Chapter 24
Sebastian turned around, pausing in his steps. He raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at the woman standing a few feet away.
Selena greeted politely, “Mr. Doctor.”
“Hey.” Sebastian nodded. He took a few steps forward, pausing briefly when he passed by
Valeria.
However, he said nothing. His eyes dropped to glance at her lowered eyelashes before he left.
A faint trace of men’s cologne lingered in the air as he passed.
When Valeria heard the door close, she finally let out a sharp breath, her whole body relaxing at once. She walked over to Lucy’s bed. “I brought you some jicama salad and sauteed zucchini tonight. Eat up.”
Selena was already sitting obediently by the bed, leaning over the nightstand. Today, she was working on a hand-drawn poster for school.
Valeria sometimes wondered whether Selena had inherited some of her talents-bold and
creative in drawing and colors.
Sometimes, Valeria also thought of her own mother, but she had no memory of her.
When she was little, she often asked Margaret where her mom was and why she didn’t have a
mom.
Margaret only said that her mom had gone far away. It was just like how she had told Selena that her dad was somewhere far away.
As Selena grew older, these white lies would eventually fall apart on their own.
Being someone with sharp eyes, Lucy looked at Valeria and could immediately tell there was something different between Valeria and Sebastian.
“Dr. Grant is quite handsome, isn’t he?” Lucy commented.
Scooping up some jicama salad, Valeria answered, “Mrs. Clark, please eat.”
Lucy added, “If you like him, go for it. You young folks nowadays always talk about casual flings, right? If you only want a fling, at least pick a good-looking one. Never settle for an ugly guy.”
Valeria’s face flushed red. She realized she wasn’t even as open-minded as Lucy. She muttered helplessly, “I don’t like him.”
Lucy leaned closer, whispering even softer, “You were staring at his back for ages…”
Valeria froze.
Was she? Was it that obvious?
Lucy didn’t say anything else after that.
After a while, Valeria patted Selena’s head and carried a kettle outside to grab some water.
When she passed by the nurse station, a few young nurses glanced at her.
In a hospital, a place filled with busy, monotonous days, gossip was never in short supply.
“That was the family member of bed 17’s patient, right? That old lady’s daughter-in-law. She’s been here all four days of the older woman’s stay. She comes with her daughter, but the man? He never showed up.”
“Who knows what that guy’s thinking? He has such a pretty wife and daughter, yet he doesn’t appreciate them at all. He doesn’t even visit, even when his mom is sick.”
“I was in the ward, giving the old lady an IV drip the other day. I heard her son’s been living in Amaran for years…”
“Her daughter-in-law must be really close to her, then…”
“Dr. Grant, are you free this Saturday night? Dr. Gordon mentioned a department dinner.”
Sebastian paused, glanced at the young nurse at the station, and thought for a moment. “I’ll see. I have something at home on Saturday.”
Then, the nurse station fell back into their gossiping chatter.
He watched Valeria’s figure as she walked away down the hall. With a frown, he followed after her, taking long strides.
