Chapter 239 Cook For You
After ensuring the consultation went smoothly, Hera breathed a sigh of relief. Zhane then kindly offered to escort her to Leo’s room before seeing her home. However, his plans were thwarted as he had already spent a considerable amount of time with Hera that afternoon. Just as he made the offer, an emergency patient arrived, and with all his doctors occupied in surgery, Zhane had no choice but to step in himself.
Hera noticed Zhane’s mixed feelings of frustration and annoyance. Although she wasn’t sure of the cause, she felt compelled to comfort him. After all, he had just done her a tremendous favor by taking care of her during her IV drip treatment. She wasn’t heartless enough to simply take their kindness for granted.
She gently squeezed his arm. "You should go. The surgery will probably take hours. I’ll ask Hannah to prepare dinner for you, and I’ll have Amy bring it over here." She smiled warmly at him.
Zhane wanted to say something but restrained himself. Instead, he nodded at her and briefly clasped Hera’s hand, which was resting on his arm, before hurrying off to the operating theater.
But the moment Zhane left, Xavier tugged at Hera’s sleeve. "Are you close with Zhane?" he asked, looking aggrieved. Unlike his other friends, he felt the most left in the dark. Although he sensed that his friends were all interested in the same woman he was, he didn’t know how it had come to be and felt a little blindsided.
If they were all competing for the same woman, Xavier was certain that each of them was equally formidable. It might strained their long-standing friendship and, of course, complicated their interests, though that was the least of their concerns.
As the youngest among them, Xavier had always been pampered and kept in the loop, so being in the dark about Hera, whom he believed he was closest to, left him unsettled. He found himself doubting his position and feeling reluctant to lose her, especially to his own friends.
Understanding Xavier’s feelings of insecurity and curiosity, Hera chose to be open with him. "When I was kicked out of my house over a week ago, my best friend brought me to the hospital because I hadn’t eaten all day and collapsed due to the stress. Zhane was my attending doctor then, and he also helped me out when I was in trouble some time ago." She gently tugged at Xavier’s sleeve, guiding him towards Leo’s room. She hoped that Xavier and Leo could get along at least cordially; she didn’t want to push away someone who was already feeling down.
But at the same time, she hesitated to bring him along to visit Leo. She felt a bit uneasy, unsure of how to handle Xavier, who appeared lost and vulnerable. Despite her uncertainty, she gritted her teeth and headed towards Leo’s private room.
When she opened the door, she was greeted by Leo’s radiant smile, his eyes sparkling with joy. However, upon noticing Xavier behind her and Hera holding his sleeves, Leo’s smile froze instantly. Hera instinctively withdrew her hands from Xavier’s sleeves and approached Leo. "How are you feeling? Have you received the examination results?" she asked with a smile, trying to conceal her unease. Deep down, she was unsure what exactly was making her nervous.