"I want to talk to you face-to-face," Caden said, sowhat hesitantly. "You free?"
"Just spit it out over the phone; I’m all ears."
Caden’s eyes dimd slightly. After a mont of silence, he finally spilled the beans. "I’m heading abroad."
Rosemary seed taken aback. Just like that?
"I’ve quit my job at the hospital, and my flight’s this afternoon." As Caden said this, his smile had a hint of bitterness.
"Where to? Why in such a rush?"
As soon as she asked this, Roo gripped her hand tightly. Looking up at him, she saw a look of warning and jealousy in his eyes. Rosemary had a hunch he wasn’t telling the whole truth. Then her expression changed slightly. "That’s not the real reason you’re leaving."
He often worked overti, and it was par for the course for him. He wouldn’t just get up and quit for no reason, so sothing felt off.
Roo: ’She sure knew a lot about him, didn’t she?’
"What happened?" Rosemary asked softly.
Caden hadn’t expected her to be so sharp. Pulling the wool over her eyes was proving to be a tall order.
Before he t Rosemary, he had indeed been interning at Hope Hospital, but he never worked overti. Rosemary’s arrival changed everything.
During that ti, Grace Harris’s condition worsened. Rosemary was at the hospital every day, sotis in the morning and sotis at night.
In order to spend more ti with Rosemary, he volunteered for overti and even took special care of the old lady.
Sotis, after performing several surgeries a day, he would skip als and spend a lot of energy handling the old lady’s sudden illness and researching her treatnt plan.
But back then, he didn’t feel tired at all. On the contrary, he felt happy to be able to have als and chat with Rosemary.
But at so point, Roo started showing up by Rosemary’s side.
After Grace’s death, Rosemary stopped coming to the hospital. Their frequent interactions turned into no contact at all. He used overti to numb himself.
Many tis, he picked up his phone just wanting to hear Rosemary’s voice, but he couldn’t. He wasn’t the one.
Rosemary was now Roo’s fiancée.
Staying at the hospital seed to only add to his pain.
"You’re overthinking; I just don’t want to do this job anymore, that’s all."
Caden didn’t tell the truth. Rosemary didn’t push further, but his sudden decision left a sour taste in her mouth.
"What’s your plan for the future?" Rosemary asked.
"I’m the only kid in the family," Caden laughed. "Once I’m done having fun, I’ll take over the family business and let my folks chill out."
He was the only child in the Newton family. His grandad was a renowned doctor, and his grandma was a well-known dical professor. His dad ran a pharmaceutical group ranked among the top three nationwide, and his mom owned more than thirty private hospitals.
He grew up in a wealthy environnt. Being a doctor at Hope Hospital was indeed a bit of a raw deal.
"Maybe we’ll cross paths in the business world," Caden said with a smile. "Your RoseHealth Innovations is a formidable competitor to the Newton Group."
At this, Roo’s eyes landed on Rosemary. She founded RoseHealth Innovations?
She never ntioned this before.
Caden knew about it, and he was in the dark!
He was taken aback!
Noticing Roo’s gaze, Rosemary lowered her head, her expression a bit awkward, not expecting to be busted again.
"You better buckle down and learn about the corporation’s operations managent. Business is a battlefield, and I won’t go easy."
Caden chuckled, his voice charming. "Right, you should be happy too. I believe Roo will take good care of you. Nothing more to say, so you hang up first."
He wanted to chat with her more but feared she might find it annoying.
After hanging up, Rosemary was the first to speak up. "I didn’t know who you were back then, so I ’stole’ your deal. Well, it wasn’t exactly stealing."
Half a year ago, she used so tricks to get the pharmaceutical factory, which was supposed to cooperate with McMillan Corporation, to switch sides and work with her instead.
Roo always hated when people went back on their word, so that factory was in quite a pickle.
"How many secrets do you still have that I’m not aware of?" Roo was also glad he didn’t make a move on RoseHealth Innovations back then, or he would be in deep water now.
"What other secrets could there be?" Rosemary put away her phone and casually said, "You heard the call. Caden isn’t causing any romantic issues. Don’t let your imagination run wild."
Otherwise, she’d have to keep mollifying him, which was a pain in the ass.
Roo could discern the regret and reluctance in Caden’s tone; it was clear he still cared about her. But since Caden didn’t spill the beans, Roo respected him. At least this way, he and Rosemary could still be friends.
Sotis, liking soone didn’t an he had to say it out loud.
"Isn’t it noon now?" Rosemary suddenly said to Roo, "I need to go back to school after lunch."
"In such a hurry to go back? What’s up?" Roo asked, pulling her into his arms. "Got other plans?"
"Mhm."
"What plans?"
Rosemary wanted to make him a few more outfits, but she couldn’t tell him now. She’d surprise him later.
If she told him now, he would definitely refuse, not wanting her to tire herself out.
"To bond with my roommates. I can’t keep neglecting them, right?"
"Neglecting for your roommates?" Roo gave her a punishing kiss and said, "I’ll take you back tonight."
Now? No way!
"It’ll be too late at night."
She had to start a new round of extracurricular activities tomorrow and barely had ti to make clothes for him. By the weekend, he would be all over her, wanting her to be with him.
"Now you can only be with . Who else do you want to be with?"
Rosemary thought for a mont and said, "Has the new maid arrived yet? How about I cook you lunch?"
Of course, there was a condition. He had to drive her back to school after the al.
Roo noticed her sche. Willing to cook as a bargaining chip ant sothing or soone important was waiting for her at school?
"My cooking skills aren’t too shabby, and you should consider it carefully. Don’t let this opportunity slip through your fingers!" To speed up his decision, Rosemary started to count down, "Three, two—"
"Okay."
Rosemary smiled. She knew he would agree.
Roo: ’After lunch, he would like to see why she was in such a hurry to get back to school!’
Rosemary quickly cooked three dishes and a bowl of soup, handing him the dinnerware and saying, "Taste it."
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