My Darling, My Dearest

Jack thought of his mother's words.

Tracy was right. If Rachel would decide to leave him, he had no way to make her stay, especially if she found out about the ligation.

He was sure that it would ruin their relationship. To avoid such a thing from happening, he secretly contacted a private hospital as soon as he woke up the next day.

He wanted the soonest appointment, so he could solve this hidden trouble as soon as possible.

"What do you mean?" Rachel tilted her head and thought for a while.

She really couldn't figure out what Jack meant. "I don't understand what you are talking about."

"Nothing." Jack took a deep breath before he continued, "It's just that... if we have conflict or misunderstanding again in the future, I hope we can calm down and solve the problem peacefully."

The way he looked at her was so gentle and tender. He sounded a little embarrassed. "I know I used to be a bad husband. I've done a lot of bad things to you. But now, I'll do my best to be a good husband. Rachel, please give me a chance."

Rachel was taken aback as she didn't expect his sudden confession. Her eyes widened in astonishment. Staring at Jack, she had a feeling that the man in front of her was a totally different person.

"You..." She could only utter a single word. All of a sudden, Jack came to her and held her hands. His action made her more nervous and speechless.

Her heart filled with sweetness and joy, but she was too shy to let it show. She turned her head slightly and looked down to hide her flushed face. "I know," that was all she could say.

Jack laughed and asked, "What do you mean by 'I know"?"

He was expecting that Rachel would have a heart-to-heart talk with him or give him her terms and conditions.

But every time he tried to have a serious conversation with her, her reaction would always amuse him.

Her flushed face and ears would always reveal all her emotions. She was like a child who couldn't hide what she felt inside.

She was an innocent woman with a clean and pure heart that could always make anyone feel good being with her.

It seemed that her eyes could only see the good things in everything.

These characteristics of Rachel made Jack feel that he would only be worthy of her love after he solved his own problems.

But what Rachel said next made his smile disappear.

She looked up with perplexity all over her face. "Did we have a conflict before? Why did you say you used to be a bad husband?" she asked.

Embarrassment flashed across Jack's face while Rachel was staring at him. He thought that she was teasing him.

"I swear that it will never happen again," he said sternly. He now knew what the most valuable thing in his heart was, so he would never do any stupid things again, like leaving Rachel alone. What he said didn't lessen her puzzlement. She nervously grabbed his sleeve and said,

"No, I can't remember anything like that. What happened between us? Why did we have a conflict?"

Jack froze for a moment and then looked at her in a daze. Rachel raised her hand and pressed her temple. With a frown, she closed her eyes as if trying to recall something. She still looked baffled. "When did we fight? Why can't I remember anything?"

Jack panicked inside him. He felt like he was torn into pieces.

Rachel's brain was affected by the blood clot. She was now losing her memory little by little.

Although she could still remember the memories of her childhood, her memories of the recent time were slowly fading away.

Even the expert doctors couldn't point the exact reason. Her hippocampus was not damaged, but her memory was still affected.

They all knew that this had something to do with the accident she had recently, but they didn't know what to do with it.

The brain is the most mysterious part of the human body.

The doctors couldn't find a solution yet.

Rachel didn't have any other symptoms recently aside from her memory loss.

She tried her best to recall the past, but she always failed. This thing gave her a feeling of panic and anxiety.

After finding out that she had an amnesia, she taught herself to get used to it, but it wasn't that easy.

Jack was very much affected by her condition too. Just like right now, some blisters appeared on his lips.

But he had no time to care about them at the moment. Rachel was his only concern. He was more worried every time he needed to leave her for work in the daytime.

Right now, Jack was trying to manage his time between the company and the hospital. As much as he wanted to stay with her, he also couldn't take the company for granted. He had always been in a bad mood since he found out about her memory problem.

His eyebrows were drawn together. The atmosphere around him seemed to be very depressed.

Jonathan, Tracy, and Eric were all feeling gloomy too.

Eric went to the hospital after work. He even wanted to resign so he could be with Rachel all the time.

But she didn't agree with his plan. She even scolded him when he told her about it.

