"But sir..."

"If you can't do that, then you are not good enough to be a doctor so just quit this job. Next time if you have such requests then come to me with a valid reason, I'll immediately approve it or else I'll reject it" Daniel firmly explained his stand and Steve had no choice but to accept his decision.

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Lisa was not sure how to feel about all of it.

"You two can leave now" Daniel was done with giving them the responsibilities.

Steve walked away as he was affected by what Daniel said but Lisa stayed back, she smiled at Daniel, "Thank you Dr Daniel for inviting me to your party, I really had a lot of fun, sorry I couldn't thank you then"

Daniel smiled back at her, "Don't worry about such formalities, I am glad you had fun"

Lisa then left with a smile but once she came out, she was again a bit upset as Steve clearly explained his stand and showed his unwillingness to work with her.

It felt painful that because of her feelings, Steve refused to acknowledge their long years of friendship.

Lisa then completed the rest of her work and while heading out, she met Matthew.

"Hey" He cheerfully greeted her.

"Hi" She tried to smile back at him but her eyes gave her away.

"Why do you look sad? Did something happen?" Matthew got concerned seeing her state.

"What? No, nothing happened, I am just tired and Dr Daniel won't be here for Thursday and Friday so I am a bit stressed"

Matt chuckled, "Why would you be stressed? I am sure he made arrangements before leaving"

"Yeah, but still, it feels better having him around"

Matt smiled, "Don't develop a crush on him…"

Lisa widened her eyes and slapped his arm, "Are you crazy? He is my boss."

"And even more importantly he is Rachel's boyfriend. She will eat you up if you have hots for him"

"Eww Matt, I don't have such feelings for him, you are the limit" She got angry with him and Matthew felt better as she didn't look sad anymore.

This was his way of distracting her from whatever that made her sad. It was better to see her angry than see her sad is what he felt.

Matthew lovingly pulled her cheeks, "Sorry, I was just kidding, don't be angry"

Unknown to them, Steve who was passing by saw the interaction between Lisa and Matthew.

When he saw Matthew pulling her cheeks, he got annoyed and wondered why are they two again this close.

In the past Lisa was close with Emily's friends, especially with Matt but suddenly she was irritated with Matthew and no matter how many times Steve asked her, she never shared the reason with him.

But now it was evident she is not upset with Matthew anymore and they are back to being friends.

Steve didn't like it and he angrily walked away from there.

After being pacified by Matthew, Lisa calmed down and was feeling slightly better, "Where is Emily?" she asked as it was time to go home.

"She should be here soon" Matt looked around and after a few minutes, Emily met with them and the three people headed to their home.

As they all live in the same building, these three were coming to hospital and leaving together.

…

After reaching home, Rachel quickly went to her room as she was carrying shopping bags with lingerie sets in it.

She kept them in her cupboard and went to the lawn area where James was having a cup of tea.

"Hi grandpa"

"Hello dear, how was your day?"

"It was good, Jessica's team mingled well with ours"

"How is it working with Jessica? I hope it is not as difficult as everyone says."

"It is amazing grandpa, she is a very smart business woman, I have a lot to learn from her"

"Good, you should always keep this kind of attitude" James was happy about how Rachel was handling everything so well.

"Grandpa, I have something important to discuss with you"

"Yes?"

"I am a bit tired with all this work, I want to go on a trip"

"Rachel, you remember what happened when you went to Italy…"

Rachel interrupted him, "I know but I am sure those people won't attack me so quickly again and will be careful this time."

"Rachel, don't be so stubborn"

"Please grandpa, I want to go on a trip to Ireland" Rachel requested him as she wanted to spend more time with Daniel.

"No Rach…" Just then James remembered something, "Yesterday Daniel said he is going to Ireland for some operation right?"

"Yes grandpa, I am planning to go with him on this trip"

"Rachel, is something going on between you two?" James suspiciously asked her.

"Well, not yet but maybe after this trip something might happen" Rachel decided to use this method to convince her stubborn grandpa.

"What do you mean?"

"I am planning to propose to Daniel on this trip" Rachel lied.

"Propose for marriage?" James excitedly asked.

In that moment Rachel was proud of her and Daniel's decision to hide their relationship from these people as marriage is the only thing on their minds.

"No grandpa, I'll propose to him to be my boyfriend. How can I marry him without dating him for some time?"

James agreed with what Rachel said.

"Okay but there will be bodyguards always around you"

"Done"

After spending some time with her grandpa, Rachel went to her room to start packing as they would be leaving Wednesday night and she will not have time to pack later.

James immediately messaged Anthony and Michael about Rachel proposing to Daniel in Ireland.

The two old men were very excited.

Anthony was happily smiling reading James' message.

Catherine brought some tea for him and seeing the happy expression on his face, she joined him and couldn't help but ask him, "What happened dad? Why are you blushing?"