Chapter 160 - Self-proclaimed Girlfriend

The next day, J, as usual, came to her duty on time using Jacob's private lift. As soon as she gets inside the Department of Surgery, she immediately checked out the board. She will be assisting a C-section with Dr. Stella Ivanov. The name was new to her. She is probably a visiting doctor. She thought.

"Nurse J!" Although J used to come early, Diana was earlier than her. And she saw Head Nurse Jing briefing her with the policies in the Department of Surgery. Thou she already knew that Diana will be transferred to her Department, she didn't show it to Head Nurse Jing, but she didn't look surprised even. She just smiled at them.

"Nurse J, I'm pretty sure you already knew Nurse Diana. She was transferred here into our Department. As one of the best here, I hope that you will help her learn. From what I heard, you are friends after all." Head Nurse Jing said.

"No problem."

"Good. Okay then, come on. I'll tour you around." Head Nurse Jing take Diana's shoulder and leads her towards the OR theatre. But before they could get away, Diana gave J a winked.

"Hey, have you heard?" Nurse Maggie came as soon as Head Nurse Jing and Diana get inside OR Theatre One.

"Dr. Jacob's girlfriend came back."

Initially, J doesn't have a plan on listening to Nurse Maggie's gossip. Nurse Maggie is a gossip, every time she gets out of the Department, she will be able to scoop off some gossip from other departments as soon as she gets back. And her today's gossip is about Jacob which made J turn her heads towards Nurse Maggie.

Upon hearing Jacob's name, she suddenly becomes curious. Thou she didn't ask anything or showed any interest, Nurse Maggie just continued on talking.

"She used to be a doctor here in CLP Hospital. An OB-Gyne specifically. But since Dr. Jacob went to work abroad, she immediately resigned and followed him abroad. I heard that she's back, I even saw her name on the board. You are actually assisting her. You will be able to meet her."

J was pretending that she is not listening by flipping a patient's chart but both her ears were all on Nurse Maggie's gossip. Jacob has a girlfriend and they were together abroad? J's hands became tensed and she accidentally tore a page from the patient's chart.

"But some says that she is a self-proclaimed girlfriend of Dr. Jacob because as everyone knows, Dr. Jacob doesn't want any commitments, he dated but never had a girlfriend. And never announces his relationship with Dr. Stella, or with any other girl."

Yes, she's right. Jacob told her before that he doesn't have any girlfriend, in fact, he never had one. Thou he admitted that he is a ladies man, he never had any serious relationship before. J thought to convince herself.

"But come to think of it... if Dr. Stella followed Dr. Jacob abroad, and if they don't have a relationship... then shouldn't Dr. Stella have come back a long time ago? Yet she didn't, she just came back after Dr. Jacob came back. That means, they probably lived together for five years abroad."

J closed her eyes and take a deep breath to calm herself. She felt as if thousand needles pricked her heart. As soon as she opened her eyes, she dashed out of the nurse's station and head outside the Department of Surgery.