Jaclyn Rae
I looked at my dad disapprovingly when he just announced that he's arranging with his friend's son. I put my fork and my knife down slowly as I swallowed my food.
"Dad, I don't know why you have to arrange me with someone?" I said in a calm tone even though I really hate the idea of my dad trying to invade my life. My grandmother raised her index finger and here we go again with her long speech about love.
"Jaclyn, it's the best for you. We're worried about you and besides there's nothing wrong with meeting your father's friend's son first." She said smiling brightly at me and I shook my head lightly.
"Grandma, I'm currently loving my job and I don't need a man NOW." I said, emphasizing the last word pretty clearly so my family knows that they don't need to interfere with my love life. My dad raised his eyebrows at me and he let out a long deep sigh. "Jaclyn, we're not getting any younger and we want all of you to settle down very soon."
"Dad, I want to settle down when I'm 30 and I still have 3 years away." I said as I grabbed my fork again.
"3 years is a very short time, Jac. Where will you find a boyfriend if you're still busy working and dating your cars?" My grandma said in a sarcastic tone. She might be in her 70s but she's quite smart when it comes to insulting and giving sarcastic remarks on her grandchildrens.
"I know that you will give me someone who is great and maybe according to your standard but trust me, dad. I don't need to date right now." I said ensuring my dad and my grandmother to stop asking me to date. I continued to eat my dinner and checked the time on my phone.
"Oh! It's time for me to watch 90-days fiance!" My grandmother squealed as she got off from her seat in a speed of light. I looked at her blinking a few times before I ended up shaking my head. "She needs to stop watching that." My dad commented and I let out a small chuckle.
I finished my dinner and decided to sit in the living room while I checked my schedule for tomorrow. My grandmother was busy watching and cursing on Big-Ed who has no neck. Last week, I even saw my grandmother cursing on that neckless-man for using mayonnaise on his head.
"Hi everyone!" My brother, Jace, just got home and he immediately laid on the sofa. "Go eat dinner, Jace." My grandmother said and I looked down on my iPad again to see my schedule.
"Boy, go eat your dinner.." I heard my dad say and Jace plopped beside me, putting his arm around my shoulder. I know that he's up to something when he's acting like this. "What is it?" I asked knowing he will ask me to do something.
"I heard that you're being arranged with someone." He whispered it to my ear and I turned to him pushing his face away from me. "I'm not in the mood for your teasing spree, Jace."
"Who's the unlucky guy, dad?" Jace bluntly asked.
"He's a cardiologist."
"Really? Maybe he could fix your evil and cold heart, Jac. I can't wait to meet this lovely brother-in-law." Jace said as he caressed my head. "Get your hands off me, Jace." I said firmly.
"Ugh! Grandma, why are you watching this neckless-man again?" Jace commented. "Shut it!" My grandmother shut him down and Jace bursted out laughing all of the sudden.
"Dad! Let's send grandma on a 90-days fiance program." Jace suggested and I turned to him disbelief. Jace and his crazy ideas. Sometimes I doubted if we shared the same womb together.
"Don't start, Jace." My grandmother warned. I got up from the sofa and walked towards the stairs. I grabbed my bag that I threw on the floor and walked upstairs to my room. I walked in and put my bag on my vanity.
I heard a knock on the door and let whoever was behind it to walk in. It's my dad and he smiled looking at me. "What's up, dad?" I asked.
"Have lunch with me tomorrow, I'm going to introduce you to my friend's son." He said as he sat on the edge of my bed. I leaned my body to the wall facing my dad. "Dad, I know I've been busy and stuff but do you think it's necessary to arrange me with someone?" I asked because I'm curious what's in his head.
I know parents will always want the best for their kids. Especially my dad, after we lost mom 6 years ago. He changed. He started to make himself busy with work and he even prevented his kids from moving out. He was lonely and still can't accept that mom's already gone. Not only him but mom's death affected me the worst. I went through depression, a bad one. I was suicidal and ran away from home a few times because of it.
"I just want you to be someone who I can trust."
"You trust your friend?"
"We've been friends since highschool, Jaclyn. You saw him a couple of time, Harrison Clayton, remember him?" He asked and I found myself nodding. I remembered Mr. Clayton, we met a few times on a debutante ball. "He's a doctor right? I remember that you told me that he has hospitals across the country."
"Yes, that's right. He has a son named Noah Clayton and he's a cardiologist."
"You want to pair me with a cardiologist? Are you sure?" I asked my dad and he chuckled as he stood up.
"Yeah."
"Very well, let's see this man tomorrow but I won't guarantee you that I will like him."
"It's an arrangement, Jaclyn. We're not forcing you, your happiness will always be my number one priority!"
