Rachel recalled how she had fallen sick after coming back from the Francis‘ engagement party.
After that, she had almost died in a fire while visiting the Ying family villa.
Even though she was trying to keep herself distracted by looking at her phone, her mind kept drifting to
all the possible scenarios of things that could have gone wrong to delay Jack so much.
As she took another bite of the apple, she could not help but sigh emotionally.
While she sat there lost in her own thoughts, Andy tidied up the ward and then sat next to Bill in
silence.
When the time was almost nine o'clock, the door of the ward suddenly opened and a nurse walked in
with a folder.
She glanced at the patient and made a few notes on the document in her hands.
Then, she looked back and forth between Rachel and the old man. Thinking that Rachel was related to
the patient, she finally said, "Miss, come with me to register."
Rachel nodded without protest and put down the apple in her hand. She thought that she shouldn't let
the old man walk around too much. Besides, it would be better if he was here to keep an eye on Bill.
Understanding her intentions, Andy thanked her once again. He was being so polite that Rachel didn't
know whether to laugh or cry. "You're welcome," she said before following the nurse out of the ward.
Five minutes later, Rachel returned to the ward, having finished all the formalities.
This time when she sat down, she was filled with anxiety. Why was Jack taking so long to get here?
Back at the villa, the ambulance and the police cars arrived at almost the same time. Although Celine
was usually weak and fragile, she was holding onto Jack with all her strength. When the police arrived,
Jack tried to push her away.
However, Celine only tightened her grip on him. Even though Jack tried to gently pry her hands off him,
he found that he couldn't.
Celine sobbed harder, burying her face in his chest. "Jack, don't push me away. I'm scared..."
The two policemen exchanged meaningful glances.
This didn't go unnoticed by Celine, who was scared to death by the potential consequences of what
she had done.
Although Jack didn't want to do anything to upset her, he finally managed to pull her away from his
chest. He looked into her eyes and said earnestly, "I know you're afraid, but stop crying. Let the doctor
check whether you are hurt or not."
The paramedics lifted a man out of the bushes and placed him on the stretcher. Still conscious, the
man groaned painfully with one hand on his stomach.
Under the dim light of the street lamp, blood could be seen oozing out from his abdomen. He moaned
while being carried to the ambulance.
The man turned his head, and when he saw Celine, his face changed. With a ferocious expression, he
pointed at her and cursed, "You fucking bitch!"
Jack's face turned icy cold. He could feel that the woman standing next to him was shivering. Celine
hid behind him, pulled his sleeve, and sobbed, "Jack..."
One of the policemen came over and presented his ID. "Please cooperate with the investigation."
Jack turned to the woman beside him, only to find that she was looking at him with a pitiful and fragile
expression on her face.
Tears of desperation were running down her cheeks. He was very familiar with this scene.
Although he had broken up with her, he was still touched by her gestures, and his body reacted before
his mind could.
He subconsciously raised his hand and gently stroked her hair.
The helpless expression on Celine's face intensified as she whispered, "Jack, I'm scared."
All of a sudden, Jack realized that the people around them, some of whom knew about his past
relationship with Celine and others who didn't, were all looking at the two of them with inquiring eyes.
He also knew that the more people who saw the situation, the worse it would be.
After all, it hadn't been long since their break up. And it was only earlier today that Jack had brought
Rachel to the banquet and made her identity as Mrs. Fu known to all.
Although this was a serious situation, entangling with Celine like this in front of others was undoubtedly
akin to giving Rachel a slap in the face.
Naturally, Celine knew this as well. Deep in her heart, she was pleased by Jack's reaction, but the next
moment, she was shocked to see him push her away forcefully.
Before she could react, Jack pressed her shoulder and said calmly to the police, "She will try her best
to cooperate with your investigation, sir. But please conduct it elsewhere, if convenient."
Celine looked at him in astonishment and panic. The two policemen in front of him were a little
surprised as well, but after taking a look at the ambulance, one of them said, "Please come with us to
the police station."
They all knew clearly that even if people with a high social status like Jack went into prison, they would
come out safely, no matter what the crime. As long as the man on the stretcher did not die, Celine
would be fine.
However, in her panicked state, Celine didn't realize this. She thought that Jack was trying to distance
himself from her, so she looked at him incredulously and said in a sharp voice, "Jack! How could you?"
Jack looked at her calmly. "Trust me. You will come out soon."
Celine pursed her lips and said nothing. Then, she followed Jack and the policemen to the police car.
Soon, the ambulance and the police cars disappeared into the darkness. Howard, who was watching
the scene from a distance, frowned. He could not help but sigh in annoyance.
As he finally turned and walked away, something dawned on him. He suddenly raised his hand and
patted his forehead before taking out his mobile phone and calling Andy.
Not everyone at the banquet had witnessed the scandalous scene.
Baron was one of the people who didn't know anything about it. While Jack and Celine were on the
way to the police station, he was flirting with a model in a dark corner.
Just as he was leaning in to kiss her, someone suddenly patted him from behind. Annoyed, he abruptly
turned around to tell off the person who had dared to disturb him.
But when he saw who it was, he stopped. It was not a person he could scold, so he swallowed his
anger and asked with a straight face, "What's the matter?"
He watched out of the corner of his eye as the shy model took this opportunity to slip away.
Unexpectedly, the man in front of him laughed. "Your woman has been taken away, but you're still in
the mood to flirt around?"
Baron's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Who was his woman? "Celine," the man in front of Baron
kindly reminded,
noticing the expression on his face.
It was only then that Baron realized that he had come to this banquet with Celine, but had slipped away
after encountering some old friends.
He wasn't worried about her at all. After all, he knew that she was in a bad situation in Ninwell City and
had no one to rely on.
That meant that he could treat her however he liked.
Jack had such a bad temper that even if Celine begged him on her knees, he would never take her
back.
In fact, that was why he had confidently brought Celine back to Ninwell City. He was not afraid at all
that she would run back to her ex-boyfriend.
It wasn't just that he knew that Jack would not marry her. He also knew some shady things about
Celine that he could blackmail her with.
So even if Celine and Jack ended up together, he, Baron, could still control her.
However, he was positive that there was a very low chance of that happening. So when he heard that
Celine had left the banquet with someone else, he didn't take it seriously.
"Really? Who did she leave with?" he asked lazily.
The other party slightly raised the corners of his mouth and said, "Jack."
The idle look on Baron's face changed instantly. "Who did you say she left with?"
"Jack."
"Fuck!" As if he had caught his wife cheating on him, Baron gritted his teeth and cursed, "That bitch..."
He thought for a moment and then asked with a ferocious expression on his face, "Where did they go?"
"Something bad happened. I saw them going to the police station."
"What? Where?" Baron asked, freezing.
"The police station," the other man repeated patiently.
"Fuck! What happened?"
"Celine hurt someone, but Jack showed up just in time to help her," the man replied casually.
Baron raised his hand and patted the man in front of him on the shoulder. "Thank you for telling me
this, buddy!" he said gratefully.
However, a trace of disdain appeared on the man's face. 'What an idiot,' he thought to
himself.
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