My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 31

Now that she was crying, Celine sounded less like she was questioning Jack and more like behaving in a spoiled manner. As a result, the coldness in Jack's eyes finally died down.

Jack reached out and held Celine in his arms, coaxing her as he always did when she was sad and in tears. He patted her on the back gently and whispered in her ear, "I didn't sleep well last night, that's why I'm in a bad mood today. Don't be angry."

Meanwhile, at the hospital, a chubby boy called out, "Pretty Rachel..."

Feeling the boy move in her arms, Rachel patted him on his butt and warned, "Mendes, don't move, or else the needle will prick you in the wrong place."

The young boy turned around and saw a nurse holding a glittering needle and smiling at him like a witch. With a shiver, he turned back to Rachel's arms, grabbed her clothes, and begged pathetically, "Rachel, you give me the injection, please! I don't want to get it from this witch."

The nurse, Celia Xu, closed her eyes and took a deep breath to control her impatience and said,

"Fatty, come here!"

"Oh, no! The witch is coming!" As the chubby boy in her arms pretended to cry, Rachel had to hold his chest with one hand to prevent him from squishing his broken arm. ■3

Celia gnashed her teeth in anger.

Rachel patted the boy's butt again and smiled. "No more kidding, or we'll have to give you two injections."

However, the boy still didn't listen to her and continued to twist and turn in her arms. Rolling her eyes, Celia grabbed the back of the boy's collar and pulled him. Then, grinding her teeth, she asked, "Fatty! You think you can take advantage of Dr. Shen just because she's nice?"

Mendes Xu just stared back at her with puppy dog eyes.

Already at her limit, Celia pressed the boy down onto the chair and threatened him, "Don't move, or I'll throw you out!"

Upon hearing this, the boy suddenly burst into tears,

bawling so loudly that everyone in the room turned to look at him.

Celia just stood there at a loss with the needle in her hand.

She hadn't expected that the boy would actually cry.

Anger dissipating, she called in a low voice, "Hey, Mendes..."

However, Mendes ignored her and turned to Rachel as he wiped his eyes with one hand. "Waah! Dr. Shen! I want my mommy..."

Rachel sighed and looked at the other patients and hospital staff who were all looking at the scene with curious eyes. In order to prevent any gossip, ■3

she grabbed the boy and said to Celia, "Celia, can you stop being so mean to your brother?"

Finally, everyone realized that the boy was the younger brother of this beautiful nurse called Celia Xu.

But the age gap between them was large enough for them to be mother and son.

Celia lowered her head and said sulkily, "I... I don't know why he's crying!"

The boy buried his head in Rachel's arms again, continuing to shed tears.

Rachel didn't know why this wimpy kid could cry so easily either. She didn't know the first thing about coaxing a child.

Together, Rachel and Celia tried for a long time to get the boy to stop crying, but nothing worked. In just minutes, Rachel's white coat was stained with the boy's tears and snot.

Enduring the discomfort, Rachel stretched out her hand to raise the boy's head so that she could try talking to him. At that moment, she accidentally bumped her hand against her pocket and felt something.

Immediately, she remembered that her colleague had given her a chocolate bar before getting off work yesterday. Since she didn't like chocolate, she had just kept it in her pocket and forgotten all about it.

Fortunately, even she knew that chocolate could come in handy for coaxing children!

Taking out the chocolate bar from her pocket, ■3

Rachel patted the boy and said, "Mendes, look what I have in my hand!"

"No way!" the boy replied, refusing to raise his head. Undeterred by this, Rachel continued in a soft voice, "Look, I have some chocolate for you."

Celia was even more dumbstruck by this than her brother bursting into tears. 'Is there something wrong with my ears?' she wondered, holding the needle in her hand.

'How could Dr. Shen be speaking in such a soft tone? No way! I must have misheard!'

However, as the conversation between them continued, Celia had no choice but to accept what she was seeing in front of her eyes. As soon as he heard the word "chocolate," Mendes pulled away and looked at Rachel's hand.

Celia had the honor of watching Rachel continue to comfort the small boy.

Rachel, who was famous for her cold demeanor, was now trying to soothe the boy in her arms in a soft voice.

Her soft eyes and slightly upturned lips made her look like a loving mother. Eventually, the boy in Rachel's arms stopped crying.