Stuck in you

"How is that possible?" Nearly finished with her dinner, Rachel put down her chopsticks and stared at the other woman. "Celia's still young. Besides, she doesn't know me very well. You've known me for many years, and you already know what kind of person I am."

"I know that you are not angry," Lea replied. "Go to the hospital tomorrow and have a good talk with her. I guess she has been feeling down these past two days. After all, one cannot choose their family." Lea felt a little sad about the situation, but she took note of Rachel's strange reaction. She had her head bent down, so her expression was hidden, and she didn't say anything.

Lea was about to ask her when Henry's ringtone played on her mobile. As it turned out, Rita wanted to sleep but was looking for her mother. She refused to sleep regardless of Henry's powers of persuasion. Now, she was crying so hard that her voice was almost hoarse.

After all, her daughter was her priority, so Lea had to give up the topic. She hurriedly picked up her bag and said on her way out, "Remember to talk to Celia."

Rachel thought that it was not that simple.

To her, it seemed like the leak of information was not accidental, but was done on purpose. If the leak originated from someone who had overheard something and spread it through the grapevine, then there was nothing to worry about.

The thing was, she was afraid that it was the Ji family who did this.

Their intent was apparent—they wanted to warn Celia and let her know she could never enter the Ji family. At the same time, they wanted to completely sever the relationship between the Xu family and the Fu family.

Rachel couldn't keep the shiver that traveled down her spine.

The next day, the first thing Rachel saw when she entered her office that morning was a gift box on her desk with a card on it.

She opened the box and saw an apology note with a hand-draw cartoon character bent at the waist in apology. Although the note did not contain the name of the sender, she knew from a single glance who sent it.

There was a pot of cactus inside the gift box, the type of plant that people usually just placed on their desks without any nurturing necessary. Looking at the two items, Rachel smiled. She glanced toward the nurse station outside the door and found Celia, who was patiently guiding a patient's family.

Time always passed very fast whenever Rachel was busy. After looking over half of a long report in one sitting, she stretched her arms over her head and got up to pour herself a cup of coffee before continuing. Suddenly, the office door was opened from the outside, and Celia stepped in with a steaming cup of fragrant coffee in her hand. With a pleasant smile, she held out the cup toward Rachel and said, "I thought you might need coffee. Enjoy."

"You're not angry anymore?" Rachel didn't take the cup on purpose. She crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Celia indifferently.

Celia smiled awkwardly and blushed. "That time, I misunderstood you and got mad. Rachel, I know you should be mad at me, but please don't be."

Rachel slowly reached out to take the cup and took a sip. "This is really good," she praised. She gave a small smile to Celia. "I'm not angry anymore. You can go back to work now."

In life, quarrels and misunderstandings were inevitable. Granted, it would make people feel miserable, but once the misunderstandings were cleared up, the sense of joy that they usually got was unparalleled, making people feel like life favored them, after all. Rachel felt that way at that moment. With a renewed burst of energy, she went back to her work, which was starting to become tedious earlier.

However, her good mood dimmed somewhat when she thought of Jonathan's words about what the Ji family was capable of doing. The distance between her and Celia was more or less widened.

Celia thought about how Rachel turned her down when she asked her to join her

if Rachel hadn't forgiven her yet. If she had forgiven her, wouldn't it be better

picked up her rice bowl and started dumping the contents on the

glared at her angrily, slammed her chopsticks on the table, and yelled, "Don't waste food if you're not going to eat

doing. She replied in an

a big shot now? In the end, you've been jilted.

and glared at her, "What did

me that that rich boyfriend of yours who supposedly fell in love with you was just stringing you

collected herself and replied with

to Bertha—she was also trying tell herself that somebody from a rich family like Marcus couldn't possibly be serious about a nurse like her who came from a humble family. She wasn't good enough for

so, she found it difficult to end their

come down to see him. Celia wanted to hang up the phone, but she ended up changing out of her

haggard than he

he saw her, he quickly stepped forward and drew her close in a fierce hug. He took in a lungful of her

felt some distress at his exhausted appearance. "Marcus, if you're feeling too tired, then you probably shouldn't have come

"I'm not tired,"

said firmly as he gently

almost did not feel

opened her eyes and saw a familiar

are you awake?" a deep

her other side, Rachel mumbled, "I'm still

go to work. Last night, she allowed herself to watch a movie until

her head and was curled up in a

and kissed her gently on the forehead. "I'm back.

sought out his lips for a kiss. Then, she fell back on the bed and went back to her sleeping position. "I'm still

looked at her in helpless

to deal with the business in the United States. However, he felt that a week was too long, so he forcefully compressed all of the week's work

her sleeping so soundly,

had returned, but she smiled self-deprecatingly when she recalled that his business in the US would take a week. She must have missed

was about to get up when her eyes fell on Jack, who was sleeping