Chapter 427 It Was Awkward


    "Thank you."


    Rachel took her phone from Gary''s grandma. At that moment, her phone rang. Celia''s cheerful


    voice was particrly loud.


    "Rachel, are you free right now? I want to buy something for Marcus. Can youe with me?"


    Rachel nced at her watch. It was still too early for dinner, so she agreed. After ending the call,


    she said goodbye to Tracy and Gary''s grandma just as a cab pulled over.


    She was about to open the taxi''s passenger door when Tracy''s voice stopped her. "My car is here.


    I''ll drive you there."


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    After a barely noticeable pause, Rachel said, "Okay." She walked with Tracy to her car and got in.


    It was very quiet in the car, and the silence was broken only by the buzz of warm air wafting from


    the air conditioner.


    Rachel turned her head to look out of the window. After a moment, Tracy asked, "Are you friends


    with her son?"


    Rachel was stunned. How did Tracy know that Gary''s grandma had a son? After a few moments of


    careful thought, she failed toe up with a usible excuse. Finally, she answered truthfully, "His


    wife was a patient in our hospital.


    Tracy nodded and said nothing. She just tapped the back of the driver''s seat and said, "y some


    music."


    Oddly enough, there was no traffic jam even though it was a weekend. Soon, they arrived at the


    gate of the shopping mall, and the driver stopped the car. Rachel said her goodbyes and got out of


    the car.


    In the past, she and Tracy had never been close with one another. In the asions when they had


    to sit together, they usually remained silent. Now, after what had happened, the atmosphere


    between them had be even more awkward.


    The driver started the car again and asked as usual, "Mrs. Fu, are you going home now?"


    Tracy opened her eyes and said in a cold voice, "No, drive me back to my friend."


    As it turned out, Gary''s grandma was actually Tracy''s friend. The two of them had made an


    appointment to go shopping together, and she had just dropped her off at her house. Thest thing


    she expected was for Rachel toe out of the other woman''s house.


    Tracy knew Gary''s grandma very well, and she could tell her attitude just now was weird. When they


    arrived at the address, Tracy called Gary''s grandma toe down. The two sat in the car, and the


    driver got out of the car to have a smoke.


    Tracy smiled and asked, "Why did I see Rachel leaving your home just now?"


    The other woman patted Tracy''s hand on herp and said, "I did ask my grandson about it. He told


    me that he was the one who called her and that they had a meal with her before."


    Tracy frowned and thought, ''Am I being paranoid?''


    Just as she was about to respond to the her friend with a smile, the other woman suddenly said


    something that made her heart tremble.


    With a joyful look on her face, she said with a smile, "Didn''t I ask you to help my son look for a


    suitable woman? I don''t think that''s necessary now. I think Rachel will do admirably. My grandson


    likes her very much."


    For a moment, Tracy''s face suddenly darkened, but she still forced a smile and said perfunctorily, "I


    understand."


    Tracy had never been happy with her son''s choice and had always hoped that Rachel would leave


    Jack. However, after hearing her friend talk about Rachel, she felt a sense of disquiet.


    After all, rejecting someone and being rejected were totally different. With nothing else to do,


    Jonathan sat in the courtyard ying chess with himself. He put down a ck piece, picked up a


    white piece, and deliberated where on the board to ce. Suddenly, he heard Tracy yell, "Well,


    aren''t you so carefree? You''re still in the mood to y chess at home? Do you even know what''s


    going on?"


    "What happened? Why are you so anxious?" Without raising his head, Jonathan stared at the


    chessboard in front of him.


    Tracy huffed and sat down opposite him. "Guess who I met just now."


    "How should I know?" Jonathan replied casually, all of his attention focused on the chess pieces in


    front of him.


    With a deep frown on her face, Tracy swiped a few chess pieces off the board and threw them into


    their box, which she ced over her legs. Irritated, Jonathan red at her. "Why did take away my


    chess pieces?"


    "If I didn''t take them away, would you listen to me?"


    Jonathan helplessly shook his head at that logic and finally gave in. "Fine. Tell me, I''m listening."


    For the next few minutes, Tracy proceeded to tell Jonathan in detail how Rachel was weed into


    the Yang family. The frown on Jonathan''s forehead deepened. After she finished speaking, he


    "You don''t know her well. Now I''m starting to doubt whether the baby she''s carrying is actually our


    grandchild or not!"


    At those words, Jonathan suddenly raised his hand and thumped the table heavily. The remaining


    pieces on the chessboard shook and then fell to the floor. He stood up and said in a strong voice,


    "There''s nothing wrong with meeting up with a friend. Don''t talk nonsense. You can''t speak of this


    matter ever again."


