Stuck in you novel Chapter 120

Breakfast was served later than usual. Rachel looked at her watch. She would have to take the afternoon shift today.

At noon, she left home and arrived at the hospital, while Jack drove Mendes to the Fu family's house.

Mendes was well loved by the Fu family. Even though Tracy didn't give the child as much attention as her husband did, she didn't neglect him either.

She wanted a grandson more than anything, and the child was the closest one that she could have at the moment.

Rachel arrived at around lunch time. Only a few nurses were on duty as the rest had gone to the cafeteria for lunch.

She entered her office and began to file documents. Lucas suddenly called, wanting to check up on her and Mendes.

Rachel replied that they were both okay and informed him that Mendes had gone to the Fu family's house to play with Johnathan.

Rachel heard him chuckle. "It seems to me that Mendes has become quite popular."

Although he wasn't the most handsome child, but he did have a charming personality.

Lucas sighed deeply. "His father will be back soon. Will Jack be sending him back to the hospital today? I'd like to pick him up this evening."

"I suppose that can be arranged." Johnathan and Mendes were scheduled to play the entire afternoon. Jack could easily send him back after work.

Rachel wondered how much time Jack had to take care of the child. It didn't seem like he was working at all and had been spending considerable amount of time at home.

"Okay..." Lucas was about to say something further, but was abruptly interrupted. Lowering his voice, he said, "Sorry Rachel. Please hold for a while."

Before Rachel could reply, he placed the phone down. She could only hear echoes.

In the distance, she heard a woman's voice. She was reminded of what Mendes had mentioned to her.

Did Lucas have a girlfriend? She held up a pen and nervously spun it with her figures.

She wasn't jealous. She was merely curious as to the identity of the woman she heard in the background.

She heard Lucas pick up the phone and immediately stopped spinning the pen. In a hurry, he said, "I'll contact you later. I have an emergency right now. I am so sorry."

Before he hung up, she heard Lucas' powerful voice. "Claris!"

Rachel's face contorted into a frown.

'Claris? Who's Claris?

Lucas seems to be hiding something.'

Before she could process that thought further, the landline rang. It was from the executive's office. "Hello, this is Rachel."

Rachel figured that it had something to do with the recent case.

The patient that had had a sudden heart attack was involved with another couple. The patient was the husband's previous first love.

The couple had a sick son, who was waiting for an operation. Rather than financing his son's operation, he had donated his money to his first love in the ICU.

Livid, the wife had complained to the executive about it.

Those in the hospital tried to sympathize with her.

She was a mother, who wanted to save her child. If Rachel had been in her situation, she would have also gotten mad.

The hospital always had gossip spreading around. Strange things often happened around here.

There were always promiscuous events occurring in the hospital. They never seemed to run out of stories.

She shook her head. Unlike the rest, she wasn't the type to spread gossip. The executive wanted to see her because he wanted to transfer her to the cardiology department.

Rachel was one of the best cardiologists. But she hesitated, not agreeing immediately to the request.

The executives pleaded, "We're short of cardiologists. Please."

They didn't want her as part of the emergency units.

She was more suited in the heart center.

Rachel sighed. She understood why she was being transferred.

She knew she didn't have a choice. In their minds, they had already decided it.

"How about this?" the executive said. Rachel furrowed her eyebrows. What bargain were they trying to strike? "Why don't you follow Kevin for the meantime, at least, until you get settled down?"

Without any hesitation, Rachel finally agreed.

Kevin had received the news earlier in the day. He had two operations and four patients to look after today. It wasn't a great time for him to mentor Rachel at the moment.

But he made some adjustments. He decided to split the patients that needed consultations with Rachel.

It was busy day for him. He had to explain to the patient's family members about the change in doctors, before handing the case over to Rachel.

By the afternoon, everyone had heard about Rachel's transfer to the cardiology department.

It had surprised many of the nurses and doctors. They had no idea that Rachel was a trained cardiologist and that she had gotten a PhD.

Those who weren't aware of her background were surprised that she had such great achievements at such a young age.

Many were still confused about it. They only knew that she was very dedicated to her work.

But she often asked for leaves and left early.

Despite the circumstances, she had been given the promotion rather than be criticized for her behavior.

The change was confusing for a majority of her colleagues.

But they knew that she was hardworking and had lots of people to support her.

Cara had initially implied that something had been going on between Rachel and the Fu family. Someone ran a background check and immediately dismissed the rumor.

The gossip attracted many curious ears. Promotions were rare in the hospital. Only the most qualified and dedicated doctors received it.

Rachel had only worked in the hospital a few years back. She was one of the youngest doctors to be awarded with a promotion.

Lots of the nurses were so invested in the gossip. They seemed to pay more attention at what was happening in Rachel's life, rather than doing their work.

It felt like that Rachel made a big mistake.

The news was magnified ten-fold, and it drew so much attention to her. People began stalking her social media accounts and checking her history.

Luckily, Rachel ignored that. She had few friends in the hospital and rarely talked to her colleagues outside of work. It would be difficult to find any useful information about her.

One thing they were curious about was whether she was Jack's girlfriend.

They had seen her with Jack multiple times.

It was rumored that they were close as Jack had carried Rachel out of the hospital.

Someone suddenly started spreading that Jack had had a girlfriend for the last five years. He had heard it from a friend working in the media industry. But he confirmed that the girlfriend was definitely not Rachel.

New rumors concerning Rachel's private affairs began to spread.

In the beginning, they assumed that she was Jack's mistress.

The rumor explained why she had such a powerful background and why she always wore expensive clothes and handbags. Those items cost at least two months' worth of salaries.

Women's jealousy and envy were terrible things.

Rachel didn't know the terrible things that were being said behind her back.

Some people decided to remain silent and avoid spreading gossip.

It was really annoying that all the rumors about her began to rise after she had gotten promoted.

Since Lucas had an emergency and couldn't come to pick up Mendes, Rachel didn't ask Jack to send Mendes back to the hospital.

Jonathan called her later, saying that he wanted the child to stay for two more days.

Rachel agreed, thinking that Lucas wouldn't mind.

It seemed to be the right decision. Johnathan and Mendes got along quite well.

The transfer had been hectic. She not only had to let go of her cases, but also had to move her stuff to a new office.

She had been very busy throughout the past two days. And it didn't help that the female patient wasn't getting any better.

Kevin had never encountered such a critical and volatile situation.

It had been a simple and successful surgery. But it alarmed him that the patient was still in a dangerous condition.

Worried about the patient, he didn't assign Rachel to the case.

In principle, he was still be responsible for patient. Rachel's task was simply to make reports and check up on the patient.

She looked at the female patient's condition, and furrowed her brows.

She asked for the prescription that Kevin had assigned. She recommended that he should change a type of medicine.

Despite her recommendations, Kevin refused to do that and continued prescribing the original medicine.