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

lived in a single apartment on the top floor. She felt a

far as she knew, Jack had been living

to this apartment

opened it. After a moment

had to take a pair of his own. He put

shoes and put them on. But these slippers were several sizes too

she had to stop. She looked at Jack helplessly. "I can

laughing, and said, "The

at her

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

He walked to the sofa quickly and put her down.

his body too warm?

living room. Rachel finally saw the decoration of his apartment

whole house was

on the table was empty

had no signs of having been lived in. It was completely unlike

I'll arrange to have dinner delivered here. Can I drive you

in a hurry to leave. She looked around the

in a hurry, but are you sure this isn't

bit tentative. He felt rather tired,

think there was anything unusual

you have thermometer

pause, Jack said, "I suppose...

found the medicine cabinet. They

thermometer was

can put the medicine cabinet in

that. I spend most of my time in the company and I seldom stay

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

away. He suddenly had a deep and heavy look in his

he was trying to

her hand and urged, "Please do

a smile on his face, Jack

around, rolled up her sleeves and said, "May I

He took the thing out of his mouth

turned around and said, "Don't

Rachel walked around the kitchen and sighed, "Sure enough, there

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

with his cell phone

very prompt. He rang the bell in twenty

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

looked at her innocently. He really