Stuck in you

"No, I like it," Rachel said.

A smile was at the corner of his mouth as Jack drove away. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that she was smiling, too.

He couldn't help but ask, "What's making you so happy right now?"

Rachel typed a message and sent it to Lea quickly. When the screen showed that the message was successfully sent, she turned to Jack and said to him joyfully, "Mendes' father is coming back."

'Hmm, why would she be so happy about someone else's father coming back?' he wondered.

"Well, he has been away for so long. His return is long overdue," he said.

"Yes," Rachel said. "I hope the kid's parents can take responsibility for him this time. Don't leave him alone here."

Noticing that her mood had suddenly darkened, Jack tried to comfort her.

He said, "Maybe his parents have to do something and can't go back home."

Jack didn't know much about the complicated matter of Mendes' family, so she bit her tongue and replied simply, "Anyway, it's wrong to abandon a child."

Her parents died when she was a child. Her lonely childhood was one of the reasons why she was so eager to have a family of her own. She couldn't even understand how someone could just ignore his own child and stay away for such a long time.

After all, who could be more important to anyone than one's own family and child?

Before a man gets married and becomes a father, he doesn't behave as affectionately and gently as a woman does.

In Jack's view, either the man was simply unable to come back to his child, or he didn't want the child.

The latter possibility was the most likely one.

"If I had a child, I would never abandon him," he whispered.

Jack believed that that was a man's most basic responsibility. If you can't even take care of your own flesh and blood, what else can you be responsible for?

After saying that, he glanced at the woman beside him, who had suddenly turned to him and was staring at him. With his eyes looking straight ahead, he raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

With an unreadable look on her face, she lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers. "Nothing."

After they had been driving for a while, Rachel noticed that they were not on the way to go to her place.

Ten minutes had passed, and the road outside Rachel's window was unfamiliar. She looked out of the window and asked, "Where are we going?"

"To my place,"

Jack answered.

Rachel still didn't know where Jack lived. She could see the road sign which indicated that he was heading towards the north side of the city and towards the seaside.

arrived uptown, in the north-side neighborhood known

the elevator behind him. Jack lived in a single apartment on the top floor. She felt

as she knew, Jack

coming to this apartment felt wrong

and opened it. After a moment of hesitation, Rachel finally followed him

so he had to take a pair of his own. He put them

doesn't matter." She took off her shoes and put them on. But these slippers were several sizes too big,

take a few steps, but finally she had to stop. She looked at Jack helplessly. "I

stopped himself from laughing, and said, "The

eyes and looked at her feet. She said, "Okay, then...

neck. Surprised by the warmth of his body, she asked, "Why

walked to the sofa quickly and put her down. He asked, "What's

body too warm? He

the decoration of his apartment clearly, including

was clean and very well designed, without any vulgar

kettle on the table was

was perfectly clean and had no signs of having been lived in.

work to finish. I'll arrange to have dinner delivered here. Can I

not in a hurry to leave. She looked around

him and said, "I'm not in a hurry, but are you sure

tentative. He felt rather tired,

there was anything unusual

asked, "Do you have

pause, Jack

the medicine cabinet. They opened the cabinet and found a set of medical

the thermometer was

the medicine cabinet in the

little innocent. "The cleaner takes care of all that. I spend most of

think of what to say to that, and sighed. She took out the thermometer, washed it with water and

away. He suddenly had a deep and

seemed that he was trying to

with him. She raised the thing in her hand and urged, "Please do it. You might have

smile on his face, Jack raised the

said, "May I

thing out of his mouth and replied, "But there's no food

and said, "Don't

around the kitchen and sighed, "Sure

speak, he made a gesture to

a message to Austin with his

prompt. He rang the bell in

Jack already had a fever. She was surprised that he

her innocently. He