My Darling, My Dearest

The woman was Iris.

Yesterday afternoon, Lucas had received a call from one of Iris' colleagues. He was told that she had fainted because of a high fever. When she woke up, she refused to go to the hospital and even insisted tha they take her home.

Lucas was so worried about her that he asked Rachel to come with him, given that if he showed up, Iris wouldn't even bother looking at him.

"I remember when Lucas..." Iris paused and smiled. "Forget it. I'll just treat you to a meal to thank you."

Rachel waved her hand. "It's really no problem."

She took out some medicine from her bag and placed it on the bedside table. "I've prescribed some medicine for you. Remember to take it half an hour after you finish your porridge."

Iris struggled to sit up. "How much is it? I'll give you the money."

Placing a hand on her shoulder, Rachel shook her head. "It's deducted from my medical card. I didn't pay for it,"

she said, glancing at her watch. "It's late. I have to go now. Get some rest, okay?" "Be careful on your way back," Isis called out in gratitude.

Lucas had been sitting in the car this entire time. When he saw Rachel come out, the first thing he said was, "Is she feeling better?"

"Better than yesterday. Her fever is gone." After fastening her seat belt, she turned to him. "Do you mind driving me home? Thank you." "I'm the one who should be thanking you."

He chuckled.

Rachel closed her eyes for a bit.

After parking the car by the gates of the community, Lucas looked at her. "We're here."

"I didn't expect to fall asleep."

With an embarrassed smile threading across her lips, Rachel got out of the car.

Lucas' voice echoed from behind her.

"Thank you for helping me these past two days!"

"Do you really have to be so polite?"

At that time, a pair of eyes glared at the two people. His hands clenched into fists as he trembled in anger.

Suddenly, he wasn't able to hold back anymore. Not being able to restrain himself, Jack grabbed Lucas' collar and punched him in the face. "Jack, what the hell?" Rachel's eyes widened in surprise.

Seeing that Lucas had fallen to the ground, she ran up to him. "Are you okay?" she hurriedly asked. "Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine." Rubbing the corner of his mouth, he stumbled upwards and stayed silent.

Staring at the way she held his arm, Jack's eyes were blazing with anger. "Where did you go this afternoon?" he demanded.

In the afternoon, since she didn't came to see him, Jack didn't bother to rest. Without another thought, he asked Austin to send him to the hospital.

He wanted to be the one to tell her that he had a vasectomy reversal and they could have a baby.

However, when he arrived at the hospital, he didn't see her. It wasn't until he asked one of the nurses that he found that she and Lucas had gone out. 'Where did they go? What are they doing?'

Different questions filled his mind one after the other.

After calming himself down, he was about to leave when he heard some of the nurses gossiping.

"Rachel rarely asks for a leave, yet she did it for the last two days to go out with Lucas. What do you think they're doing?"

"How would I know? I just saw her husband come over, so this must be a big deal."

"Really? Did something happen? You know, I used to think that Lucas and Rachel would be together."

They didn't realize that the person they were talking about was right behind them.

Jack had waited outside Rachel's place for a long time. What he didn't expect was for Lucas to drive her back.

Just then, jealousy and anger had made him lose all his senses.

Rachel glared at him. "It has nothing to do with you."

There was no way she was going to forgive him for his ludicrous act!

She shot Lucas an apologetic look. "How about you go back first? Is there a first aid kit in your house? You have to deal with the wound on the corner of your mouth."

After saying that, she withdrew her hand and walked right up the stairs without looking back. Lucas sighed and returned to his car.

It was autumn now, and it was getting much cooler. The sun was about to set, and the wind was blowing even stronger.

Jack gradually calmed down. Realizing how he had been too impulsive, he rubbed his nose in frustration before following her home.

It was the first time that Rachel had been so angry at him. Seeing as he had finally entered their home, she whirled towards him. "What the hell's wrong with you? Do you have to act so impulsively?"

A part of him felt a little bit guilty. In fact, he looked like a kid who had just been scolded by his mother. "Why didn't you come this afternoon?"

"Why should I? Your operation has nothing to do with me! If you want someone to go, then maybe you should've asked Celine."

At this point, Rachel wasn't in the mood to talk to him.

It was as if he didn't even get how he had wronged her. She clenched her fists and held her arms close to her sides.

"I've already told you that she's nothing to do with me anymore!" he protested.

"Can we stop talking about her? Look, the operation has been very successful. We could have a baby now.

We can let go of the past!"

Rachel sneered. "You want me to stop talking about her, yet we fought because of her! Do you even know why I'm angry? Do you even know why you're wrong?"

Despair flashed in her eyes.

It felt as if thousands of knives were twisting in her heart.

On her way to work the next day, Rachel stopped the car and went to a drug store. She brought a bottle of unguent from the shop and sent it to Lucas' office as soon as she arrived at the hospital.

The light was dim yesterday, and Rachel didn't know how badly Lucas was hurt. Seeing the bruise on the corner of his lips with brighter lighting surprised her.

She handed him the bottle. "You'll feel better after using this."

Lucas wrinkled his nose. "It's for girls," he whined. "My wound will heal in two days."

"It doesn't matter if it's for boys or girls." She rolled her eyes, insisting that he take it.

Lucas finally took it from her. "Well? How are you?" "Fine.'1

As she was about to say something else, someone knocked on the office door. The head nurse came in. "Rachel, the director is looking for you. He said something about not being able to contact you." Rachel glanced at her phone. "Crap, it's out of power. Sorry."

"He asked that you go to his office. Same goes for you, Lucas."

Rachel and Lucas shared a look, wondering why the director would want to see them both.

Once they arrived, the director took out two documents from one of his folders before placing them in front of the two. "There are two seats left to be filled for the training that would be held abroad. These are the documents. If you're interested, you can take a look."

Rachel grabbed one of them. It was said that the training would be held in France for the whole year.

After scanning over the document, Lucas closed the folder. "I'll go," he said automatically before turning to Rachel. "You should consider it."

It wasn't a secret that Rachel was married, so she might not be able to go. The director nodded. "Yes, this is a good opportunity.

Do think it over. Give me your reply in two days. She nodded stiffly. One year of training meant that she needed to leave Jack for one year.

If this was given to her a week ago, she would've refused without hesitation. However, she found herself hesitating now.

Patting her on the shoulder, Lucas said, "You haven't been in a good mood these past two days.

Don't pressure yourself.

Sometimes, it's best to just talk it out."

Without another word, he left.

'Maybe he's right. Do we need to just talk over this calmly?

Should I give him another chance?'

She called, "You'll leave her then?"

"She'll have a better life without me!"

he sighed. Maybe he should let her go and let himself go.

Returning to her office, Rachel pulled out her already charged phone, clicked Jack's name out of the blacklist, and called him.

As soon as his phone rang, Jack waved his hand to shut the supervisor up as he stared at his phone in disbelief. 'Rachel is calling me!'

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555