Rachel looked up at Eric and said, "You know the reason, right?"
"But Jack didn't care about Celine anymore. He has clearly chosen you. Why do you still have to leave? Moreover, Jack already has everything. What else can you ask for?"
Eric was now furious, but Rachel was just enjoying her food. Feeling annoyed, he pushed the bowl in front of her away and said, "Rachel, can you give me a good reason?"
"You have nothing to do with it."
Rachel called a waiter and requested for a new bowl. As soon as she had it, she started digging into the hotpot again.
Eric snorted, "I am your cousin. How can you say that it has nothing to do with me? Besides, I really don't like Bill. He's useless. I don't understand why you like him."
He kept on talking while Rachel just focused on her food.
When she was full, she put down her chopsticks and asked, "Did Jack pay you?"
"What... what are you talking about?" Eric stammered.
"You used to hate him so much in the past, but now you're always defending him. Don't you think it's strange?" She had a feeling that Eric was conniving with Jack.
Feeling guilty, he couldn't meet her eyes. But he still continued to side with Jack. "I just know that Jack is better than any other man."
"It's up for me to decide if you are right. Don't tell me what to do."
She took out her wallet, paid the bill, and stood up. Before she left, she said, "Don't call me if you are planning to talk about this again. I don't want to hear anything from you."
Eric felt so disheartened. He hadn't eaten anything yet, but he already lost his appetite. He decided to call Jack. "I just had dinner with Rachel. She is so hot-tempered now."
"Why? What happened?" Jack had just returned to his villa and hadn't even turned on the lights yet.
"Nothing. Forget what I said. What's your plan? Are you just going to let Rachel end up with that sickly man?"
"Do you really think I will let that happen?"
Jack retorted. "Have you noticed anything strange with Rachel tonight?" "What do you mean?"
Eric was a bit confused. But after thinking carefully, he answered, "I didn't notice anything strange on her, except that she has a bigger appetite now than before."
Jack had nothing more to ask, so he ended their call. He then sat on the sofa and closed his eyes.
He didn't really expect Rachel to mind what had happened last night, but when he heard from others that she acted as if nothing had happened, he felt a little disappointed.
Now, all he could do was show up in front of her as frequently as possible to win her back. After all, he didn't take Bill as a serious threat.
However, he was also a little worried by the way she treated Bill.
Thus, he went to the hospital to look for Rachel. However, she just avoided him.
Rachel stretched her body before packing up her things. Her spine felt a little stiff after a whole day's work. When she went out of the hospital, she saw Jack's car at the entrance. She immediately turned around and trotted to the emergency room.
Actually, what happened to them that night kept lingering in her mind. No matter what she did, it kept flashing back in her memory, so she thought that avoiding him was the best way to forget about it.
Before going home, she dropped by at the supermarket first to buy some ingredients. Although she lived alone now, she still made sure that she was eating well.
She only cooked simple dishes, but she saw to it that they were healthy.
When she opened the faucet to wash the vegetables in the sink, the water suddenly burst out, causing her whole body to get wet.
She quickly turned the faucet off, but it broke when she touched it. The water splashed throughout the kitchen.
The floor got flooded in an instant.
She had just moved into this apartment, so she had no idea where the main water switch was. Since she couldn't turn off the water and the floor was already flooded, she decided to call the property manager. However, no one was available to come to her unit, and he just told her the location of the main switch.
Finally, she was able to stop the water from flowing and cleaned up the floor.
But she didn't have water in the kitchen now. She hadn't finished washing the ingredients, and she couldn't start cooking.
After thinking for a while, she remembered some posters along the corridor. She quickly went out of her apartment and checked some ads related to faucet repair. When she found one, she immediately dialed the number. "Hello? The faucet in my apartment is broken. Can you come now to fix it?"
"I'm sorry, ma'am. It's late now. I can come to fix it tomorrow."
She tried to call three or four more phone numbers, but they all said the same. Feeling helpless, she went back to her apartment.
Looking at the mess all over the kitchen, she couldn't help feeling irritated. She called Eric, but she heard a deafening noise from the stereo, so she already knew what was going on.
Eric shouted at the other end of the line, "Rachel, I'm having fun with my friends now. Is something wrong?"
"Never mind. Enjoy your party."
She was about to hang up when she heard his voice again. This time it was much quieter. "Why did you call? Any problem?"
"The faucet in my kitchen is broken. I want to ask you to check it, but since you are partying now, never mind. I'll just find a way to fix it."
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