The night breeze of D city blew in Liam's face as he stared outside through his window lost in thought.
'You are nothing but a poor boy from a poor family!'.
'What does he think of himself?, how shameful!'.
The voices kept ringing in Liam's head as he remembered his ugly past,it was the darkest moments of his life, moments he wished he could forget but couldn't . It was the time he felt helpless the most and he hated that feeling.
'Doctor Liam, Doctor Liam, Doctor Liam!', A voice brought Liam back to reality. He realized that he had been lost in thought again.He turned and he realized it was his annoying secretary and cousin, Xavier. 'Why did I even make you a secretary when I knew how annoying you are'.
'Come on big cuz, aren't I a wonderful secretary '.
' Anyway, I came to tell you that I'm leaving . A pretty flower is waiting to be watered at home and as you know, I'm a good gardener'.
'You talk too much Xavier'.
'You talk too little Liam '.
Xavier left before Liam could throw anything at him.
Liam sighed and went to get ready, his cousin would probably not survive without a woman.
Liam decided to take a stroll in the quiet hallways of his large hospital.
As usual, the nurses were gossiping and the doctors were listening. It was all about the heartless doctor Liam who wouldn't flinch even if a person died.
He was used to seeing people cry daily that it has become a normal thing for him. He doesn't feel emotions like compassion and especially not for women, not even for his mother.
Liam went back to his office and sat down while sipping his coffee.
He picked up his phone to look up the Internet and stumbled on a particular news, superstar lily Vale was coming back to her country for her tour.
He saw the comments and everyone seemed excited, he couldn't stand it.
'Pretencious!'.
He threw his phone away and got up to keep himself busy by reading. Just then ,he got a phone call,it was silly Xavier and Liam knew exactly what he was going to say.
'Hey cuz, auntie arranged a blind date for you,she said you must go. A plane is ready for ...'.
Liam hung up before Xavier could finish talking. He couldn't bear to go because they were all the same, Pretentious. He got ready and got up to attend to his patients.
He entered the first ward and without looking up from the chart, he talked to the patient. A nurse followed him to assist him.
'Vitals are stable. I assume you're still breathing, so let's keep it that way."
"Doctor, I've been feeling worse since yesterday—"
(cutting in): "You're not dying. If you were, I'd be spending more time here. Try to keep your complaints to a minimum."
"I just… thought maybe you'd want to know."
(glancing briefly): "If I wanted to know how you felt, I'd ask. I want data, not drama."
Liam Left as quickly as he came and it was the same with the other patients. When he finally got to the last patient, Liam couldn't stand the nurse's stares anymore.
"If you're done admiring the back of my head, Nurse, perhaps you'd like to focus on the patient instead."
(startled): "I—I wasn't—"
(cutting her off): "Good. Because if I needed an audience, I'd be on stage. Now pass me the chart and try to look useful."
He was used to the nurses giggles and stares and as usual he ignored them but he didn't want unnecessary distractions.
Liam Was known to be strict and he was famous for his perfection and his dislike for women. for kicking out unserious doctors was a routine to him,it was his hospital after all and his rules are to be followed.
'Who is he?'.
A new nurse asked and the others took their time to explain,
'that is doctor Liam, the CEO of this hospital. His parents are the second richest in country M but he built his hospital with his own hard work. Rumor has it that he was separated from his parents since childhood. I would like to advise you to stay away from him as far as possible if you want to remain here, Doctor Liam really hates women and can't even stand them touching him'.
'Oh wow, is it that bad?'.
'yeah'.
The new nurse might have been distracted while asking the questions as they walk in Liam's direction because....
SPLASH!'.
She had spilled coffee on Liam's coat. All the nurses present gasped as they knew how ruthless Doctor Liam was.
'Oh I am so sorry doctor Liam, I didn't see you coming '.
Alexa shivered as she tried to clean the coat.
'Don't touch me'.
He said ever so calmly but it still made Alexa terified.
'Isn't it great? First the patients, now the nurses'.
Liam went back to his office.
Alexa gritted her teeth as she watched Liam leave.
***
Just as Liam was preparing to leave.
'Doctor, doctor! We need your help'.
'Ugh! Not again '.
Liam:(flatly, flipping through scans): "There's a mass in your frontal lobe. It's a tumor. Malignant."
Patient (eyes widening): "Wait… what? Are you sure?"
Liam (still looking at the file): "I don't make a habit of guessing. You asked what was wrong. I'm telling you."
Patient (voice trembling): "What happens now?"
Liam (finally looking up, expression unreadable): "Surgery, maybe. Chemo, probably. Survival? That depends on how lucky you are—not how much you panic."
Liam watched as the patient broke down, obviously scared of death. they were always like that. He couldn't understand what was so bad in death, to him death is the only way to be free from stress and sorrow.
***
Liam sighed and plopped himself on his couch, he had no intention of going home and he would rather sleep in his office like he usually does.
Just as Liam closed his eyes to sleep....
'Liam! Liam!!'.
Liam's eyes flew open.
'Here we go again'.