"In fact, I am not that pitiful. I have a good friend like you and Celia who cares about me, and the baby that is about to come out of my belly. I think my life is perfect, I mean it."
It seemed that Rachel was afraid that others would not believe her. At the end of her words, she nodded heavily.
Lea felt a sourness in her throat and tried to restrain tears welled up in her eyes.
Patting her on the shoulder, Rachel pretended to be relaxed and said, "I'm going to work. Don't you mind being my driver and giving me a ride?"
"Give me the fare and I'll send you there right away."
After a joke, Lea sent Rachel to the gate of the hospital. Seeing her in, she was about to drive away. But after thinking for a while, she dialed Jack's number.
Austin came over with a meeting record book, knocked on the door and reminded, "Mr. Jack, they are all sitting in the meeting room. We can start now."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
As soon as Jack stood up, his phone vibrated. Seeing the number on the screen, he hesitated for a few seconds and finally answered it. "Hello."
"Hello hell!"
Lea cursed him directly, "Jack, what's wrong with you? When Rachel left, you seemed not to live without her. Now she's back, but you turned to hook up with another woman. Do you enjoy it?"
Jack took the phone away a little. When there was no sound at the other side of the phone, he asked indifferently, "Have you finished?"
"I'm done."
Lea breathed a sigh of relief. She felt much better now. She was just like this. She just felt uncomfortable when she held something in her stomach, not to mention that it was related to Rachel.
Jack asked, "Did Rachel ask you to call me?"
Through the French window in front of him, he could clearly see that his lips were trembling slightly, as if an emotion was waiting to gush out.
"You think too much!" Then Lea retorted him and hung up the phone directly.
However, the emotion in Jack's heart didn't disappear for a long time. If Rachel strongly opposed, Lea would definitely not call him to say something like that.
But now, since she called, it only meant that Rachel acquiesced in it.
If she acquiesced in it, did it mean that she had already had a feeling for him? In fact, she still cared about him, but she refused to admit it?
Thinking of this, Jack's gloomy mood finally showed a trace of warmth.
In the meeting room, several managers who were sitting in the middle whispered to each other, guessing why Jack hadn't come yet. One of them patted on the shoulder of Austin and said, "Secretary Lin, how about you go and have a look? I have to meet a client later. If it starts too late, I'm afraid it will be delayed."
"Yes." The rest of them echoed.
Closing the notebook, Austin stood up and went back to Jack's office. Jack picked up the car key on the table and seemed to be about to leave.
He frowned and asked, "Mr. Fu, are you join the meeting?"
"No. Tell them I have something else to do. Change another time."
After saying that, Jack trotted away. He had planned to drive directly to the hospital to tell Rachel the whole story, but on second thought, it was not appropriate to talk about it in the hospital.
So he drove home and sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for Rachel to come back from work.
At the same time, when Rachel came out of the hospital, Jimmy was already waiting at the door. Seeing a small bunch of flowers in her hand, he smiled and said, "You don't have to be so formal, do you?"
"After all, it's my first time to watch Gary's performance. I don't know what I should give him, or should I buy him a gift?" Rachel looked upset.
Jimmy took the flowers and put them on the back seat. "Don't bother. In fact, Gary will be very happy if you go there alone."
Today's school was extraordinarily lively. An arch made of condoms was placed at the school gate. Two senior students stood on both sides and handed out the program list of that day to each of their parents.
As soon as Rachel got out of the car, she saw Gary, who had been waiting for her at the school gate, running towards her. "Aunt Rachel, you're finally here. I've found a good place for you and dad. I've specially placed two books on it and kept them for you."
"Thank you." Rachel raised her hand and gently rubbed Gary's hair. She looked around and saw that Mrs. Yang was also rushing over. She kept shouting, "Gary, slow down. There are so many people today. Be careful not to fall down."
When she walked in, Rachel smiled at her as a greeting.
Mrs. Yang immediately stopped nagging and said with a smile, "You're here too. Good to see you."
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