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"Marie, right?" I asked; she turned to look at me.
"Yes, that's me," she answered, her French accent was thick, but it suited her features.
"I'm Stacy Roberts, I'll show you the way," I said.
I pointed her to the receptionist we had assigned to watch the front desk.
"Oi! Where were you last night?" Allison called as she walked up to me. She turned her attention to Marie who was signing her name. "I see the first nurse has arrived."
"Yeah. Ethan really went all out with this idea," I replied. "We have one from at least five continents. Except for Antarctica and Australia. I wanted a penguin here."
"So she's?" she asked.
"French," I replied, "shows in her accent as well."
"She's gorgeous," she remarked.
"I know; She's more of a model than a nurse, to be honest," I added.
"Speaking of gorgeous, what's up with your look today?" she asked as she spun me around, "Don't tell me you have a date."
"I don't have a date, can't a girl look extra good for no reason?" I asked and shook my head negatively.
"Stop lying to me," she crossed her arms. "Wait is that…" She stopped and started to sniff. "What this is that good perfume. The one used for catching bees (men)."
"Is it? I didn't know," I said as I sniffed myself.
Honestly, I didn't. I just picked it because I loved the fragrance. Like I said, I didn't really care about being in a relationship until my family's hospital was in better shape.
She crossed her arms. "Alright, fess up, young lady. What the hell is going on?"
"Nothing, yeesh." I rolled my eyes and made my way to my office.
As I walked past other colleagues, I was finally aware of how people looked at me when I glided past them. I could feel their gazes and just wished I could have at least shown Ethan how I looked before switching into my scrubs. In the security of my office, along with Allison's company, I started to take off my clothes and switched to my scrubs.
"Is it Ethan?" she asked, startling me as I adjusted my hair.
"What the? What are you on about?" I asked, maintaining my composure.
"I mean, think about it. You hardly interact with any other males here," she said. "If you aren't attending to patients all day or helping me out with emergency cases, you're working with him behind closed doors. It's only logical to think that something was going on between the both of you. Ah yes, I saw you both leaving the hospital together. Don't know when you returned."
"About that, he was having a slump and I just suggested a change of pace by going out," I explained.
"Uh no one is actually going to suspect you because of that," she offered. "We all go out to dinner with each other regardless of gender or whatnot. And judging by how you work with Ethan, it only makes sense that you'd be the one to take him out. I only mentioned it as an example because you have to be close to someone to do some things."
"I see," I said, "but it's not like the two of us will even do anything together. I mean rules and all."
"There's nothing against dating a colleague here. As long as it doesn't get in the way of work," she remarked. "Well the only restriction would be Ethan, so it won't seem like he's giving one person more advantage than the other."
"Oh, oh well that will be concerning anyone he'd be involved with," I said, feigning ignorance.
"Is that so?" She raised a brow.
"I don't think it means anything to me," I sighed and exited the office.
Well, all I had to do was lay low concerning my relationship with Ethan, but first, we needed to draw a line and define what our relationship was and what we planned to do going forward.
As I got to his door, I grew a little nervous. Before I could open it, Marie exited and thanked me for showing her the way.
