7. Operation

Adrian approached Nadine who was leaning her head on the chair.

"You can go home now."

Nadine straightened up and found Adrian already standing in front of her. She didn't hear what Adrian said at all.

"Huh?"

Adrian looked impatient to repeat his words.

"You can go home now!"

His voice rose when he saw Nadine's blank face. Making Benjamin turn his head in their direction and tell him not to make a noise.

"Ssshh...."

Adrian sighed and looked back at Nadine who was still stunned.

"Home? I asked my father to tell Jim to go home when he finished dropping us off."

Adrian then took out his cell phone and was ready to call Henry.

"There's no need to kick me out like that. I decided to wait until Marie's surgery is over and see her doctor."

Nadine immediately explained why she didn't want to go home. Hearing Nadine's answer, Adrian looked annoyed.

"Doctor?"

Benjamin who heard the doctor's words then came to the both of them.

"Miss Nadine? Why do you need to see my mother's doctor?"

Nadine sighed as Benjamin interrogated her.

"Haaaah... Benji..."

When Benjamin heard his nickname he immediately glanced at Adrian.

"I just wanted to talk to him about the new hospital. You know I need his recommendation for a new hospital."

Nadine's statement had made Adrian and Benjamin silent. Nadine let out a heavy sigh and talked again.

"Haaaah.... You can come with me to see the doctor if you don't believe me."

Adrian and Benjamin's pride is still too high to trust Nadine.

"We can take care of it by ourselves and will tell you which hospital the doctor recommends to us."

Nadine chuckled hearing Adrian's words.

"Tsk... It's the same if I take care of it right away. So I can directly ask Anna to process it tomorrow."

"Is that what you want, Miss Nadine?"

Benjamin's question made Nadine frown. She crossed her legs and her hands preparing to hear another of Benjamin's accusations.

"So that we owe you and threaten Adrian not to leave you?"

Nadine is surprised by Benjamin's guess at her. If it had happened in the past she would give Benjamin big applause for guessing her plan correctly.

But it's different now, she has other plans for Adrian and his family.

"Is that right Nadine?"

Not immediately getting an answer from Nadine, Adrian again asked Nadine.

A small laugh escaped Nadine's mouth. She leaned back again and looked up at them with a smirk.

"Even if I do that, will Adrian obey me?"

Adrian and Benjamin were silent, not answering Nadine's question.

"He won't, right? Besides, I actually wanted to cancel our wedding. Isn't it right Adrian?"

Benjamin gaped at Nadine's statement.

"Huh!!! Is that so brother?"

Adrian didn't want to answer Benjamin's question. He remained silent and glared at Nadine.

"Never mind.... I don't want to seek your attention. I also don't want to cause trouble for both of you. I just want to fix my problems with you and pay my debts to you. So cooperate with me, will you?"

Adrian, who was annoyed, just clenched his fists and left Nadine. Benjamin, who wanted to be angry with Nadine, just pointed his finger at her, the curse words can't come out from his mouth. And followed Adrian back to their seats.

Nadine followed them with the corner of her eye. Her sight ended the operation which was still closed.

"Haaaah.... I've been in that room once."

Nadine remembered the night she lost her son. He doesn't know who took her to the hospital. All she knew when she opened her eyes, the first sight she saw was a silent hospital room.

Then Anna with a confused and panicked face came to her not long after she opened her eyes.

No one visited her at all. Although Henry calls almost every day, Henry doesn't visit her at all, instead he chooses to finish his business affairs outside the city.

"It was really sad then."

Again Nadine glanced at the operating room. Remember when she was there, Marie once sent food through Anna but she immediately refused and threw it away. Her anger and disappointment toward Adrian made her hate everyone. And unknowingly forget the love of people who sincerely worry about her.

"Nadine... Nadine... You should treat people who were nice to you in the past better now."

Almost four hours passed, and the operating room door finally opened. Seeing the doctor who treated Marie, Adrian and Benjamin immediately approached him. Nadine also followed them to see the doctor.

"The operation went well."

The relief can be seen on the faces of the three.

"Doctor... When will we be able to move Marie to a new hospital?"

The doctor was looking at Nadine strangely. He never saw the woman. And now he was asking things that should only be consulted with the family.

"Eehmm.... And you are?"

The doctor asked Nadine who was seriously waiting for an answer from the doctor.

"She's the wife of my cousin doc. Tonight they just got married. She'll be the one helping with the hospital transfer."

Benjamin's explanation made the doctor nod his head and give Nadine an explanation.

"Oh you are a family member now. Congratulations on your wedding."

Nadine smiled at the doctor's congratulations. Then the doctor continued his explanation.

"Post-surgery recovery can take one to two weeks. You can arrange for the hospital transfer for that long."

Nadine seemed to think and asked the question again.

"Doctors, do you have any recommendations? Which hospital has the best rehabilitation facilities."

Then the doctor mentioned several names of hospitals that could be used as a reference for Nadine. Nadine listened carefully.

Nadine's serious face made Adrian and Benjamin slightly surprised. Because Nadine looks so serious about transferring Marie to the hospital with the best facilities in the city.

"Adrian? Are you sure your wife didn't want anything from us?"

