After returning to their room, Jack and Rachel looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Jack had used to be a person who would always remain cold and impassive, no matter the situation.
But recently, he felt that he had become a little crazy when he was around Rachel.
After laughing, he caressed her delicate face with his long fingers.
He sighed. "I must be crazy." All of a sudden, he took her face in his hands and gave her a deep kiss.
Their lips crashed and their tongues entangled with each other. As their kiss deepened, Jack felt a fire
burning bright at the bottom of his heart.
His hands slowly traveled down her body, circled around her slender waist, and embraced her tightly.
After a while, Rachel pulled back slightly to catch her breath. She was not as shy as she had once
been to avoid this kiss. Leaning against his chest, she raised her head and looked at him with her
bright eyes. "Don't you feel like you're kissing a man?"
Jack raised his hand and gently rubbed her new hair that was short and soft. It was much shorter than
even a buzz cut.
"Well, you do look like a tomboy," he said with a laugh. This time, he dared to tell her the truth.
Rachel pouted her lips and flicked his arms to show her displeasure. "Let me go," she said sharply.
But of course, Jack couldn't let her go. He lowered his head and kissed her forehead. "I missed you so
much."
Rachel wrinkled her nose unaffectedly. "I didn't miss you at all," she teased. However, she couldn't stop
smiling.
Jack narrowed his eyes and leaned in to kiss her again, but she raised her hand to block him. "Don't
you want to take a shower?"
The two of them spent a long time in the bedroom. When they finally came downstairs for dinner, Tracy
pretended not to see the way their eyes kept looking at each other.
After dinner, she asked, "Are you leaving tonight or tomorrow?"
"We'll stay here tonight and go back tomorrow," Jack answered.
Tracy was quite satisfied to hear this.
Then, she secretly pulled her son aside when she had the chance and asked, "Have you done the
operation yet?"
"I'll have it next month," Jack said in a low voice. Tracy frowned.
"It's time for you to have a baby."
"Mom, please don't bring this up in front of Rachel."
"I know. I'm not stupid," Tracy said, rolling her eyes.
Besides, Rachel had just started recovering. She couldn't have a baby in this condition.
Still, Tracy couldn't help but interfere in their business.
"Mom, don't worry. I will take care of everything," Jack said to reassure her.
Tracy nodded, but in her heart, she sneered, hoping that her son wouldn't make any more trouble.
The next day, Jack and Rachel left for the airport.
On the way, Rachel tilted her head cutely to the side and asked, "Don't you think I'm like a kindergarten
kid now?"
Jack raised his eyebrows. "Why?"
With a smile, she poked the man beside her and said, "I can't even be trusted to go out alone.
Someone has to come and take me home."
"Ah." Then, something occurred to Jack and a mischievous smile appeared on his face. "So, would you
like to call me 'Daddy'?" he teased.
When Rachel pinched his arm in response, he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry! Please forgive me."
Since he was driving, Rachel didn't punish him further. She looked out of the window for a while, and
then suddenly said, "I dreamed about what happened when I was a kid again last night."
Jack reached out and held her small hand firmly in his. He said in a strong and steady voice, "I'm here."
Rachel held his hand in silence.
It took them almost two hours to reach their destination, where Henry was waiting for them.
Lea hadn't come along since she was pregnant.
Besides, she had been in a bad mood recently.
Lea and Rachel hadn't seen each other for nearly two months since the last time they had had dinner
together.
In that time, many things had happened between Jack and Rachel. Things between Henry and Lea
hadn't been peaceful either.
The usual lively look on Henry's face had been replaced by a composed expression.
After the three of them got into Henry's car, Henry began talking about his problems without being
prompted.
"Things in my family have been messy recently." Just thinking about it made him have a headache.
The reason why Alice had burst into anger was not because she disliked Lea, but because she was
afraid that Gregory couldn't forget his feelings for her.
She was not a person who could be easily convinced or persuaded. And as she spiraled down into a pit
of overthinking, she might even commit suicide.
This made Gregory even more afraid to confront Alice, worried that his words would irritate her instead
of reassuring her.
"Lea is at home. But she has not been in a good mood these days," Henry told Rachel.
When she gave him a nod, he continued, "I'll solve this problem soon, but for now, please be there for
Lea."
