Jack and Rachel's romance was interrupted after he found she was injured. He gently helped her lie
down and said, "Have a good sleep."
In the darkness, her breathing gradually became regular.
A while later, Jack rose from the bed and walked to the balcony with his phone in hand. "Go ahead," he
ordered.
At that time, in another part of the city, Holley's hands were tied behind her back, and her mouth was
stuffed with a rag. She looked at the two men in front of her in horror.
When she had returned home from the gay bar she had gone to in the evening, she hadn't expected to
see two strange men at her door.
In her drunken state, she had roughly yelled, "Get out of my way," while attempting to fish her house
keys out of her handbag. However, the two men had stopped her and taken her away.
As Holley stared at them with wide eyes, she wondered, 'Are they going to...?'
Her face turned pale with fear as all kinds of possible scenarios flashed in her head.
The taller man squatted down in front of her and took out the rag from her mouth.
"Bah! Who the hell are you? What do you want from me?" Holley raised her voice as soon as she could
speak.
Talking in a loud voice gave her some confidence, no matter how scared she felt on the inside.
The man sneered, "What do you think we want?"
"Don't touch me! If you dare to touch me, I will..."
"What will you do?" the other man cut in before she could finish her sentence. He was expressionless,
but he had a deep scar on his face that made him look cold and frightening.
He glanced at her with disdain and continued, "You lesbian freak! Tonight, we'll teach you how to have
some fun!"
The next day when Rachel entered the hospital, she saw all the nurses talking to each other in small
groups.
It seemed that another piece of gossip had surfaced. Not thinking much of it, she headed straight to her
office. Just when she was about to enter, she heard someone calling her name from behind.
She turned to see a strange face. "Yes?" Vicky was stunned.
She had heard about Rachel's amnesia, but she had been skeptical about it.
Judging from Rachel's attitude toward her, however, it seemed that the news was true. Rachel was
looking at her like this was the first time they had met.
Recovering quickly, she said, "My name is Vicky Chu. I work in the hospital laboratory."
"Hi, what can I do for you?" Rachel couldn't recall having anything to do with the laboratory recently.
Vicky took out her cell phone, opened an article, and showed it to Rachel. "Take a look, please!"
It was an article about Holley and had been released at 7 in the morning.
Rachel glanced through the article. Then, hiding her surprise, she handed back the phone to Vicky and
casually said, "This is her private matter."
It seemed that this was what those nurses had been gossiping about.
"You and Jack didn't release this news?" Vicky asked uncertainly.
The first thing that had come to mind when she saw the news was that Jack and Rachel had finally
taken their revenge on Holley.
In fact, she would be lying if she said that she didn't want them to take revenge on that sick woman.
"Me and Jack?" Rachel asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
Ever since two days ago, she felt like she was in a perpetual state of confusion.
She had a strong feeling that she had lost a very important memory, but she could not remember what
it was.
Vicky smiled awkwardly. "If you don't know, never mind. I have to get back to work. See you."
Rachel stared after her and frowned. How could she pretend nothing had happened after hearing what
Vicky had said?
She decided to ask Jack about it.
At Jack's office, Austin shifted around uncomfortably, sensing that Jack was not in a good mood today.
In just this morning alone, he had scolded three managers over some trivial problems.
When it was lunch time, Austin asked, "Mr. Fu, did you have a fight with Mrs. Fu?"
"No, what makes you think that?"
Jack's face suddenly darkened. In his eyes, things between them had been better than ever.
"It just seems like you're in a bad mood," Austin replied.
For a moment, Jack was speechless. Then, he took a sip of his tea to moisten his throat and joked,
"Austin, instead of being a secretary, you should become a scriptwriter!"
Austin smiled awkwardly in response. Fortunately, the waiter came up to serve them their food. Seeing
Jack pick up the knife and fork, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
However, Jack suddenly put down the fork and knife and asked, "Where did you suddenly get such an
idea from?"
Austin shrunk back in his chair. He hadn't expected that Jack would continue this topic. In the end, he
summoned up his courage and answered, "It's just that you look down today.
Didn't you have a fight?"
He was a little nervous.
"No."
