One Night Surprise

Chapter 458 Personal Revenge

“Are you having lunch, Dr. Hunter? Come, let’s eat together!”

Inside the cafeteria, as soon as Courtney sat down for lunch, she was interrupted by Eunice Goodman, the most gossipy nurse in the hospital.

From past experience, the former knew that sitting down for lunch with Eunice would ultimately result in a storytelling session where a crowd of people gathered around to talk about various workplace gossip. Those who ranked as chief or higher were particularly liable to be criticized to bits by Eunice.

Meanwhile, the woman in question was settling into the seat beside Courtney as she commented, “I have the newest gossip concerning Chief Hass, Dr. Hunter.”

“Now, hold on, Nurse Goodman,” Courtney interrupted as she tapped against the meat on her plate with her utensils and reminded, “Have you forgotten that the last time you gossiped about Chief Hass? She caught you red-handed and castigated you at the last summary meeting not more than two weeks ago.”

Of all the people to gossip about in the hospital, Linda Hass was one of the worst choices. After all, her father was the executive vice president at the hospital and her mother was the head nurse. The family’s word went virtually unchallenged at the hospital and it was bad enough that Eunice didn’t tread carefully around them, but for her to gossip about them meant she certainly had to be the boldest person in the hospital.

“Well, that was only because I was spreading rumors the previous time! This time, I saw with my very own eyes that Chief Hass with a man—”

“What did you see?”

“Well, she’s with a man!”

“Doing what?” Courtney glared at Eunice expressionlessly. “In general, you talk like that only when you’re trying to suggest something without explicitly saying it.”

Duly chastised, Eunice complained, “You must be the most boring person in the whole hospital, Dr. Hunter. Don’t you find the work here so dull that you need a little bit of stimulating gossip to turn your impression of hospital work around?

“I don’t find hospital work dull because interesting jobs often come with a high risk.”

“You say that like it’s true. Doctor-patient relationships are so tense right now that we are at risk as well!”

“That’s different.”

as soon as they graduated. However, because she was usually easy to get along with, didn’t argue with anyone

ever seen Chief Hass interact with a man who wasn’t her patient? I saw one

it a tall, bookish, and fair-skinned

you see him? Were you as

a sip of her soup. “That’s Chief Hass’

morphed into one of seeming disbelief that she was not the first to hear of such news, and she sprung up from her chair as she exclaimed, “What?! Chief Hass has a boyfriend? Why didn’t I know

around the cafeteria, Courtney grumbled with embarrassment, “Well,

Eunice continued to follow Courtney, asking non-stop about matters such as the man’s age, character, occupation, and even family background, sounding for all the world like an immigration officer with how

told her, “I don’t know. You

relentlessly down the corridor, the latter suddenly received a phone call from none other than

aside to answer

indignant voice shouted at her so loudly through the phone that Courtney was forced to hold it away from her ear, “How dare you collude with Caleb to play

by a violent round of scolding filled with so many swears that Courtney had to wonder where Linda picked them up

scolding her, Courtney attempted to explain, “I was forced

gun to your head and forced you

you on a blind date?” Courtney couldn’t help retorting. “If I’m being honest about it, I think you and

laboratory this afternoon. Report to the inpatient department instead. Remember—you’re responsible for all health indicator entries of Scott Duncan in Ward

her phone. What is going on?

you pretended to

“Do you find

livelihood was still more important than the entertainment gossip brought her. And so, she waved a hand and dismissed with embarrassment, “Forget it. I’d like

glanced down at her phone

idea things would be linked back to her. Now, she had stuck her foot in it and there was no dodging responsibility even if she