My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 142

'That's better,' Eric thought to himself.

He stared in Jack's direction and asked, "Why are you even here?"

Jack replied, "I answered the phone, remember?"

Eric frowned, he was right.

At that time, he had been in so much pain that he didn't even realize who he was talking to.

"I see," he haughtily replied.

Jack fetched a chair and sat at his bedside. He read a business magazine to kill time.

Eric felt extremely awkward around him. Having him here was already bad enough for his manhood.

If Rachel was here, then he wouldn't feel so embarrassed.

After a long moment of silence, Jack placed the magazine on the side table. He turned to see Eric staring at him.

Jack quirked an eyebrow in confusion. "Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"

Eric didn't reply and turned his head to the other side. Jack shrugged, dismissing what had just happened. After a brief while, Eric glanced at Jack again. "Why are you always around Rachel?"

"Am I always with her?"

"Yes." Every time Eric went to Rachel, Jack was always there.

Jack faintly smiled and did not reply.

Eric opened his mouth to say more, but Rachel came in bringing porridge. Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Eric groaned, he hated porridge. It was so bland and mushy, that he didn't have the appetite to eat it right now. He gulped nervously. "Is that for me?"

Rachel laughed, she knew that he hated it. "Yes,

I bought spareribs porridge for you."

At the sound of "porridge," Eric wanted to gag. Seeing his face, Rachel said sternly, "You don't get to choose. Eat it or else I will shove it down your throat."

"Rachel," he pleaded pitifully.

Rachel unwrapped the package and placed the porridge in front of him. "Stop shouting. It's useless. You cannot eat oily food."

Eric turned to look at the man beside him, and there was a faint smile tugging the corners of Jack's mouth. He immediately felt ashamed for behaving like a child.

He felt embarrassed with Jack next to him. Shutting his mouth, he silently ate the meal.

For several days, Eric was forced to stay in the hospital. It was a miracle that he recovered very fast.

Because she had to take care of him, Rachel had to re-schedule her outings with Lea.

Luckily, Lea was also unavailable. She had originally planned to ask Rachel to go out with Alex alone, but since Rachel was shy, she believed Rachel would refuse her proposal.

So Lea just said that they should have a meal together some other day.

The results on the case regarding the death Kevin's patient had arrived.

The autopsy conducted showed that the patient had died in the operating room because Kevin made some mistake.

Kevin was sued by the patient's family. Rachel, on the other hand, returned to work.

But she couldn't leave Eric in the hospital alone. Her aunt, Eric's mother, lived abroad. He begged her not to tell his mother about the injury.

He knew that if his mother found out, she would be so worried to the point that she would come back home for him.

Without arguing, Rachel respected his wishes and agreed.

After a few weeks of thinking, she decided to quit her job. After learning about the situation, James called her and said she could still go to work in the hospital when she was willing to.

Rachel agreed. She really didn't know when she would be able to go back to work. She couldn't leave Eric alone, especially while he was still injured.

She thanked James for understanding When Jonathan heard the news, he

immediately came to the hospital.

In the hospital room, Eric said he wanted to eat apple.

Rachel was cutting the apple into pieces when her phone suddenly rang. She politely excused herself to take the call and gave the plate to Jack.

Jack looked at the fruit plate and then looked at Eric.

Even though he was feeling better, Eric was still acting like a spoiled child in front of Rachel.

He preferred Rachel's company. Every time she was around, he became child- like. He was like a spoiled brat, always getting what he wanted.

Jack wanted to throw his shoes at Eric's face, his attitude had recently gotten annoying.

Eric was not a child anymore. Jack couldn't stand it when Eric kept pestering Rachel.

Deep inside, he was so jealous at the way that Rachel treated Eric. She was so kind and tender towards him.

Eric whined, "Rachel, I'm thirsty."

With an emotionless face, Jack walked towards the bed with the fruit plate. Eric stared at him. "You..."

Jack sat on an empty chair beside the bed. He then took out a toothpick from the little jar at the bedside, and stuck it on an apple piece. Numbly, he handed the plate over to Eric.

Eric sat still. Seeing that he didn't want to open his mouth, Jack moved his lips and lightly asked,

"Didn't you say that you want to eat apple? Why don't you open your mouth?"

Eric began to tremble in fear, he was still traumatized by Jack.

Although Jack looked like he was easygoing, he had an intimidating aura around him.

Eric silently opened his mouth, allowing Jack to slowly feed him.

When Jonathan arrived at the ward, he saw Jack feeding Eric.

He frowned in confusion. He squinted his eyes to take a closer look.

It was definitely Jack feeding Eric!

Eric looked like he was about to cry because of the apple's sourness.

Despite it, he continued to chew the apple.

Seeing that he was in the right room, the old man entered.

"Jack?"

Jack stiffened. He turned to face the direction where the voice had come from.

Eric widened his eyes, wondering why the old man looked so familiar.

Jack stood up to greet him. "Hi, Dad."

After taking the phone call, Rachel entered the room again. The atmosphere had gotten weird. She looked around and found that Johnathan had arrived. "Dad, why are you here?"

Jonathan cast a reproachful glance at her and

scolded, "Why didn't you tell me about it?"

Rachel defensively replied, "Jack is here with me! Besides, Eric is feeling much better now.

Dad, when did you come here?"

"Well, I just arrived." With a smile lingering on his lips, Jonathan glanced at Rachel and his son. "Has Jack been staying here these days?"

Jack internally groaned. This old was very sly and always up to his old tricks to squeeze information out of them.

Unaware of the trap, Rachel replied shrewdly, "Yes, he's been helping me a lot."

Upon hearing this, he looked at his son with a joyful expression.

He was very delighted to see that these two were finally getting along with each other.

"Rachel, if you need anything, just ask Jack. There's nothing much to do in the company, so his schedule is quite free, for now."

Jack glared at him. Why was the man aware of his schedule? And since when did he make appointments for him?

Ignoring his son's glare, he asked how Eric's condition was.

Eric's mischievous eyes saw the strange glances between Johnathan and Jack. Something wasn't right here.

Jack had clearly inherited the same emotionless expression and intimidating aura from his father.

Apart from that, one couldn't really tell that they were related.

Jonathan was very kind and a very good conversationalist. He held Eric's attention far longer than Rachel and Jack did.

Jack didn't understand why his father was so kind to young people.

He had always been so strict and stern while he had been growing up.

Even though Eric was in his early twenties, Johnathan still gave him the same patience he gave to Mendes.

He was surprised at how well they got along with one another.

Like how he had done earlier, Johnathan told Eric that if he needed anything, Jack was free to help him.

Because of his injury, Eric could barely do anything by himself.

Since Eric had Johnathan backing him up, he looked at Jack. With a stern and pitiful look, he mumbled, "What if he doesn't want to help me?"