Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 55

There was one thing Rachel was sure of: since the day she fell into Victor's arms in public the workload in the archive had decreased a great deal.It was time for lunch again one day.

"Urgh!"

Rachel gagged, throwing up everything she had just eaten into the washbasin.She gripped the sink's edges hard as nausea assaulted her.

Abby rushed over and gave her a bottle of water to gargle.

"Miss Bennet, you've thrown up almost everything you have eaten.Would you like to eat a bit more?" she asked with a frown.

Rachel groaned with tears in her eyes as the nausea subsided.

Then, she wiped off her drool and slowly washed her face.

It hurt Abby to see her so pale.

It was apparent that vomiting so hard had taken a toll on her.

Rachel knew it wasn't easy to bear a pregnancy, but she didn't think it would be this difficult.She had vomited a lot in the past few days.

The baby in her womb had caused her a lot of physical stress.

"No, I don't want to eat anything now.Let's talk about it later," she said hoarsely.

Abby nodded and helped her out of the bathroom.

They walked carefully to the sofa in the archive and sat down.

Abby looked at Rachel's belly and pouted.

"Miss Bennet, you have endured so much to keep this baby.If it doesn't listen to you when it grows up, I'll spank it on your behalf."

Rachel smiled and said, "You'll have to remember to keep your word, then.Don't back down when you see its cute face."

"No way!"

Abby shook her head sideways vigorously.

"You have endured so much throughout this pregnancy, so this kid had best behave themselves.Miss Bennet, look at yourself—it has only been a month, and you have lost a few pounds already!"she said.

Rachel smiled and said nothing.

Knock, knock Someone knocked twice on the door of the archive, interrupting their banter.

Rachel looked up to see a man in a suit walk in with two nurses.

"Who are you?"

Abby narrowed her eyes at the unexpected guests, especially the nurses.

She couldn't help but recall Andy's warning to Rachel; he'd said she would face many troubles if she insisted on keeping the baby.

Abby was afraid that these strangers were up to no good, so she eyed them vigilantly.

The man straightened his glasses and looked at Rachel.

"I'm Wilson Patel, an executive of the personnel department.The company has arranged for every one of its employees to get a physical examination today.I assumed you wouldn't have time to join the queue waiting for an examination because of the heavy workload in the archive, so I brought two nurses down here to conduct a simple physical examination of you," he replied.

Then, he glanced at the two nurses behind him, and they nodded in understanding and walked up to Rachel with their medical kits.

Rachel eyed the nurses with suspicion.She looked at Wilson and calmly asked, "A physical examination?"

"Yes," he replied.

"You may not be aware of this because you joined the Sullivan Group only recently.Our company ensures that every employee undergoes a physical examination a annually."

The intense pressure from Rachel's stare had made him stutter for a bit at the end of his explanation.

A few thoughts crossed his mind as he furrowed his brows.

"Rachel, you're not hiding any infectious disease, are you?"

"Of course not! It's you who has an infectious disease!" Abby bellowed at Wilson in rage.

"I only asked a question.Why are you so angry? Is it because I guessed right?" Wilson snarled.

Abby's retort had caused his face to darken.

In anger, Abby balled her hands into fists and made to reply scathingly, but Rachel stopped her.

"Abby, don't."

"Miss Bennet…"

Abby murmured, simmering down.

She couldn't let him talk that way; after all, she had decided not to be as submissive as before because Rachel was pregnant.

Abby was determined to protect her and the baby at all costs.

Unfortunately, it seemed her flair-up from before had caused Rachel even more problems.

Acting on impulse, she had uttered an offensive retort to Wilson's provocation, escalating the tension in the room.

She looked at Rachel with guilt-filled eyes and slowly lowered her head.

Rachel was surprised to see Abby react this way.

During the confrontation with Ivy, she had acted timidly.