Life
The medical neid placed great emphasis in hierarchy. Where one studied for their undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and who their mentors were each step determined future protations and salary neger
However, for those who didn’t graduate from top schools or train under prestigious mentors, the only path lett for advancement was to secure a strong teaching physician as a mentor
There was a truth about the surging one would fly higher if they were to fly with eagles. Ang single line from Jasper’s résumé was something orthopedic doctors could only look up to in
Every intern wanted to train under Jasper, but that wasn’t their choire to make li depended on whether Ja
Jasper was willing to take them on
A doctor of Jasper’s caliber was someone even the hospital director had retreat with the utmost respect. No one even dared to assign him tasks
So when fortune unexpectedly smiled upon Timothy, dropping this golden opportunity right into his lap, he was momentarily stunned
Two littrens sitting behind them overheard and immediately abandoned all pretense of professionalism, and they turned around with raised hands.
A female doctos declared “Th. Clifford, I don’t have a boyfriend, and I won’t be getting one for the next three years!”
A cate doctor chimed in “Dr. Clifford, as long as you mentor me, I’ll give up on relationships altogether–noboyfriends, no girlfriends, just pure devotion to medicine!” Turothy panicked and blurted out, “Dr. Clifford, I can do it!”
Jasper locked at him. Dowhat?”
Timothy straightened “Train under you. I promise to learn well.
Tapes responded calmly. “Training with me is exhausting My records on hours of surgery i in a single week, and on average, I spend
jo hours operating “
Ingrid felt a wave of emotion for a bele moment. Everyone called Jasper a genius, but his success was a combination of both talent and relentless effort. Even at Peaceheart, he had performed four surgeries in a single day. It was to the point of exhaustion that he needed glucose just to cover enough strength to walk out of the OR Tinathy replied without hesitation, “I’m not afraid of the workload–I’m only afraid of not having the opportunity to work that hard.”
Jasper smirked “Weren’t you planning to start dating? Once you get busy, forget pursuing someone, you won’t even have the energy to speak after stepping off the operating cable.”
d’s moment of sentimentality didn’t last three seconds. So this was Jasper’s real motive
frothy instinctively glanced at ingrid’s expression, but she kept her face neutral. His decisions had nothing to do with her, yet the frustrating part was that Jasper had deliberately put him
Timothy hectared.
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Ingrid spoke up. Dr. Cord is exceptional–opportunities like this don’t come often. If I weren’t going on a blind date this weekend, I’d want Dr. Clifford to train meto Her words seemed playful, but the underlying message was clear.
As a mise, the wasn’t eligible to be mentored by Jasper in the first place. The key takeaway was that she had a blind date this weekend.
These staple word were subtly informing everyone she had a potential match while also giving Timothy an easy way out.
The people around the table exchanged glances between Ingrid and Timothy, and the meaning in their eyes was unmistakable.
Timothy, now realizing his own station, felt guilty, just moments ago, he had openly admitted to pursuing someone, yet he had wavered at the first sign of career advancement
The atmosphere grew awkward–arept for Jasper, who remained completely at ease. “How rate for Ms. Leone to put her trust in me. If you’re ever willing to step into the Obe more than tuppy to share all my knowürder.”
Just then, their eyes niet. Ingrid curved her lips into a subtle smile. “Thank you, D. Clifford, but to be honest, my focus now is on life outside of work. I won’t trouble you with helping me Improve professionally”
Sowon might thick she was saying
this for Tim
Timothy’s sake, but no one knew she was actually speaking to Jasper.
Jasper’s curiosity flared. “Is your lite’s focus attently on that weekend blind date
Ingrid me his pace, and it was unwavering and calm. “Men are just the spice of life. The real focus depend on whether they’re even worth it.”
