My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 292

Eric ultimately decided to make himself a cup of coffee after he yawned a second time.

"It's quite late, Rachel. Did you have a fight with Jack?" He always felt that Jack was not a reliable guy when it came to relationships.

'A leopard cannot change its spots.

It has only been a short time, and he has already started to show his true colors,' he thought.

"Rachel, I'm telling you, it's not too late to leave him and look for a better man. You should divorce him as soon as possible! And you don't have to worry. I have a stable job now. I can take care of you from now on!"

Eric thumped on his chest as he gave her his solemn promise.

When she heard his words, Rachel couldn't help laugh out loudly. "It's good that you now have a stable job because that means you don't need to bother me in the future."

"I am a responsible man now!" Eric felt that it was rare for him to have something to brag about to Rachel and he couldn't stop himself from feeling proud about it. But his thoughts were suddenly interrupted when his phone rang.

As soon as he answered the call on his phone, the sound of Jack's voice came out loudly. "Open the door!"

Jack's voice through Eric's phone was loud enough to be heard by Rachel.

'He's here already?' Eric thought to himself.

"I'm sleeping," he answered back to Jack on the phone. He then hung up the phone afterwards.

Eric then grabbed Rachel's arm and pushed her into the bedroom. "Go to bed now, Rachel. You still need to go to work tomorrow," he suggested. But she pushed him back gently.

"Go to sleep. Let me open the door," she said calmly.

Rachel originally planned to stay at Eric's place so that she and Jack could calm down.

When the two of them were angry, nothing they said sounded rational, anyway.

But she never expected Jack to go to her this fast.

She ignored Eric's dissuasion and went to the front door to open it. The strong smell of alcohol greeted her as she opened the door. "Do you want to explain to me what the photo was all about?" she asked. "Yes."

Jack took a deep breath and steadied himself in front of Rachel. "It's a misunderstanding, Rachel.

Rachel stepped aside to let him in. She then motioned for Eric to get in his room.

"Rachel, I never asked anyone to follow you and take photos of you. I don't know who took this photo and sent it to my phone. I've had this investigated, but I haven't found out who is responsible for this yet,"

Jack explained as he stared straight into Rachel's eyes.

At that time, he panicked when she asked him to explain and didn't know what to say.

He regretted having drunk too much. This made him look insincere at all.

Rachel stared back at him for a while in silence. She was about to say something, but something unexpected happened. Jack fell over to the floor and fell asleep because of drunkenness.

When Jack finally woke up, it was already noon of the next day.

He rubbed his fingers against his aching temples and then looked around.

"So you're finally awake!" Eric said as he walked into the room. 'Am I in Eric's apartment?' Jack thought to himself.

He slowly recalled what happened the evening before. "Where is Rachel?"

"She already left. I would have thrown you down the balcony while you were sleeping if it weren't for Rachel's sake!" Eric said as he watched Jack.

He didn't really plan to do it, but he felt that he had to say it anyway.

It was just a joke.

Jack would normal talk back, but he was just not in the mood. He got up quietly and dragged himself out of Eric's apartment without another word.

He felt much more sober after he took a shower at home.

Now that his mind was clearer, he quickly understood that the key to solving their problem was to find the person who kept sending pictures to him. It was obvious that this person's purpose was to put a strain on his relationship with Rachel.

And it seemed like the plan was a success.

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Rachel made a few mistakes as she was distracted.

A nurse approached her and asked gently, "Rachel, are you feeling okay? We never believe any of the online rumors. So, stop worrying about them."

She concluded that Rachel's current state had something to do with the rumors on the Internet.

Rachel shook her head and smiled.

She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she just couldn't seem to cheer herself up no matter what she did.

She hated herself for the mistakes she had made, but at the same time, she also felt strange. All she could think of all this time was Jack.

Whether what he said was true or not,

the photo that was sent to him represented a problem—there was an extreme lack of trust between the two of them.

At a cafe

"Miss Duan, I have finished my task. It's time for you to transfer the payment for my task to my bank account."

Celine worked on her phone for some time and then replied with a smile, "Check your account. And remember, never tell anyone about this. No one should know. No one. Got it?"

"Don't worry. I won't." The man left silently afterwards. Celine also stood up and left the cafe half an hour after the man left.

She raised her head proudly as she walked the streets. She saw large billboards of the MK Group in several key places of the city as she walked.

She felt that it wouldn't be long before she would replace Rachel and become the CEO's wife.

The nurse was startled.

Celine pointed at the nurse and said, "Leave us. I have something to talk to Rachel alone."

"It's okay. You can leave us," Rachel said to the nurse in a reassuring tone. The nurse nodded back to her and quietly left the room.

"I heard that you are probably pregnant, Rachel. I suppose congratulations are in order. But I don't know whose baby that is," Celine said with a sneer.

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked with a mark of confusion in her face. It was confusion mixed with anger.

"Nothing. I just feels a little strange. How did you get pregnant when Jack can't get anyone pregnant?

Therefore, the only explanation is that your child can't possibly be his.

Oh, and by the way, I know you're wondering why he can't have a baby. That's because he had vasectomy so that he wouldn't get me pregnant!"

Celine explained as the surprised look on Rachel increased with each word that left her lips.

Celine started to think that she should thank the person on the motorcycle who hit her and sent her to the hospital. Because of that accident, she got into the middle of a great opportunity to throw that bomb right at the center of Rachel's heart.

She must feel very bad right now.

Later that day, Jack and Rachel sat side by side on the sofa. She was busy with her head bent down as she flipped through a women's magazine. She had an indifferent expression on her face. He reached out to her hair and tucked it behind her ear. He then handed her an apple that he just peeled.

"Tell me, is it delicious?"

Jack placed the fruit knife down on the table and watched her bite into the apple.

Rachel nodded at him as she chewed down the apple, but she put aside the rest of it. She then slightly turned towards him and looked at him straight in the eye. "You fell asleep when you were halfway to what you were saying. Do you want to clarify that?"

She has her mind made up on something and she was determined about it at that moment. But before he could answer, she continued to speak. "Last Wednesday, when you attended a dinner, I went to Lucas' house for dinner too because his father had invited me for dinner previously. I wanted you to go with me, but when I found out about your schedule for that evening, I decided not to mention it to you anymore."

It was something that obviously tore at his heart so she wanted to explain it clearly to him.

She didn't think she had done anything wrong.

Jack's jaw became visibly tense as he tried to recall the details of that conversation between the two of them. The details of the conversation slowly became clearer to him as he thought about them.

She stared at him for a moment and then continued to speak. "I know I should have told you about it from the very beginning, but I didn't and it's my fault. I was not considerate enough."

Even though they had been married, she had lived as a single woman for five years.

Author's note

Goose BBSS

Translator: Scarlett5555