Chapter 6
Jeremy had gone back to his room to change. His voice was calm as he said, “I’ll drive you to the hospital”
Melody nodded and followed him downstairs.
When they arrived at the hospital, the car stopped at the entrance.
It didn’t seem like Jereum intended to go inside.
Melody bit her lip. “Thanks, I’ll head in now,”
Jeremy gave a quiet hum and offered nothing more..
Meanwhile, Melody’s body still telt a little uncomfortable, but het mood was light.
And she got lucky–there was not a single difficult patient the whole night.
The next morning, whenshe handed over her shift, Tiffany looked at her in surprise. “You worked the night shift, didn’t you? How do you still look so refreshed
Usually, after pulling a night shift, manses looked like they’d been possessed by some kind of vengeful spirit.
Instead of answering, Melody asked, “Is Dr. Chesson here yet?”
She had spent the whole night trying to wrap her head around it–he had said they were a couple! She couldn’t wait to see him to confirm that she hadn’t just dreamt it up.
Tiffany clicked her tongue. “Something’s definitely up. Spill it. What did you do?”
if she were walking
Even though Melody had always liked Jeremy, she rarely asked about him so openly. And whenever she saw him, she was always so careful, as if on thin ice
Tillany narrowed her eyes and was about to press further when a voice interrupted them.
“Someone’s in a good mood this morning,” Harold said
Melody turned around and saw that the doctors had arrived for their rounds
She looked up and immediately spotted Jeremy in the crowd.
He was flipping through a stack of patient files with his head slightly lowered. The loose strands of his hair fell over his brow, and the angle from which she was looking at him made the bridge of his nose look even sharper
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“Melody, what are you staring at?” Tiffany nudged her. “Dr. Franklin is asking about the situation in the ICU last
Melody snapped back to reality and quickly handed her notes to Harold.
Then she heard him say, “Angelica and Nancy are back, so the ICU is fully staffed again.
“Ms. Wardolf, you should switch back 1 heard from Caleb that the old man in Bed & has been asking about you!!
“I’ll check in on him later,” she replied.
After that, the doctors left fortheir rounds.
Melody had planned to wait for Jeremy to retum, but before that could happen, Ophelia unexpectedly showed up at the hospital with a thermos
she said, “I saw you the other day and thought you looked too thin. I happened to make some tomato soup at home, so 1 brought you some.”
Melody quickly thanked her, saying, “Ophelia, you didn’t have to go through the trouble.”
“It’s no rouble. I had the day off anyway, “Ophelia casually said: “And I wanted to see Tessa while I was here. We go way back, after all”
The portion inside the thermos was obviously more than for one person.
Melody hesitated and acud, “Did you bring some for jeremy too?”
Oplalianodded. Her tone was light but different as lie answered, “Owen asked me to bring extra “The for me’ll go see Tessa.”
tomed to Melody and said, “Can you give it to him
Jeniy’relationship with Ophelia had always been complicated, especially since he hadn’t been raised in the Chesson residence from birth–he had only been bought back when he was 11 or 12 years old,
Opheliance Fold Melody that Jesenry had never called her “Mom” evenance.
In the end, Melody could only comply with Ophelia’s request. “I’ll take it told,” she said she wanted to see him anyway.
However, when Melody got to the doctors” olive, Jeremy wasn’t there.
Caleb then told her that Jeremy was still in the wards, noslie waited for him in the office
The other doctors noticed the thermos in her hands and started teasing her, “Ma Wardoll, aren’t you being a little too sweet?inging the Chesson breakfast this early? Dider’t you just finish a night shift? If I were Dr. Chesson, I’d be so touched.”
Melody’s face flushed.
She lowered her head, trying to hide her embarrassment. She ludn’t even had Line to explain that Ophella had asked her to bating it when Jeremy walked in Krystal was with lid, and both of them looked unnally serious.
Jeremy’s gaze immediately landed on Melody before he furrowed his brows slightly.
Then, before she could say anything, one of the other doctors spoke up, “Dr. Chesson, you’re lucky. Ms. Wardolf brought you breakfast first thing in the morning
