As I walked towards the chairman's office , I felt an ominous feeling build in my heart but I decided to ignore it . The chairman's office was located on the same floor as our department so it did not take me long before I stood in front of his door . I knocked on his door twice and entered after gaining permission .
" Good morning Dr. Francis , you called for me ? " I said
" Good morning Dr. Alexandra , indeed I called for you . Take a seat " said Dr. Francis Jones , the chairman of the hospital .
I thanked him and took a seat . He started speaking after a moment .
" As you can see that day by day I am getting older and I wish to spend the last few years of my life with my wife . I want to retire and take her on a world tour but I don't have an heir to pass on the hospital to , so I have decided to sell the hospital . "
My eyes widened at his words but I quickly regained my composure and nodded at him to tell him to continue .
" I have thought long and hard on this decision . I shared this news with my close friends and told them to tell this news to some trustworthy people who would be interested in buying my hospital . A few people contacted me regarding this matter but I could not make myself trust them . I had lost all hope but suddenly 3 days ago I received an email from a prospective buyer who I met yesterday and I feel like I would be able to entrust my hospital to him without any worries . So tomorrow he would be coming to take a closer look at the hospital and to know in detail about its workings . I have neither the time and nor the energy to tour around the hospital while explaining everything so I want you to do that work in my stead . " he said
" But why me ? " , I couldn't help but ask as this was a very important job .
" Alexandra , you are the most promising doctor of your generation . You have never failed a surgery and your way of handling patients amazes all of us . Though you are young , you are as capable as me and all the senior doctors and I have high hopes for you . So I would like you to take charge of this . So do you agree ? " , he said .
" It would be my honor to accept this task . " , I said
" Good . So tomorrow at 10:00 am sharp you need to meet me here . I will introduce you to the buyer and then you have to take him for the tour . Is that clear ? "
" Yes sir " , I responded .
" Ok then , now you can go back to your work . We will meet tomorrow . "
I left his office and was about to go back , when I remembered that Dr. Smith had told me to visit him after I am done with the chairman . So I went towards his office .
Dr. Smith just asked me to assist him in a surgery that was scheduled for 2 days later and gave me the files regarding it . After that I took my leave and went to my cabin as I had to meet a few patients today . The rest of the day went by in a flash and I was free by 7:00 in the evening .
On my way back , I picked up some chocolate ice cream and a few orange popsicles . I also bought a bag of dog treats as the ones at home had been finished . Then , I resumed my journey .
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At home
At home I followed my usual routine . Nothing was out of the ordinary but still I felt like something bad was about to happen , but I thought nothing much of it and went to sleep .
I slept soundly not knowing that a storm was coming my way .
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The next day , I wore a black button up shirt with black high waisted skinny jeans . My white doctor's coat complimented my full black outfit . I left my dark brown hair open and wore a black hair tie on my wrist so that I could tie my hair if needed . I also wore my sunglasses as it was quite sunny outside . Then I left the house .
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At the hospital
I had to check on my patients but I knew that I would be busy later on with the buyer so I had come half an hour early . I knew that I had less time so I started without any delay .
At about 9:30 am , I was done so I decided to make myself a cup of coffee .
I had just finished my coffee when I received a call from the reception and the receptionist told me that a package had arrived for me . I got extremely excited to hear this as I knew that this package probably contained the book I had ordered . If you have not already figured it out then let me tell you that I love reading books .
I walked ( more like ran ) towards the reception and received my package . I walked while checking the time and came to know that it was already 9:55 am so I hurried towards the lift but suddenly I came in contact with someone and the package in my hand fell down . I was about to collapse when a pair of strong muscular arms wound around my waist and prevented my fall . I could see that there were papers flying all around us but the moment my light grey eyes came in contact with his deep blue ones , everything blurred into the background .
Lucifer's POV
I checked the time before getting out of the car and saw that I was 5 minutes early . I got off the car and noticed a man coming towards me who introduced himself as the chairman's assistant . He led me inside the hospital and towards the lift while I was busy checking the file which I had asked for from my assistant . I was quite ignorant of the stares of the people around me as I was used to it . I was just about to enter the lift when I felt someone bump into me and saw that it was a woman . She was about to fall so I threw the file which was occupying my hands and caught her by her waist . The papers from the file were flying all around us but both of us were immersed in each other's eyes . After what felt like an eternity , she stood still on her feet and I unwound my hands from her waist .
After she stood still , I was finally able to fully see her . She had silky dark brown hair and a pair of dreamy light grey eyes . She was quite tall for a female , approximately 5.8 feet but still quite shorter than me .
I had expected an apology or a thanks from her but the words that came out of her mouth made me feel a surge of anger rise within me .