“You are the last person that I expected to show up here, Dr. Aldrich.”
“Because?” He implored, fixing his gaze on me.
I tense a little but try not to show it. “Because of so many reasons. Every single reason there is in the world, actually.”
He frowns. “And I looked for all the reasons in the world to come see you.”
That got me super curious. “Really? Like what?” I raised an eyebrow, anxiously waiting.
He opened his mouth but closed it immediately. Like what he wanted to say, he suddenly snapped out of his mind.
I furrowed my eyebrows, my expression tensing. I waited. And waited.
I saw his lips twitch, and then he spoke. “Like… you being my patient? And I knew you had no one to look after you.”
My eyebrow dropped, but I wasn’t really convinced. If anything, I felt more confused th
