The Great Medical Saint (Matthew)

Chapter 7

With milk covering her face, Rachel shut her eyes in fright and screamed again.

As Matthew helped Rachel steady herself, he couldn't help but notice the milk dripping down her face.

In a flurry of motion, he grabbed a tissue and helped her wipe it off, starting with her face and moving down her chin and neck.

When he saw that the milk was still flowing, he continued wiping downward before he abruptly stopped.

It seemed rather inappropriate for him to wipe that area.

When Rachel opened her eyes, she noticed Matthew's hand hovering in front of her chest. She instinctively raised her hand and slapped him.

As soon as the slap landed, Matthew grabbed Rachel's wrist and asked, "What was that for?"

Rachel angrily shouted, "You're the one acting indecently toward me! If I don't slap you, who else should I slap?"

Matthew was at a loss for words. As he showed the soggy tissue to Rachel, he said, "See this? If I hadn't grabbed you, you would have fallen to the ground.

"Besides, you're the one who spilled milk all over your face. I was merely helping you wipe it off, yet you're suddenly blaming everything on me. You're being completely unreasonable here!" Rachel completely ignored the tissue and angrily pointed at her buttons, saying, "You've got some nerve! Why did you unbutton my third button then?"

Matthew furrowed his brow and said, "Your button has been undone for quite some time now. Maybe because it was too... big, and the button popped open... It has nothing to do with me!" Did Matthew just accuse her of undoing the button herself?

Fuming, Rachel was ready to let loose a string of expletives when her phone suddenly rang. Seeing that it was Fred calling, she hurriedly answered, "Hey, Grandpa."

Fred's voice boomed through the phone, asking, "Did you pick up the person I asked you to?"

He had tasked Rachel with picking up Matthew, with explicit instructions to meet the latter at the entrance of the courthouse.

At that moment, she had agreed without much thought. Yet, she had regretted it as soon as she had gone down.

As a woman of great beauty, she was never short of suitors. Yet, Fred had actually asked her to pick up a divorced man in front of the courthouse!

She hadn't been able to bring herself to do it, so she had asked Albert to do it instead.

Just a while ago, she had received a call from Albert, informing her that he had dropped off Matthew at the hotel, so the latter would probably be on his way up. Rachel figured that she might still be able to catch up to him if she ran quickly enough.

With that in mind, she hurriedly responded, "Yes, yes. I'm on my way!"

After hanging up the phone, she pointed at Matthew and said, "You scoundrel! I've got things to do, so scram and never show your face before me again!" With that, she dashed into the lobby in a fluster to catch up with her target.

As Rachel's figure receded, Matthew observed her departure with a gentle shake of his head.

he had known that things would turn out like that, he wouldn't have helped her. Not only had his help been unappreciated, but he

asking the waiter for directions to Euphoria

to make his way into Euphoria Suite, he was surprised to hear a familiar voice coming

found himself rooted to the spot by the unexpected sight inside the private room. Much to his bewilderment, Lillian was there, as

into a misunderstanding

dare you follow me here?" Then, she yelled in the direction

was startled. He reached out to grab Rachel's arm, saying, "Why are you making such

would never have thought that the person before her was the

that he was the man Fred had chosen

was the scoundrel who had unbuttoned her third

thought of getting up to leave. Yet, when she recalled Fred's desperate situation,

he heard Rachel throw

nonsense! You tripped and

wipe it off. You're not only

up and explained on Matthew's behalf, "There must have been some sort of misunderstanding, Rachel. You might not be aware, but Matt is actually quite shy. Whenever he's

herself that it was true that every mother would think that their own gosling was a swan-to his mother, he could do no

of Rachel when, in truth, he was the scoundrel who had dared to

It was truly ironic!

noticed Rachel's silence, he chuckled and tried to diffuse the situation. "Oh, I'm sure it's all just a

who was seasoned in worldly affairs, he could tell from Matthew's indignation that it was

person of questionable character, Fred wouldn't have

gave a noncommittal grunt and let the matter go. Of course, she hadn't dismissed the

Matthew to take a seat and said warmly, "I'm so glad we've put that misunderstanding behind us. We're all

wholeheartedly support their union as well. We should take this opportunity

surprise as soon as

illness. Yet, the

with me

Matthew and said, "What's there to discuss with you? You should be over the

it was a godsend that Rachel had accepted Matthew even though he was a divorcee

important was that Rachel was stunningly beautiful. She looked like

Lillian made it sound like he was the one who had somehow

he had developed a distrust of women and

were more important to Matthew now. So, he still found it hard to come to terms with the idea of getting engaged.

she shot him

by men, and

was, wanting to reject the proposal! What

you're not well acquainted, there's an easy fix to it. I'll have Rachel get you a job at the office so that you can spend more time together. "That way, you'll become acquainted in no time! When you get to know each other well enough, you guys can get