Emergency Instinct - Chapter 70

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Ji-an gritted her teeth and endured.

Fear rose to her throat and her whole body trembled violently. However, her palm pressed deeper, pressing down on Mi-soon’s thigh.

Her vision spun as she prayed desperately.

Please, stop there! Please!

That was the moment.

Suddenly Tae-jun rushed forward like lightning.

In the blink of an eye, he threw his body and grabbed the driver’s door, hanging onto it.

As his weight shifted to one side, the steering wheel turned roughly and the car’s direction twisted slightly.

Screech!

Crash!

With the sound of tearing metal, the trajectory of the car heading toward Ji-an twisted sharply, and the car barely missed her, grazing past her nose before crashing into a pillar beside her.

Tae-jun, who had been hanging onto the door until the end, couldn’t overcome the recoil and was thrown off, rolling across the ground for a while.

It was instinct.

There was no thought, no calculation.

Only one thing filled his mind.

Hong Ji-an. Only her safety.

Through his blurry vision, he could see Ji-an’s trembling eyes flickering.

Thank goodness. She’s safe.

Only then did relief wash over him, and at the same time, his chest throbbed painfully.

Ugh, that hurts.

Gritting his teeth against the belated pain, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

This much is nothing.

If Ji-an had been hurt even a little, he would never have forgiven himself for the rest of his life.

‘I was the only one who didn’t know anything again.’

‘Our conversation, let’s continue it later.’

As his heavy eyelids closed, Ji-an’s voice filled his mind completely.

Those eyes that had been soaked with confusion and sadness.

It felt like a sharp blade had been stabbed into his heart.

It hurt tens of thousands, thousands of times more than his current pain.

Still, he had no regrets.

See. It’s dangerous. Because you rush in so fearlessly, Dr. Hong Ji-an. Because I know all too well that you’re that kind of woman.

He had only wanted to protect her. Because that was his love.

In any situation, his criteria for choice was clear.

Hong Ji-an.

It was her.

***

Ji-an paced anxiously around the on-duty room in a disheveled state.

Her whole body was trembling and her throat was so dry that even swallowing was difficult. But she couldn’t sit down or swallow even a sip of water.

Why was there no news like this.

She barely held back her desire to go outside by biting her lips.

Cha Bo-kyung, who was dragged out of the car, was arrested while resisting until the end.

Those screams that had echoed through the underground parking lot were still vivid.

‘I’m going to kill you all! You bug-like things! Die! Die!’

It was unbelievable that those were the words of a doctor who saves lives. She wasn’t a doctor but a vicious murderer.

Mi-soon was immediately taken to the operating room by the medical team that arrived right away. Since the CS Manager was there, the bleeding would have been sufficiently controlled.

What Ji-an was trembling and waiting for now was news about Tae-jun.

She was anxious. No matter how much she tried to stay calm, it was impossible.

When Tae-jun threw his body at the rushing car.

Ji-an thought the world was collapsing.

The last thing she saw was him lying unconscious on the ground through the acrid smoke.

In an instant, he was surrounded by medical staff and disappeared.

She thought they had made eye contact for a moment. But she couldn’t remember clearly. Everything was confused in that urgent situation.

‘First, wash up and wait here without moving. You absolutely cannot come out. I’ll check the condition and come right back to let you know.’

Kyung-seok, who had rushed over saying Kim Manager had asked him to, checked Ji-an’s condition and left after giving her instructions.

Ji-an knew too.

There were always many eyes in the hospital. It wasn’t even a simple traffic accident, and one of the victims was Seo Tae-jun.

It would become noisy soon.

If Ji-an, who was already embroiled in scandal, was by Tae-jun’s side, the rumors would become even more rampant.

She knew in her head that she had to wait. But wasn’t dawn already breaking? Something seemed strange.

A VIP had come in as an emergency, but there was no way results wouldn’t have come out by now. Could it be that he had even gone into emergency surgery?

Ji-an was holding onto her last bit of patience and fiercely fighting the urge to burst out the door right away.

The door opened with a bang, and finally Kyung-seok appeared.

Ji-an asked him as if rushing at him. With her hands clasped tightly as if praying.

“Senior! That person, the, the Chairman, he’s okay, right?”

“Good grief…”

Kyung-seok looked her up and down in surprise, then said casually.

