My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 10

"Take the key to the apartment. I'm going back to work."

Rachel handed Eric the key to the newly rented apartment.

"Okay." Eric was secretly glad that he was finally discharged from the hospital. After being stuck in the hospital ward for so long, he wanted to go out for some fresh air.

After Rachel left, he couldn't wait to close the door. Then, he changed his clothes and went out.

By then, it was completely dark outside, and he didn't really have anywhere to go.

Meanwhile, in JH Bar, Celine was drinking alone.

The pub was just starting to get crowded, and people were twisting their bodies crazily on the dance floor. Celine stared at these people in a daze as she thought about the first time she had met Jack here.

In the end, she had been deceived by him. He had said that he loved her and that he would marry her one day. Nonsense! It had all just been lies.

If he really loved her, why would he have let Rachel humiliate her?

From what Rachel had said this afternoon, it was obvious that Rachel looked down on her. In Rachel's eyes, Celine was nothing but a shameless ■3

mistress.

'So what? I don't care if you look down on me or not. Even though you're Jack's wife, he doesn't take you seriously, ' Celine thought vindictively. Then, with a wicked smile on her face, she made a phone call.

'Since you care so much about Eric, I'm going to play with him, ' she thought. She took a sip of wine as she waited for Eric to answer the phone.

At that moment, Eric was having dinner alone at a restaurant in his neighborhood. He had called several friends but they had all told him that they had no time to come out for dinner.

All of a sudden, his phone rang. As soon as he took a look at the screen, the frustration on his face vanished.

"Why are you calling me, Celine?"

At the other end of the line, Celine laughed. "What's wrong? Can't I even call you?"

"No, no, I mean, you've never called me before. I'm just so happy now."

Celine sighed helplessly. "Since I can't go to the hospital to see you, I'm calling to comfort you."

As long as she could capture Eric's heart, no matter how arrogant Rachel was, she wouldn't be able to do anything. Besides, she wanted to see what on earth Jack would do.

Eric's eyes brightened up. He said cheerfully, "I've been discharged from the hospital, so you don't need to go there anymore. We can meet outside from now on." ■3

Celine's smile deepened; she hadn't expected that she would be able to put her plan into action so soon. "Well, I'm in JH Bar now. Would you like to join me?"

"Okay, I'll be right there," Eric answered without skipping a beat.

Celine hung up the phone and drank a glass of beer. She knew that Jack would have arranged someone to watch her movements, especially in a place like JH Bar, so she was curious to see what would happen when Eric got here.

Besides, she still remembered the unexpected action that Rachel had done to appease Jack's anger last time. She didn't know what other tricks Rachel had up her sleeve and if Jack would buy it this time, so she suddenly looked forward to seeing what was going to happen.

Eric arrived at JH Bar in a hurry. As soon as he walked in, he saw Celine sitting in a quiet corner and his face lit up. "Celine, why are you here today? And why are you drinking so much?"

he asked worriedly when he saw all the bottles on the table.

"I was bored, so I came here for a drink. Have a seat." Then, Celine picked up another glass of beer and gulped it down.

Eric sat down and randomly picked up a bottle of beer as well. When he was about to drink, however, Celine stopped him.

"You still have wounds on your hands. I don't think you can drink, right?"

Eric suddenly remembered that Rachel had ■3

reminded him not to drink. He hadn't planned to go to a pub, but now that he was here, how could he not drink, especially when Celine was drinking? "It's all right. It's not a big deal," he assured Celine before taking a swig.

Celine looked at the shocking reddish scars on the back of Eric's hands.

"Let me have a look. It's all my fault that you got hurt so badly," she said in a guilty tone as she took Eric's hand in hers and looked at it.

"It's not your fault. Jack is to blame for bullying others with his power," Eric said in a gruff voice. He was pleased to see that Celine cared about him so much. As long as he could draw her attention, he wouldn't mind getting a little injury once in a while.

"Anyway, the wounds have almost healed. Rachel is a good doctor," he continued.

When Celine heard Rachel's name, she froze. Then, after a moment, she said as casually as she could, "Your cousin hurt you too much! I was just trying to save you. We didn't need her to do that."

"Rachel is awesome! She did that just to save me!" Eric said with a laugh.

The expression on Celine's face soured a little. Didn't Eric understand what she was trying to say? Instead, he was praising Rachel. 'What a fool!' Celine thought.

She felt sorry for Rachel to have such a stupid cousin. However, this was a good thing for Celine; only such a stupid person could be controlled easily.

"Miss Duan." ■3

Suddenly, a voice interrupted Celine's thoughts. She raised her head and saw two men in black standing next to their table. These two people worked for Jack, didn't they? Celine hadn't expected to see the fruit of her labor so soon.