'What is wrong with him? Looks like they got a toxic CEO.' She thought internally. She wonders what happened inside the OR theatre to make him angry. But she saw him smiling when he was walking towards the station.

Did she do something?

She saw Head nurse Jing and Dr. Aaron come out of theatre one followed by Nurse Pete and Nurse Maggie.

Did she hear them laughing?

Yes, they are. If that's the case, then everything must've run smoothly inside the OR Theatre.

"I can't believe it, I thought Dr. Jacob would be like his father. So serious, no emotion, you never know when he's angry or not." She heard Head Nurse Jing's high-pitched voice.

Back then when Chairman John Parker was in position, everyone was scared of him. He is a Cardiologist. He is a toxic doctor. It was so hard to please him.

Well, at least she was right on the playboy part.

"But don't you dare mess with him or don't get into his nerves. His temper is worse than that of his father," Warned Aaron.

Well, looks like she just witnessed that temper a while ago.

Meanwhile, Jacob felt his blood rising. He is so irritated. He has never been jealous before and that fact irritates him more. He clenched his fist while walking out of the Department of Surgery.

By the looks on his face, you can see that he's in a bad mood. He reaches for his phone and calls James. "Meet me in the lobby. We'll be having a surprise ocular."

James hurriedly meets him at the lobby. When he saw Jacob, dark clouds were surrounding him. What happened? He thought to himself. He was in a good mood earlier when they arrived. Did something happen at the Surgery? He dared not to ask.

Not yet.

They started their ocular. Not everyone in the hospital knows that he is the CEO so, everyone was surprised. He visited each department and soon words spread throughout the hospital that the CEO is having a surprise ocular with his bad temper.

He scolded some of the staff that he finds annoying. He frowned as he passed by 2 nurses giggling in the corridor. He turned back at them and said. "You two! Don't you know that this is a hospital, not a mall? I don't want to hear any fuckin' noise in the corridor. You'll disturb the patients!" Then he continued to walk away from them.

At one of the nurses' stations. He saw a couple of doctors and nurses. They were panic-stricken when he saw him. They already heard the news about him scolding some of the staff.

They greeted him in a chorus but Jacob only glared at them.

"What are you doing here?" They each looked at each other. "Aren't you supposed to be with your patient? Damnit! I don't want to see people crowding the station! From now on I want more nurse-patient interaction, not nurse-nurse or nurse-doctor interaction! You are paid here to take care of your patients not your co-worker!"

Everyone rushed out of the station and went to their patients. There are two doctors who were shocked at the scene and then make an excuse to exit the station.

Soon the Director Manager meets them. "Dr. Parker. You should've told me that you are going to have a surprise ocular so that I could assist you." The hospital's Director Manager is a 55 years old short and chubby man with eyeglasses. He has been working at the CLP Hospital for over 30 years now. And just five years ago, he was promoted as the hospital's Director Manager.

Jacob eyed him. "You said it yourself. It's a surprise ocular. Would you still call it a surprise if I told you ahead of time?" he looked at him blankly.

The Director Manager's jaw dropped as he heard that. He looked around and saw a couple of staff looking at them. He ignored them and followed the CEO.

In a corridor, they saw a guy in a white uniform talking over the phone. They heard someone call his name.

"Lance!"

Another guy in a white uniform approached him then they entered a door, they did not notice the presence of the CEO coming towards them.

Jacob frowned, the guys' name is Lance and he's talking on the phone. He had a sudden urge to punch the guy's face. He turned to the Director Manager and asked. "Where is that door heading?"

"Dr. Jacob, that's the laboratory" The Director replied anxiously. He knew that something bad is about to happen.

Jacob entered the laboratory and looked around.

The Director Manager introduced him then everyone greeted him.

But Jacob ignored them as he scanned every face until he found the Lance guy still talking on the phone. He felt his blood boil at the guy's ignorance.

"You," He called out to catch the guy's attention and when the latter looked at him with panic visible on his face, Jacob said, "You're fired!"

Jacob exploded with anger then turned to look at everyone who was shocked by what happened. "From now on, no phones are allowed while working!"

He left, leaving everyone speechless.

James looked at his watch. It's now two in the afternoon and they are not done yet. They already missed lunch. More and more staff are getting scolded unreasonably. He sighed knowing that with his friend's temper, it looks like it's going to last for a couple of days.

He reminds Jacob about their Board meeting at three in the afternoon. Then they head back to the office. Ah the board meeting, James hopes that it's not going to be a catastrophe.

At the office, James looked at Jacob questioningly. He asked him. "What happened at the Surgery?"

Jacob replied with "Nothing." With a pissed look.

"That doesn't look like nothing to me." James pointed out.

"Damn that girl!" Jacob mumbled but James heard it with astonishment.

All this temper is because of a girl? James could not believe it. This never happened before.

"Let's go to the meeting room," Jacob said, making James groan internally.

It looks like no lunch for them.

When they arrived at the meeting room. Jacob gets more and more pissed as the other shareholders appear late. Well, technically they're not late. Jacob was just earlier than them.

Plus, the non-appearance of the 2nd biggest shareholder made his temper worse. That's not unusual. Even his father never met this shareholder once. This act makes Jacob feel disrespected.

To sum it up, Jacob's day started well and ended up with a catastrophe. Well, everyone's day ended up in a catastrophe.

Jacob went back to his own villa which is an hour away from the hospital. His Evergreen Villa is a combination of white and black interior. The addition of wood elements and plants gives it a relaxing atmosphere. He heads over to his bathroom to take a shower.

After taking a quick shower he changed into a comfortable white shirt and pants. He went to his library adjacent to his room.

As he sat down in his chair, he thought about what happened the whole day. Today he felt like he was not himself.

Did he just feel jealous over a phone call to a girl he just met a couple of hours ago?

Did he just fire a staff named Lance because he has the same name as the one who called the same girl?

He laid his back at his chair as he brushed his hair with his fingers.

He took out some of the documents from his bag and opened the drawer to put them in when he noticed a brown envelope.

He took it out from the drawer and tried to remember what's in that envelope.

Then it dawned on him. That was the envelope his grandfather gave him five years ago. He was not able to open it because during that time he was busy preparing for his flight abroad. And his grandfather said that it was not that important so he set it aside.

He opened the envelope curious as to what is inside it. He unfolded the paper inside it. His eyes were wide in surprise.

His hands are trembling, he doesn't know what to do. Not even sure if what he read was real or it was just his grandfather playing a prank on him.

It's a marriage contract!