Chapter 1 The strange man

"Dr. Maria, is it okay? Today's lunch is likely to be just a small meal. There are many patients outside." Nurse Angelina came in to confirm her condition.

Maria waved her hand, "I don't want to eat, don't mind me."

Just had a tetanus shot in the morning, and she wasn't eager to eat or drink anything.

"How can that be? It's my responsibility to remind you to eat enough rice and ensure your health."

Maria frowned, and leaned back in her chair, in a bad mood, "No need." The number of doctors and nurses in the hospital was very large, she really didn't want to work hard to guess who this person was, didn't want to answer anymore.

Nurse Angelina did not dare to speak again, could only turn around and leave.

Normally Maria always kept a smiling face, and looked easy to talk to, today's attitude was clearly not happy.

"How? What did Dr. Maria say?" Outside, a small intern nurse asked in a low voice.

"Don't give me the hard work, Doctor Maria was injured today and was already in a bad mood, she even told me to stand in front of the gun." Nurse Angelina walked out, still scared.

"I just wanted to see Dr. Maria's reaction for a moment." The little nurse touched her nose.

"Dr. Maria is usually easy to talk to, but when it comes to things like this, no one is in a good mood." She lowered her head to look at the medical records in her hand, this morning determined that Dr. Maria was not gentle.

"So in the end, was she betrayed, so she was in a bad mood, or was she injured and in a bad mood?" The nurse next to her was excited and nervous.

The man who looked down at the medical record shrugged, "I feel like it's a good thing, Dr. Berklee can tell at a glance that the lamp isn't running out of oil. I'm also happy for Dr. Maria."

Maria was busy until lunch break before returning to her room to take a break, sitting in her seat feeling that something was wrong. Today the eyes of the doctors and nurses looking at her were a bit strange... strange?

Did the story at dawn all spread?

She put down the glass in her hand, took out her phone, and saw that Facebook was filled with red dots indicating unread messages.

[Maria, how are you today? Are there many patients coming to the clinic?]

[Maria, where are you? Are you in the inpatient or outpatient clinic today?]

[Doctor Maria, are you okay? Or should I talk to my husband and find someone to change shifts with you? Can't you go home and rest for a while?]

...

Maria frowned, looking at the text message at the top.

[Maria, you have finally stepped on my old path, please hold back your grief.]

Maria twitched the corner of her mouth and typed a few words in reply: [ Have I ever stepped on your old path? I honestly work at the clinic, you have a concussion, so you have hallucinations?]

That person replied, [Hey, are we still good sisters? Don't be shy!]

Maria, [???]

[I tell you, your story has spread everywhere since early morning, your rumored lover went out early in the morning for a honeymoon with your opponent.]

Maria, [... Why is it that I don't know anything about myself when everyone else knows?]

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Maria put her finger on the screen for a long time but didn't move. Moving, looking at Anatolia's text messages, she was seriously wondering, her opponent mentioned in the text message she knew was her roommate who was always meant to be jealous of her - Kate, but who was her rumored lover?

Maria's head was full of question marks.

But without her asking, she had been single since she was in the womb. She worked hard to have a rumored lover in the eyes of some people but she didn't know who, if she asked now, it would be a bit embarrassing.

At the same time, this also made her lose her mind all afternoon and continue to take the time to seriously wonder about life.

The nurse intern at the clinic looked at her, unable to lift her spirits, and carefully tried to talk.

"Dr.Maria, there are still a few sick people outside, would you like to rest for a while and then call in again?"

Maria looked at her thoughtfully, her fingers unconsciously tapped twice on the table,

"Wait, I want to ask you something."

The intern nurse suddenly felt a cold chill down her spine, then resolutely looked at Maria, "Yes, Dr.Maria, please ask."

She pointed to nurse Angelina who was standing outside, "What are you guys talking about all day? What happened at the hospital today?"

The little nurse frantically shook her head, "No no no, Dr.Maria you must be mistaken, we worked very seriously today, we didn't say anything,..."