However, an uneasy feeling overcame Jack. He stared at Austin for a moment and then took out his
phone and dialed Rachel's number.
At the hospital, in the ladies room, Rachel washed her hands under the tap for a while, and then dried
them with some tissue paper. Just when she was about to leave, she heard voices coming from
outside.
"Did you see the news about Holley?
"It's such shocking news.
How could I have missed it?" "I didn't expect that she would be a lesbian."
"Yeah. By the way, who do you think released that news?"
Rachel had been about to open the washroom door, but she withdrew her hand, wanting to find out
what they would say next.
"How would I know? But Holley went to Rachel yesterday. It seemed like they were having a fight..."
The woman who was speaking stopped as soon as she opened the washroom door and saw Rachel.
"Rachel," she said, feeling embarrassed.
Suppressing her emotions,
Rachel walked past the two women without saying anything.
Ever since the news about Holley had surfaced, everyone was wondering about whether it had
something to do with Rachel.
Naturally, the confusion in her mind grew.
When Rachel went back to her office, she picked up her phone from the table and saw that there was a
missed call from Jack. She immediately dialed his number. But his phone was switched off.
At that moment, there were two knocks on the door. Lucas, who had disappeared for a long time, had
suddenly shown up. He smiled and asked, "Are you on the phone?"
Rachel put down her phone and shook her head. "No, Lucas. I haven't seen you lately."
"I have been busy recently. I just flew back this morning."
He had only heard about everything that had happened from his father half an hour ago.
Lucas couldn't help but glancing at the baseball cap on Rachel's head, which clashed with her white lab
coat.
Feeling self-conscious, Rachel raised her hand and straightened the cap. She smiled and said, "Don't
look at me like that."
Lucas waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry. Are you free tonight? My dad said that a lot of things
happened after he came back.
Would you like to have a simple dinner at our house tonight?"
Cooking was one of James' favorite things to do in his spare time.
Therefore, every time he came up with a new recipe, he would invite Rachel to his house to have a
taste and offer some feedback.
Rachel paused. It had indeed been a long time since she had visited the Zhou family.
Just when she was about to nod her head in agreement, however, she glanced at the phone and
remembered something.
She still had something to ask Jack, but his phone was turned off and she couldn't contact him.
Rachel turned back to Lucas with a smile. "I'm not available tonight. How about another day? I don't
think you'll be flying abroad again soon, right?"
Lucas' eyes dimmed all of a sudden. "I have been at home these days. Anyway, go ahead with your
work. I have to see a patient now."
Time flew quickly, especially when there were so many things to deal with.
A few hours later, a doctor stopped by Rachel's door with his briefcase in hand and asked, "Rachel,
you're still here?" He was surprised to see Rachel still typing up something.
Rachel took a look at her watch and felt taken aback. "Wow, time flies fast. I'll leave as soon as I finish
this medical report."
"Okay, but don't work too hard. Take care of yourself," the doctor said before leaving.
After typing the last word of the report, Rachel saved it and turned off the computer. Then, she
stretched and glanced at the door.
Why hadn't Jack come to pick her up?
She tried calling him again, but his phone was still powered off.
What could have happened? This was out of character for him. If he wasn't going to pick her up, he
would have informed her in advance.
'Could it be that the missed call he gave me at noon was to talk about this matter?' she wondered.
"Rachel, a patient just came in with chest tightness, but Dr. Zhang just went to the canteen. Can you
come take a look?" A nurse hurried in.
Rachel nodded and put on the white gown again.
Half an hour later, she finished the examination.
Rachel glanced at the window and saw that it was getting dark outside. It looked like it was going to
rain.
Before leaving the hospital, she tried calling Jack one more time but to no avail.
In the end, she decided to take a cab home.
Although rush hour had passed, this was the time when cab drivers changed their shifts. Standing on
the pavement outside the hospital gate, Rachel tried to hail a cab for more than ten minutes, but no cab
stopped for her.
Suddenly, rain started to pour down.
But even in the heavy rain, someone was walking without an umbrella, holding a suitcase in hand.
The heavy rain was like a curtain that covered Rachel's sight. It was not until the person stood right in
front of her that she realized that it was Holley.
What a small world!
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