Stuck in you

At noon, Rachel arrived at the hospital's canteen and ordered a set meal for Lucas. She texted him of her location. Not long after, he hurried over, looking incredibly disheveled and exhausted.

Seeing that he drank up all the iced coffee in his cup in one go, Rachel asked, "What's going on?"

Lucas slowly raised his head, displaying the bags under his eyes. "It's a long story."

She paused, waiting for him to continue.

"My father didn't agree with my relationship with Iris. In order to make sure that I don't have time to be with her, he transferred me to the emergency department." A bitter smile threaded across his lips. It was as if his father was asking him to make a choice—his lover or his parents, and he didn't want that.

Rachel moved her lips, but she couldn't say a word. Instead, she placed her own coffee in front of him, implying that he could drink from it.

It was difficult to fight against one's own family when it came to a relationship.

Without any hesitation, he took a sip. Her coffee was black and bitter, but it wasn't as bitter as the chuckle that slipped past his lips. "If you have the time, talk to my father," he said pleadingly. "He always seems to listen to you."

At this point, he couldn't think of any other option.

"Okay."

Although she agreed, Rachel had no idea how to bring it up. How was she going to persuade his father when she was just an outsider?

However, she didn't expect that James would call her up into his office before she could even go to him.

She knocked on the door tentatively. "Come in," the man called.

She walked inside to see that James was playing chess. Without raising his head, he motioned to opposite seat. "Have a seat."

When she did, he finally stopped playing. A smile graced his features. "Do you want to know why I transferred Lucas to the emergency department?"

"I was curious," she admitted, unsure as to why he would ask her such a question. "But I already know."

"Really? Did Lucas tell you?" James stood up indifferently. "Do you know who Iris is?"

"I know her."

Rachel didn't ask any more questions. It was better for James to do the talking. Besides, he wouldn't have called her here if he didn't have anything to say about it.

There was silence for a moment, before he said, "Lucas has always been a rational man, but when it comes to relationships, he doesn't think straight.

The girl my wife introduced to him before was none other than Iris' cousin. She actually likes Lucas, but..."

James trailed off with a sigh.

found that she

was no way Rick could

Rick had yet to deal with was Lucas, who decided to salt the

picked up one of the white chess pieces and placed it on the edge of the board. "Like this chess game, the Zhou family are the black pieces. We could only anticipate for what's to come, and

heart. Back then, she had believed that money could lead to happiness, but it seemed that money could

for Lucas and Iris to continue

in thought, a figure rushed into her and spread

Rachel was about to push the person away,

a while, Rachel. Don't

exasperatedly. "We haven't seen each other for so many

excited." Celia laughed sheepishly. "I've already graduated, Rachel. I'm already working in

are you

"Guess." She winked.

shook her head. "I don't want to guess. Forget

times in protest. "You're no

by the woman's words. All her worries drifted to

that all I'm getting?" Celia

do

about inviting me to dinner

sure to finish all her work today as quickly as possible. From four o'clock in the afternoon, she would spend every half an hour going into Rachel's office and leaning against her door frame. "Are you done with your work?" she'd complain. "I'm

sighed helplessly. "You've become more and more like a

entering my rebellious

just as they arrived at the entrance, a woman rushed over towards them. The next second, Rachel could already

skin had

okay?" Celia

had already been restrained by the security guards. "What the

vent out in anger, she was about to rush over and slap that woman, but

lucky this time, Celia Xu! You should've expected what would happen after you stole someone else's boyfriend!" As the woman was taken

Rachel furrowed her eyebrows

she processed the woman's

blisters forming around her skin, and she couldn't help but feel guilty. She was the one who was supposed to be burnt like this, not her

had been looking for something in her bag, so she wasn't that

sorry, Rachel," she

Rachel was stunned.

me with the

people in the emergency department. Even if it was already time to

the waiting room. Enduring the pain in her