Oliver's POV
Since our last arguement, Macy has been impossible to reach. She decided to go back to work and cut her work holiday short. Who was I to stop her?
She works 12 hour shifts for at least 4 days a week with on call duties in between.
She is still asleep when I leave home and she is not home when I'm home.
She must have really hated me so much after what happened. She even chose weekdays off just so she won't see me.
I couldn't move on from what had happened last time specially that until now, I still don't know what I did so wrong. It's been f*cking my head.
And I have another problem, I was invited to a social event. And obviously, I can't turn up alone. I honestly don't know what to do!!!
I'm suppose to be working but I haven't got anything done all day. That's why I have decided to work until late. There's tons of paperworks that needs reading and I don't really want to go home to an empty house.
I am so used to Macy's presence that I feel like my life is f*cked when she's not around.
It's 11:30PM I'm still at the office and still nothing is getting done.
I gave up and decided to just go home.
Macy's POV
After what happened last time. I don't know how to face Oliver. I wasn't really ready to tell him why I freaked out and got angry.
So to avoid him, I called the hospital and told them that I'd like to go back to work. My direct manager couldn't decide so I decided to contact the medical director directly which she happily agreed.
My life has been back to having 3-4 hours of maximum sleep. I have been working 12 hours 4-5 days a week. Even tonight, after my full shift, I offered to stay back for 2 more hours. Yes. I'm probably crazy but I'm really not ready to talk to Oliver.
The hospital has been the same since the last time I was working here aside from a few new staff. And I was getting lesser numbers of procedure because they have hired 2 more surgeons.
It was about time for me to go. 10 minutes to midnight. Oliver is probably already sleeping by the time I get home which I prefer.
I drove home and slowly opened the door so I didn't wake him up. To my surprise, he was still awake.
"Hi baby." He greeted me. He was going to get up but he stopped and changed his mind.
"Hi back." I answered. I went to the laundry straight away. That has always been my routine. Run to the laundry undress then take a shower. I always liked to wash my scrubs every after shift for hygiene purposes.
I stripped my scrubs off without realizing that Oliver actually followed me. I was now only wearing my bra and my underwear. Thank god I wore my boylegs today. I turned around and I found Oliver leaning on the door frame of the laundry room.
"Well? Can I help you with anything, Oliver?" I was not angry but I was mostly nervous.
"Calm your farm. I'm just here to give you a towel so you won't get cold."
He handed me the towel then he left. I wrapped myself with the towel then I went to the bathroom and showered. I slightly felt a pang of guilt with the way I acted at him.
I quickly changed into my pajamas. The bed was still empty so Oliver was still outside. I went out of the room and I saw Oliver sitting on one of the bar stools in his minibar looking at his phone.
"I'm making cofee. Do you want one?" I asked.
"Sure. I'll have decaf americano." He answered.
I made coffee for the both of us. I handed him his coffee then I sat on the sofa and turned my laptop on.
I needed to recheck a CT brain scan image for a patient that one of the general medicine doctor has referred to me.
I was engrossed with the photos of the CT brain scan that I didn't noticed Oliver hovering on my back looking at the photos. I don't know what's his deal but he looked like he was interested at the photos I was looking at.
"Baby..." he said.
"Hmmm?" I answered without looking at him.
"What is that little white thing in the middle?" He asked.
"What white thing?" I was getting confused with his question as there was a lot of white things on the photos.
The CT brain scan was actually from a patient who is currently having a brain tumor remission. The general medicine doctor was needing advice if we can still operate and remove the tumors. Looking at the photos and comparing them with the previous ones, it looked liked there was more growth this time. So, I would ask for more imaging done so that I would know what stage it is and then I can decide wether we could operate and remove the tumor or not.
I explained all these to Oliver. He was nodding the whole time I was explaining.
Oliver's POV
I arrived home and it was quiet and Macy was still not home. So I decided to stay awake for a little bit longer.
Quarter past midnight when I heard the door opened. It was Macy. I was going to get up and kiss her but I changed my mind. So instead, I said hi then she said hi back then she ran towards the laundry room. I was confused with her running so I followed her.
Then I saw that she was taking her scrubs off and putting them in the wash. She was surprised to see me at the doorway. She asked me why was I there. Lucky there was a clean towel on the laundry basket that I used as a good excuse.
Then I saw Macy going to the bathroom to shower. I returned to sit on the barstool and played with my phone.
Also, I kept thinking how should I approach her so I won't scare her away. I used the offensive tactic last time and it clearly didn't work on her.
Luckily, after she showered, she was the first one to engage me in a conversation. She even offered me a cup of coffee.
I was actually already tired but I didn't want to ruin the moment. Because after almost a week, this is the first time we actually seen each and had a conversation like normal people.
After Macy gave me my coffee, she sat on the couch and opened her laptop. I thought she was going to watch a movie or netflix. I stood up and sat beside her. I looked at her laptop and I was surprised to see photos of someone's brain or something. Who knows! It looked wierd because of the white things. So I asked her what were the white things and she actually had a long explanation.
I must have fallen asleep.
"Babe...." Macy woke me up.
"Oliver, wake up... Let's go to bed."
I looked at the wall clock and it was 02:24 in the morning.
We both stood up and went to our bedroom. I was happy with our progress so far. I plan not to ask her anything for now until she is ready to tell me.
We brushed our teeth then we went to bed.
Macy fell asleep a few seconds after her head hit the pillow and I was tossing and turning. I don't know why suddenly I was restless and I am not able to fall asleep when I could hardly keep my eyes open earlier.
Suddenly Macy's phone vibrated. I didn't want to wake her so I picked up the phone. It was the hospital.
"I'm sorry but my wife is not available. Find someone else." I firmly told the person on the other end.
Macy's POV
My body clock is now back to waking at least 15 minutes before my alarm goes off at 09:30 every morning.
It is actually my day off today. Usually, Oliver is already gone by the time I wake up. So, I was surprised to see him still asleep at this time of the day.
"Babe... you're late for work." I nudged him.
"I will tell John I'm on sick leave today." He answered then went straight back to sleep.
He owns his company so it didn't really matter if he didn't turn up to work for 1 day.
I was about to get up when his hand stopped me.
"Don't get up yet. Please???" He nicely asked.
Since I was not really nice to him last night, I stayed in bed a bit longer.
He hugged me and he planted little kisses all over my face.
I didn't react. I didn't say anything. And I didn't stop him either.
The last few days was really hard for me not seeing Oliver. I actually missed him. It made me happy seeing him last night when I came home. I think I got so used to living with him now. I even call his place my home.
I'm actually starting to feel scared. What if one day, he wakes up and he realizes that he doesn't need me?!