Wayne stared out the window as if he hadn’t heard him. He thought, Anna, who’s the man you were smiling at just now? What’s so special about him? Why did you smile at him like that? Gosh! How I wish I could get over you, but I just can’t. I CAN’T!
“Let’s go back to the office,” he said after pulling his mind back to the present.
***
When Mary waved at her, Anna had just bought herself a meal and was ready to find a seat to sit down and eat it. Mary said, “Anna, why don’t you join us for lunch? I just learned a gossip about Nancy,” Mary said after Anna had sat down.
Anna cut her off with a gesture and said, “The last time you gossiped about her in the cafeteria, she found out about it, Mary. She also warned you in a meeting. Have you already forgotten that? It’s only been half a month. Also, Nancy’s father is the vice president of our hospital, and her mother is the head nurse. Aren’t you afraid you’ll get yourself fired by gossiping about Nancy like that?”
Mary smiled, “No, I’m not. I know that Nancy isn’t a petty person. I wasn’t sure the last time, so I just said it out of curiosity. This time, I saw her with a man with my own eyes.”
“So?”
“She was with a guy! A guy!”
Anna said, her face expressionless, “What’s the big deal about it?”
Mary expressed her frustration by saying, “Anna, you’re the most boring person in the hospital! Don’t you think working here is so boring that you could use some juicy gossip?”
Unlike them, Anna didn’t work in a hospital as soon as she graduated. As a result, she saw things differently than they did. However, she had a pleasant personality, was easy to get along with, and was not a drama queen. So, Mary was willing to gossip with her.
Mary said, “This is a pretty big deal, anyway. I’ve never seen her talk to any guy other than the patients. I just noticed a cute guy walk into her office!”
“Was he dressed in a black suit, tall, and had brown hair?” Anna asked.
“Did you see him? Were you surprised as well?”
“That’s her boyfriend,” Anna said calmly.
Mary’s eyes widened in surprise as she couldn’t believe she had been informed of such a piece of breaking news. She stood up in astonishment and exclaimed, “What? She has a boyfriend? How did I not know about this?”
“I guess everyone knows that now,” Anna said awkwardly, looking around.
Mary kept asking Anna about Joshua after dinner. She was interested in everything, including his age, occupation, and name. Anna realized she couldn’t answer these questions, so she simply said, “I’m not sure about that either. You can ask someone else about this. “
At that point, Nancy called Anna. Anna then took a step back and answered the phone, “Nancy.”
She then heard Nancy yell, “How dare you lie to me about Joshua!”
Nancy then began to yell at Anna. Anna thought it was amazing that her words were harsh but not offensive.
“Listen to me, I was forced to do this,” Anna explained later.
“Really? Who made you do such a dull thing?”
Anna couldn’t help but retort, “Remember, you forced me to go on that blind date for you. I think you two are just perfect for each other! “
Nancy yelled angrily, so Anna immediately removed the phone from her ear.
Nancy said, “You don’t have to go to the testing department anymore! You’ll begin your inpatient shift this afternoon, and you’ll be in charge of Mr. Wright from now on!”
She hung up the phone after she finished speaking. Anna was speechless as she stared at the screen. She figured that Nancy was doing this to get back at her. When she looked up, she noticed Mary staring at her.
Mary asked, “What? Nancy asked you to set up a blind date for her?!”
Anna said glumly, “Look, she just yelled at me. If you have any questions, go ahead and ask her.”
After some consideration, Mary concluded that her work was more important than gossip. “Forget it, I’m not going to ask anymore,” she said. She then walked away.
Anna looked at her phone, perplexed. When she saw Joshua at noon, she had no idea this matter was still relevant to her. However, she couldn’t hide it from Nancy any longer.
Wayne sat in his office, furious, and threw the papers on his desk to the floor. He hadn’t worked in days because he had been thinking about Anna. When he returned, he reviewed the work his employees had done and found it unsatisfactory.
A few managers stood in line outside Wayne’s office, waiting for him to scold them for their lame work. When one of the managers walked out of the office, everyone stopped him and asked him what had happened. He shook his head, knowing there was nothing he could say to them.
The crowd looked at each other and sighed. Then they started talking to each other in a low voice, for fear that Wayne would hear their conversation.
“Mr. Wright is quite moody these days! I’m so stressed out that I can’t sleep at night.”
“Right! I noticed he was in a good mood the other day, so I handed him the proposal I had just written. But he quickly became grumpy again.”
In his office, Wayne criticized all the managers and drove them away. After that, Noel poured him a cup of coffee. Wayne looked at his watch and asked, “Did you find out who that man is; the one who sent a lunchbox to Anna in the hospital the other day?”
“Well, I checked it out and contacted him. It’s rush hour now, and he’s probably stuck in traffic,” Noel said hesitantly. After seeing Wayne’s gloomy expression, Noel didn’t dare to say anything else.
An hour later, the man arrived at the door to Wayne’s office. As Noel saw him, his eyes were filled with sympathy and pity. Noel gently reminded the man, “If Mr. Wright loses his cool later, please don’t take it personally. He’s in a bad mood today because of some relationship issues.”
“Thank you,” The man said, nodding to Noel politely. He acted like he didn’t even understand what Noel was saying. And he walked calmly into Wayne’s office as if he didn’t care about anything.
“Hello, Mr. Wright,” The man greeted Wayne.
As soon as he heard his greeting, Wayne, who was previously occupied with his work, looked up. The moment he saw the man, he was so shocked that he exclaimed with his mouth wide open, “What the hell, Joshua?! What are you doing here?”
“You asked to see me in person, Mr. Wright. Have you forgotten that?” Joshua asked in confusion.
“Well, emmm… Noel, a word,” Wayne stared daggers at Noel, who was standing not far away, motioning him to come near him.
“What is Joshua doing here? Didn’t I ask you to find the guy who brought lunch to Anna the other day? Is this some kind of a sick joke? If you mess it up next time, I’ll fire you!” Wayne whispered to Noel.
Leaning toward Wayne, Noel answered in embarrassment, “But Mr. Wright, I didn’t mess it up. It was indeed Mr. Davis who brought lunch to Ms. Gabriel in the hospital that day. I triple-checked the surveillance cameras. It can’t be wrong.”
“What the… Fine! Just leave us alone now. I need to talk to Joshua alone.”
“Okay. I’ll leave you two alone then.”
After Noel closed the door, Wayne regained his composure and coughed in a somewhat awkward way. Then he said in a serious tone, “You haven’t had a lot of work lately, have you? It’s three o’clock in the afternoon, and you’re running late. Were you out looking for files?”
With a smile, Joshua answered, “Mr. Wright, you asked me to prepare that lawsuit last night, and I worked all night on it. To be honest, I don’t believe the case is particularly difficult. I simply went out to get some materials.”
“Were you just finding materials?”
“I wouldn’t have done anything else because it was work time.”
“But I heard that you were in the hospital at noon. What were you doing there?” Wayne said as he sat up straighter.
Joshua paused and frowned. And he answered, “With due respect, I don’t think what I did during my lunch break has anything to do with you, Mr. Wright. And I think I have the right to refuse to answer your question.”
Hearing that, Wayne was more irritated. Frowning, he uttered, “Mr. Davis, don’ t you forget that we’ve made a deal.”
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