Chapter 597 - Afraid of Getting Fired

There is nothing wrong with the food, in fact, it looks appetizing. It was a butter garlic shrimp on top of brown rice with broccoli. But J cannot stomach the food right now. Maybe due to stress and worry.

And Jacob thought that she was just stressed out that her appetite is a little bit shy today. "Okay, what do you want to eat? I'll check if they have something on the menu." He knows that her lunchbreak is limited so he doesn't have time for the cook to prepare another dish.

"No need." J smiled, although for some reason she lost her appetite, she was overwhelmed by Jacob's thoughtfulness.

"I'll have this salad and soup." Fortunately, Jacob also ordered salad and soup alongside the shrimp. J pushed the bowl of brown rice with shrimp on it away from her and keep the salad and soup.

"Are you sure?" Jacob looked doubtful.

"Yes. I'll fill up later when I get hungry." J replied with a smile.

"Okay," Jacob said although he didn't hide his worry on his face.

They ate silently then after a couple of minutes, Jacob noticed something in the corner of his eyes. His mood immediately dampened and J noticed it. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"He's overdone it," Jacob said with a grim expression.

J looked around and eventually noticed two women in one table eating.

"Did you let them in?" She asked wondering how could a member of Novus Rex gets inside the hospital under the watch of Arthur's Team.

"No. They probably pretended to be a relative of a patient." Jacob replied. Although he has an order that no member of Novus Rex could enter the hospital especially when J is on duty, they cannot stop one if they claim to be just visiting a patient especially if they really have a patient admitted to the hospital.

Jacob is started to regret letting Alex Ogden have his way. Although he is thankful to him that he voluntarily sent people to watch and protect J against Senator Rizza's attack even if he doesn't really need them, he can't help but suspect that Alex is using this as an advantage so that he can get J's attention.

"Mm... don't mind them," J said nonchalantly.

Jacob narrowed his eyes at J then noticed the two women taking secret glances in their direction.

"Don't let them get near you." He warned.

J laughed. It was a sight to behold for the hospital's employees out there who have never seen her laugh before. It was a rare event that could happen only in front of their President. "As if you are going to let them get near me." She knows that even if these women try to before she knows it, Arthur's team has already blocked them.

Jacob frowned. "Honey, I am not joking."

J smiled and reached out to grab his hand that is on the table. "I know." For a moment there, he felt a tickle in his heart. Her smile can easily brighten up his dampened mood. "Don't worry, I won't let any member of Novus Rex get near me," J said to make Jacob feel reassured.

After eating, J slumped back to her chair with her hands on her front pocket lazily.

"Are you okay?" Jacob asked with a worried tone.

"Yeah. Just tired." J said.

"Is Aaron making you overwork?" Jacob immediately thought of that. She just started working after 2-days off and she barely finished her shift and yet she is already tired. The only possible reason is that Dr. Aaron Choi makes her worked the whole morning.

"No." J thought of it. She just had a prostatectomy and tonsillectomy this morning. Although the Department of Surgery was busy, her cases were not too tiring. Maybe she was just too stressed out for overthinking. J thought.

"Do you want to go home?"

J smiled. "You are giving me too much privilege." Although she is the wife of the President she will not take advantage of her position to slack off. She looked at her wristwatch. "I only got two more hours before my shift end. I don't have much to do this afternoon anyway."

"Okay. Then I am going home with you when your shift ends." Jacob said.

"Don't you have work to do?" She asked because she knows that after that 2-days off, his works must've filed up.

"I can always take them at home. My job as your husband is more important. It should be my priority in order to not get fired."

J can't be helped but get elated by his words. Although feeling tired, she managed to give him the sweetest smile.

The employees around them who were silently watching the couple were mesmerized by her smile. It was like they are watching a meteor shower that they have to seize the moment and stare at it before it suddenly vanishes.

Jacob noticed the stare that J is harboring from that smile. He looked around the cafeteria and cleared his throat loudly to catch everyone's attention. This made the onlookers snapped back to their senses and once they saw the grumpy look on the face of their Boss, they immediately go back to what they are doing as if nothing happened.