My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 405 Lea's Visit

Rachel had no idea what time her tears had stopped flowing or when she drifted off into an exhausted sleep afterwards. Julie, who became worried when she didn't come down, eventually went to the room, gently patted her exposed shoulder, and whispered, "Miss, you have been sleeping for too long. You can wake up now."

Turning over, Rachel said in a drowsy voice while looking at her with bleary eyes, "I'll take a nap and get up later."

"I took a call for you. it was from Miss Lea Ye. She said that she will be here in about ten minutes."

'Lea?'

Rachel instantly became alert upon hearing the name. She sat up on the bed, surprising Julie with her nimble movements. She kept saying, "Miss, please slow down. Now that you are pregnant, you shouldn't move as quickly as before. Take it slowly, no matter what you're doing!"

Knowing that the other woman was concerned about her well-being, Rachel smiled gratefully. She didn't say anything, but she consciously slowed down her movements and got out of bed carefully. She was changing out of her bedclothes when she heard Lea's and Rita's voices coming from downstairs. "Mom, it's so late. Why is Aunt Rachel still sleeping? Didn't you say that we shouldn't stay in bed too late?"

"It's because your aunt Rachel is pregnant, sweetie. There's two of them now, and they sleep together, so of course they should sleep longer."

Listening to the conversation between them, Rachel unconsciously made haste in changing her clothes. This time, despite Julie's words of caution, she all but sprinted down the stairs.

It had been a long time since she last saw Lea and Rita.

As soon as Rita saw her, she opened her arms out of the force of habit and pounced on her. Startled, Lea quickly reached out to grab her collar from behind and gently admonished her, "Didn't you see that your aunt Rachel's belly has become bigger? Now there is a little baby in her belly. If you bump into it like this, the baby will get hurt." Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Then I won't hit the baby." Rita pouted, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Rachel squatted down and gently held her hand. "Rita, you will have a little baby to play with soon. Would you like that?"

"Okay." The child's attention was easily diverted. She clapped her hands and asked excitedly, "Aunt Rachel, will it be a little brother or a little sister? I want a little sister to play with me." Rachel smiled, "I don't know, and I won't know until the baby comes out of my belly."

Rita immediately answered, "If you give birth to a little brother, then I will give birth to a little sister."

Rachel and Lea burst into laughter.

Lea asked with a smile, "How can you give birth to a little sister then?"

"Dad told me that as long as I put a doll under my clothes and pull it out, then I'll give birth to a baby." Rita gave them a look that seemed to doubt their intelligence and then trotted over to the sofa. She sat down, shaking her legs, tuned into the cartoon channel on TV, and proceeded to watch with a smile on her face.

Lea gnashed her teeth in annoyance. "Henry keeps teaching his daughter nonsense!"

Meanwhile, Henry sneezed three times in a row. Sitting in his car, he always felt the wind blowing in from the side. Upon checking, however, he saw that even with the front and back windows tightly closed, a gust of cold still blew behind him. He couldn't help the shiver that run down his spine.

Julie brought out some fruits and snacks to them. As soon as she set down the plate on the coffee table, Rita padded over and munched on the snacks with great relish.

After all of the joking, Lea's face suddenly became serious. She looked at Rachel's belly and asked, "How far along in your pregnancy are you? Why didn't you tell us? If Jack never found out, did you intend to raise the child alone? Do you still consider me your friend?"

Lea thought that she would be angry under the circumstances, but instead, she felt heartbroken.

Rachel lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "No, I've been meaning to call you. After all, you're the only one I can tell about this."

Tears welled up in her eyes as Lea said angrily, "You silly girl, you always act on your own."

"That's not true. Not really. It was too late when I found out, and I didn't suffer much at that time."

There were days spent crying secretly into her pillow at night, and then there were days when she couldn't eat anything and was dry-heaving with a sour mouth. However, Rachel didn't want to mention it again. With a smile, she realized that the pain she suffered back then didn't seem so bad now.

Lea curled her lips and said, "Come on. You're saying that like I don't know you. I know you well. You always pretend to be strong in front of others."

Rachel didn't say anything and just let Lea pull her to sit on the sofa.

Lea held her hands and said, "Rachel, you won't leave this time, will you?"

