My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 103

Jack nodded. Just as she was about to exit, the girl abruptly turned around. "By the way, I haven't seen Celine for a long time. We should have dinner after work when you have time."

There was an awkward silence. Rachel glanced at both Jack and the girl. Based on what she had just said, it seemed that she was close to Celine. That had probably been why she was recruited in the first place.

Jack replied calmly, "I've been busy lately. Let's talk about it later."

"Okay..." The girl furrowed her brows in confusion, but didn't ask any more questions. She waved her to say goodbye.

When the door closed, Jack's eyes met Rachel's. They stared at each other for a while.

Her eyes looked bright for a moment before breaking eye contact. Deep inside, he felt guilty.

Still feeling awkward, Austin cleared his throat to break the silence. "Mr. Fu, please sign the papers. I'll have them processed right away."

"Okay."

He signed the documents without reading over them. Austin quickly grabbed the papers and headed straight for the door, shaking his head in disappointment.

The girl had been one of Celine's junior ■d

schoolmates. No wonder she had been surprised when she found Rachel in the room.

A few years back, Celine had managed to convince Jack into hiring her.

It hadn't been publicized that Jack and Celine had already broken up.

Jack wanted to explain to Rachel. Just as he was about to say something, he closed it, unsure about how he would have explained the situation.

Rachel broke the silence. "She's pretty cute."

"Well, she just graduated from college. She's still a little immature and needs to change her attitude when working."

She nodded her head and changed the topic. "When will you get off work?"

"Are you bored?"

There was a pregnant pause between them. Suddenly, an idea came into Jack's head. "Why don't we have dinner at the place you took me to the other night?"

Rachel frowned in confusion. "What place?"

"The snack street." He smiled at her.

She frowned as she thought Jack didn't like it there.

But his suggestion aroused her appetite. If she could choose, she would have gone there every day. The price was very reasonable and the food was delicious.

Jack had left work early in order to avoid getting stuck during rush hour. ■d

Rachel's condition was slightly better today compared to the day before. She was able to walk a bit more, so she refused Jack's help.

When they came out of his office, the receptionist looked at them curiously. Her gaze settled on Rachel's foot and then traced back up to her face.

The people in the elevator gave her the same look as well. Jack and Rachel walked side by side without saying anything.

They slowly entered the elevator. The elevator stopped in the middle, and the people entering nodded to greet Jack.

He nodded in return and noticed that they were looking at Rachel.

They were probably curious to understand what their relationship was.

Rachel didn't seem to mind their curious looks. On the contrary, it made Jack a little bit unhappy.

When the elevator finally reached the first floor, he stretched out his hand and held Rachel in his arms.

Rachel gasped in surprise.

As the door opened, he held on to her even tighter.

"You guys go out first," he ordered.

The others walked out silently.

After the two of them were the last ones in the elevator, she began to move.

Since she had difficulty in walking, she had to ■d

move slowly. She thought Jack was so considerate as to tell the others to walk out first.

She didn't know that Jack had another purpose.

But those people who had just left the elevator knew what their boss meant.

This beauty belonged to their boss. Even though he didn't say a lot, his actions suggested that he didn't like them staring at his woman.

These people were a bit worried. They wondered if Jack would be angry at them.

Since Rachel was still injured, it would take a long time for her to arrive at the parking lot.

But she didn't want Jack to carry her. When they arrived at the gate, he said, "Wait here. I'll drive my car to get you."

Rachel didn't object. She watched him quickly walk down the stairs to where he had parked.