He looked at me for a while. " May I help you, Miss Lisa?"
" Ohh... yes... sure." Why was I even feeling guilty? Not that I committed any offence. I was only a teacher for his friend's son! " I came for a check-up."
He nodded. " What exactly do you want us to check?"
I blinked. Why did I feel like this question was deeper than it appeared? " I..."
" I mean, where do you want us to focus on? Or do you want a full body check-up?"
" Yes..." I quickly nodded. There's nothing wrong with telling him my problem, but I wasn't comfortable with the man, and I was even confused about why I was feeling that way.
" Noted." He then stood up immediately. His blank expression made me feel at ease. We went into a room filled with expensive equipment, some of which isn't common in normal hospitals because patients wouldn't be able to afford it.
After the check-up, he dropped his stethoscope and sighed. I noticed he was trying to hold his anger, making me wonder what I did wrong...
" Madam, if you are having issues with your husband and want to punish him by wasting that amount of money, there are lots of ways to do it."
" What?" 'cause I didn't understand him at all!
" Do you think I'm that free?" he said coldly. I wouldn't lie, I felt the chill. Shouldn't a doctor be friendly? Why was this man so menacing? He looked cute and scary at the same time.
" What are you talking about, doctor?"
" Your medical report is clean. You are perfectly fine," he said as he gently stretched the report toward me.
My heart softened. He was pissed, yet gentle. Kelvin needed a lot to learn. I collected the report and smiled. That was what we called maturity, unlike Kelvin who wanted to attach, whoa! Why was I thinking about him again?!
" What's funny?" I heard his scoff.
That was when I realised what he was telling me. " I'm fine?" I asked in disbelief.
He still had his weird expression. " You thought you were sick?" He seemed to be trying to understand me.
I nodded immediately. " I... I'm... are you sure I'm fine?" I quickly located my digestive system and intestines. I knew I would see whatever was happening in my stomach, but everything seemed normal...
" The only thing you have to take care of is to rest more..."
" Please, are you sure I'm okay?" I still didn't know if I had heard it correctly or not.
He looked at me for a while and sighed. " What do you think is happening with you, Miss Lisa?"
" I..." Why was I even hesitating? It was embarrassing, and it was the kind of thing men ran away from.
"Patient's personal matters won't be discussed with anyone, is that what you are afraid of?"
" Ahhh... not that," I denied. " I thought I was infertile..." I murmured.
" You are what?" He tilted his head toward me. " You thought you were infertile?"
He chuckled. " I don't know why you would think that, but I'm very sure your womb is perfectly fine. You just don't have sex at the right time."
I blushed and looked away. He thought I was currently with my husband? " Ahh... I see."
I didn't know how I got home. Really?! Was I normal? But... we did the test and the doctor said I was infertile. I still had the result with me.
" Are you for real?" Sofia asked in disbelief. " You are normal?"
I looked out the window in a daze. Things were more complicated than I thought... What was going on? We were with the doctor throughout the check-up and the result came out showing what he said. Now that I had tried another hospital, why was the result different from the other one?
" Yes!!" Sofia clapped happily. " That's a good thing! At least you will stop saying you are disabled. Let's focus on getting you a husband..."
" Oh, stop," I said, shaking my head.
" What is wrong with you!"
" Listen, let me make money first, then we will talk about that later. Right now, I want to focus on my student, okay?"
Sofia scoffed. " Yes, madam."
The next day.
Kelvin's sad face welcomed me. He was frowning at his laptop.
" Care to share?" I asked worriedly.
He glanced at me and sighed. " I failed again. There's no point trying again."
Looking confused, I asked, " What is that?"
" Howard University. I kept failing their exam despite all my efforts. It's my dream school."
I chuckled at his serious face. Sometimes he looked cute, sometimes he looked scary. " Well, I would advise you not to give up. Why don't you try again?"
" What? I said I kept failing..."
" It doesn't mean you should give up. Why would you even give up on something you failed once?"
" Not once, but twice." He rolled his eyes, tired of arguing already.
" Listen, try one more time. I will help you get their previous questions to study. Then you will apply for an exam, very similar to the Howard exam. I will introduce it to you later. If you pass it, there's a high chance you will pass the Howard exam."
" Really?" He smiled...
Ahh, that smile made my heart tremble. How could someone be blessed with gap teeth and dimples at the same time? Was this a trap from the devil?
I quickly looked away and nodded. " If you have the determination to achieve it, of course getting it won't be difficult."
He quickly brought his textbooks. I could see the hope in his eyes. Teaching a student who wanted to start from the beginning wasn't easy, but I tried my best to teach him in a way he would understand.
Days turned into weeks. I managed to keep my job steady. This made Mrs Donovan happy, and she doubled my salary, including the bonus for anyone who managed to keep the job for a month.
Sometimes they forced me to eat with them in the dining room, thinking it would distract me from my feelings toward Kelvin, but things didn't go as I expected.
This feeling grew stronger inside me. Especially when I sat in front of him in the dining room one day, I couldn't take my eyes off him. His mouth, the way he chewed and swallowed, I couldn't stop imagining the kiss.
I started feeling uneasy when he began giving me weird looks. He had caught me peeping at him hundreds of times. I bet he had noticed something was off with me.
Until one day... The first thing that welcomed me was his happy face. " Good news?"
He calmly looked at me and smiled more. I blushed. The journey was almost five months, and he felt more mature than the first time I met him.
" Look, I passed their test."
" Really?" I gasped and collected the book. I was surprised he scored more than we planned. This meant his chance of getting into his dream university was very high!
" Yes!" I screamed happily and hugged him. " I knew you would do it!"
" Yeah..." he chuckled.
That was when I realised what I just did.
Why was I hugging him?
We looked at each other for a while. Then I saw him glance at my lips.
Gosh! His lips were tempting me! I unconsciously leaned in and quickly stopped midway, my eyes widening. What was I even doing?
I pulled away and forced a smile. " I'm very happy for you, Kelvin."
" Thanks," he said sharply, looking straight into my eyes... for the first time.
While teaching him, I couldn't concentrate. I felt his gaze deepen, and my thoughts grew wilder. I felt wrong and went home earlier than the time given to me.
I had fallen for my student, and the feeling was getting uncontrollable.
