My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 140

Rachel had never wanted to marry Jack in the first place. But since it was Jonathan's wish, she didn't have the heart to refuse his request.

In the hospital of the Zhou family, she also had the freedom to do whatever she wanted. Therefore, she didn't care about the rumors. There was no way they could hurt her.

As a matter of fact, Rachel wasn't taking it seriously at all. She hadn't even thought of snitching to Lucas or James.

But deep in James' heart, he felt very sorry for her. He thought that he didn't take good care of her enough to let her suffer from those rumors.

Rachel knew what he was thinking. He didn't want her to be wronged. However, she really thought it wasn't necessary to pay attention to those trifles.

Since James still felt bad about it, Rachel decided to just follow his orders. She wouldn't go to the hospital for the time being and she would just let him arrange everything for her.

After hanging up the phone, Rachel had nothing to do all of a sudden. She looked around and decided to just clean the house. She picked up some trash and put them in a garbage bag.

When she was done, she walked to the door to throw the garbage bag. She was about to open the door when she heard some noise outside. Rachel

stepped back reflexively. All of a sudden, someone opened the door from the outside.

A tall and strong figure of a man stood in front of her. His face looked slightly shocked upon seeing that she was at home.

Rachel didn't expect that he would come either. So she stood still absentmindedly, clutching the garbage bag in her hand tightly.

Jack looked at the stuff in her hand and his eyes became emotional. He then asked, "Why didn't you answer my calls?"

"I didn't hear them," she said subconsciously.

The moment she finished her sentence, her phone rang again.

Her ringtone could be heard clearly in the living room. She felt a little embarrassed so she stood there awkwardly without looking back.

Jack stared at her with an unreadable expression before he stepped inside. He said indifferently, "Your phone is ringing. Why don't you answer it?"

Rachel was stiff for a moment. She put down the trash bag silently, turned around, and walked towards the sofa. She was thinking who could be calling her this time.

As she read the caller's name on the screen, she gnashed her teeth in anger. It had been more than two weeks since the last time she heard from Eric.

'Damn it!' she thought.

She picked up her phone with a dim expression

on her face. But before she could even say anything, she heard Eric's miserable voice all of a sudden. "Rachel! Come and save me. Someone wants to kill me!" Rachel was stunned.

Eric's voice was so loud that even Jack, who was standing behind her, could hear it.

The call had brought her back to that day in early spring. Eric also called her in such a dramatic way, telling her that Jack was going to cut his hand off.

Rachel did not notice that Jack was already standing in front of her. He took the phone from her hand and spoke in a cold and emotionless kind of voice that she had never heard before.

"What happened?" he asked.

Rachel stood still with clenched fists. She looked up and cast a glance at him.

'Eric, you are such a jerk!' she thought.

After the call, Jack led her downstairs without saying a word. He let her get into the car and started the engine. Rachel had no idea where they were going.

She asked him twice about what was going on but he didn't answer.

'Why is he suddenly pulling a long face?'

Rachel got flustered without knowing the reason why. Jack took the phone from her, talked to Eric, and put her phone in his own pocket. Then he wouldn't talk to her at all.

Since Jack was still quiet, Rachel decided to turn her attention on the view outside. She looked at

the window and soon realized they were approaching the suburb. After a moment, she asked confusedly, "Why is Eric in the suburb?"

Unfortunately, Jack still didn't answer her question. When they reached the intersection, it was a red light so he had to stop. He suddenly grasped her hand and whispered, "Don't be afraid when we get there. Everything will be alright."

Her face gradually turned pale. She took back her hand immediately. Her body seemed to tighten. "What happened to him? Can you tell me?"

"He got hurt," answered Jack nonchalantly.

Eric got hurt?

Rachel's face turned even paler. "What kind of injury? What did he tell you? Is someone trying to kill him? What really happened to him?"

She bombarded Jack with a series of questions. He was puzzled for a moment as he didn't know which one to answer first. Before he could even speak up, the light turned green and the car behind them honked.

He held the steering wheel again and gave her a short reply. "You'll know it when we get there."

Jack recalled his conversation with Eric and the nurse earlier. Eric said to him, "I'm fine. If I die, please don't tell Rachel about it."

The Jack had heard a woman's voice. It was a nurse behind Eric. She had taken the phone from him and told Jack the location of the hospital.

"He's in a bad condition right now. He must have a surgery immediately so please be quick," the

nurse had said.

He didn't know what was really going on but he made sure that Rachel didn't hear the phone conversation.

