The nurses were intrigued by the news about a beautiful woman visiting Howard's office that they locked to the nurse station to quench their curiosity.
Ariah was embarrassed at first, but she gradually felt at ease.
Howard was well- known as a womanizer. Although he had many relationships, none of it lasted, and he never brought any of the women to work. Therefore, the nurses were hysterical about this piece of news.
They saw Ariah as Howard's girlfriend.
Ariah was a little flustered at first when stared by the nurses.
However, bit by bit, she felt rather comfortable and pleasant because the nurses were sweet talkers who complimented her and greeted her sweetly.
Howard glared at her with resentment. "Go back and take care of your husband! Why do you have to come to my office?"
"I'm here to be a nuisance." Ariah grinned. "It's such a great opportunity to prank you that I simply can't miss!"
"Why are you doing this to me? I don't have anything against you!" At this point, Howard was traumatized by her.
She snorted, "Among Jimmy's buddies, you're the one who looks down on me the most from the day I got married to him, aren't you? Do you think I don't know that you always speak ill of me?"
Howard looked at her, speechless.
D*mn, women were such petty and horrible creatures.
As they were arguing like children in the office, a nurse knocked on the door and poked her head in. "Dr. Perkins, someone wants to see you."
"Who?"
The nurse shrugged, indicating that she didn't know the person.
Frowning, Howard was about to get up when the door was pushed open followed by a girl's voice, "Uncle Howard, do you miss me?"
An adorable little girl in a pink dress skipped into the office. She was dressed very beautifully from head to toe.
"Aw, my little princess is here." Howard picked Sadie up and planted a kiss on her cheek. "Of course, I miss you. I miss you so much."
Sadie chuckled. "Mommy, Daddy, and Seamus are
all here."
Ariah pinched Sadie's face. "Hey, what about me? Don't you miss me?"
"Auntie Ariah! I miss you, too. Do you miss me?" As usual, Sadie was as sweet as honey.
Ariah giggled at her response. "Where's your mother?"
"She's outside."
Walking out of the office, sure enough, Ariah saw that the nurse station was jam-packed with the nurses, excitedly taking Seamus's picture. They were all mesmerized. "Oh my god, what a handsome kid. He is so cool. Oh my god, he's so cute I'm gonna die!"
"Quick, help me take a few photos with this handsome little boy!"
With a frown, Seamus hid behind Sharon.
Sensing Seamus's displeasure, Sharon was about to reject the nurses' request when one of them grabbed her hand in a hurry and pleaded, "Miss, is the handsome boy your son? Oh my god, he's so cute. We want to take pictures with him. Can you take it for us, please?"
One of Sharon's weaknesses was that she didn't know how to say no. She turned to Seamus, pursing her lips and relenting, "Baby, they really like you."
Seamus sighed helplessly. "Fine. Hurry up then and we're going to Sadie after we're done."
"Okay, okay."
The nurses nodded profusely, followed by the endless sound of the camera shutters clicking.
Finally, it was Howard who came out of his office, cleared his throat, and shouted with a serious face, "What are you all doing here? Go back to your work!"
The nurses dispersed in a flurry after taking the pictures.
With her eyes widened in surprise, Ariah walked up to Sharon and laughed. "You're getting a little chubby. What did Stanley feed you?"
Sharon's face was filled with concern. "I am?"
"Look at your face, you're as round as a ba..."
Starve?
"D*mn!" Ariah stomped her feet and gasped, "I forgot to buy you food!"
Jimmy looked askance at her.
He would starve to death if he waited for her to bring back some food!
"Come in, Seamus!" Ariah waved behind her. "Come in and keep Uncle Jimmy company. I'm going to buy him something to eat..."
"Never mind. I've already eaten," Jimmy interrupted and sat up straight. "Stanley and the rest are here?"
Ariah nodded and called Seamus in, followed by Howard and Sadie. Sadie leaned over the bed and glanced at Jimmy's bandaged arm with a pouty expression. "Does it hurt?"
"No." Jimmy stroked Sadie's hair gently.
Sadie was so lovable and adorable. He decided that he wanted to have a daughter in the future. Having a daughter was better than having a son.
As something flashed across his mind, he turned to Ariah subconsciously and stared at her belly intensely.
Logically speaking, they had made so much effort into conceiving a child, but why was she not pregnant yet?
Was it because he had not worked hard enough?
It was time to work harder now...
"Jimmy, why do you look so nasty!" Howard waved in front of him. "I have goosebumps!"
Jimmy rolled his eyes. "Get lost!"
"Alright." Howard sat down on the side and played with Sadie.
After a while, Stanley and Sharon walked in. Sharon was obviously still angry with Stanley and was ignoring him. As Stanley glared at Ariah, his expression darkened.
He concluded that Ariah was a scourge who always messed up their relationship whenever she showed up.
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