Pearl was really good at suppressing her emotions by busying herself with her job and studies. She had mastered it during the past seven years.
The afternoon Zellweger Group announced Richard and Adriana's wedding, she'd completed totally three operations. She went home at 11.pm and was so tired that she even had no strength left to take a shower, except to lay on sofa.
She then got a a voice message from Ethan.
Pearl turned on the speaker and played the message. "Babe! I I'll be back two days later! Wait for me!"
The word "babe" made the hair at the back of her neck stand. "No, you'd better not come back." She quickly replied.
"How could I? I wanna check out my precious daughter! You're done for if you're not taking good care of her!" Ethan said.
Due to his playboy personality, Ethan could not live a peaceful life, so he devoted all his love for Bonny.
Bonny was actually similar as Ethan in some way.
Refusing to talk further with Ethan, Pearl left her phone on the sofa and went to take a shower.
There were many things in her mind. First, she had Dr. Wale's thesis to worry about. Also, she had to do lots of operations for the next few days and will get her new job at the Ocpeace Medical University soon. She couldn't think of any other things now.
For the next week, Pearl was busy in the hospital.
She didn't need to worry about her children since they were staying with her father. She worked overtime almost everyday. Even Dr. Wale was a little worried about her.
"I'll arrange someone else do the operation tonight, okay? Why are you working so hard lately?"
"I'm fine." Pearl took a sip of tea and said, "I'll go home when I'm finish it."
"Enough." Dr. Wale shot her a glare. "Go home early today. Look at yourself! If you keep working like this, you're gonna look like a 40-year-old woman."
Then Dr. Wale turned towards the doctor next to him, "I'll do the operation tonight. If the patient's unwilling to compromise, delay it to next week."
The doctor smiled, "But you're the top surgeon here! no patient would turn you down."
Dr. Wale stared at Pearl, teasing: "I fear that this hardworking lady over here will soon take my place in this hospital."
Pearl was speechless. Looking at them, she just smiled.
Since her operation has been canceled, Pearl was about to pick up her children from her father when she received a call.
It was an unsaved number. "Hello?" Pearl answered it suspiciously.
"Is this Ms Yonng?"
The female voice sounded a bit familiar. Pearl finally recognised it after a moment and asked, "Oh, is this Miss Perez?"
Miss Perez was responsible for student admission procedures of BlueSky Elementary School.
After she paid the tuition fees, Pearl was informed that her children could begin their schooling in September.
"Yeah, it's me."
"Miss Perez, what can I do for you?"
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