"But I'm not interested in other doctors. I've met you, I trust you. So you're my only option." A sly smile cracked on Patricia's face. Stupid man! Didn't he see that her hand was bleeding? How could he stay calm and stand there, doing nothing? Wasn't he a doctor?! A doctor was supposed to heal the wounded and save the dying, wasn't he? So why was he shooing her away?

  "Look, I'm super-busy now. Here, let me call up a buddy of mine. He'll patch you up," Tom said and picked up the phone, trying to make an internal call to another doctor. Obviously, he did not want to be Patricia's doctor.

  "Hey! I don't want another doctor. You wanna watch me bleed to death, that's fine." Tom didn't realize why Patricia was here. Another doctor? No. She didn't just want her wound to be looked at. If she wanted that, she'd go to just any other doctor. If that was the case, she wouldn't have bitten the bullet and barged into his office.

  "That's not going to happen," Tom said. "The blood would congeal before you bleed out, and…… you're threatening me." Tom frowned as it finally dawned on him. The last thing he wanted to see as a doctor was someone who didn't value her own life. Most people wanted to be healthy. A doctor was responsible for keeping people healthy. He could be held liable if he turned her away and something happened.

  "Yeah. So don't try me! My wound could be infected, and I could die from that, huh?" Patricia bit her lip. She didn't want to force him, either. But his face, voice, and smile flashed through her head from time to time now. She just couldn't get him out of her head. Patricia wanted nothing more than to figure out why she always thought of him.

  "So why come to me, and not someone

  not realize that she was such a mess until now. The injuries were consistent with a crash, so he figured he'd offer some free medical advice. She could be suffering from soft tissue damage, and there might be internal bleeding or some such that might not be immediately obvious.

  "I'll do that, but can you do the exam? I'd rather not have to answer questions all over again." Patricia looked at him carefully. She was trying to be coy, but it was getting harder. She preferred to be blunt. Now that she had stopped running away from her feelings, she was going to get close to him, no matter how she had to do it.

  "Miss Bai, I think I need to remind you that you are nobody to me. I'm doing this as a favor for Leena, nothing more. After this, we're done here." Tom was getting angrier and angrier. As he was still dealing with her wound, he was a bit rougher than he had planned to. It was like he didn't know he was hurting her. But still she clenched her jaw and refused to cry out.

  "What? Did I make you angry?" Patricia smiled carelessly. Though he disliked her so much, she still managed to give out a brightest smile that she could. .