OH PLEASE, MY EX-WIFE

Chapter 31: Let's See how Long You can Pretend

After all, Alice Roberts is a well-known andrologist abroad, and there's not even a single patient to see her at home. Who can take this easily?

He also heard about that a man broke into Alice Roberts' office yesterday, and if he was right, that man was Edward Smith.

"Alice, has Edward Smith been bothering you these days?"

"Ah? No, no." Alice Roberts pauses for a moment, and then shakes her head and gives Julie Swift, who is about to say something, an eye, suggesting her not to speak.

A flash of gloom moves in his eyes, John Blake lowers his head, losing all appetite. Does Alice Roberts lie to him because she doesn't want him to interfere in their affairs?

However, John Blake is wrong this time. Alice Roberts doesn't want to tell him because she feels sorry about Edward Smith hurting John Blake last time.

She doesn't say it because she doesn't want John Blake to get hurt in another conflict with Edward Smith.

Julie Swift wonders why Alice Roberts didn't mention that someone was pestering her. And with this question the atmosphere seems to turn cold and Dr. Blake, who always behaves gently, doesn't speak a thing.

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In the afternoon, there is still no patient.

Alice Roberts is getting anxious. If there is no patient all day long, she will lose her bonus and people will think she's not professional. After all, she only had one patient yesterday which she didn't even complete.

She starts to worry!

Julie Swift offers to ask the outpatient department if something is wrong there or they thought she was off work today.

"Thank you, Julie."

"No big deal."

Julie Swift grins, dressed in a pink nurse costume, and goes in a hurry.

Alice Roberts is sitting alone in the consulting room and feels bored. She picks up her mobile phone and it rings. It's very coincidental because she has put it on mute mode and it rings just when she picks it.

But she doesn't want to answer!

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In the President's office of SA International Group,

After reading some important documents, Edward Smith gets his coffee and drinks some of it. A wicked smile shows up on his face when he suddenly thinks of something about Alice Roberts who is working at the hospital, which makes him look more handsome.

He picks up the phone and calls her.

The phone rings for a long time, but the woman does not answer!

Edward Smith, with a hint of cold in his angular face, hangs up the phone. Well done, Alice Roberts, let's see how long you can pretend.

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As the screen goes black and no more phone calls come, Alice Roberts is relieved but disappointed as well.

She swears to herself when she realizes it, "I can't have any more contact with Edward Smith."

She must work hard to support her children and mother.

Alice Roberts, who puts making money in top priority, has no idea that her two adorable children are dozens of times richer than her and she has no need to work this hard.

Alice Roberts, who has adjusted her own mood, puts her mind back to her work. She sits in the consulting room and waits for a long time, but Julie Swift does not come back until she opens the door heading to fetch some hot water.

Julie Swift looks at her with some hesitation and steps forward when she notices that Alice Roberts is holding an empty cup, "I'll fetch the water for you."

"No..."

Before Alice Roberts could finish her sentence, the cup is taken by Julie Swift. She has to turn back to the consulting room and waits for Julie Swift to fetch the water.

After a while, Julie Swift comes back and sits down in the chair opposite. It seems like she has finally made up her mind. "Alice, have you offended someone?" she asks solemnly.

Alice Roberts pauses, "What do you mean?"

She just returned to this hospital from abroad. How could she offend someone?

Julie Swift has to tell her what she has just known when she sees Alice Roberts looking puzzled, "I went to the outpatient department and they said you were not on the list so the patients couldn't make appointments with you."

"Why did they do that?"

Alice Roberts frowns in surprise. She has not offended anyone and it means she's off work if her name isn't on the list. But no one told her and she has been staying in the consulting room all day.

Julie Swift doesn't understand too. If the leaders don't like Alice Roberts, they can use other ways. There's no reason for them to do that.

"Would it be the man who came yesterday?"

Yesterday?

Alice Roberts frowns. Is it Edward Smith? He's the chairman of the hospital, and he can tell the hospital leaders to get her name off the list.

And the thing gets even clearer with the phone call he just made.

No wonder no one came to her yesterday since he left and so is today. It turns out he's the one who behinds it.

Crack!

Alice Roberts slaps the table and stands up. Julie Swift is shocked and thinks she's going to fight with the leaders. So she says, "Alice，don’t be impulsive. There must be some misunderstanding. It's

almost time to get off work, and the leaders must not be there. Calm down, we can go to the dean and ask him about it tomorrow."

Her words remind Alice Roberts that it's too late to do anything since it's almost five o’clock now. Besides, Edward Smith must do this to force her to find him.

She should pull herself together!

"Thank you, Julie"

"We are friends. Don't think too much and take it as a break. You don't know that everyone has to work overnight when the hospital is busy. It's really hard…"

Julie Swift keeps comforting Alice Roberts until they get off work.

"See you tomorrow."

"Bye!"

After saying goodbye to Julie Swift, a low-key black car pulls up in front of her when Alice Roberts is about to go to the bus stop. The car window rolls down, and it's John Blake sitting in it.

"I don't have anything to do after work. Let me take you to pick up Albert and Rebecca."

"It's all right. I can go myself." Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

John Blake opens the car door and steps down, smiling gently at Alice Roberts, "I am just missing Albert and Rebecca. Come on, I just want to play with them."

At that point, Alice Roberts could not say no, so she gets in the car.

John Blake gets back in the driver's seat, fastens his seat belt, starting the car, and drives away.

Neither of them notices that there's a handsome man in a Cayenne staring at the car coldly in the corner. Edward Smith was waiting for Alice Roberts to find him.

Then he thought she was too stupid and it would take her a very long time to find the reason, so he could not help driving here.

Then, he sees her coming off work with John Blake!

Well done, Alice Roberts.