Chapter 161 - Steal A Kiss

At Plumeria Island

Raine enjoyed her second day of working at Plumeria's Medical Center. Doing mundane hospital work… It felt as if she was still living a normal life for a while, with Tyrone and Aire keeping her company. 

It was honestly a nice feeling, one that Raine actually hoped wouldn't end quickly. Unfortunately, she had to remind herself that it was nothing but fleeting dreams for her. She was way far from being a normal or ordinary person. Besides, she was currently on Plumeria Island for a mission and nothing else. It was already good enough that she could leisurely experience this wonderful feeling on the side while in the middle of a mission.

Occasionally, she would both intentionally and accidentally bump into Yera while doing their respective rounds. They would grab snacks together now and then. Raine would also pull Yera in for some casual chit-chat. If not for them being caught up with Xander's case,  they probably could've been real friends eventually. Yera was such a nice person that Raine couldn't help but wonder how it would feel once she opened up about Mara's arrival in her life as her twin. And yet, here she was again, thinking that Mara was better off without getting involved in her life.

"Why did you become a doctor, Candice?" Yera asked her out of curiosity. They were outside in the garden of the medical center, watching some of the patients roaming around and soaking in the sun's rays.

Raine crisply chuckled, "Hmm… I guess it's because I wanted to save lives instead of killing? Or maybe it's because being a doctor gives me a better opportunity to kill legally?"

Yera's eyebrows connected at her words as Raine winked at her. "You can never get serious, huh?" Yera sighed. It would seem that every time Raine spoke, it felt like one should never take her seriously.

Raine laughed out hard upon hearing Yera's words. She then pulled something out from her pocket. "Here. This one's a trusted brand and has quite accurate results. You should really check now if you're pregnant, you know?" Raine nonchalantly stated. 

During one of their casual chats, she found out that Yera had still not tried to get a pregnancy test done yet. As such, she was quite worried about Yera's condition. She had a nagging feeling that Yera was really pregnant.

Hesitantly, Yera accepted it and asked, "Why does it look like you're more curious about my pregnancy than I am?"

"Hmm… Well, I want to know so I can be more gentle to you. Like, not pulling your hair out or something if we ever ended up fighting," Raine casually answered, then taking note of a few more additions lining the doctor's pockets. "Besides, I noticed that you've been eating a lot of sweets lately. You should tone that down. Or maybe just give it all to me since I love sweets. Too much sugar won't be good for your baby anyway." 

Raine gave the woman an honest smile. Yera always seemed to have a lot of chocolate packets in her pockets whenever they met. She would even offer some to her whenever they were chatting, not to mention the sweet pastries that the doctor always had for snacks.

"You're weird, you know that? You just said you wouldn't mess with a pregnant woman. Do you mean you'll still mess with Xander even if he's married once you find out that I'm not pregnant? Besides, you already have a handsome man yourself!"

Raine looked at Yera with a wicked smile, "Why not? It's exciting, isn't it? You should know, I'm something of a playgirl. So anyway, inform me if you're pregnant, so that I might consider not messing with you and Dr. Yang. I do care about you, though, even if I still can't guarantee that I'll behave whenever it comes to Xander."

Raine rose from her chair to leave, but momentarily paused as she bent a little to whisper at Yera, "You see, I like Dr. Yang a lot. So much that I can't keep my hands off him…"

Yera had a frown on her face as she watched Raine's retreating back. The younger doctor then quickly trotted back inside the hospital.

Raine chuckled. She had already warned her not to take her words seriously most of the time since it was her habit to irritate people. But even so, Yera still took her seriously at times when she was obviously joking.

'Ah… definitely pregnant! It would be nice if their baby would look like me, right?' Raine mused with a grin. She had to keep her facade of liking Xander somehow so that Yera wouldn't mention her presence on the island to her husband. Knowing Yera's personality, the latter wouldn't even mention to her husband that she was also working in the same hospital.

Walking back to her clinic, a small smile crept up on her face as she saw Tyrone and Aire in her wolf form dozing off together on the couch.

"Slackers…" she murmured as she stared at the two. 

Aire was in her usual wolf form, her head resting on Tyrone's lap while the latter's head rested on the couch's headrest. They had changed her clinic hours to match the same schedule as Yera's clinic hours. The older doctor had already left the hospital by now though, so Raine and Tyrone could also head back to the apartment for the day.

She leaned down, towering over Tyrone's face to steal a kiss from his lips. But before she could press her lips against his, he spoke, "I'd prefer if you kissed me with me knowing it…"

Raine hovered over his face for a split second. With a smirk, she gently slapped his face and mumbled, "There was a mosquito on your cheek."

"Ouch… That's too harsh," Tyrone smirked as he composed himself.

Raine felt her face twitch as she scoffed, "Next time, you should keep your eyes and mouth shut whenever you sleep.. That way, you won't catch me whenever I plan to steal a kiss from you."