It was almost dark when Noah's 14-billion-dollar Aston Martin finally entered the hospital area of Great Eden Hospital Center, and Noah parked his car in the parking lot reserved for the doctors there.
"Can I come in? I want to see Aunt Gina for a minute," Noah asked as Grace busily unbuckled her seatbelt.
"You want to come in to see my mom, but she's still in surgery, right? And what if my mom gets sick again after seeing you?"
"I can't keep you company in there anyway. I'm going straight to work after confirming the payment of the hospital bill, and even now I'm already running late," Grace said with an honest answer.
"Alright then. I'll visit Aunt Gina later when she's better."
"For God's sake, I don't want to hide our marriage from Aunt Gina for long," he said as he stroked Grace's cheek.
"Already, hurry up and get inside," Noah replied, a little disappointed because he wanted to continue being with Grace even though it was a hospital, not a place to date.
"Hmm, I'll go in first. Thank you very much. Be careful on the road," Grace replied calmly, rushing to open the door. However, the door remained locked until she turned back to Noah and said, "You told me to get out of the car, but the door is still locked."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Noah made a nonchalant expression as if giving Grace the code to do something.
"Forgot what? I just said thank you, right? Then you wanted-" Grace gasped into silence as she realized that Noah was currently flirting with her.
Noah turned his head as Grace's words trailed off: "Did you remember what you forgot?"
Grace nodded. "Thanks, honey... Be careful on the road. That's it, right?"
"Tsk. Not that one,"
"So what kind?" Grace asked, confused. But more than anyone else, she knew that right now Noah was asking her for a kiss.
"Ah, too long!" Noah grumbled briefly and immediately unbuckled his seat belt to approach Grace and erode the distance between their faces.
Noah pressed his lips against Grace's for a few moments.
"They're still as sweet as ever," he says in a heavy voice before going back to savoring the pair of soft, peach-scented lips that now belong to Grace.
But this moment of fun must be interrupted and ended when both of them gasp at the sound of a car horn behind their car, which seems to be waiting to park.
"Damn. Who's interrupting people's fun?" He grumbled in annoyance and repositioned his seat properly before turning to Grace. "Hurry up and get off, or I can't hold my desire here," he continued, smiling lovingly.
Grace, who was still shocked by the attack of those seductive lips, could only nod, looking down at her shy red face.
Grace just waved her hand without answering anything because her lips were still stiff from Noah's behavior.
Noah reluctantly let go of Grace and got out of there, driving his luxury car away from the Great Eden Hospital Center hospital area.
Grace remained standing there, looking at Noah's departure while lost in her inner musings.
"Oh, it was that expensive car that brought you?"
The annoying man who had previously chased Grace away and told her not to see him again was now in front of her. Of course, it was Jonathan, Grace's asshole ex-boyfriend.
Jonathan is an ophthalmologist who has been in a relationship with Grace for the past year.
But their relationship ended yesterday because Grace didn't grant Jonathan's wish to have sex with her.
Yes, for a year of dating, instead of having sex, Grace didn't even want to kiss Jonathan. He accepted Grace's excuse of protecting her chastity because she wanted to keep it until they got married.
But when Grace asked for help with her mother's urgent hospital bills, Jonathan seized the opportunity.
To be honest, their relationship is based on mutual benefit. Grace gets to share a rental house, while Jonathan is proud to have a beautiful and smart nurse like Grace.
That's why Grace refused Jonathan's offer of sex. After all, her heart remains locked on a man from the past. Yes, he is Noah.
They parted ways, and Jonathan kicked Grace out of the house they shared without a penny of the sale house money.
That was one of the reasons why Grace accepted the last resort of borrowing money from Noah, whom she knew was back in their country.
This evening, Jonathan returned to the hospital because he wanted to stay in the doctor's room. He had searched and found a new rented house, but it was still too messy to live in, let alone rest in. So he decided to return to the hospital.
But he didn't expect that in the parking lot where he usually parked his car, there was a luxury car that was many times more expensive than his own, occupying the parking position of his car. And to add insult to injury, the person who unloaded the super-expensive car was the woman he had just kicked out of his life.
