Chapter 16: We Meet Again

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I warned myself internally that Leo was engaged to someone else. I shouldn't do anything that would cause a misunderstanding. The atmosphere was thick with an awkward silence. Just as I sat up and prepared to leave, Ruby walked in with a packed meal in her hands. "Leo, is Pauline okay?" Ruby asked in a caring tone. If she hadn't said what she did outside the operating room today, I would have bought her act. "I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern." I lifted the quilt off of myself and made to go back to duty. Leo's fiancée was in the room, so as an outsider, I felt like I was intruding on them. "Your body is still weak. Eat something before you go." Leo reached out and placed the packed meal from Ruby and set it on the table. There were two sides of meat and two sides of vegetables

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