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.

in the north-side neighborhood

lived in a single apartment

knew, Jack had

apartment felt wrong

to the door and opened it. After a moment of hesitation, Rachel finally followed

He

these slippers were several

take a few steps, but finally she had to stop. She looked

from laughing, and

lowered her eyes and looked at her feet. She said,

thinking, Rachel put her arms around his neck. Surprised by the warmth of his body, she asked, "Why is your body so

feel anything unusual. He walked to the sofa quickly and put her down. He

body too warm? He

room. Rachel finally saw the decoration of his apartment clearly, including the marbled

half-open kitchen. The whole house was clean and very well

the table was empty of

signs of having been

arrange to have dinner delivered here. Can I drive

in a hurry to leave. She looked around the apartment

at him and said, "I'm not in a hurry,

a bit tentative. He felt rather tired, but he didn't care

was anything unusual about

asked, "Do you

Jack said, "I suppose... I

the medicine cabinet. They opened the cabinet and found a

thermometer was

"You can put the medicine cabinet in the storage

looked a little innocent. "The cleaner takes care of all that. I spend most of my time in the company

thermometer, washed it with water and gave it to him. She said, "Put in your mouth

He suddenly had a deep and heavy look in his

was trying to

with him. She raised the thing in her hand and

a smile on his face, Jack raised the thermometer to his

up her sleeves and said, "May I

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

turned around and said, "Don't say

mouth and stayed quiet. Rachel walked around the kitchen and sighed, "Sure enough, there

to speak, he made a gesture to her, but Rachel didn't understand what he

his cell phone and then showed it to

very prompt. He rang the

and found that Jack already had a fever. She was surprised that he

innocently. He really didn't feel