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.

mess! If 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 had also been treated like a scoundrel! With a brief glance at

waiter for directions to Euphoria

way into Euphoria Suite, he was surprised to

to the spot by the unexpected sight inside the private room. Much to his bewilderment, Lillian was there, as was Fred, the man who had once begged him

gotten into a

that, she immediately shouted, "You scoundrel! How dare you follow me here?" Then, she yelled

reached out to grab Rachel's arm, saying, "Why are you making such a fuss, Rae? He's the miracle

face. She would never have thought that the person before her was the

he was the man Fred had chosen for

unbuttoned her third button earlier! He was nothing but a total

up to leave. Yet, when she recalled Fred's desperate

heard Rachel throw accusations at him in front of

You tripped and fell, and I

it off.

sort of misunderstanding, Rachel. You might not be aware, but Matt is actually quite shy. Whenever he's around

but think to herself that it was true that every mother would think that their own gosling was a swan-to his mother, he could

was describing Matthew as a shy gentleman in front of Rachel when, in truth, he was the scoundrel who had dared

It was truly ironic!

the situation. "Oh, I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding! You're all young folks. With a

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

been a person of questionable character, Fred wouldn't have

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

seat and said warmly, "I'm so glad we've put that misunderstanding behind us. We're all gathered here today for these

willing and Mr. Carter Senior is also in favor of it, we wholeheartedly support their union as

surprise as soon as he

Fred to ask for help with his illness. Yet, the conversation had taken an entirely different

this with me before making

Matthew and said, "What's there to discuss

thought it was a godsend that Rachel had accepted

She looked like a famous celebrity!

rendered speechless. Lillian made it sound like he was the one who had somehow gotten the

developed a distrust of women and was

beauty and good character were more important to Matthew now. So, he still found it hard to come to terms with the idea of

reluctance, she shot him a

men, and she always

to reject

chuckled. "If you're not well acquainted, there's an easy fix to it. I'll have Rachel get you a job at the office so