Have I Told You Lately

Rachel raised her head and looked at him. Then she glanced at the lunch boxes in his hands, faintly smiling. "Thank you, Maurice, but I'm not hungry. May I have a cup of water, please?"

She didn't have a very good appetite due to the pregnancy. Moreover, a lot of things happened in the recent few days, she truly didn't have any appetite now. All she worried about was whether her father's surgery would succeed. Maurice frowned. He still tried to convince her gently, "Miss Lewis, you can't hold on if you keep doing this. It's not good for your babies either. Besides, Mr. Shawn would be worried as well."

Rachel put away her smile instantly. "Don't mention him."

After a pause, she said, "Please leave them there. I'll have some later."

Maurice didn't say anything else. After putting down the lunch set for her, he walked into the ward with another set.

Shortly, Lillian hurried to the hospital as well.

Rachel was stunned when seeing her. She asked in surprise, "Don't you need to work today?"

"I've asked for a half-day leave. I just want to check on you." Lillian smiled. Then she peeped into the ward and asked with concern, "Has everything been settled yet?"

Rachel took a sip of the hot water and nodded. "Yeah. We're waiting for the surgery."

Seeing that her face was pale, Lillian reached out to pinch her hand. She comforted Rachel in a low voice, "Everything's gonna be fine. Don't worry, Rachel. You look so pale. Why don't you have a nap? I can take care of other things for you." "Thank you, Lillian." Rachel forced herself to put on a wry smile. She whispered, "How would I be in the mood to take a nap?"

Lillian felt helpless. After staring at her for a while, she sat down and hugged Rachel. She could only try to convince Rachel again. "There's still a long time before the surgery. Don't push yourself too hard. If you got sick, it would be more troublesome. Do you want your mother to take care of two patients at the same time?"

Rachel rolled her eyes and stared at Lillian for a few seconds.

Knowing what she was about to retort, Lillian chimed in to interrupt her directly, "At least you should lie down if you can't sleep. Do you know how pale you look now? If those doctors know that you are pregnant, probably they would ask the nurses to tie you up on the bed." Rachel kept silent.

However, she still couldn't bear Lillian's nagging. With a smile, she begged Lillian to stop. "All right. I'll go lie down for a while. Please keep an eye here for me. Thank you."

"Sure. Go ahead." Lillian smiled gently.

Chapman was in a double room, so there was an empty bed next to his. Rachel was lying there for the time being. Theresa touched her pinched face. "Rach, it's indeed a hard time for you. Take a nap. I'll keep an eye on things here."

"I'm fine. Mom, you should also take a nap if you are tired. Wake me up if anything happens," said Rachel. She pulled up the quilt and slowly closed her eyes.

Soon, silence blanketed the ward.

Theresa was afraid that she would wake up the two in the ward, so she walked out, chitchatting with Lillian.

Two hours later, Maurice rushed back from the outside. With a solemn face, he said to the two women at the door of the ward, "Mrs. Lewis, Miss Chou, please leave the ward as soon as possible. Some TV reporters have arrived with a lot of outraged people, looking for trouble." Upon hearing that, both women's faces fell. With a pale face, Theresa confirmed in a panic, "TV reporters?"

Lillian's face went cold. "How did they find here? Didn't Mr. Edward inform the court that we won't accept such interviews and reports?"

Everyone had known that the first judge of City N was found guilty of corruption and accepting bribes and put in jail. Fortunately, his wife and daughter were still unknown to the public, so their lives were not impacted. However, suddenly those people came here, which would force Rachel to appear in public. It would become quite awful.

Maurice also looked annoyed, but he still answered in a flat tone, "I'm not quite sure about the cause. They just appeared so suddenly. I've contacted Mr. Edward and we'll try to block them out later. I'm worried that they may break in here, so you'd better leave this ward and stay in another place."

After all, Chapman was found guilty and he had to be criticized by the public. Anyone involved would also be scolded by the public.

Hence, it was not time to be willful. If they could avoid it, they should.

"But... how about Rach?" Theresa asked anxiously.

She didn't care about anything now, but she was worried that her daughter would get involved. The public clamor could confound right and wrong.

Maurice promised her flatly, "Please don't worry about Miss Lewis. I'll protect her."

As soon as he had finished his words, the door of the ward was pulled open from the inside. Rachel looked at them expressionlessly and said, "Mom, please go with Lillian and find another room to stay for a time being."

Lillian immediately said, "What about you? If you are exposed, do you know how much pressure you would have to bear? Those people who are shouting slogans at the entrance would tear you apart. It's too dangerous. You can't stay here."

"Rach, be a good girl. Come with Mom and wait in another room. Let's come back after those people have left," Theresa said with concerns.

Rachel didn't answer. She looked up at Maurice and said, "Mr. Louis, please go to the entrance and block them with Mr. Edward. If they insist on breaking in, please call the police."

Maurice nodded solemnly with an expressionless face. Then he strode away.

Then, Rachel looked at her mother and Lillian and said gently, "An heir should be responsible for the father's debt. I've never thought of escaping from the consequences of what my father has done. Of course, I wouldn't be reckless even though there would be a danger. Please don't worry. I won't go out, but we need someone to stay here."

Lillian said in a deep voice, "Do you expect those brainless keyboard men would be so calm and reasonable as you? If they broke in, you would be killed."

"We're in a hospital. It should be fine." Rachel walked over and pushed them. "Hurry up and leave."

Theresa looked at her sternly and returned to the ward in anger. "I won't leave my daughter alone here. I won't go."

Lillian raised her eyebrows and looked at Rachel, pretty relaxed. "Since you won't go out, we don't need to hide from them. If they broke in, I could be as useful as half a man."

Rachel was speechless.

Since she could convince neither of them, she didn't insist. However, she was quite confused, wondering who had leaked out their location.

After knowing that her father's matter was reported on the news, she had already asked the prison to keep it confidential and she didn't tell anyone else.

According to Maurice, there were a lot of common people besides the TV reporters. How did they get to know it?