It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1363 Patricia Woke Up (Part Three)

"Wouldn't she be even more devastated if she suddenly remembers it one day? And by that time you have moved on?" Leena asked worriedly. She didn't mind Patricia listening to them talking about her. She had no idea anyway.

"Hey! What the hell are you two talking about? I'm starting to feel out of place here. Hellooo..." Patricia looked between them with suspicious eyes. Though she couldn't understand what they were saying, she felt that whatever they were talking about definitely had something to do with her.

"That's all right. But you don't have to understand everything just yet." Leena glanced at her, eyes full of complicated emotions. Why the hell did she have to forget about the man that she was head over heels crazy for just a month ago? Was she really so hurt that she wanted to forget about Tom once and for all?

Tom let out a silent sigh. As a doctor, it was not the first time that he encountered a situation like this. Nothing shocking here. But it was the first time that something like this happened to him on a personal level. What he really worried about was what he would do if Patricia did forget about him for good. As soon as this thought came up in his mind, he froze. What was happening to him? Did he really fall in love with this woman in such a short time? No. He should probably stop thinking about it. He had to nip this in the bud.

Besides Leena, Patricia's parents were also the ones who were the happiest about her waking up. They were very grateful to Tom. They thought that he would be the biggest reason why Patricia would wake up.

Michelle received the news about Patricia the next day. When she arrived at the hospital, Patricia was having some soup. Because she had only just woken up, she could not eat any solid foods yet in case her stomach had any adverse reactions. She had to eat baby food for the time being.

"Patricia, welcome back!" Michelle reached out her hands and gently hugged Patricia. Her eyes reddened because she was so happy. In fact, they all waited so long for this day.

"Thank you! I am sorry that I made you all worry." Patricia smiled a bit sheepishly. To be honest, she felt thankful too, though she still had to be stuck in the cast on her right leg for several more days. But it was already a blessing that she could enjoy the sunlight shining through her hospital window after a month's coma. She felt calm and happy. She thanked God for this new lease in life.

"It's a God-given right for friends to worry about each other. As long as you are now up and about, we are all happy." Michelle grinned with tears in her eyes. Though she seemed careless and tough, she cared very much about her friends.

"I am really lucky to have friends like you." Patricia winked at Michelle with a smirk on her face. But the smile on her face suddenly turned to a frown when she saw Tom walk into the room. Though nothing happened between them, she still felt a bit awkward because Leena said too many times that she was in love with this man.

"Hello, Doctor Qin." To be honest, Michelle didn't like Tom at the very beginning either, because she had witnessed him being mean to her friend too many times. But during the past month, she also got to see that he was in fact not that cold and cruel. He was just too absorbed in his own world and too oblivious of others' feelings. That was why he hurt Patricia and didn't know it. He didn't do it intentionally. She understood that he just didn't want to waste his time on someone he didn't like. In fact, there was nothing wrong with what he did, because he had told Patricia from the very beginning that he didn't like her. But Patricia, being the stubborn girl she was, kept chasing after him, and that was how she ended up being hurt so bad.

"Hello to you too, Michelle." Tom nodded his head at her, then started the daily check-up on Patricia. For the past month, every test done on Patricia was performed by him. He just couldn't let anyone else do them. He would get too worried.

"How is Patricia's condition? She is getting better, right?" Michelle looked at Tom a bit nervously, eyes full of expectation.

"Yeah. Everything seems pretty okay today. She is responding well to the medication. If no other complications arise, she will be back to her original healthy self in no time." Tom's voice was a bit husky, as if he was very tired. And his eyes also lost their usual shine. He looked quite sad and depleted.

"Doctor Qin, when can I get out of this plaster cast? It is really inconvenient for me." Patricia looked at Tom expectantly, addressing him formally as she would do to any stranger.

"Well, you will have to live with it a bit longer. Do you feel any pain?" Tom tapped on the cast. Though the operation was successful, he still couldn't guarantee if her leg would fully heal. Nobody could tell the result, until after some x-rays or even an MRI.

"Ow! It hurts." Patricia furrowed her eyebrows in pain. There was not a part of her body that didn't hurt. She was really badly injured so naturally, it felt like that everywhere.

"That's a good sign. Take your medicine on time and don't eat anything too heavy, especially solid food in case you upset your stomach. Stick to eating baby food for now." Tom's face was blank, as if he was talking to a complete stranger. He had thought a lot when he got back home last night. It seemed that he had his emotions under control now. At least on the surface.00000