Desires Die Hard

Chapter 30

Jake helped Anya to the Infirmary on the ninth floor.

The pair drew the attention of countless staff walking past them as they made their way to the infirmary. Jake was good–looking and Anya was pretty. Their looks matched each other.

The stares that everyone threw at her made Anya incredibly uncomfortable. The looks in these people’s eyes varied from that of curiosity to those of appreciation. She tried to put some distance between herself and Jake as they made their way to the ninth floor. She wanted to avoid any further misunderstanding.

The infirmary on the ninth floor was incredibly spacious and came equipped with a rather extensive array of medical equipment. Its medical supplies were also well stocked. It was clear that Evan didn’t mind spending money on his staff’s welfare.

There were only three medical staff working in the infirmary. The large room appeared rather empty. Anya and Jake had knocked before entering the infirmary.

A female doctor in her senior years approached them.

She recognized Jake. Her eyes fell on Jake, her voice warm and filled with concern as she addressed the young man. “Jake, are you feeling unwell?”

“I’m fine. It’s my staff, Anya, Jake shook his head and explained.

That was when the doctor turned her gaze onto Anya. She gave the young woman a once over. Her eyes finally fell on Anya’s scraped knee. Her voice was devoid of the earlier warmth as she spoke to Anya politely. “I see. Did you hurt yourself when you fell?”

Anya nodded. “Yes. I scraped my knee.”

“Take a seat on the bed in the room. I disinfect your wound, the doctor said in a monotonously

It appeared that there were different standards when it came to treating a patient who was your average staff and one who was a managing director. Anya should have known.

the bed. She lifted her right knee

before heading into

scrape,

antiseptic cream. “Make sure you don’t get it

she should take note of as she applied the cream to Anya’s knee. The young woman committed the doctor’s advice to

it was just a scrape but the latter had insisted on her getting it looked at. Anya

of footsteps sounded outside the room while she was in the middle of applying the cream on Anya’s knee. Another female doctor walked into the room the next moment. She appeared slightly panicked. “Dr. Whitman, could you step

for a

and gave her colleague an unruffled look: “What’s going on?”

what was going on.

while there was another patient around. They didn’t need people going around telling everyone that Evan was hurt and had turned up at

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Dr. Whitman gave her colleague a long hard look before thrusting the bottle of antiseptic cream Into Anya’s hand. “Anya, you can handle this on your own, can’t you? I have something I need to attend to right

was fine with applying antiseptic

a minor scrape. It was no big

doctor stood up and headed out of

alone in the room

cream on it. Before she could do anything else, Jake had snatched the cotton swab from her

boss apply antiseptic cream on her scraped knee. He was her boss, for goodness‘

leg back and stopped Jake before he could do

do that on