NovelEnglishTherefore, Rachel gently touched his head and bent down to level
Joey’s eyes.
Then, she raised her other hand and slightly crooked her little finger.
“Let’s make a pinky agreement.”
Joey’s eyes lit up when he heard these words.
He excitedly hooked his little finger to Rachel’s, and said in a serious tone, “You can’t go back on your promise.”
“If I go back on my promise, I will beca puppy,” Rachel replied with a smile.
It had been their tradition to make a pinky agreement.
Joey believed in it more than he believed in Rachel’s verbal promises because she had never broken a pinky agreement, not even once.
Back then, the other children of in the alli
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtance teased Joey for this reason.
They laughed at him and said that even signed contracts could be breached.
So pinky agreements weren’t credible at all.
But no matter what they said, Joey kept believing in pinky agreements.
It was started by Abby and Rachel.
How could he not believe?
The three guys had different thoughts as they watched Rachel and Joey had their moment.
Luke was still in shock, while Carson seemed to be in deep thought.
He touched his jaw with his thumb, squinting his eyes as if he found something interesting.
On the other hand, Victor remained expressionless.
Ultimately, Joey agreed to do the examination with Lukas.
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Carson smiled and excused himself, saying that he would go out for a smoke.
Just like that, Rachel and Victor were left alone in the ward.
But none of them spoke.
It was awkwardly quiet that the two could hear the footsteps outside.
With her back to Victor, Rachel could feel his intense gaze.
It was hard to keep ignoring him in this situation.
Taking a deep breath, she decided to sort out the bed to keep herself busy.
She also checked the ton her phone every once in a while to see how long it had been since Joey left the ward.
Her ringtone suddenly broke the silence in the ward, saving her from an awkward situation.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmRachel sighed in relief as she looked at Andy’s nflashing on the screen of her phone.
Without hesitation, she answered the phone and walked to the balcony.
“Miss Bennet, are you still at the hospital?” Somehow, Andy’s familiar’s voice helped Rachel calm down even just a little.
The wind blew her hair as she stood before the railing.
From where
Rachel was, she could see the entrance of the in-patient department.
Her eyes fell on the people coming in and out of the building.
“Yes, I’m still here,” Rachel replied calmly.
No one could possibly guess that she wasn’t as calm as she appeared to be.
When Rachel learned that Jack fainted and he might have Lung cancer, she didn’t panic at all.
And when she saw Joey crying hard for the first time, she was flustered but still calm.
Right now, all her thoughts were a mess, and she was somewhat upset.
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