로그인(Delvin's POV)"By the time she recovers, it will be too late. She must have made countless mistakes that would force the judges to make her take a drug test. And guess what?""It will be detected in her blood because she took the drug without even knowing it," he added, and they all burst out laughing.I froze, my eyes widening."And guess who would lose her medical license, or even risk going to jail for that?" one of them continued, triggering another round of laughter.My heart thundered in my chest. They were planning to ruin Aliana. They had poisoned her coffee.I reacted immediately, rushing toward the door. I needed to see their faces, to hold them accountable for what they had done, but they were already gone, having walked out through the back door before I could get there.I tried to follow, but the door required a staff ID, and I didn’t have one."Aliana…" I whispered, and started walking as fast as I could toward the doctors’ locker room.Pain shot through my side from mo
(Delvin’s POV)“Where were you, Delvin? I’ve been waiting for a while now,” my mum said the moment I walked into my hospital room.I sighed and walked toward my bed. I wasn’t in a good mood, and anyone who looked at my face could tell.“What is this I’m hearing?” she asked immediately, her voice tight. “Why did you tell the lawyer to agree to their claims?” I already knew what this was about even before she said it. It was about the lawsuit.For three days now, she hadn’t come to the hospital because I had called her and told her I didn’t want to see her anywhere around here.But hearing from the lawyer today that she would have to make a public apology must have pushed her to come here.“You really want me, your mother, to make a public apology to that woman?” she continued, her tone filled with disbelief.“That’s too embarrassing, Delvin! I can’t do that.”“Well, I wasn’t the one who told you to go around harassing innocent people,” I said.“Innocent? How is she innocent, Delvin?”
(Aliana’s POV)I froze for a moment, my eyes moving between my ruined dress and the coffee spilled across the floor.“Oh my God,” Caren muttered, her voice snapping me out of my shock.My fists clenched, and my face hardened as I lifted my head to look at the man who had caused the mess.“What is your problem, Delvin?” I snapped, my voice filled with disbelief.How could he just walk in here and knock the cup out of my hand like that?“Thank God I got here in time to stop you from drinking that,” he said, breathing hard, like he had rushed all the way here.“Do you mind explaining what this behavior is about?” I shouted, unable to hold back my anger.He had really been getting on my nerves lately. I was still trying to process everything he had done since the operation, especially what he did three days ago… and now this too?“Aliana, that coffee is poisoned,” he said, his voice tight but firm.An awkward silence filled the room.The ward assistant stared at him, her mouth slightly op
(Fabian’s POV) “Why did you suddenly call me out here?” the man sitting across from me asked. “Why did you do it?” I asked, my voice tight. “Why did I do what?” he asked, pretending to be confused. I didn’t answer. My eyes burned as I stared at him. He should have figured it out by now. Then, as if it finally clicked, his lips curved into a slow smile. He leaned back into the chair, crossing one leg over the other like he was completely in control. “You already found out, haven’t you?” he said, his tone filled with amusement. “I must admit… that was really fast.” I clenched my fists so tightly that my knuckles turned white, holding myself back from hitting him. “I was very careful… but I guess there was a loophole I must have missed. So tell me… which one was it?” he asked, his tone filled with mockery. I clenched my jaw. He didn’t seem scared or sorry for what he did. If anything, he looked almost proud of himself. “Why did you try to harm Aliana?” I asked, my voice tight a
(Aliana’s POV)Three Days Later“I am really rooting for you in this competition, Dr. Hale,” a nurse said with a broad smile as she arranged my scrubs.I gave her a warm smile. “Thank you,” I muttered.The first round of the internal competition was starting today.Dr. Steve Osbourne and I would each be assigned a patient with the same medical condition. The rule was simple... we had to operate on our patient and care for them until they fully recovered. Whoever achieved a faster and smoother recovery would win this round.I took a slow breath, trying to steady my racing heart.I was anxious... of course I was. This surgery wasn’t like the others I had done before.This one would be carried out under strict time limits, with cameras placed in every corner of the operating room for the judges to monitor every step.It also meant that any careless mistake during the operation could cost me everything, not just the competition, but even my medical license. So I had to be extremely caref
(Delvin’s POV)Aliana turned sharply to me the moment the director guy started walking toward his car.“What was that just now?” she fumed, her voice sharp enough to cut through me.I didn’t respond. I clenched my jaw tightly, my eyes burning into the director’s back, my gaze following him until he got into his car.My heart twisted painfully with each passing second. I hadn’t expected to see him here.What the hell was he even doing here?I had tried so hard to silence that part of me that believed he was the reason Aliana left. I had also tried to convince myself that the rumors about them at the hospital weren’t true.That people only talked because of how close they seemed, just like they used to with Belicia and me.But seeing him today at Aliana’s house, dressed casually, bringing her home from wherever he had taken her, possibly a date, on her day off…That broke something inside me. My heart filled with fear that what people were saying might actually be true, and that maybe I
(Aliana's POV)...... ONE YEAR LATER....The sound of the ambulance siren pierced the air, followed by the emergency team running toward it with fast, urgent steps.Someone was having an emergency.“Move out of the way!” someone shouted, his voice tight and urgent.“Out of the way now!” another voi
(Aliana's POV)*Knock knock.*A soft knock jolted me awake. I forced my eyes open even though they still felt heavy with sleep.My head hurt and my back ached. I hadn’t had any proper rest, not after the surgery that lasted for hours, and not after the panic that rose in my chest when we faced comp
(Aliana's POV)I shut my eyes nervously, hoping that when I opened them, everything would fall back into place. Hoping this was just one of those painful dreams I used to have.But when I finally opened them, I realized it wasn’t a dream. The man lying in front of me was indeed him… Delvin Barringt
(Aliana's POV)The rest of the day passed like smoke, and soon I was finally ready to go home. Tomorrow my real shift would begin. The HR manager had asked when I wanted to start, and I said immediately. Because why not? Maybe working was all the healing I needed.I walked toward the exit, and I co







