Chapter 44
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Their eyes locked, and Ellie’s face turned pale with anger, struggling to believe that Alex actually called her hypocritical.
Tears welled up in her eyes, but her voice was unwavering. “I don’t need it!” she said
Ellie put down her bag and started tidying up the ward. She decided to swallow everything for the chance to be promoted.
Alex stared at Ellie, noticing her pained and frustrated expression. He glanced down at the pink diamond necklace in his hands, breaking the silence that filled the room.
“Help me up! I need to go to the bathroom! he snapped from behind her. Ellie ignored him. His head was injured, not his legs he could’ve been up and about since morning.
“Did you hear me, Ellie?” Alex grumbled, throwing something at her. She rolled her eyes and stepped into the caregiver’s
area.
After making the bed, she stepped out again, only to find Alex blocking the doorway, peeling an orange and glaring at her. “Did that idiot Aaron say anything to you?” he asked.
Ellie pouted and bravely shot back, ‘At least Aaron’s better than you.”
He threw a half–peeled orange at her, along with the peel. “You little brat! Try saying that again!”
Ellie picked up the dripping orange from the floor and tossed it in the trash can.
“That day in your apartment, Aaron started the fight. Why don’t you go yell at him instead?” Alex moved aside to let her pass, but he bent down to grab another orange and lay back in bed, carelessly tossing the orange peel her w
Ellie didn’t want to argue, so she pretended not to hear him.
“Talk to me, Ellie!” Alex snapped, his frustration boiling over. He hurled the orange at the ceiling, creating a loud thud as it landed back on the bed.
Ellie stared at a stain on the ceiling, walked over, and tossed the orange in the trash. Just as she turned to leave, Alex grabbed her wrist.
She looked down at his hand gripping her wrist. “You’re not wrong; the ceiling started the fight first,” she smirked.
Alex
x was taken aback.
Ellie wrenched her wrist free, grabbed a tissue, and wiped the orange juice stain off the blanket. So continued their silent standoff–Ellie ignoring him, and Alex sulking.
She originally thought a single night of caregiving would be all, but Nancy didn’t come to the hospital for two or three days.
Not only did Ellie have to treat Alex, but she also had to keep him company and manage his micals. On top of that, Alex kept purposely making things difficult for her, leaving her exhausted and overwhelmed.
Every time she wanted to just walk away, she remembered the director’s promise to consider her for a permanent position. She gritted her teeth and endured everything.
