My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 38

Celia was very grateful to them for caring for her brother. Touching Mendes' soft cheek, Marcus asked, "Are you alright? Do you still feel pain in your knee?"

"Still a little painful," Mendes answered. Then, he took his sister's hand and added, "Just a little bit." He showed others what a little bit was through hand gestures. His childish behavior caused laughter from the people around him.

"He's alright now. Thank you for bringing him here. I am his sister," Celia said.

"You are welcome." As an acknowledgement, Marcus waved his hand at Celia. "I am also going this way. We know Dr. Shen, and we thought Mendes was her son. We are very sorry for what happened."

After hearing his explanation, Celia felt a little embarrassed. She hurriedly explained, "This is my brother, not Dr. Shen's child. Dr. Shen doesn't even have a boyfriend."

When they heard Celia's explanation, Henry squatted down to play with Mendes and Marcus had a strange expression. "So, Dr. Shen hasn't gotten married yet, has she?" Marcus commented.

"No, not yet. Dr. Shen is still young. Why would she get married so early?" Celia answered.

While they were talking, Rachel and Jack approached them. ■3

The two happened to hear what Celia said. Embarrassed, Rachel lowered her eyes while Jack maintained his cold expression. Walking up to his friends, he said, "Let's go. Rachel can call us if anything else happens."

"Okay then." Then, Henry stood up and nodded to Rachel. She nodded back.

Looking at Celia, Marcus smilingly said, "See you next time, beauty."

All of a sudden, Celia's face turned red as a tomato. She wasn't able to reply anymore. All she did was stare at the guy, but he already turned around and left.

When they were gone, Celia asked Rachel in a soft voice, "Dr. Shen, are they your friends?"

Rachel nodded. In a loud voice, Mendes pointed at his sister and said teasingly, "You are blushing!"

"No! I am not blushing!" Celia answered, emphasizing each word, and instinctively covered her face.

"Really? How come your face is so red?!" Mendes continued, making a face at her and then running behind Rachel to hide.

So angry, Celia stamped her foot. Then, pointing at Mendes, she shouted, "You little rascal! If I had known you would treat me like this, I wouldn't have treated your wound!"

Peeking from Rachel's back, Mendes laughed out loud and made face at her again.

Bending to reach Mendes' eye level, Rachel ■3

touched his head and said in a kind voice, "Mendes, you should apologize to your sister. You shouldn't treat her like that. When you got injured, she got really worried. And she even treated your wound."

Hesitation could be seen on Mendes' face. But after a while, he realized that what Rachel said was true. He walked towards Celia and apologized, "I'm sorry. I won't make fun of you anymore. It's my fault."

Looking at him, Celia felt moved but didn't reply. Mendes looked back at Rachel who gave him an encouraging smile.

Hesitating a little, Mendes nudged Celia and held her leg. He looked up to her and said, "Celia! I'm really, really sorry! It's my fault!"

"Oh, Mendes!" Celia burst into tears uncontrollably.

The small misunderstanding between brother and sister was finally resolved.

Sighing, Rachel shook her head. Looking at Mendes smilingly, she said, "You are really naughty these days."

Then, Lucas smiled, "I heard that many interesting things happened while I was away."

"Yeah." Rachel began to return the things to their original places. She stood on tiptoe trying to reach the highest shelf, but she couldn't.

All of a sudden, somebody leaned over to take the things from her hand. "Here, let me help you," Lucas said.

Heart pounding, Rachel felt her ears turning ■3

hot, and her body stiffened for a moment. She didn't move until Lucas finished put them away. When he stepped back, she turned around. Clearing her throat, she said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." There was a gleam of emotion flashing in his eyes. "Why do we need to say thank you to each other?"

Hiding her uneasiness, Rachel replied, "I'm used to it..."

Lucas didn't notice anything peculiar with her. After thinking for a while, he suddenly said, "I saw Mr. Fu earlier."

"What? Yes...he was here." When Rachel heard Lucas mention Jack, her face turned cold. "Those two guys with him are his friends. They called Jack to come."

"I see," Lucas smiled. "How are the two of you doing these past few days?"

"Which two?" she asked.

"Jack and you..."

"We didn't really know each other. And, I have nothing to do with him," Rachel answered with a pout. "Recently, we have met a lot."