'How dare he show me her asshole face? Just ruins my mood!' Grace grumbled to herself, but this time she chose not to argue with Jonathan. She had to take care of her mother's needs immediately.
"None of your business!" Grace replied simply and walked away. She chose to ignore the jerk who had a bad part in her life.
Jonathan, who did not accept being ignored, immediately pulled Grace's hand roughly to face him and said, "Oh, so you've become arrogant, huh? You feel like you've risen in stature because you just got out of that super expensive car, right?"
Grace widened her eyes and said, "Watch your mouth. You have no right to say that to me!" Grace growled as she threw Jonathan's hand away roughly.
"So what should I call you, a peanut who forgot the skin? Or a rat forgetting itself?" Jonathan's words were getting out too much, and Grace couldn't take it anymore.
Grace raised her hand, intending to slap Jonathan, but her hand didn't reach him as Jonathan quickly blocked it.
"I won't let you slap me a second time. How dare a not sanctimonious woman like you insult me just because you have a rich man behind you?"
"Let go of Grace's hand right now!"
Grace gasped at the sight of the man behind them. "Noah?"
Noah just smiled in response to Grace and walked closer. He released Jonathan's grip on Grace and handed her a thick, transparent plastic pouch with her cell phone and wallet inside.
"You left your wallet in the car. And why haven't you gone inside yet?"
Noah asked Grace softly, but when he turned to Doctor Jonathan, the look in his eyes turned sharp. "Who is he, dear?"
Grace was still confused by the situation. "He is."
"Oh, this is your new man? No wonder you refused to sleep with me."
"Shut your mouth and get out of here!" Grace interrupted Jonathan's sneer in front of Noah.
"Grace, let me do the talking," Noah said softly to his wife, then glanced sharply at Jonathan. "Grace has always belonged to me, Noah Blair. I didn't expect a dirty rat to come near her when I wasn't here."
'Noah Blair? I think I've heard that name before. It can't be Noah Blair, the sole heir of Cruise International, Zara Jones' fiancé, right?' Jonathan was still trying to remember the name of the man in front of him."Noah, you don't have to say anything to him. Just get out of here." Grace didn't want Noah to reveal their relationship to Jonathan unnecessarily."Come on, so the reason you're rejecting me is because you already have another guy paying off your mom's hospital bills, right? Ok, I get it," he said with a mocking smile."You're a doctor here, right? I'll make sure you receive your termination letter from this hospital if you don't watch your tongue. So now you just remember my name and stay away from my women!" Noah spoke firmly and immediately drew a clear line for Doctor Jonathan."Okay, clear enough for me," Doctor Jonathan answered Noah directly before turning to Grace. "Grace, thank you for everything. I'm sure I'll repay you someday." He said it irritably and left wi
Now, Noah's expression was colder than before he left Grace just a moment ago. He was sure the call from his mother was not as simple as expressing her longing for her son."What else is Mom up to?" he muttered in annoyance.Less than forty-five minutes passed before Noah finally arrived at his family's large mansion. As he got out and was greeted by the doorman, Noah saw a new luxury car parked there."Did my mom buy another car?" Noah asked the doorman who received his car keys."No, Mr. Noah. That's not Madame's car. It's Madame's guest car."Hearing the answer from one of the workers at the family mansion made Noah raise one eyebrow suspiciously."Well, park my car out front. I won't be here long," Noah ordered before entering the main door of the house.Just as he entered, Noah immediately noticed that there was someone other than Mrs. Sayla smiling and welcoming him into the living room."Noah, welcome. Come quickly, son. Zara's been waiting for you, you know!" Mrs. Sayla greete
Noah left his mother in anger. He went down the stairs and then passed Zara, saying, "You're coming with me." He said it coldly.Zara was both excited and anxious, but she nodded and followed Noah out of his parent's house.Noah opened the car door and said, "Come in, we'll talk inside.""Hmm, okay," Zara replied without forgetting to smile gracefully.Noah started driving his car quietly and without looking at Zara for even a second. The atmosphere was awkward, and Zara didn't know where to start."Why are you here? Don't you still have to be in London?" Noah began to ask."Hmm, I'm attending a meeting to discuss a fashion show collaboration I'm doing with a fellow designer. So I stopped by your parents' house first because I missed Uncle and Auntie," Zara answered very carefully. Noah's aura was so cold at the moment."I know what you guys are talking about isn't as simple as you say. Admit it, my mom discussed remarriage plans with you, right?" Noah's tone was colder this time."No
