Stuck in you

Jack emphasized the last two words. It was as if he was scolding her.

Rachel studied his arrogant eyes and felt uneasy.

The uneasiness she felt was not because of Jack's threat. For some reason, she felt as though someone was laying a trap for her.

She wanted to get past Jack, but he got closer and kept pushing her forward.

Finally, she gave in. Fuming, she got into his car. She would just have to see what he was planning to do.

For the next few days, Jack's car arrived on her doorstep on time every morning. And this lasted for three days.

Also, Lucas called her from out of the blue, telling her that something urgent had come up. He said that he might be unable to come back in time.

Lea called Rachel and asked her whether Lucas had come back. Rachel had to tell her that his schedule was delayed. Lea breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. I just returned to our hometown with my old man yesterday. My stepmother had an accident. I will not be back until a week or so."

Rachel was about to tell Lea what had happened between her and Jack these days, but she stopped when she heard this.

'Never mind. We can talk about it once she has returned. I don't believe that Jack will be my driver for another week,' she thought.

And she was right.

On the fourth day, Jack informed her that he would no longer come to pick her up.

She breathed a sigh of relief. She had survived these few nerve-wracking days and thought that her ordeal was over.

On the next two days that followed, Jack didn't show up. Rachel was in high spirits. When Dr. Wang had urgent matters to attend to, she agreed to swap schedules.

It was quiet during her duty that night. There was nothing else to do, and she had no operations scheduled. At nine o'clock, a nurse came by to tell her that Mendes was causing trouble again.

Celia had gone home from work, and the nurse she had hired could not comfort the boy. So she came to Rachel for help.

Rachel stood up and made her way to the ward. The nurse had taken Mendes near the door because the other patients could take no more of him. He had been making a scene.

When Rachel arrived, Mendes was in the arms of the nurse. He was crying hysterically. His chubby little face had gone red, and he choked as he cried and yelled for his mother.

This wailing saddened Rachel. Mendes, Celia's half-brother, was only five years old.

what had happened to their family. Celia's mother had been dead for less than three years when her father

was one of the reasons why she was so impatient with

brought Mendes home, he flew to

much. While Celia felt a

in hospital, their father had only visited for two days. Then, in a hurry, he had left them. It was as though he didn't care for his

shown up. Many times, Celia had expressed her anger toward

nothing she could do. She was a young girl herself, and it

being, she had no choice but to leave Mendes in the hospital and have a nurse

outside?" someone in the ward asked, frowning.

before the former took Mendes to her office. "It's okay," she assured the nurse. "I'll take care of him. You can

you very much!" the nurse said,

down. Rachel had tried her best to calm him, and both

and said that he was hungry. "Let's get you all washed up first, okay?" Rachel said.

the cabinet. Then, she took the boy

they walked, she realized that they had made the floor wet and slippery. She turned to him and asked him to stay

was very quiet. He sat on the small office couch and

smiled and pinched

didn't know that someone had planned something

had not only planned something.

eyes, she was lying in one of the beds in the familiar-looking room. She was in the same hospital, only now she was

from behind her

rescued. She wasn't hurt at all. She had simply passed out from having inhaled

of her head. This, she thought, was an injury she had probably sustained when

was leaning on her bed. He pinched

this, she almost passed

in a daze. She was sitting on her bed and drinking some water when Dr. Wang

food with him. He pulled a chair closer to her bed and sat down. She gratefully accepted the food, and they talked

that Jack had something to do with what had happened.

have known something even before this happened. Otherwise, he wouldn't

weird. No harm came to her when Jack had been with

to explain it to his father. It seemed that Jack had some idea that something bad would happen to her in the coming

an apple for her and asked, "Dr.