“What a state you’re in. I told you to wash up.”

“Is that important right now? Why are you avoiding the question?”

Ji-an’s voice became even more urgent.

“Is it very serious?”

“Sigh. Right now you look more serious to me.”

“Senior! Where and how badly is he hurt!”

Ji-an raised her voice even more at him for not opening his mouth easily. Only then did Kyung-seok smile like a sigh and open his mouth.

“He was lucky. Minor rib fracture.”

“What about his organs? There could be problems with his lungs or head…”

“That’s why we did a full body scan. He lost consciousness briefly, but he’s incredibly fine for someone who jumped at a car. Except for the rib fracture, just bruises from rolling around.”

At her expression that still couldn’t believe it, he added a kind explanation.

“As Dr. Hong Ji-an already knows, time is medicine for rib fractures. No surgery needed, no cast needed. Actually, even the full body scan wasn’t necessary.”

“Really, really there are no other problems?”

“Looking at patient Seo Tae-jun’s bone condition, with pain management it’ll heal in 4 weeks. If he eats well and rests well, it could be faster.”

“Hah, thank goodness.”

A sigh of relief escaped through Ji-an’s teeth after confirming several times. As her tension finally released, she slumped down and tears she had been holding back welled up in her eyes.

“Tsk, Hong Ji-an is no different. Couldn’t you tell just by looking? He was fine.”

“How could he be fine after jumping at a car?”

“He must have good reflexes because he did a proper breakfall when he fell. He didn’t lose consciousness, it was more like he was just sleeping with a smile.”

“Senior! How can you say such things?”

Ji-an glared at him, getting emotional without realizing it.

“Seeing Hong Ji-an’s loud voice, your condition seems fine. Room 1501. It’s still chaotic around here, so take the operating room elevator up. Oh, think of the patient and wash up first.”

Only then could Ji-an see her own condition, stained with blood from stopping the bleeding. At the same time, she remembered caregiver Mi-soon, the owner of this blood.

“How is the caregiver who was in the accident?”

“The surgery went well, and she’s in the recovery room. They say there won’t be any major threat to her life since the bleeding was stopped well.”

Because she had trusted her, the sense of betrayal regarding the caregiver was great. But it was enough now. Ji-an had done her job as a doctor, and she hoped the woman would receive her just punishment.

She got up from her seat and ran straight to the shower room.

She felt like this trembling heart would only calm down once she quickly confirmed Tae-jun’s condition with her own two eyes.

***

Drip drip.

Tears flowed down Ji-an’s cheeks.

She thought he would be furious at first. Or maybe, if it wasn’t a big deal, he’d give an explanation in typical Dr. Hong Ji-an fashion—kind only to patients.

But Ji-an cried as soon as she saw him. With hair still damp from just washing, she shed even damper tears.

Flustered, Tae-jun opened his mouth with an awkward smile.

“Why are you crying? Did they find some other serious problem besides my ribs?”

“Mr. Seo Tae-jun, you really…!”

Ji-an’s eyes turned fierce for a moment as she roughly wiped away her tears. Mixed with tenderness and anger, she glared at him.

“It’s kind of scary when you cry and get angry at the same time.”

“Do you know how startled I was?”

Ji-an’s voice trembled. It was a tremor filled with fear, not anger.

“Why did you jump in there?”

“I learned it from you.”

“What did you say?”

“Instinct.”

He blurted it out, then curled up the corners of his mouth as if he found this situation amusing.

“You jump in the same way whenever you see a patient. How much more so for me? When the woman I love is in danger, I’d rather get hurt myself.”

“Ha, unbelievable. Really. Acting like you did something good—”

“I did good. You didn’t get hurt.”

He smiled again as if it were obvious.

Narrowing his eyes, with an IV in his arm, he kept smiling about something good.

Her solar plexus ached as something hot surged up in Ji-an’s throat. She gritted her teeth and glared at him, feeling like tears would flow again.

But suddenly Tae-jun furrowed his brow and clutched his chest.

“What’s wrong?”

Ji-an reflexively moved forward. Her hands moved first.

“Is the pain severe? Which side? Take a deep breath. Slowly.”

While checking the IV line and painkiller connection, she carefully examined his rib area.

At that moment, Tae-jun gripped Ji-an’s hand tightly with a face enduring pain.

Hot warmth traveled up through her fingertips.

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