Rachel grabbed an orange from the fruit plate, peeled it, and handed it to Ivan. "Do you want an orange?" she asked.

Ivan bit back the words he wanted to say, staring at the orange that was being handed to him. For a moment, he hesitated whether to take it or not.

Seeing that he wasn't taking it, Rachel put the peeled orange on the table in front of him. Then, she peeled another orange for herself, slowly putting it into her mouth.

Ivan had been wanting to finish his sentence several times, but she didn't seem like she was interested in what he wanted to say.

"Miss Bennet, I…" At this point, he felt helpless.

"Is it cold outside?" Rachel asked, looking him in the eye.

"A little." Her question left Ivan stunned for a moment. He thought that she was worried it would be cold if she would go outside later on. Thus, he told her, "Oh, but don't worry, Miss Bennet. There's heating in the car. And if you don't mind, I can lend you my coat while we're outside."

Rachel leaned back on the sofa, showing no intention of leaving with him. "There's no rush. Eat your orange first. You've been out in the cold for several hours. Or would you rather wait out there even longer?"

rendered speechless.

boss is in the hospital, heavily injured. He's not going anywhere. Besides, I'm not a doctor. I can visit him later. There's no need to hurry," Rachel added while continuing to eat the orange in her hand.

at the peeled orange on

that he was caught in a dilemma, so she figured it was time to stop picking on him. Moreover, she knew that if she refused to go to

from that, she also had something to

gave you and I'll come with you." Having said that, she gave the rest of her orange to Andy. Noticing how worried he

stood up. "I'll go upstairs and change my clothes. The orange is

difficult to persuade Rachel into coming with him to the hospital. But after hearing her say that, he

he quickly picked up the orange and

second he bit one piece of orange, he realized just how sour it was.

so sour!' he exclaimed inwardly.

made him tremble, and his teeth

him that Rachel looked weird earlier while she was looking at him and eating her orange. Then, he realized why she told him to eat it

of giving him a hard time, nor did she say that it would take some time before she

she did have one condition; Ivan had to eat the entire orange.

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