My Darling, My Dearest
Chapter 97

'That's all?' Jack wondered.

But he was still very worried about Rachel. "Her ankle is so swollen. I think she needs an X-ray."

The old doctor squinted at him. "You don't trust me?" he asked with a slight sigh.

But he didn't wait for Jack's answer and waved his hand. "I've checked it already. You can have it double- checked if you don't trust me, and I'll be responsible if I missed anything."

His words made most of the people present laugh. But Jack was not amused. His face was grim and his eyes remained serious. 'Why is this doctor not treating this case professionally?' he wondered to himself.

As a doctor herself, Rachel had a good idea of her situation. Although the pain kept most of her senses busy, she could tell if her bones were hurt or not.

The old doctor wrote down on the patient chart and then prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine. "Find the nurse to help you reduce the swelling. Then come back to correct the tendon," he said finally. When Jack took the list, the doctor studied him from head to toe. He then pushed his glasses up his nose to better position it. "You young people are really good at messing around. Did you two just had a fight?" He looked back and forth between Jack and Rachel with an expression that told them that he was sure that they had a fight.

"Do we look like we just had a fight?" Jack asked seriously in response. His face looked incredulous from the doctor's question.

The doctor took another look at Jack, carefully this time, and then at Rachel. He nodded and his face became even more serious. "Yeah, you two look like you just had a fight," he said confidently. There was a momentary pause before he continued speaking. "As husband and wife, it's natural to quarrel and argue with each other. But you cannot overdo it, especially in the middle of the night..." But Jack interrupted him right away before he could finish what he was saying. "Thank you very much for your advice. But we prefer to have her feet treated tonight, please." Michael and Lea instinctively looked down on the floor as they held back their laughter. Michael slightly rubbed his nose with the back of his index finger and gently cleared his throat. The doctor's office was too small for everyone to stay inside. Lucas went to get the prescribed medicine while Marcus and Henry waited outside.

They straightened up when they saw them coming out of the clinic. "How's Rachel? Is it bad?"

"She's fine. Just twisted her tendon," Lea replied in a flat tone. She turned to her back and saw Jack carrying Rachel out in his arms. The looked like an odd pair. ■d

Jack looked like a full gentleman who assisted the injured lady in his arms. Rachel, on the other hand, looked as if she was being carried by a stranger that she had never seen before. Jack carried her to the nurse followed by the others.

The nurse came in with some ice cubes on a steel basin and an ice bag to put them in. She then looked at each one of them carefully. 'They're all good looking,' she thought to herself. She observed as one particularly good-looking man in front of her carefully placed an injured lady patient on a chair.

The nurse brought a small chair for Rachel so that she could put her injured leg on it. The nurse then placed the ice bag on the injured area. "Don't move. It will be better once we lessen the swelling," she said reassuringly.

Rachel nodded but said nothing. Before she could hold the ice bag, the man beside her already did so.

Lea sat on another chair and watched them. She looked nervous. She was not able to properly see Rachel's foot when the old doctor was doing his examination. When she saw Rachel's foot clearly, she was shocked by how it looked. "Why is it so swollen?"

Rachel's white and delicate feet looked dirty. The right foot looked badly swollen, and Lea thought that it was almost deformed. She felt terrified at the sight of it.

Lucas squatted in front of Rachel's foot to look at it more closely and frowned. "You ankle won't go ■d

down this evening. Apply some medicine on it and go back to sleep. Go to our hospital tomorrow and I'll deal with it," he said.

Her right foot had started to have muscle spasms because of the pain. Sweat started to flow down from her forehead. The ice bag was not working fast enough to relieve the pain on her foot.

She closed her eyes briefly to dull the pain. The silence in the room was broken by an imposing voice. "No. She'd better stay here tonight. What if it gets worse after she goes back?" Jack said with a face that looked frighteningly serious.

Rachel bent over and slightly pressed her swollen ankle.

"She is a doctor herself. It will be more comfortable for her at home than in the hospital. We can send her back to the hospital for treatment tomorrow," Lea explained to Jack.

Even Rachel agreed to go back home first, so Jack had no choice but concede his point.

It seemed to him that Rachel heeded Lucas' words more than his.

Michael and the rest decided to just keep quiet. They understood that it was pointless to meddle in their affairs. Plus they didn't want to get mixed up in the personal affairs of Jack.

