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.

knew what had happened to their family. Celia's mother had been dead for

affected Celia had been by this. It was one of the reasons why she was so

after her father had brought Mendes home, he flew

Mendes very much. While Celia felt a little better

had only visited for two days. Then, in a hurry,

never shown up. Many times, Celia had expressed her anger toward the

she could do. She was a young girl herself, and it was impossible for her to take care

to leave Mendes in the hospital and have a nurse

in the

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

very much!" the nurse

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

was hungry. "Let's get you all

a fresh towel and a small, clean basin from the cabinet. Then, she took the boy to the washroom. She used warm water to clean his face

her office with the child. As they walked, she realized that they had made the floor wet and

on the small office couch and

smiled and pinched his

know that someone had planned something

something. They

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

Someone had come up from behind

take long before she was rescued. She wasn't hurt at all. She had simply passed out from having

of her head. This, she thought, was an injury she

day, Mendes was leaning on her bed. He pinched her nose with

she heard this, she almost passed out

a daze. She was sitting on her bed

this was a special care ward, Rachel had the room to herself. Dr. Wang had brought some food with him. He pulled a chair closer to

Jack had something to do with what had happened. And the person behind it

happened. Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered picking her up and sending her home to protect

harm came to her when

stressed several times that if anything happened to her, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his father. It

Wang peeled an apple for her and asked,