Stuck in you

Rachel cleared her throat and continued with her unfinished presentation as if nothing had happened. But because of this incident, the others couldn't help doubting her professional ability.

As a result, when all of them gathered to plan a dinner after the meeting, no one approached her. They had decided to go to a small restaurant nearby, but nobody asked her to join.

Fortunately, she wasn't also interested in joining them, so she didn't care about their attitude towards her. She quietly packed up her things and was about to leave. She planned to go back to the hotel and order a take-out.

All of a sudden, a petite woman came to her and said in a sweet voice, "Dr. Shen, we are going to have dinner later. Would you like to come with us?"

"No, thanks. I have something else to do later. Have a good time," she refused with a smile. She noticed that they stopped talking to each other

and looked at her in disdain.

Rachel smiled at the woman again and walked out of the meeting room. But she was still able to hear them questioning the woman.

"Why do you have to invite her?"

"Yes. She looks so arrogant and not easy to get along with. Imagine, she stopped halfway of her presentation to look at her phone, but she didn't even apologize. If she joins us later, she'll only ruin the atmosphere."

Before she entered the elevator, she heard the woman defended her, "You are all overreacting."

'She's right. Was it really a big deal?' Rachel thought. She had actually wanted to ask them but eventually decided to let it pass. After all, they were all just strangers to her, and she would only spend a week with them. She didn't need to waste her energy in considering their feelings. She'd better focus herself on thinking about how to coax Jack.

"Miss, are you awake now? How do you feel?"

A clear female voice broke the silence. Rachel slowly opened her eyes and saw a strange face.

A woman wearing a nurse uniform was frowning slightly and staring at her unblinkingly. When she did not respond, she asked again, "Miss, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No, I don't," she answered.

When Rachel spoke, her throat felt uncomfortable, and her voice sounded hoarse. She looked around and realized that she was in the hospital at the moment.

She got confused. Why was she lying in a hospital bed now? She was supposed to be in her hotel room.

All of a sudden, she felt a faint pain at the back of her neck.

and said, "I don't know what happened. You were sent by

her bag. She thought that the nurse might have kept it, so

with you when the

with a pile of documents in her hands. She put them on the bed and said, "Check these

looked through all the materials she had taken back from the meeting earlier. She got more confused, so she raised her

almost got

Robbed?

Raped?

remember that she went back to the hotel after

a chair to her bedside, sat down, and flipped through a notebook in her hand. She then said slowly, "We received a report from someone, and then we rushed there. According to him, he just got off work and was on his

continued, "He shouted from the other side of the road, so the man got scared and ran away. Since the criminal was tall and strong, he didn't waste his time

cold sweat after hearing the

imagine what would have happened to

took a deep breath. After calming down a little, she said,

the policewoman asked. "Because when we rushed there, these documents were the only ones left. No bag, cellphone, wallet,

silent, trying to recall everything

of the hospital and was about to go back to the hotel. The road was deserted, so I walked very fast. I

what happened after that anymore. She shook her head helplessly and said,

"It's okay."

family members and ask them to come here. Since the criminal has escaped and hasn't

she heard the word family, she only thought of

situation now, would he come

so she smiled awkwardly and said to the policewoman, "May I borrow your phone? I will

his friends. As soon as he sat down, his phone rang, so he

be a killjoy. If she asks you to

me? I'm

to lose face, so

number. He felt strange this time, so he took his phone and walked out of the bar to answer it. "Who's this? Why are you calling me at

"Eric!"

for her low spirit, Rachel would have already

voice. He asked, "Rachel, did you change your phone number? I thought my

head and smiled