Chapter 1281 Didn''t Care About Chantel


    "Okay. Take care, and don''t tire yourself." The doctor spoke with Chantel at length about all the things


    that she needed to pay attention to, and she listened attentively and tried to remember them all.


    He had even suggested that she be put on record in their hospital so that prenatal checkups would be


    convenient for her. However, she was nervous, and so, she refused.


    After leaving the hospital, Chantel wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck and took out her phone to


    message Erica. "Rika, the doctor said I''m five weeks pregnant."


    Chantel nervously checked her phone several times, but she received no reply from Erica. She


    guessed that she hadn''t seen the message. So, she ced her phone back into her pocket and took a


    bus to school.


    As soon as she found a seat on the bus and sat down, her cell phone rang. She took it out and nced


    at the caller ID. She was so scared that she almost dropped the phone.


    It was Gifford!


    Wide-eyed Chantel nced around as though expecting him to be nearby. When she didn''t see him,


    she closed her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and answered the call. "Hello, Gifford. What''s up?"


    "Where are you?" he asked.


    "Um...I''m at school." Since she ought to be at school at this hour, that was the first answer that slipped


    out of Chantel''s mouth.


    "Why didn''t I find you?"


    "What? Where are you?" ''Crap! Did hee to school to look for me? But why?'' she wondered.


    Gifford leaned against the car as he answered, "I just stepped out of the school building. Now I''m at the


    school gate. I''ve searched everywhere for you. You aren''t at school. So tell me, where are you?"


    Guilt surged through Chantel as she tried to think of an excuse. Finally, with a tremor in her voice, she


    answered, "Well, I came out to buy something. Now, I''m on the bus back to school. Gifford, do you


    have something urgent to say?"


    Her voice was trembling, and she was stuttering. He knew that she was lying, but he didn''t know what


    she was hiding from him. He didn''t even question her. tly, he replied, "Mom asked me to bring you


    some food."


    He hadn''t wanted toe, but ir had scolded him. She had even gone so far as to imply that he


    didn''t care about Chantel. Finally, he had given up arguing and made the trip to her school.


    "Well, can''t you leave it at the guard room? It may take me more than ten minutes to return to school."


    Since he was always very busy, she was sure that he didn''t have time to wait for her. This way, she


    could avoid seeing him altogether.


    "I see." Gifford abruptly ended the call.


    There was a traffic jam on the route the bus took. Half an hourter, she arrived at the bus stop near


    the school. Erica had replied to her while she was on the bus. After stepping off the bus, Chantel texted


    back. "I don''t think you need to tell Mr. Huo. I''ll tell Uncle Wesley and Aunt ir when I can''t hide it


    from them."


    Erica had wanted her to tell Wesley and ir, but Chantel was not mentally ready yet. She wanted to


    wait for a while before sharing the news.


    She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn''t notice that a car had parked in front of her. She


    pocketed her phone and continued to walk with her head down.


    "Is there money on the ground?"


    Chantel''s head snapped up when she heard the familiar voice. Wasn''t the man standing next to the


    military green car Gifford? ''Didn''t I ask him to leave the food and go? Why didn''t he listen?


    What if he sees the test result? Oh, wait! I dumped it in the trash can as soon as I walked out of the


    hospital. Thank God!'' The anxiety coursing through Chantel settled when she remembered what she


    had done with the test report. She tried to smile as she greeted him respectfully. "Hi, Gifford."


    Gifford leaned against the car and crossed his arms. "Why are you sote?"


    "Well, the bus took longer than expected as there was a traffic jam."


    Chantel''s gaze shifted from Gifford as she spoke. She was fidgety and appeared anxious. It was


    evident that she was hiding something. Gifford warned her, "Don''t learn from Erica. She''s a bad


    example."


    "No! Rika is a good girl. She is not as bad as you think."


    ''Humph! How could I not know my sister?


    Isn''t it bad that she used an aphrodisiac to trick me into sleeping with Chantel?''


