175 The FMC fundraiser 1 (2/2)

Dr. Kaviraj looked at Liz and gave her an approving nod. ”He is interested to invest in the neurosurgery wing.”

Dr. Kaviraj waved at Liz and went to talk to some other people. All of them have a task to put themselves out there.

Liz hid her confusion behind a smile while her thoughts lingered on the older man with whom she spoke a few seconds ago. She wondered, what is going on? If Mr. Wardle is the first one to act like this, she would brush it off, but he is the sixth one who approached her like he heard about her and gave hints that he is interested in neurosurgery.

Liz loves neurosurgery and she always thought how that topic is either unknown or boring to people who are not in that field, but here she is, finding out that some people suddenly developed an interest in it.

Liz shifted on her feet nervously. Why is Max not here? It's almost 6 PM, and even though the program starts at 6:30, everyone should be here by 6. Did something happen to him?

”Dr. Williams!”, an enthusiastic voice of Mrs. Wilson almost startled Liz. ”Thank you for arranging the invitation for me.”

Liz smiled. ”It's not a problem. I hope you enjoy tonight. Let me know if you are interested in finding out more about our hospital. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have.”

”Yes, yes.”, Mrs. Wilson smiled knowingly. ”I'm watching you from the side and I noticed that you are busy, so I will not take too much of your time now. I just wanted to say hi. I will look for you after dinner.”

Liz looked at Tyler's mom as she walked toward the group of older gentlemen and Liz was confident that Mrs. Wilson is considering a donation toward neurosurgery wing as well. Probably to thank Liz for the invitation.

”Nice dress…”, Dr. Snow's voice came from behind Liz, making her smile drop.

He wanted to say that Liz is beautiful. Her hair raised into an elegant braided updo, and the natural yet enchanting makeup, the dress which fits her perfectly, jewelry, shoes, her posture, everything is mesmerizing... but he thought that it's not appropriate to say all that (considering their current relationship), so he decided to compliment the dress as a conversation starter. Girls like compliments.

Liz took a second to adjust her mood before turning to face him. ”Good evening, Dr. Snow.”

He nodded in greeting. ”Dr. Williams… I understood that you are not comfortable talking about non-work things during work hours. I assume that tonight is OK to chat?”

Liz is not sure what non-work topic he has on his mind, but she hopes that it's not back to relationship-nonsense. ”It depends on what you want to chat about.”

”I was only hoping to clear the air between us. I realized my mistake during the lunch we had outside of the office, and I know that I made a few more mistakes after that.”

Liz was touched by Dr. Snow's humble demeanor and the honesty in his voice, but at the same time, she was irked that he approached her with such a request.

”I'm not sure if you were paying attention during this morning's meeting, Dr. Snow. Chairman Lee clearly said that any private matters should not be brought to this fundraiser. And it seems to me that you want to talk about something private. But if you want to clear the air, a good place to start is to tell chairman Lee that you are the one who ordered an excessive amount of flowers which earned me to be sent home like a schoolgirl who misbehaved.”

”I see that you are angry about it.”, Dr. Snow voiced one part of his thoughts.

”I am not angry about the flowers, and I would like to put that incident behind me and forget about that day. However, chairman Lee is still bringing up how the hospital was disrupted because of me.”

Dr. Snow nodded solemnly. ”I understand. I will talk to him about it when I get the chance.”

”I would appreciate that.”, Liz admitted.

”After that is cleared up, will you be open for a talk?”, Dr. Snow asked expectantly.

Liz thought for a second before responding: ”If it does not disturb my work and you are respectful, yes.”

Dr. Snow released a breath he was holding and smiled in relief. ”I will leave you to the guests.”

Dr. Snow walked away while reminding himself to take it easy. He will ignore Max and Isaac and anyone else and focus on improving his image in Liz's eyes. He needs to fix his wrongdoings and slowly make his way back into Liz's life. First as a coworker, then as a friend and then… who knows?

Dr. Snow's mood improved at the thought of how a minute ago Liz agreed to talk to him as long as he discloses to chairman Lee that he is the one who ordered flowers. That will be easy to do. First thing on Monday morning he will go to chairman Lee's office and have a chat with him.

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