"Sirena, please don't cry. I promise I'll come see you every day," Julian said, his voice soft with concern.
"Then you have to promise you'll come whenever I call," Sirena demanded, her tear-streaked face looking up at him.
Julian hesitated. "Sirena, you know I have a lot of patients in Internal Medicine. I can't guarantee I'll be able to come every single time..."
"You heartless jerk!" Sirena suddenly burst into loud, dramatic sobs, cutting him off mid-sentence. "You took advantage of me, and now you're trying to shirk responsibility?"
Julian panicked, his eyes darting nervously down the hallway. "Okay, okay! I promise! I'll come whenever you call. Just—please stop crying, alright?" He was desperate now, terrified someone might overhear and draw the wrong conclusion.
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