Rose interrupted, saying, “It’s alright, Mr. Administrator. I’ll leave.” Then, she turned around to face Sera Severe. “The matron has nothing to do with this, Miss Severe, so please let her go. She’s a good nurse.” Sera accepted. “As long as you take all the blame, I have no qualms against letting the issue slide.” As such, Rose went to pack her things. Just as she was about to leave the hospital room with her belongings in tow, she was met with Jay who decided to make an impromptu visit. Jay stared confusedly at her. The red in Rose’s eyes gave off the hurt in her heart. “Who messed with you?” Jay stood in front of her. His body was burning with fury at that moment, and he wanted nothing more than to crush the culprit into smithereens. Not in the mood to deal with him, Rose walked around Jay. However, he suddenly pulled her back by the ear. “Have you gone deaf?” “Ow!” Rose sharply inhaled from the pain.Tugged by the ear, she had no other choice but to trace back to s
Jay walked into the room while Rose stayed hidden outside by the doors. Realizing she was no longer following him like a shadow, Jay’s brows furrowed again. “Come in.” He clenched his jaw.It was only then did Rose shuffle in slowly. The sight of Rose had Sera in shock. However, Jay’s angry tone had Sera once again head over heels in love with the man. “Brother Jay, I can’t believe this care worker decided to secretly poke a needle into my grandfather.” Jay spoke, “So you reported her?” His tone was covered in frost. Sera was stunned. His aura was slightly different today. He used to hate people who worked against protocol. “She’s the care worker I assigned to take care of Old Master Severe. Is there a problem?”Sera’s complexion paled slightly as she said, “How could I possibly have a problem, Brother Jay? It’s just… She’s new here, and I don’t think she had the right to poke a needle into my grandfather.” Jay turned his head to instruct Rose, “Go get the cannu
However, the flames dwindled once again as he set his eyes on Rose’s widened eyes. In the end, he forced out the words, “Looks like I owe you a reward for your hard work.” That was not what he wanted to say! Rose stared expectantly at Jay, not knowing what he was referring to by ‘reward’. “Is there something you want?” Jay took in her eager gaze. She merely lied and said, “I’m merely doing my job, Mr. President. There’s no need for a reward.” Assuming she was avarice, Jay did not beat around the bush. “How about a cash reward?” The glimmer in Rose’s eyes instantly dimmed. Jay frowned. Had she not been short on cash these days? “Don’t need the extra cash?” he asked curiously. Rose nodded. At this, he was internally shocked, ‘Didn’t she tell Empire Without Sunset that she was short on cash?‘Perhaps she has gotten help somewhere else.’ Sera was blunt with her words when she said, “Then why work as a care worker if you don’t need the extra cash?” Rose replied wi
Jay spoke, "Don't worry. I called you here to help the patient with counseling." Rose sighed a breath of relief. However, she then stared agape at Jay a moment later when his words had sunk in. She stammered, "Counseling?"How was she supposed to counsel the patient when she had never studied psychology?Jay nodded. "Is there a problem?"Afraid that offending this divine being meant getting herself fired, Rose had no other option but to brave on. "I can try."Sitting on the chair by the head of the bed, Jay crossed his legs and stared at her with narrowed eyes.Meanwhile, Sera sat at the end of the bed and was ready to gloat in her misery.Cornered on both her sides, Rose felt immensely pressured. She had millions of things to tell her grandfather yet no idea how to say it out at all."Old... Old Master Severe, it's... It's a sunny day today. It’s warm with a light breeze. It's a perfect day for a field trip..." Sera frowned but dared not to speak a word despite her fum
Jay threw Rose's mask into the trash can.Her eyes widened as her gaze followed the falling of the mask, her heart beginning to feel inexplicably empty. Not leaving her any time to dwell in self-pity, Jay spoke, "Come with me.""Where are we going?" She followed him out of the hospital room.A couple of people walked from the opposite direction from time to time in the long corridor.During then, Rose would find herself turning to face the wall, as to avoid others seeing that deformed face of hers. Every time that happened, the corners of Jay's eyes burned. He had brought Rose to the office of a professional therapist.Rose stared at the plate on the door reading 'Psychology’. Immediately, a strong gust of rejection arose and she did not want to enter the room."Why’d you bring me here, Mr. President? I... I’m very mentally healthy."Turning around, he responded, "Old Master Severe is very important to me. It’s in my best interest that you learn as much on the topic of ps
It was the kind of hurt that made it hard to breathe! Exiting the psychology ward, Rose dragged her lifeless body back to the dorms.Josephine looked at Rose. “What’s wrong, Sis Angeline?” Sitting on the bed, Rose hugged her legs to her chest and muttered, “You can’t ever tell your brother about my face, Josie.”The banana in Josephine’s mouth fell onto the ground as guilt overtook her.She had told her brother of Sis Angeline’s marred appearance long ago. Not only had her brother seen it, but he had touched her face too. Josephine asked ruefully, “Why not, Sis Angeline?” “He might not take it well.” Tears fell from Rose’s eyes. Josephine sat limply on the chair… At that moment, she perhaps understood why her ever-so-untouchable brother had shed so many golden tears after setting his eyes on her sister-in-law’s face. His heart must have ached for her! Josephine turned on her laptop and logged in to the game. If Sis Angeline’s biggest worry was of her brother, the
Empire Without Sunset typed into the chatbox, ‘How’d you like to meet up sometime?’Rose stared at the screen in alarm. The prospect of meeting Empire Without Sunset had never crossed her mind. Then...She quickly logged off and buried her head into her pillow. A shred of exasperation flashed in Empire Without Sunset’s eyes as he stared at her gray profile icon. ‘Coward.’ … Rose was in a bad mood. As her ‘escort’, Josephine had put in a ton of work to get that smile back on her face. In addition to picking Rose up from work, she had also bought and delivered 999 roses to the other’s patients. As alluring and gorgeous Josie was in feminine clothing, she also appeared attractive and handsome in masculine clothing. She had ladies swooning over their feet. Donned in a white suit, she walked to and fro inside the medical department as per Rose’s needs, causing the other workers to believe she was Rose’s suitor. With that, rumors about Rose’s love life began to fly ab
Jay’s attractive features darkened further. “People, I want these flowers thrown out.” Jay’s tone was sinister. Suddenly hearing Jay’s voice, Rose shot up in shock. A few handsome-looking men in black suits and sunglasses flooded the room and quickly cleared away the roses fluidly, leaving nothing behind. Rooted in place, tears threatened to fall from Rose’s eyes from how wronged she felt. Jay stared at her, fuming. “Don’t you know some patients could be allergic to flowers?” Rose opened her mouth but remained silent. Why was he picking on her? He was well aware her grandfather was not allergic. “Yes, Sir. I understand. It won’t happen again,” Rose said, whimpering. Seeing as he had once again brought her to tears, Jay felt the flames of frustration lick in his chest. “Who sent them?” he asked coldly. “A friend,” Rose replied. “Boyfriend?” Rose neither nodded nor shook her head. Despite being a girl, Josie went through the trouble of cross-dressing to play