    Trace was a bit cowed by the sight of his livid face, but she pressed on. "I''m Jack''s mother. I won''t


    allow my son be cuckolded."


    "Cuckolded? Are you listening to yourself?" Jonathan red at her. "Jack has messed up more than


    once. When he did, did you even spare Rachel a kind word or two?


    I''m telling you, never say such horrible things about her again! Otherwise, I will..."


    Tracy raised her chin. "You''ll what?"


    "Unreasonable!"


    Jonathan huffed angrily. He turned on his heel and stomped up the stairs to his study. Seated on his


    chair, he mulled over his thoughts for a while. Finally, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed


    Rachel''s number. At that time, Rachel and Celia came out of a men''s clothing shop.


    Celia pouted slightly and said in a defeated tone, "Rachel, why is it so difficult to buy a gift for


    someone? I don''t know what I should get Marcus.


    Rachel, what did you get Jack for his birthday?"


    ''Jack''s birthday present? From me?''


    Rachel thought about it carefully and realized something. She and Jack had been together for a


    long time, but she had never prepared a birthday gift for Jack. Spotting a pen counter in front of


    them, she pointed at it and suggested, "Let''s take a look at those. Why don''t you buy him an


    engraved pen?"


    "Okay."


    As soon as she entered the shop, the waiter approached them with a smile. Hearing Celia''s


    request, she picked up a few pens from behind the ss disy cases and ced them on the


    table for her to choose from.


    Rachel felt the phone in her bag vibrate and took it out to see Jonathan''s name shing on her


    screen for an iing call. She patted on Celia''s shoulder before she walked out the shop''s door


    and answered the call. "Dad, I was walking just now so I didn''t hear the phone ring. Is there


    anything wrong?"


    "Do you have time toe out and have a chat for a bit? I''m almost at the gate of the Silver Land


    Mall."


    After thinking for some time, Rachel agreed to Jonathan''s request. She reentered the shop and


    found Celia torn between two models of pens and looked at her imploringly. "Rachel, look at these


    two pens. Which one do you think is more suitable for Marcus?"


    Rachel took them and studied the pens. After looking at them carefully, she returned one to


    saledy and handed the other to Celia. She said in a low voice, "This one looks more modern."


    "Okay." She turned toward the saledy and shed her a slight smile. "Please pack this up for me.


    Don''t forget to make it beautiful." Celia still sounded worried.


    Rachel told Celia that she had an errand to run and that she had to leave soon. Celia was a bit


    disappointed, but she let Rachel go after several exchanges since she already found her gift.


    Rachel saw Jonathan passing through the mall entrance as the doors of the elevator she was on


    slid open on the first floor. He gestured toward a coffee shop and said slowly, "Let''s go inside and sit


    for a bit."


    "Okay."


    Since Rachel was pregnant, she had stopped drinking coffee. Jonathan never drank coffee. The two


    of them ended up requesting for two cups of water. Their orders probably seemed odd to their fellow


    customers in the coffee shop.


    Jonathan took a sip from his cup and asked, "How are you these days?"


    Rachel smiled faintly. "I''m doing quite well."


    "How is the baby?"


    "Everything is fine."


    Rachel swirled her cup lightly, and then looked up at Jonathan and smiled. "You didn''te to me


    just to ask me these things, did you? If you have anything to say, just tell me."


    Upon hearing her direct statement, Jonathan coughed awkwardly and tried to pretend as if nothing


    had happened. "Well, I heard that Jack has already been discharged from the hospital. He should


    have gone home, right? Is everything okay between the two of you?"


    As a father-inw, he shouldn''t have been the one to worry about the rtionship between his son


    and his daughter-inw, but the situation of his family was tooplicated. That added to Tracy''s


    remarks earlier made him worry.


    Although he admonished his wife severely on the spot, her words instilled a shadow of a doubt in


    his heart. He could only call Rachel to find out her perspective on the matter.


    Rachel didn''t know what he was thinking, so she nned to tell him the truth. However, she


    suddenly recalled thewyer''s words when she signed the divorce agreement, so she held it back.


    She pursed her lips and said lightly, "Jack and I are doing fine, Dad. Don''t worry."


    Jonathan heaved a heavy sigh, concern clouding his eyes. After a few moments lost in thought, he


    finally said, "Rachel, don''t mind what other people might say. At first, I insisted on Jack marrying you


    because I wanted someone to take care of you. But if this marriage is making you unhappy, then I


    will not object to your divorce with Jack."


    Rachel kept silent and said nothing.


    After another long pause in their conversation, Jonathan said cautiously, "Don''t worry. I will not ask


    for your child to stay in the Fu family. It will be better for the child to grow up with his mother. Just


    don''t forbid us from visiting the child."


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