Chapter 5

After recovering from her thoughts, Sally scrambled to pick up her phone and squeezed out a smile at Javier. “Senior… You work here?”

A smile flashed across Javier’s handsome face.

He extended a hand fondly and ruffled Sally’s head. “How old are you now, and still as clumsy as ever?”

Sally answered him earnestly with beaming eyes. “Twenty years old.”

The man turned his head to the side as he laughed. “Why are you here at the hospital?”

She pointed to the consultation room behind her and replied, “My friend is chatting with her cousin.”

Javier lowered his gaze to look at the time. “It’s lunchtime now. Your friend should only come out after a while.”

“I’m about to have lunch. My treat?”

Sally pursed her lips as she considered his offer for a while before knocking on the door to inform Evonne.

“Let’s go.”

Javier led the way with a smile while Sally followed him silently.

Sally’s crush on Javier started when she was in Year 2 Senior.

That year, her grandmother had fainted suddenly during a visit to Sally’s school. It was Javier who had given her grandmother first-aid and carried her on his back to the nearby hospital.

It was coincidentally a sunny day back then. He stood in the hospital’s corridor and told Sally that he was a medical student. He also imparted knowledge to Sally on how to take care of her grandmother.

That was the first time Sally felt attracted to a boy.

Eventually, that became her motivation to sign up for medical school in the future.

She wanted to go to the same school that he did and trace his footsteps on the same path.

However, after realizing this dream, she had lost the courage to look for him.

The last time she met Javier, she was still in Year 3 Senior and Javier had cheered her on.

Javier brought her to a clean little restaurant.

“What do you want to eat?”

Taking off his white robe, Javier looked more handsome than ever. He flipped through the menu swiftly. “If I remember correctly, you have a sweet tooth?”

“Uh-huh.”

It had been too long since she last saw him. Sally was so nervous that even her voice sounded tight.

Suddenly, her phone rang. It was an unknown number.

Sally apologized and answered the call.

“Where are you?”

The man’s deep voice that was void of warmth sounded rather familiar. She frowned. “You are…”

“Elijah Moses.”

“!!! How did you get my number?”

“Is that surprising?”

The man’s cold voice traveled into her ears in the form of soundwaves. “Come home and eat with me.”

“...”

Sally threw a hasty glance at Javier who was still busy looking through the menu. “Can I… Go back a bit later?”

Seeing how her senior, who she had not seen for a long while, offered to buy her food, it did not feel right for her to excuse herself before they even managed to warm their seats.

The voice at the other end of the phone lapsed into silence. “Ten minutes.”

“Alright.”

“Boyfriend?”

Javier asked with a smile after she hung up.

“Not a boyfriend.”

Sally scratched her head in embarrassment. “He’s my husband.”

The smile on Javier’s face froze.

After a long pause, he replied with a smile that seemed to be directed at himself, “You got married so early? When did that happen?”

“... Yesterday.”

Javier’s self-directed laugh became more significant. He coughed lightly. “As your senior, I didn’t give you any wedding present. Let this meal be my blessing to you!”

With that, he called for the waiter and was about to order food.

“No, don’t.”

Sally stopped him. “I’m leaving after drinking this cup of water. My husband wants me to eat with him at home.”

Javier’s face turned into a sudden pallor.

After another pause, he sighed. “How long have you been together?”