The truth was that Grace was still not used to it and needed a little more time to adjust to her relationship with Noah, but Noah's unyielding nature could only make Grace sigh heavily."I told you that you don't have to pick me up tonight. I can go back to my mom's by myself," Grace commented."I also told you that I would pick you up when you got off work. So don't complain too much," Noah answered calmly, but Grace realized that something was different."You don't have to stay at your mom's place anymore because we're going to live together," Noah ordered.Grace immediately refused.Noah looked at her with a complicated expression on his face. "We're already husband and wife, so we won't be living separately after we get married, right? Unless you think that with all that I've done to you, you'd be willing to let me live a lonely, dry life.""And if I get sick, then you'll ask me for a divorce. For anything, Grace. I still think that you have a mind to ask me for a divorce.""I did
Noah, who saw Grace's gloomy silence, gently tugged on Grace's chin to make them look at each other again."What are you thinking about again? Is something still missing this time?" Noah asked softly while caressing his wife's cheek.Grace shook her head softly and said, "Nothing. Everything is enough for me. It's just...""It's just what?" Noah asked again."It's just that I'm still afraid of my mom and your parents if they find out we're married. It's like a time bomb ready to explode at any moment," Grace said glumly."Even if it does go off, you won't get hurt because I'll protect you. Can't you still trust me?" Noah reaffirmed the protection of his love for Grace until Grace burst into tears.Noah kissed the tears streaming down his wife's beautiful face. He replaced the tears of sadness with the warmth of his lips."Fight your fear. Where is the Grace I know who dares to face anything, anyone? Why do you have to break down and sadden yourself just because of what outsiders say a
It was already 2 a.m., but Noah, who had finished cleaning up, was still busy with a pair of new toys in his hands until the exhausted body owner protested against her husband's naughty behavior."Noah, please. What time is it?""2 am," Noah replied casually as he savored the softness of the squishy creation of God. He was enjoying his new, eternal addiction.Grace sighed heavily, her body already exhausted from keeping up with her husband's unbelievable stamina. With her eyes reluctantly open, she grumbled again, "Don't you get tired of holding my boobs?""I'd have to be the biggest fool to get bored with a wonderful wife like you," Noah replied softly as he kissed Grace's exposed back. "Well, you go to sleep. I'll wake you up later.""You should sleep too; you're leaving early tomorrow, right?" Grace responded in her half-consciousness. She could no longer bear her sleepiness and tiredness.Noah just smiled. He freed his arms from Grace's body so that she could sleep comfortably in
Grace managed to escape the drama of Noah's love that kept wanting to hug her, kiss her, and end up making love again. With her footsteps struggling to walk normally, Grace arrived at the hospital."Eve, there's a new patient who came in last night, right? What room is it in now?" Grace, who had just arrived, immediately asked Eve, a fellow nurse who would be alternating shifts with her.After Eve explained that the newly arrived VVIP patient had been temporarily secured, they sat down at the nurses' station to chat."Hmm, that's... The room your mother should be in," With a scared look, Eve finally told the truth, "Because that's the only room with facilities equivalent to this type of patient, Grace. I'm sorry, I should have confirmed with the patient's family first even though the room hasn't been used yet," now she felt very guilty.Eve felt guilty because she knew that Grace's mother would be in the room after the doctor confirmed that she could be discharged from the ICU. But si