Jaclyn RaeMy dad introduced me to his friend and his wife officially and we all sat down. I looked at the empty seat beside me and I'm one hundred percent sure that it's for the man that I'm arranged to."Noah will come soon, Jaclyn." Ivonne said as she looked at me a little worried. I smiled at her. "It's okay, Mrs. Clayton.""Please call me Ivonne.""Very well, Ivonne." I said politely and I saw Ivonne kept looking at her phone. I can assume that she's trying to contact Noah to come faster. We decided to order our food first and wait for Noah. The food came but there's still no sign of Noah. It seemed like he's rejecting his mom's call. I really can't judge this man because he's a doctor. He might be jn a surgery or som
Jaclyn RaeI walked into the ballroom full of higher ups people gathered here tonight to spend their money for charity. I honestly love charity events because not only we can help people that in need but you get to meet people that can be your potential buyer or maybe partnership deals.I greeted some people that I knew and tried to have a light talk with them as I mingled into the middle of the ballroom. As I was about to check on my phone, someone grabbed my upper arm and it was my other brother, Jayson."Are you going to donate tonight?" He asked as he pulled me to the side instead of standing in the middle. "Yes, I will. How about you?" I asked as we're already standing on the side of the ballroom."How much?" He asked me but he didn't even bother to look at me
Jaclyn RaeNoah opened the car door for me and offered his hand to help me get out from the car. I took his hand and he closed the door for me. He gave his car keys to the valet chauffer and we walked into the restaurant together.The waiter led us to our table and Noah let me seat on the inner side which near the window that gave us the perfect view of the garden. The waiter gave us the menu and I started to find something that I want to eat."How about we order some menu and share it?" Noah asked and I turned to him completely surprise. I never have someone asking me this question before. I looked down the menu. "Sure, surprise me." I closed the menu book and he smiled at me.He called the waiter and ordered the food by pointing at the menu. The waiter walked awa
Noah Clayton3 months later.."I recommended you to stay for about 5-6 days so we can check your condition constantly." I said it to my patient as I put some note on their chart. I checked the IV drops and then I gave Jill, the nurse, my patient's chart. I walked out from the room and suddenly I got called to the emergency room.I ran as fast as I could because it's an emergency. One of the nurses told me that the patient had a heart attack and I quickly went to the procedure as fast as I can. After 30 minutes trying to stabilize his condition, we're done. We moved him to the intensive care unit.I wrote my patient's condition on their chart and gave it to the nurse. As I was about to leave the emergency room, I saw the emergency room door burst open. They rushed i
Noah ClaytonI was checking my patients' charts seriously when someone poked my shoulder. I turned to see Jaclyn standing there looking at me with a smile on her face. She was using a crutch to support her left side of her body.She injured her left leg, bruises on her left arm and she has a bandage on her head to prevent her wounds from bleeding again. I stared into her emerald eyes coldly and she pouted. "You're judging me hard huh?""Go back to your room, Jaclyn." I said as I turned back to my patients' charts. Jaclyn took a step closer to me and she poked my upper arm. "Go back to your room, Jaclyn. Don't make me call the nurses to bring you back to your room." I warned in a cold tone.I still couldn't believe this woman. How can she care more about her reputat
Jaclyn RaeI screamed my lungs out in agony completely hating being in the hospital. I just asked Amy to tell the head doctor to change my doctor in charge to Noah. They approved but he hasn't come by my room to check on me.I had no other choice but to cancel the race because I'm not in the condition where I can race. I pushed away my lunch that the hospital provided me with and I don't even have the appetite to eat. I heard the door open and Noah came in with 2 other nurses."What took you so long?" I asked Noah and he shot me with a cold glare. He walked to me with my chart and started to check on me. I gave in because this is what I requested for him to take care of me. "Ms. Rae, you don't eat your food again." One of the nurse said and Noah turned to me."So y
Noah ClaytonI went home with a headache after Jaclyn constantly bullying me all day today. She is a definition of crazy and it's making me go nuts. She can appear in front of me anytime anywhere. She even wore clothes that she shouldn't be wearing and she even put makeup on.Her goal is to seduce me.People in the hospital started to talk about her. She's the famous Jaclyn Rae, everyone knows that she's the heiress of Rae Motor Industry. I let out a deep sigh and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.I walked out and changed into my PJs ready to sleep because it's been a few days since I come home. I've had a lot of emergency calls and operations lately so it's so good to have 3 days of rest. I sat on the bed checkin
Jaclyn RaeI opened my eyes slowly because I felt the heat is slowly killing me. I sat up immediately and I turned my head to see Noah just got back from a run. His grey t-shirt got sweat all over it and he didn't even greet me at all. It was clear that he didn't like the fact that I'm here but I don't have any other choice."You should go back home, Jaclyn." He said as he walked to the kitchen. I got up slowly from the sofa and walked to the kitchen as I felt my bandage tighten. I looked down and saw it's a new set of bandage.I turned to Noah smiling secretly when he's busy taking out fruits from the fridge. I sat on the chair that's facing the kitchen which gave me a full view of him trying to make breakfast."Why are you so against this?" I asked and he glanced