Poor Dr. Arron

There was a moment of silence from the other line. Then she heard him laugh.

"Did Jacob teach you how to joke? Seriously?" Lance thought that J was just bluffing. After all this year, they were not allowed to see each other as per President Martin's order. Which they unwillingly obliged.

"Seriously, I'll meet you at Jacob's office." Then she hung up feeling a little irritated.

After a couple of minutes, J received a text message from Lance. 'Seriously?' Which J chose to ignore. She is not the type of person that would joke around. And Lance should be the first person to know that.

Because J is not replying in his text reply, Lance called her. But before he could say anything, he heard J speak on the other line. "I am not joking around."

"I know," Lance replied. "But, if my guess is right, you are going to tell him all your secrets." Lance continued and paused waiting for J's confirmation but she didn't say anything. "Are you sure about this? I mean, although your marriage seemed to be real, the two of you have no recollections that you sign that kind of contract. And I haven't found Elder Parker, he is the only one who could exactly explain what happened."

After a couple of minutes of silence, J replied nonchalantly "I'm sure about this."

The rest of the morning was not too busy at the Department of surgery. She only had to assist with an appendectomy which didn't last for half an hour.

During lunchtime, as usual, J met with Diana at the hospital's cafeteria. J hasn't told Diana about her marriage to Jacob, so she seized this chance to tell her about it, after all, she is one of her best friends.

While eating in the corner of the cafeteria, which J preferred the most because it was far from the noise of other staff that eats in the cafeteria, J for the first time initiated a talk between the two of them.

"Hey... did you remember the day that grandfather died?"

When Diana heard her there was sadness in her eyes but that was just for a short moment. "Hmm... Yes. But I was not there. You gave me a day off though I really didn't need it that time, but you still insisted. Why?"

"He told me that he married me off to some guy." That was straight to the point which made Diana speechless. Knowing J, definitely, she is serious.

"Oh... My... God... For real? To whom? Did you know him? Is it Lance? So, it means that you are already five years married?"

"Shh... would you please keep your voice down? Why would you think it was Lance? Anyways... yes. I know him. I just met him, almost three months ago." J looked around to make sure that no one was eavesdropping.

Diana's eyes widened in excitement and amusement after knowing that her introverted friend is married. "Really? Then who is the lucky guy?"

They looked around again cautiously before she said, "Jacob Parker."

"What?" Diana wasn't able to suppress her shock.

"Shh... " J tried to silence her again.

"You mean Dr. Jacob Parker?" Diana confirmed from J with a hushed voice, which J nodded in reply.

Diana covered her mouth with her eyes wide open. "You are married to the CEO of CLP Group of Hospitals?" J nodded again.

"Did he know?"

"Yes... he found out just when he came back from overseas. That's how I knew that it was him. He came looking for me. He got a marriage contract with my name on it."

"But how... I mean... your identity was deliberately hidden. In fact, it was erased from all documents." Diana said with a furrowed brow.

"He accidentally heard it from Head Nurse Jing."

"Oh... did your parents know about it?" Diana asked.

J nodded her head again.

"Are they fine with it?"

J just nodded her head again.

"How about Dr. Jacob?"

J thought about Jacob. Obviously, he was more than fine with it. But she just nodded her head and said. "We've been living together for more than two months now."

Diana's mouth gaped in astonishment. The CEO whom she has heard of not planning to get married and her friend that she knew is not planning to get married as well were now married to each other and now living together?

Diana was having a hard time processing this information that she just heard. If she didn't hear it from J personally, she wouldn't believe it. She thought that this introverted friend of hers will grow old and die alone. Well, not technically alone and she will make sure of that.

"I'm sorry that I only told this to you just now. Back then I thought that grandfather was just hallucinating. But it turns out that it was real." J said apologetically.

Diana snapped back and heard what J told her. She smiled at her and said. "That's alright with me. I know you must have been shocked at the big news. And I am glad that you seemed to have accepted it now. Because if not, you wouldn't have told me about it."

Has she accepted it? J thought to herself. Diana was right. Because if not, she wouldn't have told it to her or Lance. She will immediately file a divorce and this marriage will not last for another week.

"There are a lot of things that I still have to tell you but, we're out of time. My lunch break is almost over. So, I'll have to go. I'll see you around." J was about to stand up from her seat.

"And oh... by the way. Drop by Jacob's office after your shift. I'll wait for you there. See you!" then she hurriedly walked out of the cafeteria leaving Diana confused.

"Huh?"

The rest of J's shift was spent cleaning the OR Theatre and the surgical instruments that were used earlier and getting them ready to be sent for autoclaving. After she was done, she returned to the Nurses Station and saw Dr. Aaron Choi while Nurse Simon and Maggie were in the OR Theatre Two assisting a C-section and Head Nurse Jing and Nurse Pete went out to endorse one of their post-op patients back to the ward.

Dr. Aaron Choi was sitting in a chair in the Nurse's Station. J took a seat in a vacant chair, grabbed a patient's chart, and started writing down her notes. Then she heard Dr. Aaron Choi clear his throat. J noticed that he is acting a little awkward. So, she asked, "Do you have something to say Dr. Choi?" without taking her eyes to the patient's chart.

Dr. Aaron Choi takes a deep breath, "Actually, I have something to ask you."

"Go on." J sounds overbearing. But Dr. Aaron Choi was used to it. Although he is the head of the Department of Surgery, he was always felt intimidated by J.

"Do you have a relationship with Dr. Jacob?" J was stunned when she heard Dr. Aaron's question. She didn't look in his direction but in the corner of her eyes, she can see that he was intently looking at her with a frown.

"You might be wondering. The night that our patient died in OR Theatre One, I saw Dr. Jacob hugging and comforting you while you were crying. He also takes you to his car. And I guess he also sends you home that night."

J was silent. Due to her emotions that night she didn't worry if anyone had seen her crying on Jacob's shoulder. She remembered that she walked out of the Department of Surgery with Jacob holding her hands. But her mind is too busy to care about it that night.

Now that Dr. Aaron mentioned it, she wondered if anyone had seen them aside from Dr. Aaron. But if anyone has seen them, there should be rumors that are circulating the hospital, yet obviously, there is nothing, if there is, Diana would've told her about it already. J was still pondering about it when she heard Dr. Aaron speak again.

"Actually, I do not have the right to meddle with the relationships of my nurses here in the Department as long as it doesn't affect your work ethics and the reputation of the Department, but... I only care about you. Whatever your relationship is, I know that he doesn't consider you as a girlfriend. In fact, he didn't consider anyone before. I've known Jacob ever since college and I know that he doesn't like commitments and has no plans of getting married. I'm telling you this just to remind you that whatever your relationship is, don't get too emotionally attached to him, you'll only get hurt if you did."

J turned her head to look at Dr. Aaron with a stern face and said, "Dr. Choi you're overthinking things."

She glanced at the wall clock behind Dr. Aaron and said, "My shift's over. I have to go. I'll see you around." Nonchalantly.

Dr. Aaron Choi puffed his cheeks and pursed his lips. He knew she would act this way but he still chose to talk to her. He knew her temper and knew that she would act indifferently if he talked her out about Jacob.

Now he wonders if what he saw that night is really what he thought it is. Maybe they were just friends who found comfort with each other. Maybe Nurse J was right, he was just overthinking things.