Trapped In Lace

Rachel had to admit that she felt sorry for him after Jack explained that he had a cold. Before she could consider how to properly react to it, she found her hand had already reached out to pull him closer. And now, she was stuck trying to figure out a way to properly explain what just happened. She looked up at the screen of the elevator and found that it was only at the twenty-eighth floor. She felt anxious and irritated with her eyes wide open in disbelief. When her eyes met his smiling eyes, she felt like she was quickly losing control. She turned to him with a reddish face and said in an agitated voice, "Go to the hospital to have your cold or cough checked. Do you really believe that you can avoid infecting me if you take a couple of steps back? There are only two of us here, and we breathe the same air. It was really unnecessary to step away from me." After a brief moment of silence, Jack smiled and turned to her. "Well, aren't you a doctor? I don't really need to go to the hospital anymore since you're here." Rachel was rendered speechless. It was fortunate for her that the elevator finally stopped at their destination. Or her uncanny silence would've made the elevator scene even more awkward for her. "Come in quickly," she said to Jack as she opened the door. They put down the things that Lea had brought inside the house. Rachel then prepared to leave with Jack on

e on, I want to see what web page you're browsing." The nurse leaned over her shoulder and clicked the mouse casually. Suddenly, she slapped her hand against the woman's shoulder. "Hey! I just saw this advertisement about a new ice-cream flavor. It looks very delicious. Do you want to try it?"

"Why don't you go and buy it?"

"How can I?"

The nurse motioned to her uniform. "I'm still on duty. How can I go out? Could you buy it for me? I'll pay you afterwards!"

"All right."

Seeing as she had nothing else to do, Celia decided to head off to the supermarket located on the first floor. She took two pints from the freezer. Just as she was waiting in line to pay the bill, she felt someone tap her shoulder.

'Is everyone here trying to piss me off?' she thought.

Celia was about to turn around and glare at the person who did it, but when she saw who it was, she swallowed back her anger. "Dr. Zhang, are you here to buy something?"

"Yes." The man furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced at the two ice cream pints she was holding. "You're not a child anymore, Celia. You shouldn't eat ice cream when you have a cough."

"What? A cough?" She pursed her lips.

Celia was healthy. She didn't catch a cold, let alone a cough.

"Why would you say such a thing, Dr. Zhang?"

"In the afternoon, Dr. Shen came to me to prescribe you some medicine. She said that you have a cough."