Have I Told You Lately novel Chapter 22

Such a belly couldn’t be the result of overeating.

Next second, Kenneth stood up and said something to Johnson and others on the table, after which he strode towards the bathroom.

Rachel trotted into the bathroom, but she couldn’t puke anything, which made her a bit feeble.

After the pregnancy, she couldn’t even smell anything fishy.

Rachel washed her face, but as she was looking up, she saw from the mirror that Kenneth was standing behind her. He was staring at her, making the air full of tension.

Rachel acted like she didn’t see him, cleaned her hands with tissue and turned around, trying to walk pass him.

“Rachel.” Kenneth grasped her hand tightly, “I need an explanation.”

“Mr. Kenneth, what are you talking about?” Rachel felt her grasped wrist getting hot but still pretended to be calm, “I ate too much just now...”

Kenneth interjected, “Overeating is not like this.”

His eyes were too sharp, almost making Rachel shudder. Now that she couldn’t break away, she confessed in a cool voice, “Yes, I am pregnant.”

The air was frozen. Kenneth kept staring at her, but his gaze was getting more complicated.

“It is less than a month and a half.” Rachel knew from his eyes that as long as she told the truth, he would have the baby aborted.

Rachel looked up at Kenneth, sneering, “You don’t need to doubt my words. You were so shrewd during our marriage. How could it be yours?”

Kenneth didn’t say anything and just stared at Rachel.

Seconds ago, Kenneth still felt complicated about Rachel’s pregnancy. He didn’t know how to welcome this little life into the world. But now Rachel was telling him that the baby wasn’t his, which made him feel restless and agitated.

At the end, Kenneth loosened his hand and said, “Well, then congratulations.”

With that, he turned around and left.

As the bathroom door was closed, Rachel couldn’t hold out any longer and squatted down with her hands covering her belly.

As long as she could keep the baby, she was willing to do anything.

Rachel’s morning sickness was getting more and more intense. Sometimes she ran to bathroom in the middle of nights. Finally, Theresa noticed her condition.

Theresa asked seriously, “Are you pregnant?”

Rachel nodded. Theresa’ s face darkened, followed by a deep, long sigh.

Though Osmond regularly brought Monica to their house, Theresa could see that Rachel had no feeling for him. Besides, Rachel and Kenneth just got divorced, so the baby must be Kenneth’s.

“Mum, I can feel it growing inside me. It is a little life.” Rachel stroked her belly softly, “I want to raise him by myself and give him everything I can afford.”

“Did you think about the future?”

Rachel smiled and comforted her mother, “Mum, I earn ten thousands of money a month. Besides, I can get promotions and earn more in the future. Are you afraid that I can’t support you and your grandchild?”

Theresa patted Rachel’s hand and said nothing, which was a gesture of approval.

On Sunday, Rachel went to see Monica, and Osmond was home, too.

Osmond found a nanny for Monica, but he would stay home to accompany her as long as he was free.