Rachel knew her own body very well, so she didn't feel the need to burden the people around her. After all, she had been very cooperative with her doctor. She would always tell him whatever she felt. Her doctor also came every day to check on her. He had done all the necessary examinations and laboratory tests for her.

Seeing that Jack looked upset, she thought of making fun of him. She poked his creased eyebrows and said, "Look at you! Why are you frowning like an old man?"

However, he couldn't afford to smile. He grabbed her hand and asked worriedly, "How's your head now?"

Rachel raised her hand to touch the wound at the back of her head, but Jack swiftly stopped her. "Don't touch it."

He observed her wound. It was already scabbing.

But still, he couldn't feel relieved. His mood didn't lighten even a bit.

She wanted to comfort him, so she said jokingly, "Everything is okay except that I'm bald now."

Unfortunately, Jack didn't find the humor in it. In fact, he felt sorry about her hair. With a dispirited face, he murmured, "Don't worry. Your hair will grow again soon." Her smile also dissipated as she sighed. Then all of a sudden, she bent over and kissed his cheek.

Jack was stunned for a moment, but this time, he managed to curve his lips into a smile.

Rachel had never been this straightforward before. Although she had kissed him several times in the past, it only happened every time he coaxed or tricked her.

"You owe me one more kiss," he said.

She pretended to be innocent and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Here." Jack shamelessly pointed at his lips.

But she still pretended to be dumb. She even moved closer to him and checked his lips carefully. "Well... these blisters are really ugly."

His handsome face stiffened a little, but he didn't give up. He took her hand and let her fingers touched his lips. Like a naughty child, he requested, "One more kiss here." This time, she was tongue-tied.

She voluntarily kissed him, and now he was asking for more. 'Ugh!

Why is he so shameless?' she cursed inwardly.

Jack was shameless enough not to let her go. His deep-set black eyes stared at her as he smiled sweetly.

He coaxed, "One more, please."

Rachel's blushed. She quickly kissed him on the lips and moved away.

All of a sudden, someone coughed behind them. As they turned simultaneously, they saw Eric standing at the door with a sullen face.

Rachel felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly pulled her hand from Jack. "Are you off from work?" she asked as if nothing happened. Eric, who had been standing at the door for quite a while now, was able to witness everything. He hesitated whether to come in or not. Seeing Rachel kiss Jack made him feel a little uneasy.

But he didn't want to say anything in front of her, so he only glared at Jack.

Jack just raised his eyebrows slightly. It was very obvious that he didn't care about Eric's reaction at all.

Eric was mad, but when he looked at Rachel's eyes, he couldn't do anything but just stood at the side.

Rachel didn't know what was going on between Eric and Jack. She just noticed that when Eric saw Jack, he was like a cat who saw a rat. It seemed that they were sworn enemies.

Jack wasn't taking to him either.

She tried to recall in her memory if there had been any misunderstanding between the two men, but she couldn't remember anything. She was really wondering why they seemed to be ready to fight every time they met.

But she wanted to be fair to the two of them. They were both important to her, so she shouldn't take sides.

Rachel decided to leave them alone, even just for five minutes, so she went out of the room.

Jack didn't have any plan to argue with Eric. But when the latter saw that she jumped out of the bed and went out, he pointed at Jack and yelled, "You are a liar!"

Confused by Eric's sudden anger, Jack couldn't say anything. Eric continued, "Don't you feel ashamed of fooling my innocent and ignorant cousin?"

Jack didn't know what he was talking about. He was rendered speechless.

When did he lie to Rachel?

Then Eric added with a long face, "Stop playing dumb."

Jack crossed his hands over his chest and finally said, "Don't be so exaggerated. Sit down and talk to me."

Eric sniffed, "Talk about what?"

He reminded him patiently, "I am your cousin's husband."

Eric snorted. "Yes. As of the moment, Rachel has no plan of replacing me," Jack said casually. "So, what's your problem? Just tell me, so we can solve it."

Eric just stared at him, saying nothing.

Jack's tone was very gentle as if he was coaxing a child. "Look, every time there is a tension between us, Rachel will also be affected. We are both grown-ups, so why can't we just talk things over? Do you want her to always feel nervous every time she is with us?"

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555