards. Is he very good-looking? Is your boyfriend William Yeeves?" the nurse pressed.Rowena did not know how to answer those questions. In the end, she picked up her lunch and ran back to her office. Though she had insufficient funds, she even started to consider moving.The hostel's soundproofing was so poor that she did not think she could live there
"Excuse me, I'm looking for Dr. Peck."Rowena had just finished her shift and was going to head back home when she heard someone asking for her. She looked over and saw a middle-aged couple walking towards her."Hi, I'm Rowena. Are you looking for—""Ah!"Rowena was going to introduce herself. Before she could finish her sentence, the lady slapped her. She then tried to grab her hair and continued to hurt her.Of course, now that Rowena knew the couple was up to no good, she was not going to let them do whatever they wanted. She had been slapped because she had not been anticipating the attack. Now, she put her guard up and swiftly did a taekwondo move to free herself.The fierce woman fell to the ground. The moment she realized she was no match for Rowena, she started crying.As she cried, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "This woman is having an affair with my daughter's husband, and now, she is hitting me! Anyone, please help!""I don't know who you are." Rowena was baff
As Rowena expected, Randall was unable to cut off ties with Lola. Now Lola was using Ethan to stop Randall from leaving her. Although Ethan was adopted, he had always thought of Randall as his father.How to handle Ethan was, indeed, a tricky question. Ethan was a sensitive boy. When he realized Randall was breaking up with Lola, he threw tantrums and cried non-stop until he developed a high fever.When Ethan was sent to the hospital again, Rowena gave Randall a look as if she was saying, 'I told you so.'When the other doctor arrived to check on Ethan, Rowena was just finishing her shift and was ready to leave.Randall walked with her and pulled Rowena aside when no one else was around."Rowena, please give me two more days. I'll find a way to settle Ethan so he won't be hurt or feel deserted," Randall said."How are you going to do that? He was an orphan. Are you thinking about sending him back to the orphanage? I already told you that he is a bit paranoid and is a very sensiti
Randall did try to force Rowena to have sex with him again. However, Rowena was never going to let him have his way. She defended herself. Although she knew she was no match for him, she also knew Randall would not hurt her.Both of them fought violently in the bedroom, and her neighbor, who was also her colleague, hit the wall to warn them to keep it down.Finally, Rowena decided to call the police."I didn't call the police because you are a father. But I'm not going to go easy on you this time!" Rowena threatened.Mysteriously, Randall nodded and let her call the police.When the police arrived, he did not fight and admitted that he was trying to rape Rowena. The police took him away. Everyone was curious as to why the police were there and watched the scene unfold.By then, Rowena knew what Randall was up to. His purpose was not to force her to sleep with him. He had wanted the police to take him away. He was trying to use this to make up for the trouble he had caused her.'
Desperately, Johnny tried to hint to Rowena that this was their chance to ruin Randall. He had been waiting for this. Now that revenge was within his reach, why would he squander the opportunity?However, Rowena furrowed her brow as she listened to him."I won't frame him or accuse him of anything he hasn't done," Rowena stated."Why do you think you are framing him? He broke us up, and the law couldn't do anything about that. Have you forgotten that he nearly beat me to death?" Johnny asked."If he really wanted you dead, you wouldn't be standing here now," Rowena said."Why do you keep defending him?" Johnny asked."I'm not defending him. I'm just telling the truth," Rowena replied.She loathed Randall for what he had done, but that was that. Although the law could not punish him then, Rowena had gotten revenge her own way. Now, they were even.However, Johnny was not satisfied."Then you can just tell the truth by saying Randall is a bad guy. What's wrong with us teaching h