Medical Center.
"Mr. Waller, come on, let's talk over here."
After hearing Rachel's Grandfather, Adam felt they really did need to discuss this privately and at length.
The competition in these twilight romances was so intense it made his scalp tingle.
"Adam, I live in the nursing home, and a newcomer arrived in the East Wing."
After entering a hospital room and closing the door, Rachel's Grandfather explained, "She's a young woman. I don't want to disappoint her."
"Young?"
Adam's lips twitched. "How young?"
Even as he spoke, he kept praying inwardly, Please don't be younger than Rachel. Please don't be younger than Rachel. Please don't be younger than Rachel...
Anyone admitted to a nursing home naturally wouldn't be younger than Rachel.
But there was no guarantee Rachel's Grandfather had his eye on another resident rather than a newly hired female staff member.
"It's not what you're imagining."
Rachel's Grandfather rolled his eyes at Adam. "She's eighty-two this year."
"Oh."
Adam immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then asked in surprise, "Mr. Waller, if I remember correctly, you're eighty-two this year too, aren't you?"
"That's right."
Rachel's Grandfather smiled. "We're the same age, but she takes very good care of herself. She looks like a young woman in her seventies."
"Is that so?"
Adam could not help laughing.
Emmm.
To an eighty-two-year-old man, an old lady who looked like she was in her seventies really did count as young.
"Of course."
The moment Rachel's Grandfather mentioned the woman he loved, he became animated. "Not only does she look young, her whole mental state is youthful and full of energy."
"The moment she arrived, all the old men in the nursing home went wild. They all want to pursue her."
"Adam, you understand, don't you?"
"I understand."
Adam nodded, though he