Making her worried was the last thing he would ever want. He took note of the hospital address which was located in the suburb. He wondered why Eric was rushed in there.

Jack wasn't worried of Eric's condition. But seeing the nervous look on Rachel's face was making him anxious.

He drove fast. It would take them around forty-five minutes to get there so he thought of taking a shortcut. Luckily, they arrived at the place in only nearly thirty minutes.

When Rachel saw the place and read the hospital name, her heart sank.

The thought of the previous incident when Eric's hand was almost broken because Jack had trampled it made her panic. She didn't know who had Eric offended this time.

Was he even sent to this hospital?

Since the hospital was just small, there was no enough parking space. The security guards told Jack to park his luxurious Land Rover outside since the parking space was full.

The road outside was very narrow so it took Jack quite a while to finally find a suitable place to park his car without being blocked. Rachel got out of the car in an instant and rushed inside the hospital.

Jack hurriedly caught up with her and comforted her in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. He will be okay."

She looked at him with a panicky expression in her eyes. Her heart was beating almost uncontrollably. She got more frightened when she heard an ambulance wailing.

It was ironic. Rachel worked in a place like this and she was used to the noise and atmosphere of a hospital. However this time, she suddenly felt an unprecedented fear.

She pursed her trembling lips. Thankfully, Jack held her trembling hand so she somehow felt a bit better. They walked quickly into the hospital lobby.

The scene before their eyes was even more terrifying. Blood was everywhere and the floor was dripping all over. Two cleaners were holding a mop as they were talking in dialect.

Rachel and Jack kept going straight to the front desk. But they could still hear the two cleaners' conversation.

"Two men are dead."

Rachel went weak in the knees upon hearing it. She began to panic again. All of a sudden, she couldn't understand what Jack and the nurse were talking about.

Jack turned to face Rachel and said in a serious tone, "He is still in the operating room. Go with the nurse and wait outside the operating room. I'll take care of everything here."

Rachel closed her eyes and held a deep breath. The familiar smell of disinfectant and blood in the

air filled her nostrils.

She tried to calm down and followed the nurse into the elevator. "I'm a family member of Eric Shen. What happen to him? Is he seriously injured?"

After the nurse told her the whole story, Rachel finally understood what had happened. She didn't expect that Eric would be in a terrible and more dangerous situation.

According to the nurse, Eric and his friends took a bus to a sightseeing spot in the suburb.

Unexpectedly, the bus broke down in the middle of the road. They were in a remote area but it was already relatively close to the sightseeing spot.

The bus needed to be repaired so the driver asked all the passengers to get off. Since it was a sightseeing spot, a lot of people were coming and going. It was somehow crowded.

The driver called someone and asked him to fix the bus. But for some unknown reasons, they suddenly broke into a fight.

The man left and then came back with several people with him. Worst was, they were armed. Sensing the danger, many of the passengers ran away. Only Eric and a few men stayed with the driver.

Seeing that the driver was in danger, the passengers who stayed tried to negotiate with the group of men. However, the men turned a deaf ear and started stabbing them with their knives.

Fortunately, someone called the police and some policemen soon arrived at the place. The victims were sent to the hospital but two of them

eventually died.

The nurse didn't tell her about Eric's condition specifically. Since it was still unclear, the nurse was afraid that she would worry too much.

All Rachel knew was that Eric was courageous enough to take the stabs to protect the driver. Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

She tried to ask for more details but the nurse replied embarrassingly, "Sorry, that's all I know."

"Then what about the blood in the lobby?" Rachel asked. She was a little nervous.

"That was someone else's blood," the nurse whispered.

Rachel closed her eyes for a while. Somehow, she felt relieved that the blood in the lobby wasn't Eric's.

When they arrived at the operating room, she saw that the red light was still on. It meant that the operation was ongoing. She heaved a sigh and took a seat near the operating room entrance.

She stared at the door of the operating room blankly. She couldn't help getting flustered. She wondered why Eric had saved other people and didn't care about his own life.

Now, she didn't know what was going on with him inside the operating room.

But since he was still able to call her earlier, maybe he was okay. Maybe his condition wasn't really that bad.

She still heard his voice earlier so she knew he was alive.

Rachel tried to convince herself continuously.

After a short while, she felt that someone was staring at her. She looked up and met Jack's eyes.

"Just calm down." He sat down beside her and held her hand. "It's okay. I've already asked about his condition. They say he's doing alright. He will come out of the operating room soon."