“Has the injury on your hand gotten better?” Old Mrs. Jones asked as she picked up the cup in front of her and took a sip

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Rachel shrank her hand back and smiled. “It’s just a small cut,” she said. “Thank you for your concern.”

“David arranged for Eddie to go to the pharmacy to get some medicine overnight,” Old Mrs. Jones said. “I thought the injury was serious, and I was worried all night. But now that you say it’s not a big deal, I feel relieved.” She put down the cup. There was a hint of mystery in her smile as she continued, “After all these years, it’s the first time I’ve seen David get so nervous about someone.”

It had also been a long time since David last showed care and concern for someone else. Upon hearing that, Rachel lowered her gaze and curled her fingertips slightly. The fluttering of her eyelashes seemed to reveal a slight emotional turmoil within her.

When David returned to the living room, Rachel said she need to get going.

Knowing that Rachel was going back to the hospital to complete her discharge procedures, Old Mrs. Jones did not try to persuade Rachel to stay. Instead, she repeatedly reminded David to take good care of Rachel.

In the car, David gripped the steering wheel with one hand and occasionally glanced over at Rachel.

Rachel asked. She found it hard to focus as David kept glancing

you well,” David said with a faint smile at the corner of

for half a second before

Rachel finished washing up that morning, she found the new outfit neatly laid out on her

Jones had prepared the outfit for her,

outfit was surprisingly perfect. “Either he is used to

size is labeled on the clothes, so it wasn’t hard for me to figure it

could barely accept

about how her undergarments were prepared by the man in

to your resignation, you can call me

taken aback for a moment. She did not expect that he would remember her

and said, “I can

opened the car door to get out, but David

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