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."
Upon hearing her explanation, Eric came up with a plan, so he comforted her right away, "Rachel, don't
worry. I know someone who can fix it. I'll call him right now. Just wait for a while."
After hanging up, he called Jack immediately. "Jack, where are you right now?"
"I'm still in the office."
"Then go to Rachel's house now. She needs help."
"What's wrong?"
"You'll know it when you get there. This is the chance you have been waiting for. Go now!"
He hung up before Jack could ask more questions.
Hearing the doorbell,
Rachel put down the rag and rushed to the door. She was a little surprise that Eric's friend arrive too
soon.
But when she opened the door, it was Jack. She couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?"
Then she realized, it must be Eric who called him. The friend he was referring to was Jack.
"What happened to you?"
Jack could tell that she already knew the answer to her question, so he didn't bother to answer.
This time, Rachel didn't send him away. Instead, she opened the door wider so he could come in. She
then pointed at the kitchen and said helplessly, "The faucet is broken."
Jack had never expected that he would be fixing a broken faucet.
This was something he had never done before, but since it was a very good opportunity to be with
Rachel, he had to bite the bullet.
He took off his coat and handed it to her. Then he rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Do you have any
tools here?"
She pointed at the cabinet under the sink. "They are all there."
She had actually tried to fix it earlier, but since it was too difficult, she eventually gave up.
Perhaps men really had innate skills in fixing house problems. Although it was his first time to do it, he
was able to successfully change the faucet.
It took him a lot of time and efforts though.
Wiping the sweat on his forehead, he said to Rachel, "Turn on the main switch, so we can try it."
However, he didn't expect that the faucet was not fixed enough. As soon as it was turned on, the water
gushed out and completely wet him.
"Are you alright?" She quickly took a clean towel from the cabinet and helped him dry his hair.
Although the temperature was a bit high today, he could still possibly catch a cold.
"I think we should give up. I'll just wait for the property manager to come tomorrow."
"Let me check it again."
Jack asked her to take a few steps back, so he could work on it again. After a while, it was finally done.
He heaved a sigh of relief.
Looking at his wet clothes, she felt a little guilty and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
He was not used to the politeness between them, but he was happy to be with her. All thanks to Eric
who made this opportunity for him.
When he noticed some ingredients beside the sink, he asked, "You haven't eaten yet?"
"Not yet. I was about to cook when the faucet got broken. How about you?"
Thinking that he had just helped her, she pretended to be polite. Jack immediately answered, "I worked
overtime, so I haven't had dinner yet. Do you mind if I stay for dinner?"
She was forced to reply, "I don't mind."
Although she felt a little embarrassed, she still simply tidied up and began to prepare dinner.
While waiting, Jack took the opportunity to look around the house.
He looked around carefully and made sure that everything there belonged to Rachel. A few moments
later, he heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that she and Bill hadn't lived together.
His mood became better. Since it had been many years since the last time he tasted the dishes cooked
by Rachel, he swept all the dishes on the table.
As a result, he had a really bad stomachache in the early morning.
He went to the toilet more than five times. However, it didn't ruin his mood.
Two days later, Jack drove to Rachel's apartment early in the morning. Since they had gotten along
well two nights ago, he thought that he could now have the opportunity to get close to her.
But at that time, Rachel was already in her office.
She hadn't slept well last night because she couldn't take Jack away from her mind, so she decided to
go to work early today.
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