    Gifford shook his head and ignored Chantel''s objections. He pushed himself off the car, opened the


    trunk, took out the food prepared by ir, and some snacks he had bought at the supermarket. As he


    handed everything to her, he said, "If you don''t have anything else to say, just go to ss."


    Chantel believed that ir had prepared everything. So, she didn''t ask any questions. She took the


    bags from Gifford and thanked him before turning toward the school.


    Gifford sat in the car and watched as she made her way through the gate, past thewn, and into the


    school building. It was only after her figure disappeared that he started the car and left.


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    When Erica heard the news about Chantel''s pregnancy, she was both happy and wistful.


    She was thrilled because she was going to have a niece or nephew. However, she was sorrowful as


    she wasn''t pregnant yet.


    Every morning, as soon as she woke, Erica would touch her belly first and then look down. How she


    wished her belly would swell!


    One day, she even went to a pharmacy and bought a few pregnancy test sticks and took them back to


    the vi. The next morning, she went to the bathroom with a stick and followed the instructions.


    However, she was disappointed and walked out with a sullen expression.


    She had looked like that for several days.


    On Lunar New Year''s Eve, Matthew and Erica had to attend a family reunion dinner at the Huo family''s


    manor. But this time, only Carlos, Debbie, Matthew, and Erica were there. Sheffield had taken his wife


    and kids to the Tang family. And Joshua apanied his wife and son to the Fan family.


    On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Erica spent the day chatting with Carlos and Debbie in the


    living room on the manor''s first floor, while Matthew worked on the second floor. In the evening, the


    young couple returned to their vi and prepared for the second day that they would spend at her


    parents'' house.


    Matthew and Erica flew to A Country on the second day of the Lunar New Year, as nned.


    At the Li family''s house in A Country


    Wesley had just returned from the airport with the young couple. The moment Erica saw Chantel, she


    took her upstairs.


    Wesley, ir, Matthew, and Gifford were stumped by this sudden disappearance of the two women.


    They nced at each other in confusion.


    Yvette had chosen to celebrate the New Year with her fiance''s family.


    Matthew''s and Gifford''s astonishment settled a few short moments after Erica and Chantel left. They


    didn''t find it strange that the girls got along so well.


    But ir was curious, and asked, "Since when did Rika and Chantel be such good friends?" As


    far as she knew, they had only met once.


    Gifford nced at Matthew and said, "Birds of a feather flock together." His message was clear to


    Matthew.


    But ir, who didn''t know what Gifford was hinting, was rendered speechless. She believed that


    Chantel was more obedient than Erica.


    However, a smile tugged at the corners of Matthew''s mouth as he turned to Gifford and said, "You''re


    going to join them soon." After all, he had to be responsible for Chantel sooner orter.


    ir was even more confused now. Wesley, who stood beside them, fixed his pensive gaze on the two


    men. Even though they were speaking vaguely, he had a feeling something big was going to happen.


    As soon as the door to Chantel''s room closed, Erica grabbed the hem of Chantel''s shirt. "Hurry up. Let


    me see my nephew."


    Chantel blushed and shyly pressed down on her shirt. "You can''t see it now..."


    ''Yeah. The baby is like bean-size...''


    Erica gingerly ced her palm on Chantel''s belly. Her voice was full of awe as she said, "Wow. To think


    that my nephew is inside. Aren''t we awesome?" She and Chantel had made this pregnancy happen


    many years before it would have.


    Erica felt proud, as though she and Chantel had made this child.


    Chantel smiled. She whispered as she asked, "Erica, do you think I should tell your parents?"


    She had struggled with this question for as long as she had known about her pregnancy.


    She was sure, however, that she would not tell Gifford as she feared that he would ask her to abort the


    baby.


    Erica held her hand and sat on the edge of the bed. After some contemtion, she said, "I believe you


    can tell my parents as I know how happy the news will make them. No matter what my brother wants to


    do with the baby, he wouldn''t dare to go against my parents."


    She was confident of the advice she was giving Chantel, as when in Y City, it was only because of


    Carlos'' and Debbie''s support that she could challenge Matthew! So she knew how submissive men


    could be in front of their parents.