"Morning, Grace. Can you help me put an IV in the patient?" Grace looked back, but she was astonished to see Julie's face bent in lethargy even though it was early in the morning, "Where's Tina? She's also on the morning shift, right?""She came in early this morning, but she just left," Julie replied listlessly."So, what's up? Eve didn't say anything to me earlier." Grace answered again."It's about that new patient. His temperament is out of control. I also don't think that Tina came early to enter the patient's room carelessly.""I just arrived and was shocked to see Tina holding her bleeding head. She said she had just been hit by a new patient using a flower vase. It was done because the patient was in pain when Tina adjusted the IV,""But after that, Tina said she didn't want to sue the patient because the patient had immediately given her the treatment fee.""It came to that?" Grace was surprised by Julie's explanation, "Why would Tina want to be treated like that? Even if he
"Honey, don't frown like that. I'm afraid to see you keep quiet. It's better to just nag, instead of being silent like this," Noah persuaded Grace, who had been silent since being escorted to the police station.Yes, the end of the Morning Kiss of the newly married couple led to the sanctioning of the two. Grace and Noah inevitably had to go to the nearest police station, precisely the Sector 9 area. But the momentum to this point had also been calculated by Noah at Jack's suggestion.The phone call Noah made earlier was with Jack. The two of them had planned something big behind Grace's back without her knowing. And so they ended up going to the police station with a little drama by Noah that upset Grace.Previously, when Noah had just gotten out of the car and approached the officer who was interrogating Grace, Noah deliberately made trouble by starting an argument with the officer. With the cold arrogant style of Vice President Sagala, Noah seemed not to want to be blamed by the of
"Well, let's try it. Go inside!" said Noah next."Get in?" asked Grace confused. She was still chuckling at Noah's last excuse, "You mean I'm driving?""Of course. I also want to see my wife drive a car, not just ride me in bed," replied Noah chuckling and Grace's expression became even more helpless.Grace sighed heavily, "I never win when it comes to you, do I? When just once do you give in and do what I say?" she protested once again but in a helpless tone."There's a time and a place, Honey," Noah replied with a smile."When?"Instead of answering immediately, Noah brought his lips to Grace's ear, "In our room. I promise I'll be submissive and not resist if you tell me to satisfy you," Noah whispered mischievously.Grace's face instantly turned red. She quickly pushed away Noah who was teasing her, then walked away from Noah and entered her new car quickly."I told you, I won't win with you. Geez..." she grumbled in annoyance, but a moment later she smiled at Noah who was also smi
The sun was happily shining, as if everything was going to be alright today. At least that's what Grace felt in the warm morning air as she stretched out her arms on the porch of her room.The sound of the door opening was heard, followed by Noah's call, "Honey, you're awake, right? Let's have breakfast first!""Hmm, yes. I'm coming down now," Grace replied with a smile.The greeting of Noah's helping hand gently pulled her along at an even pace toward the dining room of their home. When they got there, Grace's eyeballs fluttered with emotion at the sight of the beautiful dining table. Not fancy but special.Just two plates of meat sandwiches with two glasses of fresh milk on the table. There was also a small vase of fresh roses in the center to beautify their dining table.Grace's smile grew, adding to the beauty of her face that was already perfect in Noah's eyes."Just want to be seen? Don't you have an appetite? Do you want something else for breakfast?" Noah asked repeatedly for
Mrs. Gina's threat was firmly heard and for that Grace understood quickly. Her lips closed helplessly."Aunty, please forgive everything that happened today. It's my fault, not Grace's. It's my fault for not talking about our marriage from the beginning and making you misunderstand us now.""I'm holding back this story because of Grace's request I don't want to make you shocked and hurt, but Grace didn't mean to hide our relationship from you forever,""You know that we love each other. Before, you used to approve of our relationship and because of a misunderstanding with my parents, you came to hate Grace,""I was also wrong for leaving without any news. I was wrong, Auntie. Grace is not the jinx, but she is the victim of this misunderstanding,""So who's at fault? Me? Or my dead husband?" Mrs. Gina's reply sounded scathing. She didn't seem to care about Noah's long sentences and only focused on the grudge that started with a misunderstanding.Noah looked down."Can't answer, right?
