Chicken

Through out the whole week, a lot of events happened. During the first official day of the hospital, there were already a lot of patients being admitted and also transferred. 

I think I have under estimated the job as the director of the hospital. It's so tiring! Not only do I have to make sure that the hospital will function smoothly but I also have to operate. I asked for this. Daddy actually never wanted me to continue to operate on patients but I feel like my purpose of being a surgeon would be lost. 

So here I am, stuck in a meeting with the man himself. I actually wondered why his office was right in front of mine, so I asked Ally about it. She told me that it was actually their father's decision to let him have an office in the hospital. His father has not officially declared that he is the official CEO yet of the Ford Empire not until he can prove to his dad that he can multi-task of learning to be the CEO and being the legal representative of the hospital. 

He doesn't say much during meetings. 

Finally, it's now over. It's also my day-off tomorrow after working for a week straight. I need to catch up on sleep. Before heading back to my office, I visited some departments and see how they were doing. 

"Good morning Dr. Manuel", people greeted me as I passed by. I returned them with a smile and let them continue doing their jobs. 

"Hello, Dr. Ford. You seem wrecked!" I went over to Ally's office and I just saw files of her patients on her desk. She looked like she was a walking zombie! Well look who's talking, I look like a wreck myself.

She glanced at me, "Best friend, I didn't know being a head surgeon of my department can be this stressful!" She complained. 

"When are you off?" I asked her. She looked at her scheduled and said, "I'm off two days from now." What a bummer! Our schedules don't even match. I bid her goodbye to let her continue with what she was doing. I didn't want to disturb her. 

I know I was being dramatic about the fact that Ezekiel's office was adjacent to mine, however it didn't bother me that much as he is never there. He's either having some legal whatever things or he is busy running his company. 

I quickly grabbed my bag and placed my white coat on the hanger on my little closet here in my office. The moment I went out, Ezekiel also went out of his office. What a coincidence! 

The both of us walked over towards the elevator. It was awkward. There was just silence in the air. It got more tense when a lot of people got into the elevator which forced us to be squished together. I tried moving but it was not effective. 

We were so close to the point that I could feel his warm breath against my ear. I tried to remain calm as possible. Why does our office have to be in the top floor! More people went inside the elevator which squished us more. Now it was more awkward. My butt was directly in front of his penis. 

"Four more floors Soleil. Four more floors", I told myself. 

Something was moving. I knew what it was yet I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I heard him let out a deep sigh. A sigh that has frustrations in it. I gave him a fucking death stare. My god! Can't he control his boner?? He just smirked back at me. 

Finally, that hell of a ride was over. I walked towards my car. So did he. I'm still annoyed at him. I'm sure as hell he fucking enjoyed it. 

"See you tomorrow, baby." He said before entering his car. 

"In your dreams, Atty. Ford! And please stop calling me baby. I'm not yours." I replied in frustrations. Is he okay in the head? Calling me baby as if we were together. 

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There was a continuous ringing from my phone. What the heck? I didn't  set any alarm for today! It was my day off and I planned to sleep as long as I like. I tried to sleep back yet my phone won't shut up.

"Hello?" I answered

"Sweetie, where are you?" My dad asked. 

I did not remember about having a schedule today, so why is he calling me so damn early in the morning? 

"Daddy, it's my day off. I'm sleeping." I replied

I could hear a lot of children in the background. Shit! We have a free medical check-up today! Soleil, how can you forget??

"Sweetie, come here as soon as you can. We are waiting. The Ford's are waiting." He said before ending the call. 

I took a shower as quickly as I can and picked just a simple outfit. There was no time to do my hair so I just decided to put it up in a bun. I grabbed a quick bite of bread and made a coffee. I am so tired. 

The free medical check-up was around the slums area. As I arrived there were already a lot of people lining up waiting to be checked. 

I saw Ally and Rain. "I thought tomorrow was your day-off?" I asked Ally as I gave Rain a hug

"Yes but my dad made me go here today. It's grand tho! I like doing things like this!" She said cheerfully. 

I wish I have her energy right now. I sat with them and started checking the people that were lining up. It's such a pity to see them like this. Why are there a lot of poverty in the Philippines. If I just had all the money in the world, I'd give all of them a better life. 

During lunch, Ezekiel arrived with food that he ordered from Jollibee. We took a break from seeing people and gathered around the tent. I know for a fact he did not remember that I was allergic to chicken as he got mostly chicken and there were only a few burger steak but god knows where they went. 

I was about to take a bite from the chicken when Rain saw me and took a sit beside me. 

"Ma cherie, you know you can't eat that. You're going to have a severe allergic reaction." He reminded me. 

He was about to give me his burger steak when Ezekiel grabbed my hand and took me away from Rain. 

"What the fuck?!" I said to him. "What the hell's wrong with you?" I said angrily. 

He offered me a seat and took something from the bag. He opened it and place it in front of me. It was a lot of burger steak with I think three cups of rice? So he remembered that I was allergic to chicken. 

I somewhat felt touched. 

"Eat." He commanded.

"Do you think I'm a pig? I can't finish all of these!" I fired back

He touched the bridge of his nose as if he was holding something back, "You haven't been eating a lot. Look at you, you're like a fucking stick. So finish all of them." He replied

"You didn't have to give me these. Rain was about to swap food with me." I informed him

I could see something in his eyes. I had a hard time trying to find what emotion it is I see in his eyes. 

"Don't ever accept another food from him, Soleil. It should just be me." 

Jealousy.

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