Claire Clark followed their gazes toward the emergency room. Sure enough, standing before the hospital director in the hallway was an exceptionally tall and handsome man.
Although he was turned to the side and she couldn’t see his full face, his profile alone, combined with his perfectly proportioned figure, gave off a top-tier impression.
If it weren’t for Damien Vaughn, Claire Clark would have definitely been into his type. But unfortunately, she knew the gold standard of men, Damien Vaughn, and from then on, mere mortals could no longer catch her eye.
"He’s just okay, I guess. Look at how excited you all are. I thought he was someone truly exceptional."
The nurse was surprised by her high standards but quickly understood.
"That’s true. Dr. Clark studied abroad, after all. What kind of handsome foreign men haven’t you seen? Of course you’d find someone like this unremarkable. I’m so jealous, Dr. Clark. I heard you have a boyfriend. With standards this high, he must be really handsome, right?"
"But of course."
Claire Clark smugly smoothed back her hair.
"Alright, the director is right up ahead. Be careful he doesn’t see us slacking off. I’m going to start my rounds. We’ll talk later."
She walked toward the wards in a pleasant mood, but after just a couple of steps, she saw a familiar figure.
’Isn’t that Cecelia Archer?’
’Long time no see. What’s she doing outside the emergency room? Is there a family emergency?’
’Who’s that little boy? Her son?’
’Wow, she actually has a son this old! Don’t tell me he’s Damien Vaughn’s?’
’That damn woman. Doesn’t she know her own situation? She’s dirt poor, yet she had a child and raised him to be this big...’
’What if he really is Damien Vaughn’s...’
The last time, Cecelia Archer had thoroughly embarrassed her in front of Damien Vaughn. Claire Clark never forgot it and had been itching to get her back ever since.
However, she had just returned to the country back then, and her job wasn’t secured yet. Afraid of leaving a bad impression on Damien Vaughn, she had no choice but to focus on work first.
She hadn’t expected that even if she didn’t go looking for Cecelia Archer, Cecelia would deliver herself right to her door.
Pretending she had forgotten something, Claire Clark immediately returned to the nurses’ station with a serious expression.
"Who’s the patient in the emergency room? Let me see your registration records."
The junior nurses had just dispersed, but they gathered around again when they saw her return.
"There’s no registration yet. It must be a critically ill patient transferred from another hospital. Director Mason went to pick them up personally and sent them straight in. See? The patient was brought in by that handsome guy."
’To have both Director Mason and the hospital director involved... this handsome guy must have some serious connections.’
’But if he’s the one who brought the patient, why is Cecelia Archer outside the emergency room?’
"You guys just said this man has a wife and child. You don’t mean her, do you?"
She secretly pointed to Cecelia Archer’s back, and the nurses nodded repeatedly.
"That’s her. They came in together. We saw it clearly. The woman seemed to have suffered a huge shock; she couldn’t even walk steadily. The man was very gentle and kept supporting her."
Claire Clark’s expression instantly turned uglier.
’This handsome guy, the one who mobilized both Director Mason and the hospital director, actually came here with Cecelia Archer?’
’That damn woman! What did she ever do to deserve this!’
’She’s just a single mother with no education and no future. Why is she never short on high-quality men?’
Claire Clark hated hearing others praise Cecelia Archer.
"And you all work in a hospital. What kind of outrageous things haven’t you seen? Do you really have to guess they’re a couple just because a man and a woman are standing together? What if the man was a driver who hit her family member and is just fulfilling his obligation to bring her here?"
That wasn’t an impossibility. Such incidents were common in hospitals.



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