Since Jovan couldn’t see, she behaved more comfortable around him.
"Then why change clothes?" Jovan’s expression seed uneasy as he pursued the question.
"Well... Because my clothes were dirty." Joanna told a white lie, not revealing her encounter with Ace. Otherwise, being the jealous prick he was, Jovan would certainly overthink.
"You’re lying." Jovan frowned, obviously aggravated. "You said that you would never lie to , but now you’re treating like a fool!"
Joanna realized that the man must know sothing. After all, many people ca and went from the hospital. Being an old acquaintance there, it was inevitable that soone would end up telling him so kind of information.
"You say I lied to you, then tell , what did I lie to you about?" the woman asked carefully.
"Dr. David told about the drowning incident around the lake. You jumped to save a life, so you’re changing because your clothes are wet, not that they’re dirty!" Jovan replied seriously.
Joanna felt relieved and responded. "That’s right, I lied, but I just didn’t want you worrying. That Dr. David sure has a loud mouth. Looks like we have to change hospitals, or I’d have no privacy at all."
She did intend to transfer Jovan to another hospital before this conversation. Now that Seraphina and Ace were staying on the sa floor, she was bound to bump into them again.
Jovan was quite a sensitive person, after all, and he might end up causing a commotion if he were to find out.
"This matter can’t be solved just by transferring hospitals. You haven’t even realized the main problem here!" Jovan seed so oddly serious that Joanna found him unfamiliar.
"What is the main problem then?"
"You’re not treating as your closest, most trusted person!"
"How... did you co to that conclusion? We are dependent on each other now, is that not considered close and trustworthy enough?"
"I’m being serious here!" Jovan was truly mad this ti, emphasizing his words to Joanna with a frown.
"If you treated as your closest, most trusted person, you would have shared this matter with first! You hid the truth from just because you didn’t want to worry. But be honest. You just think I’m too weak to face the outside world! That I need to be taken care of... I may be useless, but I am still a man with pride! Do you think I’d be happy about this?"
"I really didn’t think this through." Joanna sincerely apologized. "I’m sorry, I didn’t know that you would care so much about these little details. I promise you that in the future if there is anything, I will share it with you first, and I’ll never hide anything from you."
"If you really feel sorry, then tell , is there anything else you’re hiding from ?" Jovan asked the woman intently.
"I..." Joanna paused and carefully observed the man’s expression. She was not sure if the man was deliberately testing her reaction.
’Does he already know about eting Ace?’ She wondered.
"Is it so hard to answer?" Jovan chuckled coldly. "It looks like you really are hiding sothing from ."
"I don’t an that, I..."
"Didn’t you just say that you wanted to transfer to a hospital? I agree." Jovan sighed deeply. "We have too many acquaintances here. There’s too much gossip spreading about. I prefer to go to a place where no one knows us so that we can live with ease."
"Right, I think so too. Then I’ll go through with the transfer procedure now."
When Joanna held the docunts and went through the formalities to help Jovan transfer to another hospital, Jovan’s attending doctor, David, was very surprised.
"Joan, why do you suddenly want to transfer Van to another hospital? He’s now in the critical period of his recovery, and he can’t endure the stress of moving to another hospital."
David was one of the doctors with the most dical experience in the surrounding cities. Besides, he was amiable, humble, and responsible.
When they first arrived at that town, they ca because of David’s dical skills, not to ntion he was also the one treating Jovan’s illness. Hence, they established a very good friendship.
"There’s a special condition, so we need to leave for a while for the ti being. When the ti is right, we’ll co back again."
Joanna gave David a rough explanation because she could not go into the details.
"If you want to transfer to another hospital, you’ll have to change his attending doctor. You’re aware that every doctor’s concept of dicine is different. I think Van’s case isn’t too serious. As long as he recuperates patiently and keeps in a good mood, he’ll slowly get better. At least, I can guarantee that he can walk again."
David adjusted his glasses and reminded Joanna seriously, "If you transfer him to another hospital and get another doctor, I can’t guarantee that they won’t use extre treatnt on Van after the check-up results are out. The consequences will be a bit serious by then."
"What is the extre treatnt?"
"It’s like using muscle regeneration hormones or transplanting new limbs on his body."
"They can’t possibly do that!!!"
Joanna could tell they were unreliable thods, and she expressed her deepest objection.
Injecting muscle regeneration hormones or a limb transplant didn’t seem very much like what an ordinary doctor would do.
"So, I suggest you not transfer him to another hospital. After all, we have such good cooperation now. Both you and Van accept my treatnt thods. You can’t give up at such a critical ti. Don’t you think so?"
David twirled a pen with his fingers and slowly established his point, trying to persuade Joanna with reason.
"Doctor Wilson, you’re right, so I won’t apply for a transfer then. I’ll help to discharge him from the hospital first. We’ll then co back and let him stay here again after a period. Is that possible?
After pondering over it, Joanna compromised.
Jovan’s waist injury was almost cured, so he rely needed regular physiotherapy and so ointnts for the wounds. They could do those kinds of things at ho.
In short, it was fine as long as they did not have to keep staying in this hospital. It would cut off all possibilities of eting Ace.
"Yes, you can do that. But I think Van needs to be hospitalized for another week before his waist injury is cured. Do you have any urgent affairs? Why do you want to leave in such a hurry?"
"I..."
Joanna bit her lips and tried her best to co up with an excuse. "Van and I have difficulties sleeping in beds that aren’t ours. We can’t sleep well here, so we’re low in spirits and hard to hold on."
"All right. I’ll approve it for the ti being since you’ve already made up your mind."
When David knew that he couldn’t dissuade her, he had no choice but to sign the discharge application form.
That day, Joanna packed up her things and pushed Jovan out rapidly, ignoring that night had fallen.
"No, darling! Are we running away? Do we have to be in such a hurry?"
Sitting in the wheelchair, Jovan beca confused.
He heard the hospital’s clock just now. It was midnight... at the mont.
He could not figure out why they had to leave the hospital at this hour. Would they have to catch the last bus or ride sothing else?
"Yes, we’re in a hurry."
Joanna closed the door behind her and pushed Jovan to the elevator. She kept looking around in a sneaky manner as if she was a thief.
Most of the people were asleep if they were leaving at this hour. So, the probability of eting the people they should not et was at its lowest.
"Can you tell why you are in such a hurry?"
Jovan wanted to get to the bottom of it.
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