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 known

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

Jack had been living

this apartment

it. After a moment of hesitation,

of his own. He put them on the floor, rubbed his nose, and said to Rachel, "I don't have female slippers. If you don't mind, you can

them on. But these slippers were several sizes

finally she had to stop. She looked at

from laughing, and

looked at her

Without thinking, Rachel put her arms around his neck. Surprised by the warmth of his body,

the sofa quickly

too warm? He didn't feel

room. Rachel finally saw the decoration of his

half-open kitchen. The whole house was clean and very well designed, without

table was empty of

was perfectly clean and had no signs of having been lived in. It was completely unlike her

have dinner delivered

was not in a hurry to leave.

him and said, "I'm not in a hurry, but are you sure this isn't inconvenient for

His answer was a bit tentative. He

think there was anything

"Do you have thermometer

Jack said, "I suppose... I

they found the medicine cabinet. They opened

thermometer was still

put the medicine cabinet

that. I spend

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

suddenly had a deep and heavy look in

seemed that he was

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

a smile on his face, Jack raised the

said, "May I use

He took the thing out of his mouth and

around and said, "Don't

walked around the kitchen and

a gesture

Austin with his cell

prompt. He rang the bell in twenty

that Jack already had a fever. She

innocently. He really didn't feel