Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

Everleigh had two operations in the morning, and she was busy until one o’clock in the afternoon. When she finally left the operation room, she was so tired that she could not lift her arms properly. She changed her clothes and headed for her office.

“Dr. Trevino, someone is looking for you. He’s waiting for you in your office.”Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

Before she entered, she was stopped by a nurse at the duty desk with a look of ambiguity on her face. “Dr. Trevino, is that your husband? He’s so handsome.”

Everleigh was stunned for a moment, and a name flashed across her mind. However, in the next second, she immediately dismissed the idea.

The hospital nurses had met Theodore and they knew that he and Josephine were a couple.

She understood everything after she opened the door of her office and saw her guest.

“Stainley, why are you here?” Everleigh greeted as she closed the door.

The man was Stainley, dressed in a refreshing blue casual suit. He tapped on the thermal lunch box on the table with his slender fingers and smiled at her. “I’m here to have lunch with you.”

Everleigh’s office looked basic, at best. She did not decorate it with any potted plants. She had just resumed her work and she would usually be so busy that she was unable to have meals in her office. She never even bothered decorating her office.

The food that Stainley brought was home-cooked and it was simple and delicious.

“This is really good.” Everleigh commended before she continued to eat in silence. It took her quite a while to remember that she had left Stainley alone.

“My mother made this and those fried prawns.”

“Really?” Everleigh asked in surprise, “Her cooking is this good?”

“She’s already retired and she’s bored, doing nothing at home. She loves cooking and she’s afraid that I don’t have the time to eat at the hospital.”

“I’m so jealous of you.”

“Why?”

“At least you have a mother who’s constantly worried about you. My mother passed away a very long time ago.”

Everleigh’s mother had passed away very early in her life. Although her father took care of her and her sister in every possible way, he would sometimes miss out on a lot of details. Her maids were not as particular as Madison, and their cooking seemed to lack something.

Stainley showed an apologetic look. “I’m sorry for bringing it up. It must have been tough for you.”

“It’s okay. It’s already been so long.” Everleigh took a sip of the soup. “I don’t quite remember what my mother looks like anymore. I can’t even recall if she’s cooked for me many times or not.”

Stainley felt a little distressed. “Why don’t you come have dinner at my place in the future? When you have the chance, of course. I think my mother will be glad; she has been aching to have a daughter ever since she was younger, but to no avail.”

“Haha, really? Is this how she’s going to pick her foster daughter? Well, I can give it a try if she’s not too strict!”

Stainley burst into laughter as well.

“Oh, right! What were you looking for me for? I don’t think it’s just to have a meal, right?” Everleigh asked after she swallowed the food in her mouth.

Stainley put down his cutlery, took out a contract of employment from his bag and said, “Dr. Morgan asked me to hand this to you.”

The contract detailed the offer of teaching at Ocpeace Medical University.

Everleigh wiped her hands, took the contract from him and opened it. “So soon?”

Dr. Morgan had just mentioned the offer last Saturday and the contract was already prepared two days ago, which was why it was already ready so quickly.

“Dr. Morgan gave you the offer because he thinks you’re talented and he wants to make sure other universities don’t get to you first. Young lecturers like you can better attract students. They tend to think older professors are boring.”

“I have checked the details for you and there is no problem. The working hours are quite flexible, as per a lecturer’s standards. You’re going to have a fixed number of classes in a week, but they will be arranged according to your schedule.”

“Okay.” Everleigh took a pen from the pen holder on the table without saying anything and signed her name on the final page of the contract.

“Aren’t you going to look over it again?”

“Didn’t you do that for me already?” Everleigh handed Stainley another signed copy of the contract, “Are you going to bring this copy back to Dr. Morgan?”

“Yes,” Stainley said with a smile. “We’re going to be colleagues soon.”

Everleigh calculated the time and said, “The new semester starts this coming September, right? I’ll have to start teaching by then, right?”

“You’re right. The university will contact you again regarding the syllabus, so don’t worry!”

Everleigh could never wrap her head around complicated matters like the syllabus. Even back then, she had difficulty understanding it up until her final year. Her subjects were all chosen by her roommate.

Stainley knew Everleigh was a carefree person and she hated trouble. He had arranged everything regarding the job offer prior to his meeting with her on that day.

Everleigh could not remain at her office for too long since she had to visit the clinic. When she finished her meal, she sent Stainley to the hospital gate, “Thanks for everything, Stainley. I’ll buy you a meal next time.”

“You’re most welcome. Instead of buying me a meal, how about you do that at my house?” Stainley smiled at Everleigh. Under the shiny sun, his lively eyes looked more energetic than they usually were.

“Alright.”

After sending Stainley off, Everleigh headed for the clinic. On her way there, her phone vibrated and when she checked, she noticed that William had sent her a text message.

“Are you there? Have you had lunch?”

Everleigh frowned, turned off the screen, and put the phone back into a pocket of her lab coat, ignoring William.

Last Saturday evening, after Stainley gave William her messenger account, the latter had quickly added her. Apart from passing the verification and exchanging a few words of greetings, Everleigh didn’t pay him any attention. However, William insisted on sending her greetings everyday without fail.

Everleigh wanted to talk to William regarding his knowledge of what had happened seven years ago. She had to know how much he knew about it. She would find a time when she was free to discuss it properly with him, but she would never chat with him out of her free time just because she agreed to add his messenger account.

She walked past a group of enticed nurses on her way back to her department. They looked like they were gossiping about some hot topic.

“Dr. Trevino.”

“Dr. Trevino, nice to meet you.”

Everleigh nodded and casually asked, “What gossip are you talking about? You all look excited.”

“It came out just this morning.” A nurse raised the mobile phone in front of Everleigh with great enthusiasm. “The president of the Godfrey Group officially announced his marriage to the public. He even announced who his fiancée is and the wedding date.”

Everleigh’s face darkened. Her hand, which was supposed to take the nurse’s phone, froze in midair.

The phone was showing a headline of Ocpeace City. It was about an official statement from Godfrey Group, so its authenticity was to be taken seriously.

The nurses were having a good time chatting. “Dr. Trevino, you know the Godfrey Group, don’t you?”

Before Everleigh could speak, a nurse next to her said, “How could she not know them? Theodore stayed at our hospital last time. Dr. Trevino was the one who operated on him.”

“Oh yes, that’s right! I thought that since Dr. Trevino came from abroad, she might not know him.”

“Hey, I think Mr. Godfrey’s fiancée used to visit this hospital, right? We’ve met her before.”

“No, I haven’t. What does she look like?”

“She’s pretty. She’s a daughter from a good family and she’s very humble.”

…

Everleigh was not paying attention to the nurses. When she arrived at her office, she did not know why or when she arrived there. As she closed the door, she felt the throbbing of her heart quickening. It was very uncomfortable.

Theodore was going to get married from the beginning, wasn’t he? Didn’t she already know this the moment she came back? The only difference now was that Theodore had announced his marriage to the public.

But why were you upset? Everleigh asked herself.