Lea went out to get a glass of water for Rachel so that she could take some medicine. Jack went to pay for the clinic fees. Michael and the rest were about to leave after they made sure that Rachel was going to be fine.

After Jack paid all the medical fees, they said ■d

their goodbyes to each other and left.

Only Marcus seemed clueless with what was going on. When he noticed that they were at a good distance away from Rachel, he lowered his head and whispered to Jack, "Are you really going to leave Celine? Or are you just trying to piss her off by using Rachel?"

He spoke so fast that Michael and Henry were unable to stop him from saying his words.

Although his voice was low, it was still very quiet in the infusion room. It was not impossible that Rachel heard him.

The atmosphere immediately became awkward after Marcus spoke.

Surprise was painted in Jack's face at the words of Marcus. He slowly turned to Rachel before he could say anything. She calmly studied her swollen foot and seemed to pay no attention to what they were talking about.

But Jack was not so naive to think that Rachel never heard what Marcus said. He was convinced that she simply pretended that she did not hear his words.

No one spoke after Marcus finished talking. Even Marcus himself quickly realized that there was something seriously wrong with what he said and where he said it.

He laughed awkwardly as he scratched his head. He was about to say something to cover up his embarrassment, but Jack quickly pushed him out of the room before he had the chance to speak. "You can go and take a rest if you really don't ■d

have anything else to do here.

Besides, you're also blocking the corridor and it might be inconvenient to the other patients. 1' 'Why did Jack consider me as an inconvenience?' Marcus wondered.

He felt unhappy. Henry and Michael noticed his melancholy and pulled him with them.

As they were about to leave, they turned around to say goodbye to Rachel. "We'll be going now, Rachel. See you!"

"I'll visit you tomorrow!"

"Well... I really didn't mean..." Henry and Michael instinctively raised their hands to Marcus' mouth to cover it.

They dragged him away while waving their hands at Rachel with an awkward smile.

The light in the infusion room was bright but soft. It came as too pale against the immaculate white wall. There were only four of them left in the infusion room now.

Jack was unsure if Rachel heard what Marcus said, but Lea heard it clearly. But she was not so stupid to immediately believe Marcus' words.

'Were his buddies here to help or make trouble?' Lea wondered to herself as she watched Jack.

Since Jack already indicated that he'd take care of Rachel for the night, Lucas thought of an excuse to leave.

Besides, he had something else in mind so he never pushed sending Rachel back home. "I'll go ■d

back to the Ying family to check what's going on," he said after a moment of awkward silence.

Lea couldn't believe her ears that Lucas chose to go back to the Ying family instead of staying for Rachel.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something but Rachel beat her to it. "Well, don't worry. Jack is here, anyway. You can go to the Ying family if you're worried about someone," she said. Lucas felt that there was a hidden meaning in Rachel's words. He straightened himself and watched her for a moment. He looked as if he was going to say something, perhaps to explain his side of things, but he ultimately decided to stay quiet and say nothing.

"Call me when you get home. Don't forget to go back to the hospital to get your feet checked tomorrow," he said after a moment's hesitation.

Rachel nodded at him but said nothing. When Jack thought that they had finished talking, he opened the door without saying a word. He then lifted Rachel from the wheelchair and carefully placed her in the passenger seat of his car.

Rachel was taken completely by surprise that she shrieked softly at what Jack did. When she turned her head, she saw that Lucas was about to leave, but a flash of surprise was in his eyes. Jack's action almost made Lea exclaim as well in surprise.

'He's so manly!' she thought to herself as she admired Jack secretly in her mind.

"Don't worry, I will take care of her. Just go ■d

about your business," Jack said immediately before anyone could react and say anything. His voice had an authoritative tone that only the husband of Rachel could have. After a moment of surprise, Lucas nodded, "Thanks!"

The words of Lucas sounded like a joke to Jack. "I will take care of my wife. Why do you need to thank me?" Jack said under his breath with a sneer.

His manner was completely different when he had a pleasant chat with Lucas at the table mere days ago.

When they were finally inside the car, Lea couldn't help but turn to Lucas with an amused look. "Well, Mr. Fu, why did you sound hostile to Lucas?" she asked.

His expressionless face became stiff for a moment after he heard her words. "You think too much," he answered.