Arwen has always been very observant in nature and in recent years, observing everything had beco a habit of hers. So, from the mont Jason entered the room, she noticed how unfamiliar the nurse and doctor seed to be with him —almost as if it was their first ti working with him.
If Dr. Clark had been a regular doctor at the hospital, this wouldn't be their attitude.
And the second thing Arwen couldn't ignore was his air of dical expertise. He walked through his field of work not just with precision but with the confidence of a Crown Prince destined to take the throne.
It might not seem like a big deal on the surface, but knowing a few things too well, Arwen's instincts told her that this man wasn't as simple as he appeared.
Jason looked at the girl and couldn't help but smile. "You have quite a sharp eye to notice that so easily, I must say," he remarked nonchalantly, but Arwen kept her stare at him, as if inquiring further.
Although Jason could read the question in her eyes, he feigned to not know it. "With everything explained, I will take my leave first. You will need to stay in the hospital under my observation for now. After a week, you can leave, but we will talk about it later."
He said, ready to leave when Arwen asked, "You are not a doctor at this hospital, yet you ca here to treat . We have never t before today, so we are not friends. To co all the way here to make sure I am fine, I am sure Dr. Clark, you must have a reason."
Jason found himself in a tough spot. If given a choice, he would have preferred to tell the truth, but with the warning ringing in his ears, he couldn't do that at the mont.
Arwen watched his expression. After a mont, she smiled and decided not to probe any further. "It's fine, Dr. Clark. If that's sothing you can't tell, I won't force you. Thank you for treating ." She said and the doctor breathed out in relief.
"That was my duty. You rest now, I will take my leave." With that, he didn't linger any longer and left the room at once.
Arwen watched his back as he walked out. She didn't probe to ask him for answers, but she could guess who could have asked him here. As she rested in the room, a nurse ca in after a while.
"How are you doing now?" the nurse asked, and with a smile, Arwen nodded.
"I am fine," she replied, then added, "Do you happen to have my phone here? I an, did the person who brought here also bring my phone?"
The nurse smiled. "Yes, we have your belongings. Later, I will ask soone to bring it to you. But since you just had an accident, you shouldn't use your phone too much. It will be quite strenuous."
Arwen understood and humd in response. "I will be careful."
The nurse smiled and then gave her the prescribed dicines. When she was done, she asked, "Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask you —you have been here for more than a week now, and aside from your boyfriend, no one has visited you. Don't you have a family?"
Arwen was taken aback. Boyfriend? Who was she referring? Her brows furrowed in confusion, which the nurse quickly noticed.
"Oh, I am sorry, did I address him wrongly? I am not sure. Seeing him co here every day to look after you, I assud he was your boyfriend."
"He is not my boyfriend." Without any hesitation, Arwen denied. She thought of ntioning Ryan, but as the thought crossed her mind, she rembered him turning his back on her and leaving. At the mont, she found it difficult to understand how she felt for him anymore.
He was her boyfriend and fiancé, yet he did nothing worth ntioning. If he was her boyfriend, then where was he? Why was soone else being mistaken for him?
The nurse was quite experienced. Even though Arwen didn't say anything, noting her complicated expression could easily make her guess.
Sighing, she gently moved on from the sensitive topic. "Aiyah, youngsters these days find it so hard to understand their feelings and emotions. Don't worry, dear, you have all ti you need. Take it and think things through carefully. As for now, I would just remind you to call your family and ask soone here. You will need soone by your side."
Arwen smiled and nodded. But she wasn't sure whom to call. Her parents were out of the country. They had gone on on a business trip and wouldn't be back for another month. That was why, until now, no one had reached the hospital to check on her. They might not even know that she had been in an accident.
Later, after the nurse left, soone ca to give her the phone. When Arwen saw it, she didn't move to take it. Instead, she said, "This doesn't look like my phone. Could you check again to see if you brought the wrong one?"
The staff shook his head. "No, I checked it before bringing it here. You are Arwen Quinn, right?" he asked, and Arwen nodded.
"Yeah, that's . But this phone looks relatively new to the broken phone I last had." She rembered that her phone's screen had been shattered in the accident.
"Oh, then it must be your boyfriend. He must have helped you replace it. Check it once, I am sure it's yours." He said, before handing it in her hands.
Hearing soone refer to him as her boyfriend again, Arwen didn't know how to react. Explaining it to everyone there would be ssy, so she chose to ignore it. She looked down at the phone and it was the sa model she used — just instead of the broken one, this was new.
Pressing to power button, she saw that though the phone was configured for her, it was still encrypted with the password. And without her entering it, the phone was pretty new and unused.
Arwen didn't know how she should feel about this. He had intruded into her personal space, but he had done it so considerately that she couldn't feel offended, even if she tried.
"Is this your phone?" the staff asked, suddenly interrupting Arwen's thoughts.
She looked up and then nodded. "Yes, it seems like mine. He must have replaced it for ." She said and the man nodded.
"I told you," he said, and Arwen couldn't resist asking.
"When did he do it?"
"Oh, I faintly rember seeing it placed there from a few days back. But I am not sure. Your boyfriend submitted all your belongings to the managent so that when you woke up and need anything, you could get it easily. He cares for you a lot."
Yes, he does. Even if she hadn't t him, she could still feel it well. And that only added up to his mystery. He had been so diligent in looking in looking after her that everyone had mistaken him for her boyfriend, yet it had been hours since she woke up, and he still hadn't shown up.
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