You Are My One and Only

Patricia only managed to read Isaac’s text after bringing the triplets home, and just as she wanted to ask him if he could take some heat or how he’d like the stew prepared, his second message came.

With that, she hurriedly deleted her question and asked, ‘It’s a paid leave, right?’

This was her number one concern; she didn’t mind not having any breaks since she owed him so much money, after all.

Just the thought of Poppy’s potential medical funds getting stolen got her feeling awful, so she wanted to use labor to punish herself.

Now, not only would she have to work hard to pay off her debts, but she’d also have to put in extra effort to help Darcie pay off Poppy’s medical bills.

Meanwhile, Isaac had just come out of the shower. While drying his hair with a towel, he checked his phone and replied to her text, ‘Of course.’

Patricia replied instantly, ‘You’re the best, President Arnold! xoxo.’

Does this mean I’ll be getting every Sunday off thereafter? She thought that Isaac was pretty nice, and he was a decent boss the more she thought about it.

man frowned upon

woman. How dare you

…

to the hospital with lunch boxes. When she entered the ward, she found Darcie eating takeout that she had probably gotten from the hospital’s cafeteria. Judging from how reluctantly she was eating, it probably didn’t taste

Patricia.” Poppy smiled upon seeing the

when she heard Poppy’s barely audible ‘Miss Patricia’. “Tricia,

she knew the woman had been agonizing over

next to Darcie and handed her one of the lunch boxes. “I’ve

Poppy’s lunch box out, intending to feed the

lunch box on the overbed table so the little girl could eat while sitting on her bed. Poppy was rather spirited that day, but it still pained Patricia to see the little girl

beside them. Josephine’s food was up her alley, and while she ate, she said to Patricia, “Mrs. Zimmer

eating so much takeout lately that she

on the edge of the hospital bed. “Darcie, I wanted to pawn my ring and use the money to pay for Poppy’s medical bills. However, a thief snatched it right out

more

of the day, it’s all my

into her possession, for the story was rather absurd. Even she wasn’t sure if it really happened or that she was dreaming. Surely,