Stuck in you

Celia shook her head exasperatedly. "You could've at least told me that you're back with him again."

"Why are you even asking me that?" Rachel frowned and withdrew herself from the young woman's grasp.

"I just saw him walk out there just now." The young woman motioned to the door.

"Couldn't he visit me as a friend?"

"You and I both know how impossible that assumption is!"

Celia wagged her finger up in the air like a mother lecturing a child. A silly smile slid into her lips as her eyes glinted with an emotion that Rachel couldn't decipher.

'Has she always been this hyper?'

Rachel quickly held the woman's forehead as if she was trying to take her temperature. "Did you take your medicine?"

"I'm being serious!"

Celia adjusted her chair and leaned in closer, just to make sure that no one else could hear them. "Before I came in, I heard some gossip from the nurse station. Do you want to know what they said?"

"What?" Rachel placed a pillow on the back of her neck, so she could lean back more easily.

"They said that Jack stayed outside the ward the entire night. Do you know that?"

'The whole night?'

Rachel froze upon hearing her words.

'What was he doing outside? Was he really that worried? But we have already divorced...'

Seeing that she was still in a daze, Celia tapped her shoulder. "Are you still listening to me?"

"Yes. Go on." Rachel was just a little stunned.

After a while, Celia crossed her legs and clapped her hands together. "Everyone's talking about you. They're all jealous that you have such a handsome man who's willing to stay up all night for you. Plus, I saw him enter Dr. Wang's office. He was so upset before he came in, but he was smiling when he got out."

Although Rachel looked indifferent, her heart warmed upon hearing the younger woman's words. Stoic as she was, she couldn't help but allow herself to smile, but she quickly waved it off.

What he had done couldn't mean anything, right? They were already over.

Rachel was overwhelmed with all these different thoughts and emotions.

Celia didn't think too much into it, although she couldn't help but wonder if she would ever meet a man who would treat her like this, like she was some sort of priceless treasure.

some salt onto her wounds, she passed by a couple who were talking and laughing

meant to

seemed that

thought about it,

help but gaze at

until Jack called Eric that the

raised an eyebrow. "The news was released yesterday. How could you not have

with my friends and focusing on my work," he murmured and

"Which friend?"

walked towards the door, but as soon as his fingers grazed the doorknob,

your friend Zoe from the executive

"Yes, it's her."

"Stay away from her."

warning, Eric sneered. "Hey, I know that you can't be with Rachel now, but that still doesn't give you the right to interfere

his words. Instead, he continued, "She isn't as simple as

that Eric would be able to

"Whatever."

him. Instead, he asked for a day's leave from the director and went to

always seemed like he lived under the rock. If she didn't tell him what had happened to her, he

rushed into her ward and

hurt yourself?" he demanded. "Why

patted him on the back of his hand.

crossed his legs. "Oh, I thought it was something serious," he

that it's nothing serious? You want

Given her state, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to recover until

an orange and placed the half into his mouth. Upon remembering that Rachel was there, he offered the other half

thanks. You can

steamed buns she had eaten were enough to make

doctor say when you can

"Tomorrow."

felt that she didn't need to stay in for too long for such a

glanced at his watch. He looked as

to see

"Where are you going?" she asked, pretending to be disappointed. "You've only been here

ago, but it

"Fake?"

an appointment with a friend of

just kidding. You can go." She bit back

to who his friend was, and why he was