Then, suddenly, the receiver rang.
Sori dashed out of the duty room in a hurry.
“Nurse.”
“Doctor Yu! The patient, Choi Min Woo, who had a brain tumor operation yesterday, seems unable to breathe on his own. Saturation (oxygen saturation) 79, it’s continually dropping.”
It was a situation that had arisen in the ICU.
30 hours had passed since his surgery yesterday, but the young patient in his 20s was still unconscious.
Even with a respirator, if he was in this state, it meant his airway was blocked.
“We may need to do a tracheostomy. Please contact the guardian.”
Sori took a deep breath.
As she stepped out of the ICU, the mother of the suddenly called patient was anxious, her face wet with tears.
“You must have been quite startled.”
Sori reached out and held the guardian’s trembling, rough, and dry hands.
“It’s a phenomenon that often occurs in patients who haven’t regained consciousness after surgery.”
It must have been nervewracking to see her robust son still unconscious after a major operation.
A torrent of helpless and fearful emotions washed over her from the hands she held.
“To put it simply, just as a deeply sleeping body can sag, in the patient’s case, the airway is in such a state. Therefore, we need to make an incision here…”
Sori explained in as calm and gentle a voice as possible, trying to minimize the shock in this serious situation.
“We can remove it once consciousness is regained and the patient breathes smoothly on their own.”
“I trust you, Doctor. Please do anything. Just save our son… just wake him up.”
“Yes, we’ll do our best.”
Sori caught the eye of the nurse, and quickly prepared for the tracheotomy.
Despite the late hour, everyone moved without a hitch.
Now that the scalpel was in her hand, Sori’s heart pounded wildly. Everyone held their breath, watching only Sori’s hand.
She had to stay calm. She could do it.
Nobody noticed that Sori was shaking as she performed the tracheotomy.
She was surprisingly strong in actual situations.
“Phew… It’s done.”
Sori stood up, wiping her forehead. Sweat had drenched her face and back unnoticed.
A gentle smile spread across the nurse’s, Ae Sook’s face.
“You’re back, Sori. Good work, Doctor Yu. This isn’t your first tracheotomy, is it?”
“First… That’s right.”
Sori, whose legs were trembling and had to support herself on her knee for a moment, gave a faint smile as she got up.
“I was so nervous, I thought I’d die.”
“You did very well.”
“Thank you. It’s all thanks to you, nurse.”
“You can go back and rest now.”
Sori bowed her head to Ae Sook.
And as soon as she turned around, she froze like a statue.
Seo Hyun Woo was leaning against the door, his arms crossed, staring at me with intense gaze, appearing out of nowhere.
He looked fresh as if he had just arrived for work, from head to toe he was immaculate.
Neat hair styling, a neat tie knot under a white gown, shiny shoe tips.
An automatic reflex of admiration for a man who is always perfect no matter when you look.
He straightened his relaxed posture and spoke softly.
“Not bad for a first time, Doctor Yu Sori.”
It was the praise from Professor Seo Hyun Woo, which was so hard to earn.
Her first praise as a doctor.
Sori’s face had unexpectedly turned red.
The time was five in the morning.
Sori was following his order, being dragged into his lab.
His strides were unusually fast due to his long legs, and Sori was half a step behind, walking briskly.
Looking at his sturdy back, Sori murmured a question to him.
“Professor, didn’t you go home with Jiwoo? When did you come back to the hospital? If you get up so early, when do you sleep?” Had he just changed his shirt and came out?
She wondered when he rested, when he slept.
Suddenly, he stopped and turned half his body to glare at her.
“Do I have to recite my schedule to a firstyear resident?”
“What?”
She had asked out of concern and discomfort, but the answer was too cold.
“I’m sorry if I was out of line.”
He took another step and threw out words as if spitting them out.
“I’d understand if my wife was asking.”
Sori’s pupils grew wider as she followed him.
If she became his wife, would he tell her everything unlike now?
No, there wouldn’t even be a need to tell her.
Wouldn’t she know when he comes and goes if they lived together after marriage?
The thought of marrying him made the privilege of being a wife feel tremendous.
The wife who knows Seo Hyun Woo’s every move.
“Huh?”
While she was lost in thought, he had gone far away.
Sori quickened her pace to catch up with his quickened steps.
Sori, who had followed him into the lab, carefully closed the door and felt tense in the sudden silence.
He headed straight for his desk and asked indifferently.
“When do you leave work?”
“I was planning on catching some sleep in the doctor’s office.”
Her speech was rigid, with utmost courtesy and formality.
Perhaps due to yesterday’s incident, his mood still didn’t seem too good.
He, with a poker face, took something from under the desk and put it on top.
“Take this.”
“What is… that?”
Walking a few steps closer, she realized it was a luxurious 4tier lunch box.
“Is this for me to eat?”
“Were you planning to avoid me again today and settle with a sandwich?”
He asked indifferently as he sat on the desk chair.
Without realizing, Sori slowly shook her head.
“I didn’t have much of an appetite yesterday.”
Sori pursed her lips in an unexpected emotion.
“May I open it for a moment?”
He casually nodded as if to give her the green light. Sori carefully stepped closer and gently opened the lunch box.
Bulgogi, rolled omelette, Vienna sausages in the shape of octopuses, blanched broccoli, colorful fruits, and even kimbap.
One by one, as Sori checked each compartment, her eyes sparkled. It was a lunch box filled with care.
“I really like Vienna sausages. It must have been Jiwoo’s suggestion.”
Looking at the box filled with her favorite foods, it was evident that it was a thoughtful gift from adorable Jiwoo.
As Sori was admiring the lunch box, she sneaked a glance up to find him typing away on his keyboard, engrossed in his monitor.
Sori stared at him intensely.
Feeling her gaze, he asked without looking at her.
“Why?”
He responded out of habit and frowned at his own answer.
Bringing her the lunch box had already pushed him beyond some kind of limit.
Weirdly, it was a problem for him that he constantly overstepped his boundaries with Sori.
When Hyun Woo looked up, Sori was staring at him with a blank face, licking her lips.
Sighing soundlessly, he exhaled.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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