Maria leaned against the plug, and waved her hand, "Come here, talking, standing so far away is too difficult to talk."

The little nurse moved two more steps, and stood more than 2m away from Maria.

"D.r Maria, it's really nothing, you don't have to be curious, I'm heartbroken for you so I don't want to say it in front of you."

Maria's temples twitched, looking at the reaction of the person in front of her, she mumbled, "Do I really have a rumored lover? Anatolia isn't fooling me."

When the little nurse heard her words, her pupils involuntarily widened, "Doctor Maria, aren't you angry? With your rumored lover, are you talking about Dr. Berklee?"

Maria doubted, "Dr. Berklee? Who is Dr.Berklee?"

The little nurse froze in fear, looked at Maria with trembling lips, and looked left and right, "Dr.Maria, don't scare me."

Maria was speechless, pounding the table, pretending to be menacing, "Tell me, what happened?"

A minute later, the little nurse, trembling with fear, said, "There are rumors in the hospital that you and Dr. Berklee have been madly in love with each other for two years. You must have known about this?" The little nurse probed.

Maria was really speechless, "Dr. Berklee in the pediatric department?" She was bewildered at first, then tried to dig through the man's head, for a moment. After a while, he had the slightest impression, "Ah, I remember, he's the head of pediatrics, isn't he?"

The little nurse twitched the corner of her mouth, "You're right, he's the head of pediatrics." The little girl continued, "But early this morning, our chat group started spreading the rumor that Dr. Berklee and Dr. Kate, who is in the same room with you, are on their honeymoon."

"So?" Maria was neither quick nor slow to take a sip of water.

The little nurse didn't know what to say, "That's why everyone feels that you've been betrayed, afraid that you're stuck in your heart, so... don't tell you."

Maria, "Do you think so?"

The little nurse nodded and began to comfort her, "Doctor Maria, don't be sad, based on your ability and reputation in the hospital, you can absolutely beat Dr. Kate. Forever supporting you!" After saying that, she raised her hand to cheer, then turned around and ran out.

Maria sat down in disappointment.

Turning out in the eyes of everyone, she had escaped the single life and her lover was Dr. Berklee?

After knowing everything, Maria helplessly put down her cell phone. She couldn't help but restart her spirit to avoid looking like the victim.

All eyes of sympathy and sympathy from everyone turned to her. Maria stood in front of the hospital gate and reminisced about the mess that happened today.

First, on the plane, she met a guy with a hostile attitude to society and was slashed with a knife, then was "betrayed" by her rumored lover in the eyes of everyone. After that, all the hospital staff sympathized with her, the complicated feeling at this time made her unable to speak.

Maria stroked her face and carried her injured arm home.

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Thinking that everyone was no longer interested in yesterday's event, unexpectedly the next morning, as soon as Maria went to the hospital gate the next morning, she met a few colleagues with sympathetic eyes looking at her. Maria was miserable and speechless.

But just as she lifted her foot, she saw a Maybach coming from a distance, slowly stopping in front of her.

Maria looked at the front seat in bewilderment.

A man sitting in the driver's seat rolled down the window and raised his eyes, "Get in the car."

Maria looked at this person, she realized at a glance, that it was not a waste to be a person with a passion for beauty, in her heart she was constantly appreciating, wow, this face was so handsome.

The man in the car had changed, no longer as serious as they were on the plane in the morning, with a few extra lazy arbitrary parts. The edge of his face was so beautiful that Maria was absorbed in looking at him, not paying attention to what he was saying.

She was a little embarrassed, raised her hand to stroke her hair,

"Hello! Are you...looking for me?"

The corner of the man's lips raised a smile and nodded.

"Can I help you?"

"Of course." Daniel's fingers tapped the steering wheel, "Besides, it's the most important thing in life."

Maria, "???!!!"

Her eyebrows furrowed, remembering the unusual words of the two on the plane, "I..."

Daniel's hand hung arbitrarily on the car door, "Maria, your name is Maria, right?"

