Stuck in you

Rachel's wealth had always sparked jealousy from people around her. It was no surprise that many of them had spread rumors that accused her of being a mistress for a wealthy man. But the truth was, she was just rich and no rumor would ever be able to alter that.

Mendes' voice pierced the silence as he shouted, "Lucas!" He dashed off of Rachel's lap and ran towards the direction of the figure entering the room, colliding with his leg. Joyfully, Mendes hugged his leg and gleefully looked at the man with a big smile saying, "Hug!"

Lucas bowed down and hoisted the boy up. Mendes was so happy that he held his neck and kissed him on the face several times.

Rachel felt a tang of envy as she saw how sweet and considerate he was with Lucas. She looked at the happy boy and coyly said, "Wow, I only missed work for a few days. When did you guys start getting along so well?"

Grinning, Mendes rested his head on Lucas' shoulder and replied loudly, "I like Lucas!"

Rachel stood up and walked towards the pair. She pinched Mendes' chubby cheek teasingly and pouted as she asked, "But, don't you like me?"

"Of course, I like you too," he groaned, rolling his eyes like crescent moons.

His funny reaction amused the both of them.

Lucas chuckled and patted him on the back. "You are a clever boy. You always know what to say." He turned to face Rachel and gently whispered, "Don't worry. I've been taking care of him these days which explains why he is very intimate with me now."

Rachel gaped, a little surprised. "Why are you taking care of him?"

Lucas explained that it really was a coincidence. He stroked the boy's soft brown hair and explained briefly, "Our fathers are close friends. His father asked me for a favor to help take care of Mendes on his behalf."

Still nestling his head on Lucas' shoulder, Mendes blinked and curiously asked, "If my father is a friend of Lucas' father, does that mean that I am also Lucas' friend?"

Rachel and Lucas smiled at the boy and replied, "Yes, of course!"

"Ha-ha." With a mischievous smile on his face, Mendes jolted and kissed on Lucas' cheeks. His eyes playfully lit up. "Hey, since we are friends, can I have an ice cream?"

"Nope!" Lucas immediately answered him without any trace of hesitation. In response, Mendes began to pout.

Putting the boy down, he softly uttered, "Stay here for a while with Rachel. Maybe I'll take you shopping later after work."

Upon hearing this, Mendes cheered up and excitedly shouted, "Yeah!" Lucas chuckled at the boy's response and winked at him. Mendes' family had left him behind.

Since he was still a child, eating and playing were of the highest importance to him and as long as he was distracted, he wouldn't miss his parents.

Rachel retrieved her tablet from the drawer and searched up a cartoon for him to watch online.

approached her and whispered, "You have to take care of him

thought for a moment and pulled Lucas quietly out of the office. The door softly shut behind her, not wanting

on? Is his

father's friend. His daughter has briefly taken an internship but it is ending this month. This means that she will soon go back to school. She can't stay here to

informed me that the boy's father wanted to find a boarding school for Mendes to attend kindergarten. But I

of Mendes. But one day, he happened to see Celia and Mendes

But he was mischievous and loved to stir up

threw a tantrum, demanding to see his father. Exasperated

Worried that something grave had happened, they began to ask for help. Luckily, a patient was able to recognize Celia and her little brother and immediately called the

the siblings to her office and settled them down. Both of them sat quietly still.

to Lucas, who came straightaway to the hospital to deal with the situation. Celia continued to wail, despite his protestations for her to calm

quickly recognized Lucas and did not protest when he came to take him to dinner. Despite Lucas' coaxing, the

look at the child, he

affairs happening in the Xu family, but kept his mouth shut, not wanting

know what transpired in the conversation between Gennady and his father, but his father decided

meant by temporarily taking care of him was finding Mendes a suitable and reliable boarding school. But Lucas wasn't so sure. Gennady might come

him only ten days before Gennady came back. As such, Lucas

take care of the little boy. Placing his hands in his pockets, Lucas bitterly smiled. "I thought it was about feeding him, but I didn't expect that he would be short of anything. Are you free after work?

I can accompany you after

a child, he guessed that

had decided to

had

biological mother, the nanny didn't spend all her effort to take

to take care of Mendes, he found the

in the hospital recently, he didn't need any other things. But now that he was discharged

glanced at Rachel.

"Do I look bad? The nurses keep telling me that I seem to have lost a lot of

carefully. There was nothing wrong with Rachel's face, except

thick and well curved. She blinked and stared

for staring too long. "Not

yourself. I was so

I had always thought that I would be more immune to colds." She felt guilty, as she

hint of doubt in her words. He raised his eyebrows in suspicion. "What do you mean? How did you catch

him. "I just wore a little less clothing. I'll be