Il Jasper was upset, why didn’t he just leave? Whether to York City or Yansborough, it didn’t mat. Why was he still hanging around under her more? Was he looking for someone in the hospital to date? just like he had used her before to annoy Cassandra?
Frustrated, Ingrid stood up with her tray.
& colleague neau by anded in surprise, “Ms. Leone, are you done eating?”
“Yeab Thave some stuff to take care of. You all take
Jasper caught a glimpse of Ingeving Suddenly, even the plain vegetable broth in front of him seemed to taste flavorful.
Achim, Kimberly looked at him with hopeful eyes and whispered, “Please, D. Clifford”
Jasper said, “Ask him to come here next Tuesday. Have him come straight to me.”
Kimberly’s spackled “Hrally? Thank you so much!”
“He’ll need to keep up with tay pace first if he ran, then we’ll talk
Kimberly grinned “opisiem! My boyfriend can work under pressure “
Jasper replied, “He can work under but don’t tell anyone he’s your boyfriend. People will think you’ting coction to get abrad.”
Kimberly eagerly nulled, pratically bowing to him Her boys end was a new orthopedic dege at Sander Hospital, and he’d been dying to be one of Jasper’s students since he pound out
Jasper workedthere.
Kimberly threw all caution fitted for love
persistently asked for quite some time, and she finally su
succeeded today.
Kimberly said, “I can keep quiet about my boyfriend, Defoeddamento trouble you, but some people have been going that I’m p
plain it to your girlfriend”
Jaspri temuined undaged. “Yeah, I’m sure you’ve your chance to explain.”
Chapter By Mutual Rejection
Jasper single–handedly boosted the reputation of Sander Hospital’s methopedics department, which in turn kept the department busy recruiting new doctors and nurses. As a result, Ingrid’s
the didn’t entice that she had lost weight until she saw the feast on the table. She asked, “Why is there so mach food?”
Intraded answering, Zoey asked, “You haven’t been feeling unwell, have you? You’ve been eating less, and you look like you’ve lost weight.”
expl. There are several new nurses in the department. I’m responsible for their training”
Zoey put some food on Ingrid’s plate and casually probed, asking, “Have you been in touch with Quincy lately?”
Ingrid almost forgot about Quincy. The last time they had talked was over a week ago, on the day Yolanda moved
jury had always been the one to reach out to her, and when he didn’t, Ingiddin’t bother.
Ingrid replied calmly, “Not in the past few days. He’s probably busy. By the way, how’s Yolanda doing?”
Zoryanswered. “I heard she’s been taken in by Quincy’s parents”
Ingid didn’t say much monte, but Zoey added, “You once told me Quincy said he was going to buy an elevator apartment for Yolanda. I thought it sounded odd. “Yolanda is already soil. Unless his family is really wealthy, he wouldn’t invest that much in housing for the elderly, especially when Quincy isn’t even married yet.”
Hate fer foodand said, “We’re all ordinary people. Buying a house isn’t like buying groceries. It’s completely normal not to buy one, so there’s really no need to bluff.”
Zory capefully steered Engid’s expression “Did you two argue?
Ingradchuckled. “Why would I need to argue with him?”
Zed further, “Then why haven’t you contactedrach other?”
ligist explained, “He’s always the one to reach out first. When I contact him, it’s just to return the favor for a meal. He hasn’t messaged me recently, though. I’ll test him later to see when Ye’s tire. He bought me food last time, so I owe him a meal”
Noticing how ting id had everything figured out so clearly, Zory understood.
ingild countered. “Didn’t you feel comfortable
after spending time together, you feel like it’s not work
ked about buying an apartment for Yolanda?”
rking out ?—
Zoey sighed. “Well, no one’s perfect. But you can tell a lot fr n the details. I’d like to think he’s just trying to build a good image in front of “But at the end of the day, not buying a house is fine. There’s no need to blu Anyway, with that personality, as your dad would say, he’s unreliable.“ Ingrid replied, “I’ll treat him to a meal when he has time and end things”
on introducing her son to you. He works for the government with great benefits
Zoey suddenly changed the subject. “When I went out to buy groceries today, the supermarket owner insisted on introduc
“Are you trying to push me out of here? Fine Starting orrow, pay for all the food,” Ingrid said
It was just the two of them at home. They chatted while eating, After dinner, Ingrid helped clean up and then accompanied Zoey downstairs for a quick stroll
Thut evening, Ingrid sent Qjilney a message on WhatsApp. “When are you free? I’d like to treat you to a meal”
She sent in around 8:00 pm, but by the time she went to bed at 10:30 pm, Quincy hadn’t replied.
Ingki didn’t think much of it. Her mind was occupied by thoughts of Jasper. If he was really looking for a girlfriend at the hospital, then she’d make it a point to get married this year.
If Quincy wasn’t the one, there were others. Her standa ch weren’t that high, after all she just wanted someone decent with a good character.
The next morning, Ingild woke up and saw the message Quincy had under around 100 am. “I just saw your message. I’ve been busy. I’m on a business trip in Yansborough.” Women weite naturally sensitive, and this had nothing to do with love
Quincy’s short response seemed like an explanation, but it didn’t address her question about when he Enguid didn’t know exactly what had happened, but she instantly understood that Quincy was rejecting het.
was free for a meal
