Chapter 5 - The Temper 1

"Good morning Dr. Choi, Dr. Parker. Are you done with the tour?" Head Nurse Jing greeted them. "Yes, so what do we have here?" asked Dr. Aaron. "Oh, we are just having a briefing. By the way guys, this is Dr. Jacob Parker the new CEO and President of CLP Group of Hospitals. Dr. Jacob, this is the nurses on duty this morning. This is Nurse Simon, Nurse Pete, Nurse J, and Nurse Maggie." Jacob turns to look at the group of nurses at the nurse's station. His gaze focused on J, whose eyes are looking down at the clipboard in her hand reading whatever it is that's written in there.

"Right! Since Dr. Parker is here, who wants to assist him in his operation?" Head Nurse Jing asked her nurses. Everyone looked at each other except J. No one seems to have the courage to be in the same Theatre room with the CEO of the hospital. Afraid that they might commit an error and get the bad side of the CEO. They are not yet familiar with the attitude of the new CEO. So, it is better to play it safe.

Head nurse Jing looked at J. "How about you Nurse J? Since you have extensive surgical experience." she looked at her. J raised her head and asked. "Head Nurse Jing, I thought Dr. Gonzales will be having 3 CABG for 3 consecutive days before his vacation out of town. The first one we did yesterday. So, the second and third one should be scheduled today and tomorrow. Did he canceled it or rescheduled it since it is not on the board?"

"Oh God, I forgot to write it there. Right, you will be assisting Dr. Gonzales at 12nn so you should prepare the patient and family this morning."

Jacob frowned, although he knows that it is unintentional and she has a valid reason but why does it feel like he was snubbed.

Eventually, Head Nurse Jing insists that Nurse Pete and Nurse Maggie should assist Dr. Jacob at his operation.

After an hour, the operation is done. Jacob came out of OR Theatre One and head over to the nurse's station to write down his orders on the patient's chart. A smile appeared on his lips when he saw J reading a book called Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes. This time she is not wearing a face mask. Just one look at her beautiful face makes all his vexation earlier disappear.

J felt someone's gaze so she lifted her head and find Dr. Jacob looking at her with a smile. He is so handsome especially when he smiles, that makes her heart beats irregularly. And she doesn't like that feeling. It makes her uncomfortable chiefly when she looks at his eyes. So as much as possible she tries to not look into his eyes. She knows by the look of Dr. Jacob that he is a playboy.

Suddenly her phone rang. It was placed on her table in front of her so Jacob can see that the name of the caller is Lance. His brows furrowed as he felt like something is clenching his heart. Is he jealous? No. That's not possible. He never felt that way before.

J excuses herself as she answered the call. "Hey! Uhm...hmm... yeah... I can't. I have an operation at 12nn. It will take 5 to 6 hours before it is done. By the time it finishes, that would probably 5 pm or 6 pm... Okay... Yes, please... I'll call you when I got home. Okay... Bye." As soon as she finishes the call she was startled when Dr. Jacob deliberately drop the patient's chart on her desk then walked out without a word. She even heard the door slammed.