Rachel didn't need to tell her plan to others in advance when she lived alone. So she forgot to tell Jack
about the dinner in the Zhou family residence.
Jack's face darkened. "I was overreacting."
"You were."
She didn't even bother to deny the fact.
As she thought about it, maybe this was the opportunity to make everything clear between them. If she
left it like this, the problems they had would simply grow bigger and bigger.
Thinking of this, Rachel pursed her lips and stared up at him once more. "Do you have anything to tell
me?"
When she recalled what Celine had said so arrogantly in the morning, her heart throbbed against her
chest.
Anger, sadness, disgust—all these emotions overwhelmed her like a net surrounding a fish. It was as if
she couldn't find it in herself to move because she was afraid that she'd simply get even more tangled
in her own prison of thoughts.
Back then, Celine had been staring at her with a smug look.
"Well, I was never fond of children in the first place. I'm not pregnant. I just have a stomachache. Sorry
to rain on your parade."
Rachel sneered and left.
However, every step she took felt like she was hauling across bags of lead. It was painful, and it was
something that she wouldn't subject anyone to.
She wanted to see if Jack would confess to her.
Rachel didn't care if what Celine had said was true or not. This had happened before the two of them
were together. Back then, Jack loved Celine wholeheartedly, so it was natural for him to do such a
thing.
However, now that he was with Rachel, she expected honesty. It was as if he took her as a stupid
shrew.
When she recalled all the times he had whispered in her ear about having a baby, she could feel the
knife twisting deeper into her heart.
As if nothing had happened, Jack smiled and held her in his arms. He rested his chin on top of her
head. "I won't be so narrow-minded in the future. Trust me."
'Trust him?'
Rachel shook and avoided his gaze.
He noticed the change. Frowning, he asked, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"Nothing. I had some fried rice cake for lunch. I probably ate too much."
She waved her hands dismissively. "I felt a little nauseated in the afternoon. In fact, all the nurses in the
hospital thought I was pregnant."
Jack chuckled. These two days, they were both feeling agitated because of the suspicion they had for
one another. Now that she was willing to tell him about these mundane events, he felt that everything
was finally falling into place.
As always, their relationship jumped up just when they thought everything was lost.
Holding her face in his hands, he kissed her on the lips several times. "Even the nurses are worried
about you," he whispered. "Maybe it's time for us to give then what they've been speculating."
At that point, she couldn't stop herself anymore.
Rachel sneered and shoved him away. At the sight of his furrowed eyebrows and faltering smile, she
snorted in disbelief.
"What? A baby? Can you even make one?"
Jack froze. He was always the type of man who was quick on his feet, but now it felt as if his entire
mind had crashed before him. He didn't know what to say.
Judging from the look on his face, Rachel concluded that Celine's words were right.
It turned that that he truly had been hiding it from her from the beginning. He probably took her as a
fool every single time he told her that he wanted a child.
Was she that gullible?
Her nose was a little sore, and her eyes were filled with unshed tears.
She took a deep breath. "Tell me, how can a man who has had a vasectomy have a baby?" she asked.
"Let me tell you, as a doctor, that will probably be a fucking miracle!"
What Jack had been hiding from Rachel all this time was finally revealed. He wanted to explain, but he
couldn't bring himself to.
He found himself frozen into place.
"Listen to me. Let me explain," he tried.
Rachel shook her head.
There was no need for that. All she wanted to know was whether it was true or not.
"Well? Is it true?"
Although she knew the answer in her heart, she still wanted him to tell her personally.
Jack was silent.
He knew that once he nodded, everything would be over for the both of them. Their relationship might
grow even worse.
"Was it for Celine?"
Jack wanted to shake his head, but when he saw Rachel's clear eyes, it felt as if the lump in his throat
had gotten bigger.
He did it more or less for Celine.
His silence calmed her down.
It seemed that her assumption was right.
As expected, they were in love then. It was natural for him to do things for Celine, but to keep it from
Rachel was another thing.
Rachel didn't expect that she would fall for his lies yet again.
She looked away as she was done here.
She was about to go up the second floor when Jack grabbed her wrist.
He didn't want to let her go.
He just couldn't let her leave like this!
He knew that if he didn't explain things clearly now, then it would just get more and more complicated.
"Rachel, I've already made an appointment for a vasectomy reversal.
We can have a baby soon. Trust me!"
Under her withering gaze, he trailed off.
So he really wanted to hide things from her
as if the operation never happened in the first place?
A burst of coldness rushed through her body.
"Trust? Do you even know what that means?"
Rachel couldn't restrain herself any longer. "You did the vasectomy for your mistress. Then you
pretended as if nothing had happened and all you could ever talk about was having a child with your
wife! Jack, you really are a piece of shit!"
In the past, she didn't mind Jack having an affair with Celine because they were not a real couple.
But after they become a real couple, she found that he had been hiding such a big secret from her.
What a joke!
Rachel raised her hand to wipe the tears running down her cheeks before walking up the stairs.
The next day, Austin yawned and walked into the office. Furrowing his eyebrows, he noticed that the
lights were still on. Did a thief sneak in?
Just as he lowered the sound of his footsteps, he grabbed the stack of folders from the other end of the
table and slowly pushed the door. Suddenly, he heard Jack's voice. "What are you doing?"
The stack of documents fell to the floor, and Austin could feel his heart skip a beat.
"Crap, Mr. Fu. You scared me. Why are you so early?" He patted his chest as he picked up the
documents.
Leaning against his seat, Jack pinched the space in between his eyebrows. The stubble on his chin
made him look even more haggard. "I just had something to deal with today," he murmured.
'There is nothing important in the company that he has to deal with.'
Recalling the itinerary he had written down, Austin furrowed his eyebrows. "Mr. Fu, did you stay in the
office last night and not go home?"
Jack was still wearing the suit he had worn the day before.
Jack nodded and waved his hand, implying that he should leave first.
Last night, Rachel had locked herself in the bedroom.
After sitting outside for a while, Jack finally stood up and left. He drove to his office and sat there the
whole night.
It seemed that the trust between them had fallen apart.
He was not the type of man who reflected on his actions, but that night, he found himself thinking back
to what he had done.
A part of him was scared as to what was to come.
Finally, Jack made a call. "Austin. Come here."
"What can I do for you?" Austin came in quickly.
Jack frowned. "Do you have the contact number of any florist's shop? Give me one."
"Florist's shop? I have one."
In the past, when Jack was still with Celine, Austin had helped him book bouquets several times. "Mr.
Fu, do you need to call in to order some flowers."
"Give me the phone number. I'll do it myself."
Jack called the florist's shop and ordered a bouquet of flowers as an apology. Then he requested that
they write a small note saying,
"I'm sorry. Please forgive me!"
Because of the traffic jam, Rachel was already half an hour late when she arrived at the hospital.
Last night, she couldn't even fall asleep. Recalling what had happened all these days, she found that
she had fallen into Jack's net of lies yet again.
This time, she wanted out.
She didn't fall asleep until 4 a.m.
As soon as she entered the hospital, Mindy walked towards her with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.
Rachel nodded in greeting. When she was about to pass by, Mindy held her arm. She tilted her head
and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"There you are!"
Mindy immediately stuffed the bouquet into Rachel's arms. "I was about to put it in your office when you
showed up. This is for you.
Rachel, you're so lucky to have such a romantic husband."
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