Today Grace received some good news. Her mother could already be visited and had just been moved to the treatment room. For this reason, Grace came to the hospital as soon as possible. However, when Grace was in front of her mother, the look on her mother's face was so different and she didn't smile at all when she saw her daughter."What are you here for?" asked Mrs. Gina sternly."I just got word that you've been moved to the infirmary. I wanted to see how you were doing, Mom," Grace replied frightened because her mother's gaze was different, and also because she felt so guilty about marrying Noah without her mother's blessing.With her hands still shaking, Grace checked the fluid in the IV bottle that was still connected to Mrs. Gina's hand."You don't have to be nice to me. Who do you think got me hospitalized like this?"From her tone and words, Grace could tell that her mother was very angry with her."What did I do wrong, Mom? I was so worried about you, but after you woke up y
"Noah?" she called softly. She instantly felt guilty for overreacting to her unfounded jealousy, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to doubt your love," she continued softly.Grace chose to stay on the sofa and reconcile her anxiety. When things were calmer, she left, but not to their room, but to approach Noah in his study.The guilt-ridden wife knocked hesitantly, but the owner, who had heard the knock, opened the door to let Grace in no matter what she said.When Noah stepped in first, Grace immediately pulled her husband's hand until they both sat on the sofa in the room, "Noah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you like this,"Noah didn't want to answer yet. But Grace didn't give up."I confess that I was jealous because Zara seemed so confident that she would get you because of your parents' support. It made me feel inferior. I didn't have the slightest intention of making you angry,"Noah, who had not yet wanted to turn to Grace, gave her a brief smile. His anger was instantly dispelled
A hard slap landed on Grace's cheek after speaking just now. But what Grace said was true, but it hurt Zara's pride as a woman who felt more than Grace in every way."Don't be arrogant about being a mistress. You're so cheap for being the destroyer of other people's relationships. You'll see in a time and have a good cry because Noah will be announcing his marriage to me soon!" Zara threatened with great annoyance.Zara almost slapped Grace again but unfortunately, Grace's hand was quicker to restrain Zara's hand."I won't let you slap me twice or I will retaliate and make you go viral on social media for fighting with a slut like me," Grace replied boldly. She also threatened Zara who immediately turned her head around, afraid that someone would see her hit Grace."Watch out. You'll see, I won't let you keep teasing Noah!" Zara threatened again before leaving Grace."Good luck!" Grace also replied quickly without turning her annoyed gaze on the woman who was her husband's fiancée."C
In the front lobby of the same nursing building, Grace was busy taking care of a patient's discharge paperwork.Owen couldn't help but smile. Currently from the 3rd-floor balcony of the VVIP hallway, he could see Grace clearly, "No wonder she's not come into my room. She was busy taking care of her patient.""But why do I keep thinking about her? What's wrong with me? Or maybe my brain has shifted because I'm annoyed with her." he continued muttering denying his feelings that were starting to get attached to Grace.He kept looking at Grace who stood watching the direction of the black car that had just left to take the patient home.Just as Grace was about to go into the building again, Owen also turned his head to leave, but for some reason, the sound of the car horn that was heard caught Owen's attention again.Unexpectedly, Grace was also seen turning around again and then waving while giving instructions to the driver to park the car to the side.Owen initially wanted to not care
Half an hour later, Noah, who had just arrived, met his mother in the VIP waiting room, not in Noah's own office. That's because he didn't want anyone to freely enter the room that contained many of his items about Grace."Mom. Are you looking for me?" he asked as he approached his mother."Noah, where have you been? Why aren't you coming home, son?" asked Mrs. Sayla anxiously.But Noah replied nonchalantly, "I had a lot of work, Mom. I told you that I have to go back and forth to the office.""Yes, it shows on your tired face. You're okay, right?" Even though Mrs. Sayla rarely met her only son, she still knew the details of Noah's expression, "Mama told you, right? You shouldn't be too workaholic, Noah. You have so many subordinates, leave it to them so they don't eat a blind salary. You're worrying me, you know...""So, what did you mean by coming here? Come on, let's discuss it now," with a cold expression, Noah was direct."Need what? I don't need anything. I just really miss you,