Benjamin's question didn't get any answer from Adrian who still glared at Nadine.

"Okay doctor. Thank you, we will take care of it tomorrow."

The doctor said goodbye to the three of them.

"You can go home Adrian. I will accompany my mother here."

Adrian will reject Benjamin's suggestion but Benjamin insists on it.

"Just rest. After all, only one person is allowed to accompany her."

"It's okay I'll wait outside."

Adrian still insists. Nadine, who seemed to have been forgotten by both of them, immediately cut off their conversation.

"I'm done with my business here. I'll take care of it tomorrow."

Adrian and Benjamin immediately turned to Nadine. And only got a smirk from Nadine.

"Please continue your fight. Bye Adi... Benji..."

The both of them just stared and looked at each other when Nadine left the two of them.

"Since when did you turn into Adi?"

Adrian just snorted his annoyance to hear Benjamin mocking him.

"Ha ha never mind you better go home now. I don't want you to get in trouble with Mr. Henry and Miss Nadine."

Adrian nodded and said goodbye to Benjamin. And rushed towards the exit door.

"Hopefully what you say is true, Miss Nadine. I don't want to cause Adrian any more trouble."

Benjamin shook his head and saw Adrian go out.

***

"Haaah... No cellphone, no wallet. You are too confident to go home alone, Nadine."

Nadine talked to herself as she waited for the taxi.

"I can call a taxi for you."

Nadine immediately turned to hear Adrian's voice behind her.

"Huh? You're not accompanying Benjamin?"

Adrian just chuckled and approached Nadine while opening his cellphone and starting to order a taxi.

"Could you send us two tax-..."

Nadine immediately cut Adrian's words.

"Just one... We can go home together right? If you want."

Adrian chuckled again and corrected his taxi order. Adrian closed his phone and looked at the watch in his hand.

"They said they'd be here in about 15 minutes."

Nadine nodded in response to Adrian's words.

"Haaah.... It seems almost midnight."

"Huh.."

Nadine again briefly answered Adrian's words. But then her eyes popped out and turned to Adrian who was beside her.

"What!"

Adrian snapped at her in surprise because of the expression on Nadine's face.

Nadine then just took a deep breath and seemed to think again.

"So you were here that night."

Adrian only glanced at Nadine because he didn't hear what Nadine said at all.

It wasn't long before their taxi came and took them home. Along the way, the two of them were silent, lost in their own thoughts.

Adrian who thinks about his aunt and Nadine who gets a surprise from her past again. Nadine finally knows where her husband went on their wedding night.

***

"Miss Nadine... Mr. Adrian's belongings have been put in his room."

Adrian looks surprised by the words of the maid at Nadine's house.

"My room?"

Nadine, who was still talking to her maid, turned to Adrian.

"Yes... I've prepared a room for you."

Seeing the confusion on Adrian's face, Nadine teased him.

"Or do you want to share a room with me?"

Adrian looked annoyed and immediately approached the maid in front of him who laughed at Nadine's words.

"Please take me to the room."

"Tsk.... It's really hard to make jokes with you now."

Adrian didn't respond at all and went straight to his room.

Nadine just shook her head and walked towards her room too.

"Haah... That night you chose to stay awake in the living room without wanting to enter my room. Now you're asking why I prepared your own room."

Nadine didn't immediately fall asleep that night. He was still looking for information about the hospital for Marie.

She wanted to pay for her past mistakes and make sure Marie could walk again now. After selecting a hospital for Marie she emails it to Anna so she can process Marie's transfer. Then she rests her head on the table but exhaustion takes her to a dream world.

***

Riiing Riiing

The sound of the phone on Nadine's desk woke her up.

"Hemm... Yes hello?"

Nadine, who had just woken up, tried to concentrate on taking the call. When she heard a familiar voice she immediately woke up.

"Anna.... You called so early in the morning."

She greeted Anna while looking at the clock in her room which still showed 06.30. The house was still quiet so Anna's voice could be heard clearly in the room.

"Miss Nadine? What is the meaning of your email?"

Nadine got up from her seat and straightened her body because her body was stiff, sleeping all night in that chair.

"Isn't it clear?"

Anna took a deep breath. Nadine imagined that her assistant must be very upset.

"Why did you facilitate her transfer to hospitals?"

Nadine then sat on her bed and lay down.

"Heem.... She's my husband's aunt so she's my aunt now. So it's okay to help her right?"

Again Anna sighed.

"Haaah.... I hope you don't make Mr. Henry angry again."

Nadine smiled faintly.

"Don't worry I'll tell dad today at the office.... I'll also explain all the procedures to you today..."

Anna was silent for a moment and seemed at a loss to start a conversation.

"Today? Ehmm.... Miss Nadine? Don't you remember?"

Nadine, who was still enjoying her comfortable bed, didn't really care about Anna's question.

"Remember what?"

"Huh!"

Anna sounded surprised by Nadine's answer. But Nadine, who was ready to fall back asleep, didn't seem to care at all.

"You took a week off to go on your honeymoon. Why did you come to the office today?"

Nadine immediately got up from her bed and screamed.

"Oh my God! How could I forget that!"