Chapter 40 Offer

<Mia>

I looked at him in wonder.

"I hug you more and so that no one can take you away from me." He whispered in my ear. I was surrounded.

"You're not really sweet! Stop it, you're getting corny!”

He just hugged me again.

We even flirt at his clinic until someone called him.

I don't know if we are okay because no one apologized to us, we just congratulated ourselves.

I went out of his clinic while I was waiting for him. I'm here outside the hospital having coffee. There are coffee shops and restaurants that are very close. There are many restaurants and shops nearby.

I was here for a few minutes. I counted the money I was holding and the fare was just right. Because Ethan hates his cars, he doesn't want to lend me one since I crashed one of his cars.

I slumped over the table as I thought about the money I had spent.

"Hey, girl who doesn't bathe!" I jumped in shock when something surprised me. I was holding my head instead of my heart. I hit my head.

"What are you doing here?!" I shouted at him angrily when I saw him.

He just laughed at me and sat in front of me. He's all in black.

"You stink!" I complained to him and covered my nose. He smells like the sun.

He smelled himself, "not really, ah." He said while continuing to smell himself, "you too haven't showered in two days. You haven't heard any complaints from me so don't tell me that!” He rewarded me.

“What are you doing here again, huh?! Ethan might see you!” I said angrily and hit him with the magazine I was holding. I took it from Ethan's clinic earlier so I wouldn't look like a fool here because I was alone.

I removed the covering from my nose.

"I'm here to remind you to take a shower." He pissed me off.

I glared at him, "even if I don't take a bath every day, I still smell good." I tortured him and threw the magazine at him. He needs something from me again so he is here and how did he know that I am here?

He laughed and I looked around, he caught someone's attention. "Are you joking?! Bathing is daily not three times a week.” He scratched his nose and raised his leg.

"Who said you have to take a shower every day?" I sniffed.

I haven't heard anything from Ethan that I smell bad, ah. Also, doctors do not recommend that you need to take a bath every day.

"You're too lazy to take a bath," he scolded.

"Doctors don't recommend that, duh." I will stand up to him.

"You're different. You're so stupid, I wonder how you became an architect, you're so stupid." He judges me.

He speaks badly.

"Of course, the person next to me in college was smart and then I asked for a blessing, right? The old man spit on me!” I shouted at him.

He laughed loudly while shaking his head.

"Give me money again." He showed me his palm asking for money.

"What?! I just gave it to you!” I don't want it anymore, my savings are low and I might not be able to leave yet. I plan to stay away and let Ethan take care of his life. My plan will still continue and I will find myself because I suddenly disappeared. That's the reason for the new ones. Supposedly looking for yourself but there is actually something new. More reason!

"Besides, how did you know I was here?!" I whispered in shock. I lowered my voice so that the people could hear what we were talking about.

"Of course I put a tracking device."

I felt myself and looked for the tracking device he said.

"You're so stupid," he said shaking his head as he watched me fumble with myself.

“I probably followed you. I saw you leave so I thought of following you. Actually, I just came back.”

I stopped what I was doing and faced him again.

"I'm not your sugar mommy so stop me." You're draining my savings, huhu." I beg him.

"then, ask your husband. That's a lot of money. Or, so your father is good." He grinned.

I looked away, "I won't be given that." I said in a low voice.

"You won't be given it? After all, you used to steal so that you could have another date with your girlfriend who also changed you." He laughed.

I glared at him more.

“You prick!” I tried to reach him to hit him but he dodged.

"Give it to me if you don't want me to tell your family about the silly things you do." He grinned, "what if your good father finds out that we are seeing each other." His grin widened.

I clenched my fist. Pops will be mad at me when he finds out this guy and I are seeing each other. Maybe I'll be killed forever because of the many mistakes I've made.

I need to see a handsome doctor because I'm going to be highblooded with this man.

"I hope you are aware that you are very nervous."

"I've known that for a long time, you don't need to remind me." He smiled sweetly at me.

This guy really annoys me. He is good at blackmail.

"Are you blackmailing me?"

"Depends, if you want me to blackmail you."

He is now busy getting his hair cut.

"I have nothing more to give you."

My savings were completely depleted and everything went to him. I hate that part. Feel offended. If I could sell my resentment, I would have done it and I would give the money I earned to him.

"I need fifteen thousand."

I didn't answer.

I don't want to blackmail him. Besides, he's overdoing it.

He made me his sugar mommy and bank twenty seven is open.

