Said I didn’t Love Him But I Lied

If there was something Everleigh was very good at, it was definitely how she could suppress her emotions by busying herself with her work and studies. She had mastered it seven years ago.

The day Godfrey Group announced Theodore and Josephine’s wedding, she’d personally completed three operations. She only went home when the clock struck eleven o’clock in the evening. When she reached home, she was so tired that she had no strength left to take a shower. She laid on her sofa, unwilling to even move.

She received a voice message from Christopher.

Everleigh turned on the speaker and played the message. Christopher’s casual voice echoed in the room. “Baby! I did the procedure and I’ll be back two days later! Wait for me!”

The word “baby” made the hair at the back of her neck stand. She quickly composed a reply, “No, you’d better not come back.”

“How can that be? I want to go back and look at my precious daughter! You’re done for if you’re not taking good care of her!”

Christopher, like most men, had a unique love for his daughter. However, due to his playboy personality, he could not live a peaceful life, so he devoted all his love for his daughter, Adrienne.

Adrienne seemed to have inherited her unruly behavior from Christopher.

Everleigh refused to talk further with Christopher, so she left her phone on the sofa, took a shower and went to bed.

A lot of things were packed in her mind. First, she had Dr. Harrison’s thesis to worry about. Second, she had a lot of operations to attend to for the next two days and lastly, she was to report for work at Ocpeace Medical University soon. There was no part in her brain where she could think of anything else.

Everleigh stayed at the hospital for the next week.

She had no need to worry about her children since they were staying with her father. She worked overtime almost everyday and she also performed the most operations among her colleagues. Dr. Harrison was a little worried when he saw her.

“Skip the operation tonight, will you? Why are you working so hard?”

“It’s fine.” Everleigh took a sip of tea in her thermos cup and said, “It was already arranged for me. I’ll go home when I’m done.”

“Enough is enough.” Dr. Harrison shot her a glare. “Go home early for the day. Just look at you! If you go on like this, you’re going to look like a 40-year-old when you’re only 30.”

Dr. Harrison did not wait for Everleigh’s answer. He turned towards the doctor next to him, “I’ll take care of Everleigh’s operation tonight. If the patient’s unwilling to compromise, push the operation to next week.”

The doctor smiled, “You’re the top surgeon in this hospital! I don’t think the patient’s going to turn you down.”

“You don’t know that yet.” Dr. Harrison stared at Everleigh, “I fear that this hardworking lady over here is going to operate on all the patients in this hospital.”

Everleigh felt helpless. She looked at Dr. Harrison and the doctor next to him before smiling at both of them.

Her arranged operation had been taken away from her by her mentor. She was about to drive and fetch her children from the Trevino family mansion when she received a call.

It was from an unsaved number. Everleigh answered the call suspiciously, “Hello?”

“Am I speaking to Madam Trevino?”

The female voice talking on the phone sounded familiar to Everleigh. She finally recognized it and said, “Oh, is this Miss Allen?”

Miss Allen was responsible for student admission procedures of Sapphire Elementary School. Everleigh had talked to her before when she had gone to the school to pay the school fees.

When the payment had been made, Everleigh was informed that her children could begin their schooling in September. The admission procedure was simpler since it was a private school.

“Yes, it’s me.”

“Miss Allen, what can I help you with?”

“We found some problems with your children’s applications. I’m sorry to say this but I’m afraid they cannot be admitted into the school this September.”

“Why?” Everleigh’s face became serious. “I thought I’ve already submitted all the required documents? I’ve even paid the school fees!”

“I’m sorry, but it’s a bit complicated. It’s a little inconvenient to talk like this. How about this? I’ll make an appointment for you to come to the school and I’ll refund the money you’ve paid. Again, I’m sorry to say this, but I’ll have to turn down your application.”

Everleigh glanced at the time and said, “I’m free now. Can I come over right now?”

The person on the other side was stunned for a moment. “Okay. We’ll talk more when you’re here.”

When the call ended, Everleigh took out her car keys and drove away from the hospital.

What the school did was unreasonable! She had given everything the school had asked for before she paid the school fees. She hid nothing and was honest with every answer she provided. Why did the school now claim that her application was problematic?

It took her 20 minutes to reach the school. Miss Allen was already waiting for Everleigh in her office. She politely took out two sets of application forms and handed them to Everleigh.

“Why? Please give me a reason.” Everleigh looked very dissatisfied.

“I’m sorry, Madam Trevino. I don’t really know the specific reason. This was actually decided by the headmaster. As per our usual procedures, we will only accept the school fees after we are sure that the application is good. I’ve also refunded your money. I’m sorry about this.”

When she was driving to the school, Everleigh had received a notification from the bank to inform her that she had received a fund transfer of four million dollars into her account.

“Everything about this sounds so fishy. Can’t you give me a proper explanation? Please?”

“I’m very sorry, Madam Trevino. You’d better apply to another school before the semester starts. I suggest you do it as soon as possible.”

Miss Allen only apologized to all of Everleigh’s questions. She answered Everleigh politely, but she never told her the reason why her applications were turned down.

Everleigh knew it was futile even if she dragged on. Before she left, she asked, “Miss Allen, perhaps you have things that you can’t share with me. Allow me to ask you just this; is someone pulling the strings?”

Miss Allen frowned but she did not answer.

Everleigh understood it immediately.  “I get it now. Thank you very much.”

She knew that there was someone who did not want her return to Ocpeace City since the very first day. No matter what she did, there were always people who wished for her to leave.

There were three events that foreshadowed her conclusion. First, there were the rumors at the hospital. Second, there was the injury she got from the drama crew. Third, there was this problem with her children’s school admission.

Who would it be this time? Was it Mrs. Godfrey or Josephine?

Coming out of the school, Everleigh stood and made a phone call. If it were not for her children’s sake, she would never call this person.

The call took a very long time to connect and when it did, a female voice could be heard, “Hello?”

“It’s me.”

“Everleigh? What’s the matter? Why did you call me all of a sudden?”

“Josephine, it was you, wasn’t it? I’m talking about my children’s admission into the school.” Everleigh refused to beat around the bush.

“You’re still as smart as you used to be. It didn’t take you too long to figure out it was me!” Josephine was laughing.

“There are plenty of people who want me out of Ocpeace City, but the thing with the school? It reeks of your dirty tactics. What are you trying to achieve?” Everleigh tightened her grip at her phone.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“What? You don’t know that?” Josephine’s voice sank to a whisper, “I’ll see you in 30 minutes. I have things that I’d like to explain clearly to you.”