Maria stood in shock, "How do you know?"

"Get in the car first." The man repeated.

Maria: "?????" But she still wanted to work.

After a while, she looked at the eyes that were staring at them around and had to sit in the car.

Daniel threw the phone at her, "Let's check it out."

Maria looked down at the screen.

Yesterday's news. Below, people discuss extremely enthusiastically.

[My city of Los Angeles is really a place where talent appears everywhere, look at this doctor's face, she can completely rely on beauty ​​to live, it's not bad to be a Hollywood star, but she wants to rely on ability.]

[The bloody situation is no joke! Heartbreaking for the little doctor!]

[There's also the man next to her, it's really handsome. Damned! This face angle is too beautiful.]

[This gangster is afraid of evolving into a pervert! He is infected and wants the whole world to end his life? This is a person with social revenge, see me I kick off the plane. Damned! Heartbreaking for that doctor!]

.....

Besides that, there was also Maria's personal information, the workplace had been stripped by the media, below the comments there were many people who said they wanted to send gifts to her.

[Oh my God! That hospital is far from my house, I didn't expect such a great beauty to be near me.]

[I'm also nearby, I think I've seen this doctor Maria before.]

Maria watched while laughing sarcastically, "It's not in vain that I left a puddle of blood."

But she was also a bit surprised, she didn't know what the person next to her was, all of her information had been exposed, but this person only has a small number of photos, not even his name.

The man beside her did not express any opinion on this, started the car, and left the hospital, "Where do you live?"

Maria looked up at the car going away, and impatiently said, "Hey, I still have to go to work today."

"I helped you ask for a two-hour break," Daniel said spiritedly.

Maria's hand stopped, "Huh? Can you help me ask for leave?"

Daniel glanced at her, "You can call to confirm."

After talking on the phone, Maria sighed, "Who are you... who are you?"

"Your future husband!" Daniel raised his hand to look at his watch, "Time is running out, let's go get married."

Maria, "???!!!"

Maria looked at the man who was steadily driving the car in horror, "Isn't it? Want to get married?"

"Why don't you want to?" Daniel asked again.

Maria hesitated, "It is true that I also want to get married right now to settle down, but it seems a bit too quick to get married right now."

"Quick?" Daniel looked at her suspiciously, "Isn't it done on the plane? What are you still worried about?"

Maria stammered speechless.

Only listening to Daniel seemed to suddenly remember, and began to introduce himself, "Yesterday in a hurry before I could say it, I'm Daniel, a special forces soldier of the US army who was discharged from the army yesterday."

Before she could fully digest his words, Daniel continued to talk about his family, "Family of four, parents, there's a younger sister..."

Listening to him speak more and more information, Maria hastily interrupted, "Don't, stop talking, let me calm down a bit."

Daniel's car speed did not slow down because of Maria's hesitation, listening to that, he just kept silent.

Moments later, Maria couldn't help but ask, "I want to get married, the reason is being urged to get married, what about you? Are you also being urged to get married?"

Daniel's expression didn't change at all, Maria couldn't guess what he was thinking, "If I get married, I can inherit property."

"Huh?" Once again Maria showed her fear, she didn't know that this person in front of her had such a background, inherited the property, and had to get married first?

"With your conditions, the marriage target must be a lot, why me?"

"It's okay, we just met." Daniel calmly said, having the feeling that marriage in his eyes was just like going to the supermarket to choose a white radish, not giving Maria any sense of accomplishment.

"Okay, you win," Maria admitted.

If the family had no problems, they had money, and had just returned from serving the country, there would be no intention to kidnap or sell her. Maria thought it was quite reassuring.

Moreover, this person's look and his body shape, Maria instinctively licked her lower lip. Every day looking at him was also quite eye-catching for her.

Maria secretly thought.

Only heaven knew that Maria was the type of person who was passionate about beauty, on the plane with her hands bleeding profusely, she could still approach this man to ask for a phone number.