If he didn't have my secrets, I wouldn't let him do this. I can't bear the consequences of when Pops finds out everything. It's really going to kill me and he might actually take me from Ethan.

That father of mine wasn't kidding me. He is a businessman and he has many connections to knock me down.

He's kind, he always gives me gifts but he's very homophobic and he wants to be the one to follow in my life.

I have a homophobic parent and I have dictators who are grandfathers in-laws. It's good to live tomato flavor.

“Hermoine, stop me. I really have nothing more to give you." I begged him seriously, "my savings are just a little empty. Yunnie and I's travel funds also went to you."

"Give me that little bit. I need the money now Mia! My creditors are after me." He whispered and looked around as if someone was watching us.

"I don't want it anymore, why are you making me feel sorry for you? Besides, it's your fault. Pops doesn't want me to be with you and we'll meet again… if I'm stupid, you're out of luck." I reciprocate the more he insults me. I would also say that his feet must stink but he never told me that.

"Give me the money,"

"You can gamble but you don't have alum to buy! Your feet still stink!”

"Yes! Yes! You say a lot, give me money. I need it now!"

"I do not want! Stop me!” I refuse.

"You do not want?"

“Yes! I don't want it, ask someone else."

"You really don't want to?"

“Yes! Over and over again! Go back to elementary school!”

"Alright, I'm going to your parents' house to find out and the truth will come out. I will also tell your husband that we are married and that you cheated on me, and worst you are just using him for your own interest."

I paled at what he said.

*

"DOC Ethan, a beautiful lady is looking for you." Said a doctor who was with Ethan who called him from his clinic here at the hospital.

He has many clinics. That clinic at the hospital was originally one of the doctors here. It seems that he is only a substitute when he is in a meeting or there is an important walk that needs to be walked or things that need to be fixed. He actually has an independent clinic.

"I'm not expecting any visitors, Doc." They answered with a frown and turned to the hallway. The nurses they meet greet them and just nod at them.

They are both wearing scrub suits.

"I heard her name is Fairy? Your grandfather is talking to him now." It impressed him.

Ethan's face contorted upon hearing the woman's name.

"I heard she invested as well," he muttered.

They turned left and continued walking.

"Doc Mendoza and Doc Quino," greeted a surgeon they passed by.

"Hey, how's your duty?" Doc Quino asked the tired surgeon.

"I just finished a thirty-five-hour shift," the surgeon replied wearily as he joined them in their walk.

He looked exhausted and sleep-deprived.

"I heard your grandfather's surgeon is sponsoring your education," Doc Chaven, another surgeon, said to Ethan, who remained silent.

"We're heading to see him. Want to come along?" Doc Quino invited the surgeon.

"Maybe later, I'll visit him too because I have something to ask. I need to get some sleep first," he yawned. His dark eye bags showed how worn out he was.

"I see," Doc Quino chuckled. "You can do it, doc!" he cheerfully encouraged the surgeon.

"Yeah, this is my stop."

They bid farewell to the surgeon and entered a room, leaving the two of them walking together.

"Have you accepted your grandfather's offer yet?" Doc Quino asked Ethan.

Ethan shrugged. "It's a significant opportunity, and surgeon doctors earn more than us medical doctors. But the disadvantage is they have duty hours that can exceed twenty-four hours," he said with a smile.

"I'm considering it too, but I want to be a scientist."

"Think it through carefully. You can also be an asset to this hospital, and they'll cover all your expenses for your studies," Doc Quino insisted.

Ethan fell silent, deep in thought.

"We're here," Doc Quino informed Ethan, and he opened the door for both of them.

They found Ethan's grandfather studying something on the monitor.

Doc Quino cleared his throat to get the old man's attention.

Doc Quino and the grandfather greeted each other.

"Doc Ethan, have you thought about my offer?" the grandfather asked his grandson.

"I haven't fully considered it yet, Doc McLean, but I'm contemplating it," Ethan replied, following them to a mini-meeting room.

They had different surnames because they were children of his mother's twin from outside the family. His mom is a McLean, and he briefly used that surname when he was younger, but his legal papers carried the name Mendoza, which he eventually started using since it was his registered name.

He had never seen his father either. He didn't even know anything about the man and didn't have a single picture of him. He wondered if his father was aware of their existence. He had no idea about the history between his mother and his legal father; all he knew was that their relationship was never a smooth one.

They also suspected having a twin sibling out there from their mother's affairs, but they had no concrete knowledge of it. Anyway, if that conclusion were true, the truth would eventually come out.