My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 434 The Variety Show

"I don't think I am pitiful. After all, I have you and Celia as my best friends who always care for me. And my baby is coming out soon. I think you all are enough to make my life perfect. I mean it."

Obviously, Rachel wanted to convince Lea that she was okay after everything that happened.

Lea felt a lump in her throat. All of a sudden, she felt like crying. She tried to restrain the tears that were about to well up in her eyes.

Pretending to be relaxed, Rachel patted her shoulder and said, "I'm going to work now. Do you mind driving me to the hospital?"

"Pay me, and I'll send you there right away," Lea joked.

Lea drove Rachel to the gate of the hospital. Rachel had already gone inside, but she didn't drive away yet. After thinking for a while, she dialed Jack's number.

Austin knocked at Jack's office with the minute book in his hand. He then entered and said, "Mr. Fu, everyone else is in the meeting room now. We can start the meeting anytime."

"Okay. I'll be right there." But as soon as Jack stood up, his phone vibrated. Seeing the name on the screen, he hesitated for a while before he finally answered it. "Hello?"

Lea yelled at him without greeting him.

"Jack Fu, what's wrong with you? When Rachel left, your life became miserable as if you couldn't live without her. Now that she's back, you turned and hooked up with another woman. Are you enjoying it?"

Jack moved the phone away from his ear. When Lea stopped talking, he asked indifferently, "Are you done?"

"Yes, I'm done."

Lea took a deep breath. After voicing out everything, she felt much better now. This was her. She would always feel uncomfortable if she held something in her heart, especially if it had something to do with Rachel. But after she'd said it all, she would feel relieved.

Jack then asked, "Did Rachel ask you to call me?"

Looking at his reflection through the French window, he could see that his lips were trembling slightly. He was full of mixed emotions right now.

"You are overthinking," Lea retorted and hung up. But the excitement in Jack's heart didn't dissipate for a long time. He knew, if Rachel really opposed it, Lea would not dare to call him and say those words to him.

But since Lea called, it only meant that Rachel acquiesced in it.

If Lea had Rachel's consent, it meant that Rachel still had feelings for him. Although she refused to admit it, she, in fact, still cared about him.

Jack's gloomy mood instantly became bright upon thinking about it.

Inside the meeting room, the managers who had been sitting there for quite a while now started to whisper to each other. They were wondering why Jack hadn't come in yet. One of them suggested to Austin, "How about you go and have a look? I have to meet a client later. If we start the meeting too late, I'm afraid I will not be able to meet the client on time."

"Yes, that's right," the rest of them echoed.

Austin closed the notebook in front of him and stood up. When he returned to Jack's office, he saw Jack picking up his car keys. From the looks of it, he was leaving.

He asked with a frown, "Mr. Fu, are you not joining the meeting?"

"No. Tell them that I have something important to deal with. Reschedule the meeting to some other time."

Without waiting for Austin to say something, Jack trotted out of his office. He initially planned to go to the hospital and tell Rachel everything. But on second thought, he realized that it was not the appropriate place to talk about their matter.

So instead of going to the hospital, he drove home and sat on the sofa quietly. He would wait for Rachel to come back from work.

When Rachel came out of the hospital, Jimmy was already waiting outside. Seeing a small bunch of flowers in her hand, he smiled and said, "You don't have to be so formal."

"This is my first time to watch Gary's performance. I honestly don't know what to give him, so I ended up with these flowers. Perhaps I should buy him a gift." Rachel sounded upset.

Jimmy opened the car for her, took the flowers, and put them on the back seat. "Don't bother. Your presence is already enough to make Gary happy."

Today's school activity was extraordinarily lively. There was even an arch placed at the school gate with two senior students standing on either side to welcome the parents and the guests.

As soon as Rachel got out of the car, she saw Gary waiting at the gate. When the little boy saw her, he excitedly ran towards her, "Aunt Rachel, you're finally here. I've already reserved two seats for you and Dad. I put my books on them, so no one would take them."

"Thank you, Gary." She gently rubbed Gary's head. When she looked around, she saw that Gary's grandma was rushing over to them while shouting, "Gary, slow down. There are so many people today. Be careful not to trip over."

Rachel smiled at her.

Gary's grandma immediately stopped nagging and smiled at her too. "You're here, Rachel. Good to see you."

When she looked at Rachel, Jimmy, and Gary together, there was a glimmer of satisfaction in her eyes.

Since it was winter, the days were shorter. It was only six o'clock in the evening, but it was already completely dark outside.

