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Cloud Hospital had always been full of young people. Most of the older doctors were retired professors rehired part–time. Someone like Simon was the exception, not the rule.
Everyone else had no real opinions about Chase becoming chairman.
When they got in the car, Wendy seemed a little upset. “What, now that you’re chairman, you have to avoid suspicion? You won’t even let me show up at the hospital anymore?”
Chase sat in the back with her, and once the driver confirmed the route, he raised the divider for privacy.
“It’s not that,” Chase said. “The appointment letter just came down today. Let’s keep a low profile for a few days. After that, it’ll be fine. Oh, tomorrow after surgery, I’m treating the hospital staff to dinner. I was thinking of booking the Watering Hole, Do you want to come?”
Wendy propped up her chin, looking at him. This was the first time Chase had invited her to meet his colleagues and friends. She had never had that opportunity before.
She really wanted to go.
“I want to, but I can’t,” Wendy said. “I have a business trip. Lemuria’s branch operations have been suspended. The acting director couldn’t trace the cause, so Sammy and I have to go. Probably about a week. If you have any trouble while I’m away, just contact Maggie or Zynn. They’ll help you.”
Chase said, “Be careful out there. I’ll pack your bags when we get home. It’s just a dinner, it’s okay if you can’t come.”
But Wendy wasn’t pleased. “I wanted to go with you, to let everyone know you’re my man.”
She pinched Chase’s chin, forcing him to look at her. “Don’t think I don’t know. The nurses at the hospital are all crazy about you.”
It was rare to see Wendy get jealous. Chase quite enjoyed this little show of possessiveness. He grabbed her hand and pulled it down. “Everyone knows I’m married.”
The custom–made rings hadn’t arrived yet. Wendy thought to herself that they needed to remarry as soon as possible. She couldn’t let others keep staring at her man.
She hadn’t realized before their divorce just how much attention Chase attracted. It was better to keep him firmly tied to her side.
The Watering Hole, hearing that Chase was hosting a dinner, immediately reserved the largest private room for him and even asked about food preferences. It was his first time treating, so everything had to be perfect.
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After becoming chairman, aside from holding a title at the council, not much had changed. He still did his rounds and prepared for surgery.
“Yesterday the department head and professor talked to Dr. Simon for a long time,” Blanc said, sneaking over.
Today’s surgery had Blanc as second assistant, and he was pretty excited to be working alongside Chase. He looked around to make sure no one was nearby before continuing, “I heard it didn’t end well. Dr. Simon even threatened to resign, and the department head spent forever trying to talk him down.”
As Chase scrubbed up, he said calmly, “He won’t quit.”
Simon was already close to retirement. Being chairman would’ve boosted his retirement benefits, but
ut Simon’s surgical skills were average. No one was going to rehire him once he retired.
If he quit now, no other hospital would want him.
In other words, Simon didn’t dare resign.
“The professor said the same thing. Let him rant if he wants. By the way, I heard you’re treating everyone to dinner. Can I come?” Blanc grinned..
Chase shook his hands dry and said, “I don’t have many friends at the hospital–just you. If you don’t come, I’ll be bored to death. Even if you’re busy, I’m dragging you along.”
Today’s patient was a longtime visitor to the hospital, coming back for years but never quite meeting surgical criteria–until now. With Chase’s expertise combined with the senior professor’s oversight, they could push the success rate to seventy percent, finally making surgery possible.
If successful, the patient could live several more comfortable years without pain.
Outside the operating room, the patient’s family waited anxiously.
Chase remained as serious as ever during surgery. Unlike some doctors who chatted during procedures, Chase was fully focused, every bit of his attention on the patient, cutting off every possible complication at the root.
Three hours later, his part of the surgery ended. Chase was drenched in sweat, his clothes soaked inside and out.
“The first stage of surgery went well. Now we wait for orthopedics to finish before closing up. You guys handle the sutures. I’ll step out,” Chase said to the assistants.
They were students trained by the senior professor, and suturing would be done under close supervision. Chase’s task as lead surgeon was complete.
After changing clothes, Chase had no outpatient duties that afternoon, so he decided to rest in the office the council had prepared for him.
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The previous chairman had taken everything when he left, and Wendy had insisted on redecorating so Chase wouldn’t have to use someone else’s leftovers. Everything had been replaced to match Chase’s style.
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When Chase opened the door and walked in, he almost thought he had stepped into his own home.
He sat down at the desk. Stacks of materials about hospital operations and personnel were piled neatly–things he needed to familiarize himself with as chairman. But his mind was still full of images from surgery–blood, wounds, stitches. He couldn’t focus on paperwork.
Chase pushed the documents aside and simply lay down on the desk to rest.
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