Corinne helped Lucas, who was hopping on one foot, out of the orthopedic department to a chair so he could rest for a bit. The doctor had ordered an X-ray of Lucas’ foot.

Lucas was not keen on sitting; he wanted to go straight to the X-ray room.

Corinne immediately stopped him when she saw he was about to put his injured foot down. “Don’t move. The doctor said you shouldn’t put pressure on that foot until we have the X-ray result.”

Lucas believed the doctor was overreacting. “A few steps won’t hurt,” he insisted.

“No. Stop! Don’t move!” Corinne cried out in a panic.

Lucas did not dare to disobey Corinne’s order, so he sat back down.

“Stay here, and don’t move. I’ll go get you a wheelchair,” said Corinne gruffly.

would’ve gotten hurt earlier if I knew

then helped Lucas onto it and wheeled him to the X-ray

was no denying that he enjoyed her caring for him. This was

to the orthopedic department to show the doctor the X-ray result. Even without the doctor’s expert eye, she could tell

nurse to put his foot in a cast and prescribed some pain medicine and anti-inflammatory medicine for him. The only precaution Lucas would need to take was to avoid putting pressure on his foot for a month, which meant he would not be able to walk properly until he

the orthopedic department worriedly. She was definitely not

have anything to do with him. However, she still felt bad for being

to the hospital, and they were only allowed to use

me. Rest assured that I’ll compensate you for the medical fees, lost wages, emotional damage, and any additional fees you might have incurred. Though, it’s best to call your family to come pick you up since it’ll be hard for me to send you back

that since it meant she still saw him as an outsider. “Corinne, I’m okay. You don’t have to feel

any case, why don’t you call your

pocket and realized in shock that his phone was missing. “My phone must’ve

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