Jack couldn't sit still on the sofa anymore. He walked out of the door and looked around. There was still no sign of Rachel, so he went back inside. She was supposed to be off work at five o'clock. Even if there was a traffic jam, it wouldn't take her more than an hour to reach home.

Julie clasped her hands together in front of her and twisted them uneasily. Since Jack had not come home for a long time, she thought that he would leave soon. Thinking that he wouldn't stay long, she also didn't tell him that Rachel wouldn't come home for dinner. But since Jack had been sitting in the living room for a long time now, Julie realized that he must be waiting for Rachel to come back.

After hesitating for a while, she finally decided to go out of the kitchen to tell him. But when she was about to open her mouth, he suddenly pulled a long face and smashed his phone to the floor angrily.

Julie was shocked.

Jack was so angry that he gritted his teeth as he glared at the phone on the floor.

Just now, he received a WeChat message from Tracy. It was a photo of Rachel and Jimmy walking in the school ground hand in hand with a little boy between them.

Before Jack could reply to Tracy, she sent another message saying, "Rachel is here to watch a variety show with this father and son. Jack, you are not stupid to still think that they have nothing to do with each other, are you? After all, only parents attend this kind of school event."

Tracy's words made Jack angrier.

Before he came home, he was so excited to explain everything to Rachel. But after seeing the photo from Tracy, he realized that he was just fooling himself.

Rachel didn't really care about him. Everything between him and Scarlett had no effect on her at all.

Julie, who was shocked to see Jack in his terrible mood, thought that it was not a good time to face him. She turned around and decided to go back to the kitchen. But before she could step forward, he suddenly called her.

He asked, "Where did she go?"

Julie knew that he was referring to Rachel. She shook her head and said, "I don't know. Miss Shen just said that she wouldn't come back for dinner tonight."

"Call her right now and ask her to come back," he demanded. Jack wanted to hear it directly from Rachel. He wanted to know what she saw in Jimmy for her to choose him.

He couldn't accept that Jimmy was better than him.

Julie swallowed and walked to the phone. She was nervous and scared, but she still managed to dial Rachel's number. However, Rachel was not answering her phone.

At this time, the variety show was about to end. Gary's violin performance won the first place in his grade level. As soon as the host announced his name, the crowd burst into thunderous applause. Rachel was also busy applauding that she didn't hear her phone ringing.

Gary came up the stage to receive his award. He then looked at Rachel and Jimmy's direction, waved, and grinned happily.

After receiving his award, Gary ran towards them and showed it to them. Rachel then handed him the flowers that Jimmy had just brought from the car. She said, "Gary, Congratulations! You are so awesome!"

"Thank you, Aunt Rachel!"

But Gary's smile disappeared the next second he saw Rachel's present. He said unhappily, "Auntie, flowers are only for girls. Next time, give me something that is for boys, okay?"

Rachel was slightly taken aback as she didn't expect to hear such a comment from the little boy. Since she was not able to speak, Jimmy, who was standing next to her, quickly said, "Gary, that's too impolite of you. Rachel gave you these flowers to congratulate you on the success of your performance. How can you say that?"

"It's alright, Jimmy." With a smile, Rachel rubbed Gary's head. "Tell me what you want. I'll keep it in mind, so I can give it to you next time."

"I want Transformers." Gary cheered and jumped up happily.

Jimmy shook his head helplessly, looked at Rachel, and said, "Let's go to the restaurant now. We'll get there on time for dinner."

Rachel had planned to go home right after the show. But earlier, Jimmy's mother urged him, "Jimmy, you can't be so impolite. Rachel took the time to see Gary's performance today. We have to treat her to dinner no matter what."

She then took Rachel's hand and added, "Rachel, if you say no, Jimmy and Gary will be saddened.

She had triggered Rachel's weakness.

Rachel couldn't refuse such kind gestures. Left with no choice, she nodded and called Julie to inform her that she wasn't coming home for dinner.

She thought that Jimmy's mother would go with them. But as soon as Gary finished his performance, she complained that her head ached and left first.

Gary raised his head and looked at Jimmy upon hearing him said dinner. He asked excitedly, "Dad, are we going out for dinner again tonight?"

"Yes," Jimmy replied with a nod.

Gary jumped up and cheered again. "That's great! Aunt Rachel, every time you are with us, we can always eat outside. From now on, can you come over to have dinner with us every day?"

Child as he was, Gary thought that everything was that simple. Rachel and Jimmy exchanged glances embarrassingly at first, but soon just laughed at it. Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555