Javier never fancied himself a man of decorum. Again, it was never his fault. He wanted to be tactful as much as the next person did, but it had to be dependable on who he was talking to.Flexing decorum with a man? Cultured.Flexing decorum with a mutt? Crackhead.This lard bucket, along with his haughty, everyone’s-below-me attitude was just a stupid nobody slung with the title of sales agent. Who the hell in their right mind would even care enough to show him “decorum”? He should be grateful for how no one was punching him in the face already.Finally, the fat man recovered from his shock and immediately cast an ugly scowl at Oliver. “The hell was that, Holmes!? I demand an explanation!”However, the older man seemed to have caught whatever bug Javier had. He wanted to feel that gratification, too.“Please, miss me with that bullsh*t.”The fat man was infuriated. What the f*ck was going on? A rebellion!? Oliver would always greet his arrival with nothing less than obsequious
Javier’s initial plan was to upgrade some of the equipment into its more hi-tech counterpart, but he changed his mind after a while. How much could he save, anyway? It would be better if he changed everything anew.If one was going to do something, they should do it right or shouldn’t bother at all. Hence, he wanted only “the best equipment” and “the best doctors.” Sacred Virtue Hospital had to be the very best, state-of-the-art hospital in the nation—no, the world!It had to be this good for Reivaj Group to make a name in the medical industry.Naturally, the name of the hospital needed to change. “Sacred Virtues” was not too bad a name, but Reivaj Group only ever named its subsidiaries with the same name, and that was…Well, Reivaj itself. Nothing more was needed.Be that as it may, the naming of the hospital was hardly Javier’s priority. He could always change its name after everything else was settled.By the time the clock struck six in the evening, Dylan had finally finished t
With Mikaela’s summon, Javier entered a medical storage room with her.“What mistake did you make that you went from the head nurse to a warehouse keeper?”Mikaela heard Javier’s surprised question once she went into the medical storage room. She was rendered speechless.“Warehouse keeper? It’s warehouse manager, mind you. Besides, I wasn’t demoted. I’m subbing for someone. I’m now on duty today by the warehouse manager, Cindy, is my friend. She has an emergency today so she’s asked me to replace her.“But don’t overthink it. The storeroom is being integrated, so what we do isn’t against the rules. Don’t penalize Cindy for this.”Javier looked at Mikaela with a beam. “Why? Who are you to say what I can or cannot do?”Mikaela froze. She did not think much about it, treating Javier as a friend, thus blurting what she did and not feeling anything wrong about it. It was until what Javier said that she realized…they seemed to be less than friends—and she had always addressed him as Mr
“Mikaela! Mikaela! There’s a problem!”Well, there was a problem here with Mikaela too. She was so frustrated she wanted to kill the person knocking the door. Just when she finally picked up the courage to enjoy the thrill with Javier, someone had to similarly pick this moment to knock the door.Fortunately, she had locked the medical storage room or she and Javier would have been caught.Hastily making herself presentable again, Mikaela hurried to open the door. Before she left, though, Javier groped her intentionally, his touch going straight to her heart and desire.Taking a deep breath and forcing the ravishing urge down, Mikaela opened the door.Javier watched from afar, seeing the person who knocked the door whispering to Mikaela before the latter left frantically looking anxious. He furrowed his brows looking at Mikaela’s retreating back, no idea what happened in the hospital.Waiting about for some time until no one around paid attention, Javier left the medical storage
Donald was still yelling, so Doug rushed up to him again seething. This time, before he could come close to Donald, the man scrambled up and fled toward the door.It was apparent that Donald was still scared of getting beaten up but he raised his voice and insulted them again standing at the lobby door. It was until Doug was ready to stomp to him once more that he ran off frantically.One could only get physically violent with a good-for-nothing like Donald. Hit and softer and it would not even be effective!After Donald escaped, the crowd in the lobby eventually dispersed. Those who were familiar with Mikaela kindly went to comfort her, coaxing her not to be angered and that Donald was a cum like that. Mikaela could only smile at the attempt to appease her. No one would still be in a good mood after being insulted and cussed at in public. One had their pride and honor—she did not even know how she was supposed to face her coworkers now when Donald had just humiliated her in front
With Oliver’s word of comfort as well as Javier’s effort and help, Mikaela picked up the courage to continue working. When she had lunch in the cafeteria during noon, she realized that there was not as many derisive gazes as she had imagined. Her coworkers and friends still greeted her like they used to and did not ridicule or scorn her over the incident.It made her feel better—even though there were several male coworkers who came to ask for her number with lustful gazes but she ignored them. She knew that those men must have thought that she was a woman who slept around, so it must be easy to ask her for a f*ck.Things were still better than expected. Compared to the mockery and derision she had imagined, the current situation was far more muted.Mikaela thought that what Javier had relayed through her father was right. She had to persevere through this. Many a times, the perceived difficulty was not as bad as one thought when one pushed through.When Mikaela was about to fini
Lying on the large bed and looking at Javier who was fast asleep next to her, Mikaela found it hard to describe what she felt. She asked herself inwardly if she liked Javier—she did! Did she love Javier? No!She felt like she had fallen into an odd circumstance. She was willing to do anything with Javier, including a crazy night of pleasure that bordered torture like last night, but once feelings were taken in account, she could not be as invested.She thought that Javier was a decent man. He was nice to her and Renna, he was handsome, young and rich. If a man like this was not one to rely on for her future, she honestly did not know what other man was worthy to spend the rest of her life with.It was just that she was unable to love him no matter what. It felt weird. She used to stubbornly think that sex could only happen with an existing foundation of feelings but realized that it was not the case after meeting Javier. They were two separate things. She could have sex with Javier
Just as Javier had expected, Sebastian readily agreed to his hospital’s charity event.Moreover, under the old man’s request, which he strongly insisted on, he even wrote a confession letter to tell everyone that the hospital was not to be blamed even if his surgery ended up in failure. After all, no surgery could be 100% guaranteed to succeed.Hence, even if it did end up in failure, Sebastian hoped that the others would not pin the blame on Sacred Virtues Hospital and tarnish their reputation. After all, it was truly rare for someone to want to do something charitable genuinely. In comparison, some celebrities would not even fork out a single cent during a charity event. Worst of all, there were even those who would refuse to fork out the amount that had been confirmed to be made as a donation.Hence, Sebastian left his confession letter, hoping that everyone would be more kind and forgiving to the hospital.“You guys won’t just be doing a kindness or being forgiving, but most im