FreeNovelChapter 296 Why would Conrad callthis late at night? I was still questioning the odd timing when Brandon said, "Oh, he sent you a text, too." I blinked as he handedthe phone. I was still drained and admittedly out of it. Noticing this, he pointed out helpfully, "You don't have to answer if you don't want to." I was in the middle of deciding when the phone went silent after the call was automatically declined. I took the phone and scrolled through the messages, the ones I had left unread since morning. "Maddie, can we meet?" "There's something I need to tell you, but I don't know I should." "Textback when you get this." Conrad followed up with two texts in the afternoon.
"I'm still waiting for your text, Maddie." "Are you busy, Maddie?" I could feel his anxiousness through these messages and that he had been waiting forto reply. If there was something he needed to telland he wasn't sure if he should, chances were he didn't know wha In the years since I had known Conrad, he had protected and watched overlike an older brother. He wouldn't tellanything if he thought he could handle it himself. I wondered what had happened for him After a moment of hesitation, I returned his call. He picked up almost instantly. "Maddie, where are you?" "Conrad, what's wrong?" I cut to the chase.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe was quiet for a beat or two. I was about to repeat my question when he asked, "Are you all right?" He must have heard how weak I sounded over the phone, but I was more anxious to know what he had to say. "I'm fine, Conrad. What did you want to tell me?" "Can we meet?" he asked.
I was lying in a hospital bed, so meeting him was an impossibility for now. Just as I was about to ask him to tellover the phone, the door opened.
Lisa cin and snapped atwhen she sawspeaking on the phone. "What business could be so important that you simply must get on the phone the moment you wake up? Are you trying to work yours I covered the phone, hoping to muffle her words before Conrad caught them. However, it was too late. He asked frantically, "Are you sick? Are you in the hospital?" couldn't keep this from him any longer, so I said, "I had a dizzy spell. It's no big deal." Conrad made no reply, but before I could ask him what he wanted to tell me, he said, "Get srest." He hung up after that. I had no choice but to set my phone aside, only to find Lisa already pulling out her stethoscope.
"Dr. Carline, last I checked, you were a gynecologist," I joked.
Chapter 296 217 "Shut it," she snapped atagain.
I kept my mouth shut and let her listen to my heartbeat for a long moment. She then straightened up and kept the stethoscope. "Your heartbeat sounds normal. You should be all right." After that, she shota dirty look and retorted, "Also, just because I'm a gynecologist, it doesn't mean I can't handle minor conditions like yours." Minor conditions. I knew she had said this to keepfrom worrying. This was typical of Lisa, who was often brash on the outside but considerate within.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI hooked my pinky around hers and asked softly, "Are you working the night shift?" "No, I'm getting off work as soon as I'm done examining you," she said, and I sputtered.
I joked, "I thought you'd stay to keepcompany!" Lisa jutted her lower lip in Brandon's direction. "It seems someone else beatto the job." If I were being honest, Lisa would make a better
and more practical company than Brandon right now. I didn't know why I felt this way. Perhaps it wasom because my relationship with Brandon had yet to be defined, or maybe I simply didn't want him to see such a pathetic side of me.
I nodded, and Lisa gaveyet another incredulous look as if to say that if I refused to let Brandon if I caretaker for the night, he might very well take it the wrong way.
Im going to bring up the takeout I ordered and give you ladies sprivacy, Brandon offered when he sensed the wordless conversation betweenand Lisa As soon as the door closed behind him, Lisa jabbed my forehead with a finger. "I'm starting to think your moral code is a little twisted, you succubus." I laughed. "It's unethical to scold the invalid. Also, my moral code is far from twisted, and I'm not a succubus!" Ads by Pubfuture
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