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.

was one of the few people in the hospital who knew what had happened to their family. Celia's

this. It was one of

brought Mendes home, he flew to South

turned out that her father didn't like Mendes very much. While Celia felt a little better because

visited for two days. Then, in

had never shown up. Many times, Celia

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

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

take him outside?" someone in the ward asked, frowning. "He's

office. "It's okay," she assured the nurse. "I'll take care of him. You

you very much!" the

down. Rachel had tried

the tears off his cheeks and said that he was hungry. "Let's get you all washed up first, okay?" Rachel said. She wanted him to look clean and presentable

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

back to her office with the child. As they walked, she realized that they had made the floor wet and slippery. She turned to him and asked him to

Mendes was very quiet. He sat on

pinched his

had planned something against her

planned something. They had vowed

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

passed out. Someone had come up from behind her and covered her nose

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

bump on the back of her head. This, she thought, was an injury she had probably sustained when

following day, Mendes was leaning on her bed. He pinched her

she heard this, she almost passed out

was still in a daze. She was sitting on her bed

special care ward, Rachel had the room to herself. Dr. Wang had brought some food with him. He pulled a chair closer to her bed and sat down. She gratefully accepted the food, and they talked about the events of

do with what had happened.

that Jack must have known something even before this happened. Otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered picking her up and

to her when

anything happened to her, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his father. It seemed that Jack had some idea that something bad would happen to her

peeled an apple for her and asked, "Dr. Shen,