Chapter 19 Will You Leave Me

Recalling that Celine brought him soup a few days ago, Eric was on the verge of breaking down. He had said that he had the courage to compete fairly with Jack. However, after Jack dropped by his ward just now, he was thoroughly crushed. Jack coldly warned him against pursuing Celine.

Eric stuttered, "He...must be joking, huh? He's...your husband."

Curling her lips, Rachel said, "You have seen his cruelty several times. Do you think he will let you go just because you're my cousin? Just stop it, Eric! Don't make trouble for me anymore. If you something bad happens to you, I have to commit suicide to apologize to our parents!"

Eric's face turned pale. He lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Rachel... I'm sorry."

Again, Rachel patted him on the shoulder and said, "Have a good rest. I'm going back to work now."

"Okay," replied Eric weakly.

Since the hospital's door panel was thin, the room wasn't soundproof. Jack, who was standing outside, heard clearly their conversation.

In fact, Jack didn't take Eric seriously. And, Rachel was right. For them, Eric was just a tool Celine used to irritate him. Eric was never really a threat.

However, Jack didn't know what was wrong with him today. In a spur of the moment, he just decided to come here and warned Eric to stop pestering Celine.

In the end, he attributed it to lack of sleep and dizziness. Subconsciously, Jack touched the cigarette pack and felt the urge to smoke to cheer himself up.

At that moment, Rachel came out from the ward. Seeing that he was going to smoke, she kindly reminded him, "Hey! Remember, you can't smoke here."

Pausing a bit, he returned the cigarette pack back in his pocket. Looking at Rachel for a moment, he suddenly bent forward and whispered with a small smile, "Am I famous for being cruel? Why didn't I know about it?"

A little embarrassed, Rachel lowered her head. She knew Jack heard everything.

Because Eric was still young and inexperienced, it was easy for her to deceive him.

Admitting that she spoke ill of Jack inside the ward, Rachel cleared her throat and said, "Let's talk over there."

Having no objection, Jack followed. Though he didn't have anything to say anymore, he wanted to hear what she would say.

Not long after, Jack's phone rang loudly in the empty corridor.

It kept ringing since Jack didn't answer it.

Rachel just didn't want Eric to hear whatever she would say. But in reality, she didn't have anything to tell Jack.

As she was about to find an excuse to say goodbye, Jack suddenly grabbed her hand. He immediately put something cold into her hand.

Looking at her hand, she was stunned and didn't know how to react. Then, Jack said, "I already granted your request. Shouldn't you do something in return?"

His phone screen was displaying Celine's name. Confused, Rachel looked at him.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Jack's face. As briefly as he could, he explained, "As you said that day, she needs a little stimulation."

Enlightened, Rachel smiled. Putting her free hand inside her pocket, she answered the phone. "Hello."

At the other end of the line, Celine was stunned for a moment. She thought she dialed a wrong number and checked her phone screen carefully. When she saw that the number was right, she replied angrily, "Who are you? Why do you have Jack's phone?"

Looking at the plain tiles at her feet, Rachel smiled again. She slowly replied, "It's Rachel, Miss Duan. What can I do for you?"

Suddenly, Rachel heard a glass breaking in the background, followed by Celine's sharp but slightly quivering voice, "Where is Jack? Why did you answer his phone? What are you two doing?"

Instinctively, Rachel turned to glance at Jack, who walked with her leisurely and seemed not to listen to their conversation.

They passed by the window; the sun's rays shone brightly on his handsome face. It was dazzling, but there was no appreciation of its beauty in his eyes.

The man Celine loved was so cunning. There was no way she could be a match for him. But it seemed that Jack still couldn't make her completely fall for him. It was a bit unbelievable.

Personally, Rachel thought that it wasn't right for Jack to do this. No matter what, she was his nominal wife, and Celine was his woman. He shouldn't have let Rachel answer the call.

Though they both knew his real purpose of asking

his nominal wife to talk to his mistress, Rachel found it ridiculous to make two women fight for a man. He should solve his problem on his own.

'He is asking his wife to help him woo his mistress. How absurd!' Rachel thought.

While Rachel was complaining to herself, she answered the phone in disdainful and arrogant tone. "Does it have anything to do with you? It's none of your business, Miss Duan."

When Jack turned to look at her, he saw Rachel's expressionless face, which looked really weird. It looked like she was holding a script and was reading the lines accordingly.

"Sorry, he's not here now.

You want to know his whereabouts? Do I need to tell you?"

Rachel answered the phone with words full of sarcasm.

But her face remained deadpan. All of a sudden, Jack was confused. He gave Rachel his phone because he wanted to know if she was willing to help him.

He wasn't stupid enough to ask a woman to help him deal with another woman. However, Celine was a pain in the butt lately, so he thought he should give her a lesson.

And he believed Rachel was the best choice since she proposed this in the first place.

Not noticing anything, Rachel didn't see the meaningful eyes boring into her. Celine, on the other hand, was so anxious that she wanted to find Rachel as soon as the girl kept quiet.

'What an immature girl!' Rachel sighed in her mind. However, she was surprised when the phone was snatched away from her hand.

Before she could react, she saw Jack holding the phone and already moving in the opposite direction.

Now that he had achieved his goal, he took his phone away. All Rachel could do was just shook her head. Then, she took out her phone and checked the time. Since there was still one hour before her duty, she turned to the direction of her office.

Just as Rachel expected, Jack took the phone back to coax Celine, who was about to lose her temper.

At the other end of the line, Celine was about to cry because of Rachel. Then, all of a sudden, she heard Jack's voice. Her first thought was to vent her anger. However, when she heard his indifferent voice, she started to panic.

Instead of coaxing her as usual, Jack asked a few questions instead. Hearing him, Celine was completely flustered.

Relaxing herself, Celine coquettishly poured out her grievances to Jack. After a while, his voice softened.

"I'm really sorry, Jack. I shouldn't have treated you like that yesterday. Would you like to spend some time with me today? I will cook for you."

Jack loved her cooking. However, Celine didn't like to do it as much because she didn't like cooking. Moreover, she never went there anymore after learning Jack's marriage.

What Celine believed was after Jack ate the food she prepared, he would eat Rachel's food when he got home.

To be honest, Celine didn't believe Jack at all. If there was nothing between him and Rachel, why didn't they divorce after so many years? What men said were all lies.

Because she was really mad at Jack, she started acting like a spoiled child, changing her attitude from time to time. When Jack became really angry at her, she would bow down and apologize. This was her tactic.

Had it been someone else, Jack wouldn't have been bothered. But he seemed to be obsessed with her.

However, Celine was getting more and more unreasonable recently. Every time she used this trick, Jack usually gave in.

They would go to her apartment and eat together. Once the dinner was over, they would settle their issues. And, everything would be back to normal where Jack would hold and kiss her.

The ever confident Celine believed that Jack would forgive her as easily as before.

Unexpectedly, Jack said flatly, "I'll see you next time."

When Celine heard this, she was so scared. "Jack! I was wrong. Will you leave me?"

Hearing her cry, Jack could not bear it anymore. He explained, "Don't think too much. I'm going south for a few days."

After hanging up the phone, Jack returned to the place where he and Rachel were before. But she was no longer there. 'Where did she go?' he wondered.

Checking his phone for Rachel's number, he discovered he didn't have it.

Furthermore, Jack didn't know where Rachel's office was.

Standing still for a while, he suddenly didn't understand why he was looking for her. Especially now that he had already achieved what he wanted.