Chapter 226


    "It''ll be Mommy''s birthday in a few days. Daddy, don''t tell me you''ve forgotten about it?" Adrienne


    tilted her head and looked at him, revealing a smile. "This is a good opportunity!"


    Everleigh''s birthday?


    Theodore was slightly taken aback. Indeed, it would be Thanksgiving soon and Everleigh''s birthday


    was one day before that, so it was very difficult to forget such a special day.


    "Daddy, have you really forgotten?"


    Adrienne''s voice pulled Theodore back from his thoughts. He looked up and saw that Adrienne had


    a bit of anger on her face. She was staring at him angrily, looking unhappy.


    He immediately patted her head. "I didn''t forget."


    Adrienne was in doubt. "Really? Did you prepare a gift, Daddy?"


    "Yes."


    She smiled when she heard this. She hugged him immediately and kissed him on the face. "I knew


    you were the best. You care about Mommy the most, and of course you wouldn''t forget such a


    special day."


    "Let''s go buy ice cream first and well send one to your mother."


    Next, Theodore held her hand and walked towards the elevator. Adrienne skipped with her short


    legs as she mumbled, "Daddy, do you know what vor of ice cream Mommy likes the most?"


    "Strawberry."


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    "That''s right! What about the second most?"


    "Chocte."


    "That''s correct again!"


    The dessert shop was right opposite the hospital. Theodore bought five ice creams and asked the


    shop assistant to send three of them to the hospital ward. After that, Adrienne and Theodore took


    the other two and went straight to Everleigh''s office.


    As soon as they arrived at the door of the office, a woman''s voice could be heard behind them


    before they knocked. "Adrienne?"


    Then, Adrienne turned around and greeted her politely. "Hello, Mabel."


    "Hello, Adrienne." Mabel was one of Everleigh''s interns. At the time, she was holding a pile of


    documents and it seemed that she was also looking for Everleigh. When she saw Theodore, she


    looked a little surprised. "So you''re here too, Mr. Godfrey? Are you looking for Dr. Trevino?"


    Theodore nodded slightly.


    "Dr. Trevino is not here." Mabel opened the door and walked inside, putting the documents she was


    holding on Everleigh''s desk. "Dr. Trevino has just been called to the conference room. She has a


    new colleague in the cardiology department who seems to be an acquaintance of hers. You can


    wait here for a while."


    "Acquaintance?"


    Theodore''s brows furrowed slightly and his expression darkened a little.


    However, Adrienne was a little unfocused. She slid down from Theodore''s arms and looked around


    the office while eating the ice cream as she kept mumbling, "If Mommy doesn''te back soon, the


    ice cream will melt. Then, ril eat it myself. Daddy, you can buy another one for Mommy."


    At this time, in the conference room for the cardiology department, the hospital''s dean attended the


    meeting personally and introduced the new doctor to the staff members of the cardiology


    department.


    "Dr. Smith will be working in the cardiology department in our hospital from now on. I hope all of you


    can show him the ropes. By the way," said Mr. Lawson, who took a look at Everleigh, "Dr. Trevino,


    you and Dr. Smith were ssmates, weren''t you?"


    "Yes." Everleigh smiled and nodded. "We have been friends for many years."


    "Well, then Dr. Trevino will be responsible for showing Dr. Smith around our hospital. Any


    objections?"


    Everleigh, of course, had no objections. She hadn''t seen Stainley for a while.


    "Okay, that''s it. Let''s call it a day."


    After the meeting, Stainley chatted with the doctors from the cardiology department. Since everyone


    had something to do, they left, leaving Everleigh standing alone in the distance.


    Stainley stood up straight, and his eyes were as gentle as usual. "Are you mad that I didn''t inform


    you before I arrived?"


    "I''m a little surprised, but I''m not angry." Everleigh smiled at him and then took the initiative to reach


    out her hand. "Wee, new colleague."


    Stainley looked at her, and his gentle eyes were glowing with warmth.


    After that, they walked next to one another as they left the conference room.


    Everleigh introduced her colleagues and some nurses to Stainley as they walked. "The cardiology


    department is always busy, so you haven''t met all of them today, but it doesn''t matter. There will be


    plenty of opportunities in the future."


    Stainley nodded and said, "I came to the city hospital for a few exchange meetings. Other than


    some new recruits, I know quite a lot of the others."


    "That''s good. By the way, if you are on the night shift, you can have a rest in the on call rooms.


    They''re over there, so we can go take a look."


    "It''s fine, it''s not urgent."


    "You''re right." Everleigh came to her senses and said in a teasing tone, "I''m telling you about night


    shifts on the first day you came here. If Mr. Lawson heard it, he would have thought that I was


    pushing my colleagues, making you feel that we''ve been working too much overtime."


    "That''s not what I mean," Stainley said with a smile. "I want to talk about my office. Did Mr. Lawson


    tell you about it?"


    "Oh, office. If you hadn''t mentioned it, I would have forgotten." Everleigh nodded. "He told


    me."


    This time, Stainley took up the job in a hurry and Christopher had upied thest office in the


    cardiology department. At present, there was no free office avable, so Mr. Lawson told Everleigh


    that Stainley would share an office with her for the time being.


    "If you don''t think it''s convenient, I''ll talk to him."


    "It''s not inconvenient at all." Everleigh smiled frankly. "It''s just an office and I don''t usually stay in it.


    Let''s go. Ill take you to have a look."


    "As long as you don''t mind."


    Then, Stainley followed Everleigh straight to her office.


    Everleigh exined as she opened the door, "My office has not been cleaned up yet. It''s a bit


    messy inside. Don''t mind it. I''ll ask the logistics staff to get another tableter. I..."


    She hadn''t finished her words yet. When she opened the door, she saw the figure on the sofa and


    the rest of her words trailed off.


    "Mommy!" Adrienne cheered. Jumping off Theodore''s leg, she threw herself into Everleigh''s arms.


    "Mommy! Why did youe back sote?"


    Then, Everleigh held Adrienne''s shoulder and asked, "Adrienne, why are you here?"


    Adrienne smiled and said, "Daddy and I bought ice cream together for you, but you came back too


    late. Then, the ice cream melted, so I had to eat it. Not to worry, Daddy said that we can take you


    out to eat ice cream."


    "Adrienne." Everleigh felt dizzy after hearing her use the words ''Mommy and Daddy1. "Don''t talk


    nonsense. Mr. Stainley is here. Come and greet him."


    "Hi, Uncle Stainley. What are you doing here?" Adrienne blinked her eyes and looked at Stainley.


    "I started work here, actually." Stainley exined as he took out a lollipop from his pocket and


    handed it to Adrienne. "Adrienne, I''ll be your Mom''s colleague from now on."


    Adrienne was always a sucker for whoever could feed her. Thus, she took the lollipop and tore the


    wrapper off before she stuffed it into her mouth. "Really? Then I will see you often, just like when we


    were in Maniville."


    "Yes," Stainley said as he stroked her hair. He straightened his body and looked in the direction of


    the sofa. "You''re here too."


    From the moment he entered the room, he saw Theodore sitting on the couch. Naturally, Theodore


    had seen him as well.


    When the two men looked at each other, it seemed that gunpowder smoke was slowly spreading in


    the room. A silent war between men was about to break out.