"Something happened to Rachel. I have to go back and see her," Lucas said frowning.
Claris' expressions immediately changed when she heard her name. "Rachel Shen?" she asked. "The one who went to the same college as you?"
"Yes. I'm sorry. Let's just reschedule and go out some other time." He quickly turned around without waiting for her response and got himself ready to leave.
If Lucas had to leave for some other urgent reason, then Claris would not make it seem like a big deal. But knowing that he was leaving for another woman made it felt like a stake was driven through her heart.
Claris always did her best to date him. But the current situation made it more difficult for her. She approached him and wrapped her arms around his muscular arm. It took almost all of her willpower not to show anger or jealousy on her face.
"What happened to her?" she asked in a worried tone that had no hint of what she truly felt. "Is it serious? I can go with you. I'm free now."
There was hesitation on Lucas' face as he stared at her for a moment, but at length, he finally agreed.
Claris held his hand in hers and pretended not to notice the sudden tension in him. ■d
She smiled at him reassuringly and said, "Let's go!"
She wanted to go with Lucas to see what was so special about this Rachel that she'd heard so much about.
It was hard for Claris to believe that the relationship between Lucas and Rachel was nothing more than the relationship between long time college friends. But since he seemed to be attached to her cousin, Claris concluded that she must be pestering him.
Claris went on to imagine different scenes between Lucas and Rachel in her mind. It made her want to show off to Rachel the intimacy between her and Lucas once she saw her.
If only Rachel knew that she had made enemies without even doing anything.
Sheila could not swallow her anger despite knowing that she would never be able to defeat the hospital by herself.
What made it worse, was that she knew that the hospital belonged to the Zhou family, and going against the entire Zhou family on her own would be like hitting her head against a brick wall.
Sheila was convinced that Kevin was responsible for her sister's untimely death. And she wanted to get her revenge on him.
Fortunately, Sheila has a new boyfriend and her boyfriend's father was the chief of police. She cried before him and told him that her sister's death was all because of Kevin.
As expected, her boyfriend promised that he ■d
would definitely help her with the matter.
What Sheila never expected was that he would be so audacious in his desire to help her that he arrested Kevin and Rachel without properly following the legal process.
He never checked the background of the hospital before he proceeded to vent his anger on them on behalf of Sheila.
But bullies were never used to thinking things over before they act. And his actions had offended Jack.
They flirted with each other inside the girl's place and was unaware of the movement just outside.
Someone quietly broke into the house without their knowledge just when Sheila was about to ask him how it all went.
She initially planned to torture the two doctors. She felt so much hatred for them.
She wanted to focus on her sister's death with the help of her new boyfriend. But she never expected that he would deal with it in a bad way.
While they were in her room, Sheila wanted to talk to him to ask about how he was going to deal with the two doctors.
But before she could ask anything, the man waved his hand and interrupted her. "They've both been taken to the police station. Don't worry about it, the police will take care of it and provide you with the result of their investigation later. No need to worry about it anymore. Let's just do something fun, shall we?" ■d
He jumped on top of Sheila as soon he finished speaking. He grabbed her clothes and kissed her wildly.
Sheila held back the disgust that she felt in her heart and tried to force a smile out. When she was about to give in to him, a loud noise suddenly came from outside.
They were shocked and stared at each other briefly. But before he was able to get off from Sheila, he heard a shout that came from behind him. "You bastard!"
He turned around towards the source of the voice and the last thing he saw was an object that moved extremely fast towards him. He heard Sheila scream and then there was a sharp pain in his forehead that was immediately followed by nothingness.
In the meantime, Rachel never expected that things would be handled in such a short time. She just came back from lunch with James.
She went straight to her office, and to her surprise, Cara was waiting for her.
Cara stood up from her chair and smiled at Rachel. "Rachel! You're back!"
"Yes," Rachel replied with a confused smile. She was confused why she was there at that time. "Have you had lunch, Cara?"
"Yes, I have." Cara took a deep breath with an uneasy smile and then briefly looked at the floor. There was an odd expression on her face. "I...I actually came here to tell you something."
Cara was known as a straightforward woman, ■d
but she was obviously hesitant to tell Rachel what was troubling her and it made Rachel wonder what it was that she wanted to say to her in the first place.
"If you have anything to say to me, just say it
out."
Cara stared at Rachel and then blushed in embarrassment before she looked down on the floor once more. She took another deep breath and prepared herself to speak. "I'm here to apologize to you," she said slowly and in a soft voice while still looking down on the floor.
Rachel was surprised with what she heard, and started to wonder what the reason could be for Cara's apology. "For what?" she asked puzzled.
"I'm sorry," Cara replied with an embarrassed look. "I should never have talked about you behind your back. I am so sorry! I am just too gossipy sometimes. But I never meant anything bad by it."
Rachel finally understood why Cara waited for her in her office to make an apology.
There was a moment of silence between them as Rachel tried to recall the rumor. It was not that she was not affected by the rumors. But since they didn't gossip in front of her, she pretended not to know.
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