Rachel’s face was soft and tender to the touch. Although she was pregnant, she was much skinnier than she was before.
At this moment, the initial cold gaze of the man had a flash of pity in it. His gaze was fixated on her for a very long time, and it seemed that he had no plans to leave.
The sound of vibration coming from the phone was exceptionally loud and clear in the house.
After taking a look at the caller ID on the phone, Justin covered the blanket over her before leaving with his phone.
At the sound of the door closing, she opened her eyes. She could hear the sound of a phone call going on from outside the door.
“Have you gotten home?”
“Alright, I’ll bring you to try the gowns out tomorrow.”
Lingering in the air was a hint of alcohol from his body.
After hearing the phone call, she could roughly guess who he met before coming over.
At the thought of that, her eyes turned red as tears started cascading down her cheeks.
Meanwhile, Amber, who was in a car, had a dark face after she hung up the phone.
From the window of the car, she could clearly see the vehicle parked at the entrance of a villa some distance away.
Before he finished eating with her, he left saying that he had an emergency. As she had a gut feeling that something was off, she decided to tail him, only to see what she wished she didn’t.
Rachel, why are you always in the way?
At once, Amber’s grip on the car’s steering tightened, and her eyes were clouded by a shade of coldness.
Julian had told Rachel to rest in bed more. To avoid mishappenings, Mary had cleaned and organized the bedroom on the first floor so that Rachel didn’t have to get off the bed much. Not only that, Rachel was also
served with all sorts of nutritional supplements every day.
At this moment, Gloria came to visit with bags of items. Rachel didn’t even know how Gloria knew that she was here.
“Rae, I’ve brought you some presents!”
After saying that, she started taking out everything in the paper bag and placed them on the bed. “This is a piece of clothing for the baby. It’s pink and super cute! This is a small dress. Maybe she can wear it when she grows up. Oh, and this! It’s a dinosaur onesie. She can wear it when you want to bring her out during winter. There’s also a baby pram that I left outside!”
Gloria was showcasing all the items she bought on the bed like she was running a store.
At this moment, there was a knock at the door.
Holding a rattle drum, Gloria flashed Rachel a smile before saying, “Isn’t this rattle drum adorable? The baby will surely like it.”
With the blanket covering over half of her body, she caressed her stomach; her complexion was pale yet peaceful.
‘How are you so sure that it’s a girl?’
Everything Gloria bought was for a girl.
“Call it a gut feeling. I think a girl will be adorable. Justin has such a cold personality, so it’s not the best if you get a son like him. Thus, a girl will be better since she will be as gentle as you are.”
Hearing that, Rachel forced a smile.
“What’s going on? Are you opening a boutique?”
With a bowl of soup in his hands, Victor walked in to see that Gloria had placed a number of goods on the bed. At once, his face turned sour before he complained, “Are you here to make a mess? Go along, get out. Don’t disturb Rachel from resting.”
“Who’s here to make a mess? Can’t you see that I’ve bought some stuff for the baby?”
“All I know is that Rachel can’t use these right now, so you can keep them and scram!”
“Say that again!”
Seeing that the situation was getting tense, Rachel quickly tugged on Gloria’s hand before she shook her head at the both of them.
Upon Rachel’s persuasion, Gloria suppressed her anger as she gave Victor one last glare.
“Rachel, try this chicken soup.”
After he set the small table onto the bed, he placed the bowl down while kicking the bunch of items along with the rattle drum away purposely. The goods that were initially placed on the bed then fell to the ground with some clacking noise.
After witnessing that, Gloria was so angry that she could glare a hole into his face. If it wasn’t for Rachel, she might have fought with him head-on.
‘Alright, you two should cut it out and go eat too.’
“Rachel, remember to drink the soup. I’ll come to pick it up in a bit.”
Nodding her head, she patted Gloria on her hand. ‘Alright, go ahead.’
Though Gloria wasn’t in her most active state since she was in crutches, she didn’t forget to bump into him hard enough to make him stagger. With that, she strode out of the room with satisfaction plastered on her face.
Rubbing his arm, he sucked in a deep breath before he followed suit. “We didn’t prepare your share. You can eat outside if you want to.”
“Do you think you can tell me what to do?”
At this moment, Gloria sat at the dining table before she spoke in the direction of the kitchen. “Mary, I’d like to have half a bowl of rice.”
Mary was the caretaker who previously took care of Gloria at her apartment. She was meticulously chosen by Frankie from a pool of candidates. Due to the suddenness of this incident, they didn’t manage to find someone suitable, so Mary was lent over to help out for the time being.
That explained how Gloria knew that Rachel lived here.
With her teeth gritted, Victor was fuming at this point.
Rolling her eyes at him, she purposely took a bite of the braised pork right before his eyes as she happily munched on it. “Why? Do you want to bite me? Let me tell you, not only do I want to eat here, I’m even planning to stay here!”
“What did you just say?”
“If you have the power, then kick me out of the house. Oh, do you own this house?”
With a scoff, she continued, “Silly kid, do know your place. You’re just a maid that’s taking care of Rae. Who do you think you are? You’re the one who should scram!”
At once, Victor’s face turned pale.
As her initial plan was to get him to walk away, she didn’t expect that his next move would be to pull the chair back and sit down. He didn’t waste any time before picking up the utensils and started to eat at a fast speed, In no time, there were not many pieces of braised pork left.
“Are you mad? Is there nothing for you to eat after you leave this place? Why are you stuffing yourself up before you leave?”
After he finished eating, he wiped his mouth before roaring, “Who said I’m leaving? Let me tell you. I will be here as long as Rachel is here. Don’t even dream that you can make me leave!”
“Y-You…”
“What you? You can ask Justin. He told me to stay and read more of these books.”
As he said that, he picked up a book about sign language and flipped it open to a page that he hadn’t read yet. He then waved it in her face with a triumphant look.
Pouting her lips, she replied, “Can you even understand its content?”
As the door of the bedroom wasn’t closed shut, Mary heard the commotion outside when she came in to send Rachel some side dishes. With a frown, she offered, “Mrs. Burton, I’ll shut the door for you.”
It’s okay. Let it be.
At this moment, the corners of her eye crinkled slightly.
Listening to Victor and Gloria bickering downstairs, Rachel felt as if the atmosphere of the big house became less lonely
After Mary left, she fished out her phone to take a look at the recent news.
All of Riverdale was well informed about the engagement of Justin and Amber. Due to the various news outlet interviews, pictures of the two kept coming up.
After scanning through several pages, she saw a picture of Justin putting on a jacket for Amber. Her pupils shrunk on instinct as she placed her phone face down on the table.
She didn’t want to look at it anymore.
After some time, she picked up the spoon before forcing herself to eat the rice, dishes and drink the soup.
One spoon after another, she filled her mouth with the food that was given to her. At this point, she was struggling to munch and swallow.
Although her abdomen pain was awful, she had to give birth to the baby and think of a way to leave Riverdale.
Everything will get better.
However, she suddenly felt that something was stuck in her throat and she couldn’t even swallow the rice.
At this moment, she coughed.
Droplets of tears streamed down her face, falling into the bowl of soup.
