Me After Meeting You

“Why’re you guys here?” And when her gaze passed over both of them and landed on the man behind them, she was barely able to suppress her smile.

Calvin also smiled back at her.

“Hey, we’re still here.” Seeing the two start to communicate with their eyes, Trysta tried to get their attention.

Amber looked at her. “Who are you? I don’t recognize you. What difference does your being here make?”

After everyone laughed at the light joke, Amber brought them all back into her office. As they walked over, she asked, “Where did all of you find the time to come here?”

Trysta replied, “Oh my fair doctor, as busy as you are, if you don’t have any time to meet us, then we can only come and bother you. I also brought along some gifts from my honeymoon especially for you. Aren’t I nice?”

As Trysta said this, she retrieved an intricate box from her bag and handed it to her. Just as Amber was about to express her gratitude, Calvin clarified what had actually happened. “Trysta friend’s uncle also works in this hospital, and my mother made an appointment with him because she wasn’t feeling well. I invited them to accompany my mom over, and, since we had extra time, we decided to drop by and see you too.”Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

Amber smiled, glanced at Trysta, and then kindly asked, “Is Mrs. Kenric alright?”

Calvin shook his head. “The check up isn’t finished yet.”

Trysta hissed, “Calvin, why do you have to be so honest? While she’s feeling emotional, you should take the opportunity to get together with her ….” By this time they had reached her office, but Trysta’s words dropped off upon noticing who was sitting inside. “Di-Director Axton? Er, why are you here?”

Ian had walked out of the office at some point, and was now sitting on a chair while on his phone. Upon hearing the commotion, he lifted his head, looked at them, and then coolly said, “I’m accompanying my girlfriend to work.”

Trysta jumped up in fright. “G-Girlfriend? Who?”

Amber stroked her forehead as she felt a headache coming on.

Ian suddenly stood up. This time, it was Amber who was scared, watching him warily.

Ian’s expression was calm as he ignored the others and walked over to Amber. When he was within arm’s length, he said, “Something came up at work, so I’ll be leaving now.”

Amber exhaled. “Okay.”

But she had let her guard down too quickly, because Ian suddenly turned around, kissed her on the cheek, and, before she could react, nodded to the petrified Trysta and abruptly left.

No one spoke.

Amber laughed dryly. “That’s just a standard goodbye routine, nothing more.”

But before she could finish making an excuse, the door opened and Ian walked in once more, caressed her face, and kissed her firmly on her lips.

Of course, the kiss didn’t linger for long; his lips merely brushed against hers. From Amber’s perspective, his actions felt more like he was just going through the motions, without any sense of desire or love.

But in others eyes, Ian’s behavior could already be considered arrogant, high profile, and intimate! This was partly because after they separated from their kiss, Ian then even used his hand to slowly rub Amber’s face as he said, “Don’t forget, you’re mine.”

After Ian finished saying those words, he finally left. Amber wasn’t too annoyed by his kisses, but his parting remarks had left her shaking from head to toe. This time, however, she didn’t dare say anything after wards; who knew if he would come back yet again!

Fortunately, he seemed to be gone for good.

The room was silent for a good long while after wards. It was Amber who finally spoke up. As she brought each of them a stool, she said, “Sit down, please. Sorry, I don’t have any chairs that are more comfortable.”

Then, she poured each of them a glass of water. When Calvin took the offered glass of water, he couldn’t even bear to look at her, and his lips were silently quivering from the shock.

Trysta finally recovered when she was handed a glass of water. “So, Amber you’re Ian’s girlfriend?”

Amber straight forwardly replied, “No.”

“You’re still denying it even after that kiss? You’re not being honest, Amber.” Trysta looked at Calvin, and then clicked her tongue in annoyance. “Why are you hiding your romance? Are you trying to date two men at once?”

“….”

She realized only now that her predicament was actually quite difficult to explain. After all, she couldn’t out right tell them that Ian had some abnormal tendencies and that he was just her patient, could she?

After a long time, she finally thought of a passable explanation. “There’s really nothing going on between Ian and me … If anything, it’s that my professor once introduced the two of us and set us up on a date.”

“A date?” This question was from Calvin.

“A date between you two? Was this before or after I got married?” This was from Trysta.

Amber answered both questions with just one word. “Before.”

“No wonder!” Trysta looked as though she had suddenly understood something. “I knew that Frank was behaving oddly that day, especially when he intentionally requested for you to send Ian out. Additionally, you never came back after you left! Adultery, I say, adultery!”

She was so excited that she didn’t even notice Calvin’s expression, but Amber did. At this point, she just felt exasperated this matter really couldn’t be explained cleanly, as doing so would infringe on a patient’s privacy. And given how reluctant Ian was to discuss his illness even with her, she didn’t want to hurt him unintentionally.

So, she could only look at Calvin apologetically. But to Calvin, it seemed like she was tacitly agreeing to Trysta’s accusations.

Calvin instantly lost all interest in speaking about the subject, but Trysta was still chattering away. “Then what did the two of you do the day after? Did you go on a date? Did you?”

Amber shook her head. “No. I just played a few rounds of mah jjong with him and his friends.”

This was the actual truth, but, clearly, no one believed her. Trysta even said, “I don’t believe you. When did you know how to play mah jjong?”

“Yes, and I’m quite good.”