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.

twenty minutes later, they arrived uptown, in the north-side neighborhood known for expensive

the elevator behind him. Jack lived in a single apartment

knew, Jack

apartment felt wrong to

After a moment of hesitation, Rachel finally followed

for Rachel in the shoe cabinet of the hallway, so he had to take a pair 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

off her shoes and put them on. But these slippers were

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

from laughing, and said, "The floor

and looked at

thinking, Rachel put her arms around his neck.

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

his body too warm? He

turned around and pressed the light switch in the living room. Rachel finally saw the decoration of his apartment clearly, including the marbled floor and the hanging lamp on

was

table was empty

signs of having

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

to

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

He felt rather tired, but he didn't care

was anything

you have thermometer

Jack said, "I suppose...

medicine cabinet. They opened the cabinet and found

thermometer was still

and said, "You can put the medicine cabinet in the storage room. How do you usually

cleaner takes care of all that. I

that, and sighed. She took out the thermometer, washed it with water and gave it to him. She said, "Put in your mouth

had a deep and heavy look in his

was trying to

She raised the thing in her

his face, Jack raised

sleeves and said, "May I use the kitchen?

course." He took the thing out of his mouth and replied, "But

around and said,

Rachel walked around the kitchen

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

message to Austin with his cell phone and then showed it to

prompt. He rang the bell

Jack already had a fever. She was surprised that he couldn't

innocently. He really didn't