Full of righteous indignation, she gave Jack a piece of her mind, telling him that everything was his fault. However, no matter how much she wished that he would leave, she knew that a woman needed a man in her life.

For Rachel, Jack was that man.

Ultimately, she hoped that Rachel could let go of the past and live a good life with Jack.

"I don't know," Rachel answered with her head lowered, uncertainty evident in her voice.

Who could predict what would happen in the future? Just like before, she thought she and Jack could finally live as a normal couple. She didn't expect that life would make a fool of her in the end.

After a few moments lost in thought, Lea said, "Rachel, let bygones be bygones. We shouldn't let old grudges affect our lives and keep us from enjoying happiness now. That way of living is a waste, if you ask me."

She shrugged her shoulders, her eyes and brows so indicative of disgust that her face looked a little comical.

Seeing her expression, Rachel couldn't help laughing and said, "That's right!"

"That's good. Just listen to my advice. Believe me, it won't hurt you." Lea patted her on the shoulder.

Hearing that, the smile on Rachel's face suddenly faded. She nodded heavily, her heart feeling a touch of sadness. Knowing something and doing it were two different things altogether.

She thought that she probably needed more time to digest the matter fully and to slowly understand the Fu family.

At that time, Rita ran over to Lea after she got bored watching her cartoons. She leaned on Lea's back with her hands clasped tightly around her mother's neck and asked with a smile, "Mom, what are you whispering about to Aunt Rachel? Tell me."

"We are talking about letting Rita stay at my house tonight, okay?" Rachel reached out and poked Rita's cheeks, which were so soft and tender that people couldn't get enough of them.

Rita shook her head and said emphatically, "Then my mom and dad will miss me."

Lea said, "No, we won't. We'd like you to stay here at your aunt Rachel's place for a few days so that you dad and I will have a good rest, okay?"

"Well..." Rita shook her head and held Lea even more tightly, saying in a spoiled tone, "Mom, Dad won't let me go. Dad said I'm his little princess."

Looking at the proud expression on the Rita's face, Rachel couldn't help but put her hand on her belly with a smile on her face. She wondered if her child would be just as cute, talkative, and spoiled as this little one.

Jack had just arrived. Once she saw him, Julie made a move to call out his name. However, he raised his finger to his lips, signaling to her to be quiet, so she swallowed back her greeting.

He slowly walked to the door and leaned against the frame, just looking at Rachel silently. It was the first time in a long while that he had seen her smile so happily. The smile spread to her eyes, and her aura made everything around her look beautiful.

He hadn't seen her like this in a long time.

Jack didn't want to look away from her for even one second for fear that the smile on her face would disappear.

She only smiled in front of other people, such as Lea. By contrast, she only ever looked at him with a blank expression, as if unaffected by his presence or anything that he might do.

At this moment, frustration gnawed at his heart.

Jack lowered his eyes. Just then, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

When he picked up, he heard Tracy's voice say in a hurry, "Son, come here right now."

"Is something wrong?" he asked. Tracy didn't go straight to the point. Instead, she shouted, "Come here quickly. You'll know when you get here!"

Jack looked down with a frown at the phone after the call was abruptly disconnected. After some thought, he turned around and left.

In the yard of the Fu family mansion, Tracy ordered the maids to take out all sorts of nuts and fruits and place them on the table. Afterwards, she enthusiastically kept encouraging the young woman in front of her to eat more.

After the servants finished their work, they stood by a corner to await further orders. They kept glancing at the woman and whispered among themselves. "Why does that young lady look familiar?"

"I think so, too, but I can't remember where I've met her before."

"Don't you think she looks like a bit like Rachel?"

The chatter suddenly stopped, and everyone suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.

Jack parked his car by the gate. Upon entering the gate, he stopped in his tracks as he saw two people chatting and laughing together in the yard. After some thought, he whirled around to leave.

Unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough.

Tracy happened to see him and shouted behind him, "Jack, why don't you join us? Where are you going?"

"I suddenly remember an urgent matter that I have to deal with. I should go." Without looking back, Jack took out the car keys from his pocket. Just as he was unlocking the door, Tracy caught up with him and grabbed his arm. "What's the rush? Do you really have to leave right now?"

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555