Crashing into an Old Flame
Chapter 154: I will protect you

Chapter 154: I will protect you

’’There is no point pretending anymore,’’ Veronica crossed her arms in front of her chest.

Everyone looked at her in confusion, ’’What is it, Vera?" several female staff who could not wait to dig dirt on Diana jumped on the opportunity.

Even Mary was looking back and forth between them, confused by what was transpiring.

Diana shook her head at Mary. Mary patted her shoulder.

’’She is trying to hide....’’ Veronica strode towards her, an arrogant look crossed on her face, ’’...the fact that someone stood her up on a date."

Diana’s face relaxed.

’’How embarrassing,’’ the women whispered to each other like birds chirping in the background.

Looking at the blank expression on her face, Mary patted her back, ’’A man who keeps a lady waiting is not a gentleman. No regrets over such people.’’

Diana nodded. No regrets indeed. As long as her sheep was not out of the bag, she had no regrets.

’’You even dressed up so much, only to end up being stood up on your date. Seeing that you are so pitiful, we can only force ourselves to join you and keep you company,’’ Veronica pushed her to the side and sat on the seat where Maxim had been sitting earlier.

Diana’s eyes widened as the rest of the people approached the table. Hey, hey, who wants you to keep me company? My company is under the table!!

Without giving it a second thought, Diana sat one chair away from Veronica’s, and as expected Maxim was right there.

Diana placed her bag and phone down on the table.

Mary sat between Diana and Veronica as she glanced at her worriedly, ’’Are you really fine?’’

’’Um, I am...’’

’’You are sweating so much.’’

Veronica smirked, ’’Must be the embarrassment of being stood up getting to her.’’

And the woman was shameless enough to start eating when she was not even invited.

The rest of the staff members except Mary laughed at the statement before they started eating as well.

Diana pinched her brows.

Her phone vibrated twice. She ignored it.

But the man hiding under the table leaned back on her legs, knocking her feet twice.

"_" He was getting comfortable down there, wasn’t he?

She picked her up and brought it closer to her face.

Warner: I asked you to chase them away but you let them join you instead.

Diana: Did you hear me asking them to join? I lost my reputation instead. They think that a man stood me up

Warner: I can come out to prove that no man can do that to you~

Her heart raced. It was not the anxious kind of racing from earlier. It was something thrilling.

Diana: I’m afraid it’s too late for that, Dr. Warner. Your reputation would be brutally damaged if they know that you have been hiding under a table

Warner: My reputation is nowhere as important compared to you. If you want me to, I will come out

’’No!"

As soon as she said it, she realized that she literally said it aloud.

The rest of the people at the table looked gazed at her weirdly.

’’Diana, if there is some issue, you can tell me. You don’t have to take anyone’s words to heart,’’ Mary did not keep her voice low.

Diana was grateful to her. She knew that Mary was quite wary of Veronica and stayed away from her usually but for her to go against her like this...

Diana patted her hand, ’’I am fine. Just a bit tired.’’

’’Oh, Head Nurse, are you sure you aren’t backing the wrong person? Who will back you up later?" Veronica twirled the wine glass in her hand.

Diana frowned. Back her up for what?

’’Dr. Qin said a few words about you. It seems like the both of you have offended him somehow.’’

Mary looked at Diana worriedly.

Diana shook her head.

The remaining people looked at each other, ’’Alex Qin is not a friendly person in the first place. How did you offend him?"

Diana leaned back on the chair, ’’When I joined the hospital, I was quite curious about you all. But after the time I have spent here, I realized that you are in the wrong field. You people surpassed showbiz in my opinion,’’ she poured some wine before raising the glass to her mouth, ’’Look at you gossiping about who did what.’’

’’My sister is a model,’’ Veronica smiled like a good-natured lady, ’’So, naturally she has rubbed off a few things on me. I can’t help but keep tabs about who is up to what.’’

Diana nearly choked on her wine. Those who didn’t know anything would think that Veronica was humble and accepted her flaw of talking about others. When in reality, she was just trying to rub it in by mentioning her sister since Maxim had some entanglements with her sister in the past.

Everyone had seen Diana being carried by Maxim some time ago and after that, they believed that she was romantically involved with Maxim.

If she was really Maxim’s girlfriend then wouldn’t they have incited a good feud by mentioning his ex-girlfriend in front of her?

Diana rubbed her arms, feeling the goosebumps popping on her skin. Too scheming. Too evil.

The rest of the women on the table whispered and laughed, looking at her like she was a clown.

Diana speechlessly bumped her toes into a certain someone who was comfortably leaning against her under the table.

Her phone vibrated.

She picked it up.

Warner: I can explain

Diana rolled her eyes before she typed a text and sent it to him.

Diana: Who wants your explanation? If you dated someone, you dated them. Is your private life something these people should keep tabs on? Don’t worry, Warner, I will protect you!

Diana re-read her text. Feeling somewhat unsatisfied with it, she sent a ’Fighting’ gif.

She nodded in satisfaction and glanced at her phone as the ’typing’ appeared and disappeared repeatedly.

Diana pouted. These people... They must have hurt his sentiments by mentioning his past. He was not even replying to her text now.

Diana looked at Veronica with narrowed eyes, ’’Now that I think of it, comparing you people to showbiz is too high of an evaluation. At least, it’s their profession,’’ she smiled, ’’Looking at you closely, you remind me of the neighborhood aunties who have nothing to do except for peeping into other’s lives.’’

’’You...’’ Veronica frowned

’’Why would you belittle us like that?’’

One of the staff members spoke and the rest were quick to follow suit.

’’Forget it,’’ Veronica interrupted them, ’’Miss Diana is after all someone we can’t offend. She has her backer.’’

’’Backer?" Diana raised an eyebrow before shooting a text to Maxim.

Diana: The backer they are talking about... is that you?

The reply was quick to come.

Warner: I don’t mind backing you up. But you are not letting me

Diana: Stay put under the table, Warner

She rolled her eyes. Back her up? She was not a damsel in distress.

Naturally, the more these people pushed her, the more they cemented her resolve to do something that she was refraining herself from doing.

The only thing that bothered her was that she never wanted Maxim to witness things like this. She did not want him to worry about her because of these foul-mouthed people.

The naggy Maxim was quite scary to deal with.

’’Not everyone is as lucky as Miss Chen.’’

’’We all saw how Dr. Warner carried you the day you argued with Vera.’’

Veronica grasped her glass tighter. These people had only seen the way he defended Diana but they did not see how he warned her in private to stay away from Diana.

She had wanted to use that patient’s incident to defame Diana but only if Alex Qin was more reliable. The man rejected the patient without a second thought.

She had been looking forward to getting back at Diana. Who could have thought she would get the chance today?

’’Come on, don’t compare yourselves to her. We are naturally not as pretty as our colleague so we can’t complain much about it,’’ Veronica sipped her wine.

Diana, who was in midst of eating fish almost spit it out. Her food... Her dear food. These ruthless people were not even letting her eat a bite.

She glared at Veronica. Pretty? Wasn’t she simply implying that she seduced Maxim?

Only god knew about her woes. Who would tell them that she had been trying to seduce him since yesterday only to be slapped with a ’No’ on her face repeatedly?

When she thought about it, she felt indignant.

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