Hera asked Catherine and the others to rest in the living room in the western wing. Afterward, she headed to the consulting room to finish treating the remaining two patients for the day.
After the nurse escorted the last patient out, Hera shut the door to the consulting room before typing out the patient's medical records on the computer. At that moment, someone knocked on the door before entering.
"I've seen all the patients for the day. I'm not accepting any walk-ins..." Before she could finish speaking, she looked up and saw Tyler leaning against the door, grinning at her.
Tyler said while glancing at his watch, "I don't just want your thanks. Since it's almost time for dinner, you should treat me. Besides, I helped you last night as well, so you owe me twice. Let's eat before we go for a drink."
Hera was about to respond when Tyler added, "You get drunk easily, so you don't have to drink. Watching me drink is good enough."
With that, Hera did not reject him. After all, she had something to discuss with him. "Alright, but not tonight. My family is here, so we'll do this some other day."
"Alright then." Tyler was slightly annoyed.
Suddenly, he recalled something. "Oh right, you should turn off the 'Do Not Disturb' function for my personal number so that I can contact you anytime."
Hera peered at him suspiciously. "In the past, you never answered my messages. Did you set up a 'Do Not Disturb' function for my number?"
How would he have known if he wasn't familiar with the function? He was actually aware that she had set his number under the "Do Not Disturb" mode.
Tyler uncomfortably cleared his throat and refused to admit anything. "What are you talking about? I'm very busy. How could I have the time to answer your silly questions every day?"
Hera stared at him suspiciously, clearly not believing a word. In the end, under Tyler's gaze, Hera disabled the "Do Not Disturb" function on his personal phone number. Only then did he turn to leave with satisfaction.
Hera checked her list of messages and saw Bernard's conversation. His last message was still the voice note from 3:00 am.
How could he even win her over? He was so bad at it.
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Meanwhile, the Everetts were chatting in the living room of the western wing. By then, Catherine and Lilith felt much better.
As for Nicholas, he had completed his duty to supervise and entered as well. Unlike his unruly behavior earlier, he obediently sat on the couch and greeted everyone.
"Mr. Sanderson, thank you for what you did earlier."
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