The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 393 Rachel's Pregnancy, Edward's Fury (Part Two)

Rachel also dialed Roger's number to tell him what Edward had done to her.

Hearing Charles' voice, she thought it was safe to come out of the room. And she quickly hid behind his

back, to avoid being hurt by Edward. "Help me, please, " she reiterated her plea.

Rachel knew her unborn child was key to get a share of Edward's wealth so she would do everything to

protect it.

"Come here, you bitch!" Edward roared and tried to grab Rachel.

He was so furious at seeing Rachel and would have reached her had Chris not held him back. The

woman continued to cower behind Charles.

But Edward was unstoppable. He continued ranting, "Shameless bitch! You better tell me the truth.

Who is that baby's father?"

Shaking from fear, she retorted, "Stop talking nonsense! Who else could the baby's father be?"

Rachel kept thinking that no one was aware of her affair with Roger so she had to keep up the lie that it

was Edward's baby.

But her husband would have none of it. "I'll kill you if you don't stop lying!"

Edward was shaking in anger, too. And he badly wanted to beat up his wife after what she said. Chris, Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

however, used all her strength to prevent her father from hurting his wife.

Despite her bleeding hand, she held on to Edward tightly, and hugged him. She cried, "Dad, you're

going to kill her if you don't calm down. Please, let's sit down and talk this through."

But Edward was adamant. "Let me go, Chris! The only thing I want to do now is to get my hands on

that woman!"

Eyes smoldering, he looked at his daughter and said, "I didn't trust you when you told me the truth

about this woman. And I regret that now. If only I listened to you, I wouldn't have been cheated by this

bitch! She needs to be taught a lesson, so don't try to stop me."

Rachel was not to be outdone. "What are you talking about? I have never cheated on you!" she

screamed.

Fear, anxiety and nerves were getting to her, but she continued to deny his accusations.

Chris tried to reason with her father. "Dad, killing her is not worth it. At what cost, your freedom?"

She rubbed his back to pacify him. "Let's all calm down and talk. Fighting will never solve problems."

Edward gradually calmed down, as his daughter continued to hold on to him. Then he turned to

Charles, "You shouldn't involve yourself in this mess. This has nothing to do with you. If you go on

protecting her, I'm going to start looking at you as an enemy, just like her."

But Rachel desperately hung on to Charles, begging, "Help me, for old times' sake… please!"

But Charles knew not to interfere with problems between a married couple. He told Rachel, "You

married my uncle so I will stay out of your business. You need to work out your problems yourself."

He brushed aside Rachel's hands and moved closer to Autumn. Very concerned, he asked, "Are you all

right?"

Autumn nodded, grateful for her husband's concern. It was this display of tenderness that made Rachel

jealous of Autumn. 'Why is Charles more worried about his wife when it's me who is in trouble?' Rachel

thought.

Chris spoke again, "Sit down, Dad. And let's talk."

Edward allowed himself to be seated. "What happened?" Chris asked again, looking at her father, then

Rachel.

"Why don't you ask that woman?" Edward said scornfully. "She can answer your question."

But his anger pushed him to snarl at Rachel again. "Tell me honestly… who is the father of your baby?"

"Why do you keep asking me that? I told you the baby is yours!"

Rachel was beginning to get worried that Edward seemed very certain that child could not be his. But

she kept up with her deception.

"Bullshit!" the man roared, jolting everyone in the room.

Rachel's refusal to admit the truth enraged him once again, so he threatened her, "I guess I just have to

beat the truth out of you, won't I?"

With those words, he stood up, grabbed a stick leaning nearby and was about to whack a shuddering

Rachel when Chris rushed towards him to prevent him from becoming more violent. "Dad, please don't

do this!"

After a moment's hesitation, she carefully asked, "Uh… how do you know you're not the baby's father?"

Rachel saw an opening and blurted out, "Yes, what makes you think you're not this child's father?"

Finding momentum, Rachel went on, "I've always treated you respectfully and with love, and I have

never cheated on you since we got married. How could you even think this is not your baby?"

With a devious glint in her eye that no one noticed, Rachel added, "I'm thinking you just want don't

want the responsibility of being a father."

Her words made Edward even more furious. He grabbed a glass that escaped his wrath earlier and

hurled it towards Rachel while cursing her. "Bitch! I will kill you!"

Briefly taken aback, Rachel found her courage and warned, "Strike me again and I will call the police."

Having other people around her made Rachel feel safe, and brave.

Still, she felt shaky after uttering the bold statement. Rachel hoped Edward felt threatened enough to

stop.

Instead, he became more furious and called her bluff. "Go ahead and call the police! But I don't think

they can arrive in time to save you, " he sneered.

Tearfully, Rachel said, "My only wish is to have a baby. What could be so wrong with that?"

Turning to her husband, she added, "Why do you treat me like this?

Have I not been a good wife to you?"

Rachel suddenly sank to the floor and burst into tears.

Edward gritted his teeth and ground out, "I told you before I don't want kids. Yet here you are going

against my wishes."

Sniffling, his wife replied, "But I'm still young, so why can't I have a baby?"

She looked up at Edward and declared, "I've always wanted a child and have taken every effort to

become pregnant. So it's very cruel for you to suspect that this child is not yours."

Edward took a deep breath to remain calm.

"When I was in combat duty, " he began, "I did paralyze many of our enemies. But in the process, I was

also severely injured and this resulted in my inability to have children." He looked at his wife and said,

"So can you now understand why I'm certain the baby you're carrying is not mine?"

His confession startled both Charles and Chris. They looked at each other and then turned to Edward,

whose eyes were filled with grief. Both of them realized the truth was kept from them because they

were very young at that time.

Autumn, however, sort of had an idea what may have triggered Edward's violent reaction when told

Rachel was having his baby. She never actually thought he would admit this before other people.

Edward spoke to Rachel quietly. "It is a shame for a man to admit he can't have children, so I kept it a

secret for so many years. There is no way for me to believe you are having a child unless you cheated

on me.

And I was so stupid to fall into your trap!" he said.

In disbelief, Rachel cried out, "No! That's impossible!"

She glared at her husband, trying to steady herself. Now she understood why Edward would look so

unhappy each time she told him about wanting to have a baby. It was impossible for him to have a

child.

The reality of the situation made Rachel panic. She'd made a huge mistake and had no idea how to get

out of it.

Still, she refused to give up.

"Maybe the doctor who treated you made a mistake with the diagnosis."

Rachel suggested, "Sometimes, doctors can make mistakes."

Already caught, Rachel continued to deny that she had cheated on Edward and was having a baby

with another man. She was turning restless, trying to concoct more lies. Her husband's secret was

something she never imagined and now regretted becoming pregnant.