Desires Die Hard

Chapter 30

Jake helped Anya to the Infirmary on the ninth floor.

The pair drew the attention of countless staff walking past them as they made their way to the infirmary. Jake was good–looking and Anya was pretty. Their looks matched each other.

The stares that everyone threw at her made Anya incredibly uncomfortable. The looks in these people’s eyes varied from that of curiosity to those of appreciation. She tried to put some distance between herself and Jake as they made their way to the ninth floor. She wanted to avoid any further misunderstanding.

The infirmary on the ninth floor was incredibly spacious and came equipped with a rather extensive array of medical equipment. Its medical supplies were also well stocked. It was clear that Evan didn’t mind spending money on his staff’s welfare.

There were only three medical staff working in the infirmary. The large room appeared rather empty. Anya and Jake had knocked before entering the infirmary.

A female doctor in her senior years approached them.

She recognized Jake. Her eyes fell on Jake, her voice warm and filled with concern as she addressed the young man. “Jake, are you feeling unwell?”

“I’m fine. It’s my staff, Anya, Jake shook his head and explained.

That was when the doctor turned her gaze onto Anya. She gave the young woman a once over. Her eyes finally fell on Anya’s scraped knee. Her voice was devoid of the earlier warmth as she spoke to Anya politely. “I see. Did you hurt yourself when you fell?”

Anya nodded. “Yes. I scraped my knee.”

“Take a seat on the bed in the room. I disinfect your wound, the doctor said in a monotonously

It appeared that there were different standards when it came to treating a patient who was your average staff and one who was a managing director. Anya should have known.

seat on the bed. She lifted her right knee so that the.

young woman thanked the doctor quietly before heading into the

scrape,

as she approached Anya with a bottle of antiseptic cream. “Make sure you don’t

cream to Anya’s knee. The young woman committed the doctor’s advice

but the latter had insisted on her getting it looked at. Anya sighed inwardly

sounded outside the room while she was in the middle of applying the cream on Anya’s knee. Another female doctor walked into the room the next moment. She appeared slightly panicked. “Dr.

a moment?”

away from Anya and gave her colleague an unruffled

what was

for a moment, please,” the younger doctor said. She didn’t want to mention Evan’s name while there was another patient around. They didn’t need people going around telling everyone that Evan was hurt and

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colleague a long hard look before thrusting the bottle of antiseptic cream Into Anya’s hand. “Anya, you can handle this on your own, can’t you? I have something I

Anya was fine with applying antiseptic cream on her own

just a minor scrape. It was no big deal.

stood up and headed out of the room with the younger

in

she could simply swipe the cotton swab across her knee briefly and be done with it. She grabbed the cotton swab and got some cream on it. Before she could do anything else, Jake had snatched the cotton swab from her hand and

no way Anya was going to let her boss apply antiseptic cream on her scraped knee.

stopped Jake

on my own,