The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1614 What Do You Want To Do

Meanwhile in the villa in the suburbs

Although Bernard had told Rachel not to wait for him, she knew he had gone out to kill somebody, so how could she fall asleep?

Rachel was sleepily sitting in the living room when she heard the sound of the door. She perked up and looked around as she became alert again. When she saw it was Bernard coming in, she sighed in relief.

Her expression soon changed when she saw that there were injuries all over Bernard's body. She couldn't help but cover her mouth in horror and was too shocked to say anything for several minutes after seeing him.

Bernard's body was covered in blood when he came in. It was lucky that Rachel didn't faint in fear.

"Bernard, how are you? Are you okay?" With tears streaming from her eyes, Rachel helped Bernard to sit down and then continued, "I'm going to call an ambulance for you, okay?"

Hearing this, Bernard waved his hand and refused her plan before answering, "No, Rachel, I can't. If I go to the hospital, my identity will be exposed. I can't let them know it was me." After he spoke, Bernard slumped over and passed out.

No matter how much Rachel shouted or shook him, he didn't give any reaction.

With trembling hands, Rachel had to clean and treat Bernard's wounds. Seeing his body covered with blood and with gaping wounds of torn flesh, she wanted to throw up several times but controlled herself. After bandaging the wounds, she couldn't stand it anymore and went to throw up in the washroom.

Rachel walked shakily out of the washroom and felt like she had emptied her entire stomach. She had never before seen anybody injured as badly as Bernard was. Looking at the side of Bernard's face, she couldn't help but shed tears again.

Bernard was still unconscious after Rachel had cleaned up all of his injuries. She was afraid that there was something wrong with him, so she stayed by his side, hoping he would wake up soon.

At midnight, Bernard suddenly developed a fever. Rachel took care of him the best she could and lowered his temperature with medicine and a cold compress.

Bernard's fever spiked several times through the night, and she had to continue to try and break the fevers. It was almost dawn when he finally stopped running a fever. Rachel was so tired that she fell asleep at that point.

The next day

Bernard woke up. When he saw Rachel sleeping at his bedside, he was moved. Her face was tired and scrunched up from worry even while she slept.

He touched Rachel's cheek gently and smiled down at her gratefully. It appeared that he thought everything he had done was worthwhile if he could be close to her.

Seeing that Rachel was not going to wake up anytime soon, Bernard didn't dare to move, and just watched her sleep instead. He knew that she must be tired after taking care of him last night and hoped that she would be able to rest.

Back at the hospital

The head nurse was shouting angrily at the nurse filling in for Cassie's shift, "Where the hell is Cassie? Last night she was loafing around on the job. What is the matter with her recently?" The head nurse was irritable these days because she was going through a divorce. Cassie had been busy looking after Sheryl the night before, so the head nurse had accused her of loafing.

The head nurse hadn't seen Cassie for a whole night but wasn't at all worried that there could be something wrong with her.

Cora, who was covering Cassie's shift, felt surprised at the callous reaction. She looked at the head nurse and retorted, "Madam, don't you know what kind of person Cassie is? Cassie has worked here for so many years. When has she ever loafed on the job? You haven't seen her for a whole night! Shouldn't you rather be worried that she could be in danger?"

"This is a hospital, how could she be in danger from working here?" The head nurse was even less pleased when she heard Cora's retort.

The nurses around them saw that Cora and the head nurse were getting into an argument and stepped in to stop them.

"Head Nurse, it's time to clock off. Please, go back home. Let us handle everything. Cora, call Cassie now and ask where exactly she is," Mary Zhang said to Cora as she pulled the head nurse away. Cora shrugged helplessly. "There was no answer on her phone. I tried several times to call her last night."

"She didn't answer the phone all night?" Mary was an experienced nurse and had taught Cassie when she had started to work in the hospital. They got along well, and Mary thought of Cassie as her sister. She couldn't help worrying about Cassie after hearing this news.

Mary saw that the head nurse had already walked far away and didn't call out to her. She then spoke to the nurses who would be getting off work soon, "Can you go to look for Cassie and check if she is still in the hospital, please? Cora, continue to call her and see if you can replace her cell phone. I will call Nick and ask if he knows where she is." Mary realized the seriousness of the matter and didn't report anything to the head nurse. She decided to act on her own instead.

The nurses noticed the unusually worried expression on Mary's face, so they didn't dare to disobey her. They started to look for Cassie everywhere like she had told them to. Before Mary had the chance to call Nick, he arrived at the hospital.

Nick was out of breath and immediately asked, "Mary, where is Cassie? I called her all night, but she didn't answer her phone. Were you that busy in the hospital last night?"

Cassie had worked late at the hospital before, so Nick didn't initially think much of it, but after the whole night had gone by, Cassie still hadn't called him back. He was worried about her and came to the hospita early in the morning to see if she was okay.

Hearing that Nick was looking for her too, Mary was now sure that there was something wrong with Cassie.

Mary told Nick what she knew, and he also joined the search for Cassie in the hospital.

Cora was the one who found Cassie. Cleverly, Cora had asked the nurse on duty with Cassie where she had last seen her. The nurse had seen Cassie disappear into the intensive care unit, so Cora had checked the video monitors and saw Cassie head up to the roof.

When Cassie was carried back down on a stretcher, Nick couldn't believe it at first. He stood aside blankly and didn't have any reaction for a long time.

When Cassie was pushed into the operating room, Nick finally came to his senses. He looked at Cora, whose face was pale and bloodless, and he asked, "What on earth happened?"

Cora looked stunned. When she found Cassie, Cassie was so weak that she almost wasn't breathing. She checked the time and realized that Cassie had been lying unconscious for several hours in the stairwell. Cassie had missed the best time for treatment, and Cora didn't know if Cassie would be able to pull through.

Nick didn't stay waiting outside the operating room. Cora noticed his strange expression and knew he would go to look for the culprit, so she ran after him.

"Nick, Cassie needs you now!" Cora gripped Nick's arm to stop him.

Nick didn't show any mercy and shook his arm out of Cora's grip, pointing at her. "You said that the video showed that Cassie had gone up to the roof with Leila. I don't believe that she would have fallen down the stairs for no reason. It must be related to Leila! I am going to look for that woman and make her confess what she did."

Before Cora could answer, Nick rushed toward the intensive care unit in a blind rage.

Melissa and Leila weren't there anymore, though. Nick didn't replace Leila after searching for a while, so he decided to head over to Dream Garden.

In the Dream Garden, Leila and Melissa were preparing to return to the hospital. As soon as Leila opened the door, she saw Nick standing right outside.

"What do you want? Are you trying to scare me to death?"

Even though Leila had pushed Cassie downstairs, she didn't feel any guilt at the sight of Cassie's boyfriend. Moreover, she even looked completely indifferent, as if nothing had happened.