When they arrived at Lea's house, Henry didn't get out of the car; he just held the steering wheel and
sat in the car with a complicated look on his face.
When Rachel got out of the car, the housekeeper, who already knew her, came up to greet her with a
smile. "Rachel, welcome!"
Rachel nodded to her and said, "Long time no see, Jane."
As soon as Jane saw Henry inside the car, she said in a low voice, "Oh...Henry is also here."
However, she did not dare to invite him in. She tore her gaze away from the car and said, "Rachel,
please come in." In her eyes, it was better to go in and ask for Lea's opinion.
She didn't know what had happened recently, but it seemed that Lea's family no longer liked Henry.
But in her opinion, Henry was polite and well-behaved, so she couldn't understand the sudden change
in their attitude toward him.
Rachel smiled lightly. "Hang on." She returned to the car hurriedly and saw Henry and Jack discussing
something.
When she knocked on the car window, the two of them stopped talking and turned around.
"Why aren't you getting out of the car?" she asked.
"Henry and I will go to visit his grandma and come back this afternoon. You go in and see Lea first,"
Jack replied.
Rachel gave them an understanding nod. This meant that they had separate missions! "I'll go in first,"
she said, straightening up.
Jack waved goodbye to her, and she waved back to him. Then, she turned to Henry and saw the
hesitation in his eyes.
"Don't worry," she said, immediately grasping what was on his mind.
The house of the Qin family was just an hour's drive away.
As soon as Rachel entered the house, Henry sent Lea a message.
Lea knew that Rachel was coming today, but she didn't know what time she would be arriving.
So when she saw Rachel step into the living room, she squealed in surprise and hurried down the
stairs in her slippers.
In contrast with the excitement on Lea's face, Rachel's face was full of fear.
"Lea! Stop running!" she shouted, taken aback. She was afraid that Lea would miss a step and fall.
However, she had barely finished her words when Lea rushed to her and gave her a tight hug. "Oh,
Rachel! I missed you so much!" Lea exclaimed.
Jane, who entered the living room a few steps behind Rachel, was also shocked when she saw Lea
rushing over. "Oh, no! Lea, can you please slow down?" she pleaded, just as concerned as Rachel
was.
Lea was the only one who wasn't worried at all.
She let go of Rachel, lowered her head, and touched her belly. "It's okay. You don't have to worry so
much," she said lightly.
She was already three months pregnant. Rachel shook her head in disapproval and chided, "You're a
mother now, you should be more careful."
Lea immediately pulled a long face. "Do you think I look that old already?"
Jane shook her head helplessly, feeling both amused and angry at the same time.
"I'll make some juice for you. What would you like to drink?"
"Anything is fine, Jane. Please bring it to my room," Lea replied,
and then dragged Rachel upstairs in a hurry.
Seeing that, Jane shook her head and walked to the kitchen. So far, Lea looked as energetic and lively
as she had always been, seemingly undisturbed by recent events.
However, Rachel knew Lea well enough to know that she couldn't be as calm as she looked on the
surface.
"Slow down, Lea,"
she said again, worried about the baby in Lea's belly.
Maybe Lea was only being this active because her belly wasn't that big yet.
Once they entered her room, Lea said, "Don't be so worried. I'm not as fragile as a porcelain doll, you
know."
Everyone around her, including Henry, kept worrying about her and advising her. It had been driving
her up the wall!
Lea had actually bought a lot of books to read and already learned everything that pregnant women
should keep in mind during their pregnancy.
How could she not care about her own child? Of course she did! So, she couldn't help but be annoyed
when others tried to advise her on how to behave.
However, she couldn't complain either. After all, they were only advising her because they cared about
her that much.
"I know what I am doing. Ever since I became pregnant, everyone just keeps nagging at me. I just want
to catch my breath," Lea added, rolling her eyes.
Rachel shook her head helplessly. Suddenly, Lea noticed something out of the ordinary and squinted at
her. "Why are you wearing a hat?"
Then, before Rachel could react, she lifted the hat off Rachel's head.
When she saw Rachel's short hair, she was so shocked that she almost let out a scream. "What
happened to your hair?"
Rachel had no choice but to tell her the truth. "I hurt the back of my head, so they had to shave my
head for the treatment."
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