Looking at her happy face , Zach couldn't control himself from patting her head.
Feeling his hand on her head, she froze. Looking at her shocked expression he realised, he shouldn't act so touchy, when they barely know each other.
He coughed a little feeling awkward.
Just then her phone rang at a perfect time to dissipate the awkwardness between them.
However, her face changed a little looking at the caller ID, she hurriedly bid her farewell and walked away from Zach.
"Hello"
"Tonight 8pm, times Square, usual spot" came a low male voice.
"Okay" she replied without any hesitation
She stared at the screen for a long time until it turned dark, her eyes filled with unknown ripples of emotions.
••••••••
Samantha got herself a strong latte before she went back to Ethan's ward.
There was another visitor inside the ward other than Tang, a gracefully dressed middle aged lady, with a worried look on her face.
Ethan was leaning on the bedhead with his eyes closed and a ghastly pale face. She hurried to the bed "What happened?"
"He just throwed his guts out" Tang replied,
"Let me see, did he eat anything?" When she entered the ward earlier, she had caught a whiff of seafood, but she didn't want to embarrass the lady by directly pointing it out.
"Yes yes he just ate fish soup but..." Mrs Go explained frantically.
"Actually Ma'am he shouldn't be eating seafood now when he's running a high fever"
Samantha explained patiently, not every person is aware of what to feed and what to not feed the patient. This was her duty to take care of these things anyway.
She feels like she was failing as a nurse.
"But he loves fish soup, usually when I cook it for him"
"Actually ma'am, seafoods are not a good option for the patients, who had just been operated as it usually slows down the process of healing. Moreover, if the patient is having a fever, the fishy smell of the soup might make them nauseous" Samantha explained patiently to the lady, now she was sure this lady must be his mother.
Samantha then rushed to inject the IV drip on his wrist.
She touched his forehead to check his body temperature, thankfully his fever was gone now.
She covered his body with the quilt after wiping his face with a wet towel, heaving a sigh of relief she looked at Mrs Go and assured " He will be fine after a while"
Mrs Go nodded and smiled at her"thank you"
"It's my job" Samantha said, with a polite smile
•••••••
When Ethan woke up it was already late in the evening.
"Are you alright, honey" Mrs Go asked
Ethan looked at his mother, her eyes were red, like she would cry the next moment
"Yeah" he nodded hurriedly, he's the most afraid of his mother's tears
"Are you still nauseous? Do you still feel like puking?" Samantha interrogated, as she walked closer to his bed.
Ethan stared at her face, her hair was in a bun, some loose hair hanging down her bare face, she didn't had any makeup on. She looked so innocent and pure.
Samantha stepped back a little feeling awkward by his intense stare.
'Can you not be so pervert, atleast in front of your mother'
His mother noticed it too, something is definately wrong with her son, why is he staring at the nurse, with this gentle eyes of his.
Tang coughed a little to gain his friend's attention and... Yeyy!!! he succeeded
Ethan finally looked away.