My Darling, My Dearest

At that time, Lea's father only heard the story where Henry was kicked out of his house because he had a fight with his family for Lea's sake. He didn't know the real reason.

He became pitiful towards Henry.

After all, the man was his son-in-law.

Considering Lea was pregnant, the man would grow soft eventually.

Back then, Lea complained that Henry's father was so cruel to have driven him out of his own house like that.

But after he explained everything to her, she couldn't help but be impressed by her father-in-law.

When Lea told this to Rachel, the woman burst into laughter. She didn't expect that the old man would have that much tricks up his sleeves.

As they were talking, Henry came downstairs holding a plate of fruits. He placed it on the table. "Fruits for the pregnant woman," he announced. Lea's nose wrinkled. "Do you have to mention stress I'm a pregnant woman all the time?"

"It's the truth." He shrugged.

She scoffed, turning away.

Henry didn't know what was wrong with his wife. His face soured as well.

'No wonder they kept on fighting,' Rachel thought as she stared at the way they interact with each other.

She had always wondered how a gentleman like Henry would get into fights with Lea.

It seemed that Henry was still oblivious to the words that her friend didn't like hearing.

Sighing, she turned to Lea. "You shouldn't be angry anymore," she persuaded. "Otherwise, you could give birth to a frowning baby."

Sure enough, that caught Lea's attention. She immediately turned to her with one hand holding her stomach protectively. "Really?"

Rachel raised an eyebrow. "Didn't I already tell you that? You know, from time to time, there will be babes who have ugly faces. Some of them wouldn't even be in good health,"

she continued after taking a cherry from the plate. "In fact, during the pregnancy, the mother's emotions will continue to affect the baby's physical and mental development." Rachel didn't say these words to threaten her.

Actually, they were all true. She was just spitting out the facts.

The couple's faces turned serious.

Without uttering a single word, Henry crossed his arms and stared at Lea.

Her bottom lip quivered as she diverted her gaze to her lap. Her hand rubbed against her stomach guiltily.

"I'm sorry," she apologized, straightening her back.

Henry raised his eyebrows.

Lea continued, "I shouldn't have gotten angry."

The man rubbed his forehead, frustrated. "I don't even know why you're angry in the first place."

Her smile immediately faltered, and her eyes flashed threateningly.

It was her turn to cross her arms.

"You keep reminding me that I'm a fat pregnant woman, and I don't like that," she snapped.

His jaw dropped. What kind of reason was that? He just didn't get her. "I did not," he snapped.

Once Rachel saw that the two were going at it again, she quickly interrupted, "Stop!'1

Henry had no idea what was going on.

She quickly picked up a piece of melon before handing it to her friend. "Beautiful, how about you have a melon first?"

Lea's smile returned as she plopped the fruit into her mouth.

Henry just stood there helplessly.

He just couldn't understand why she was so angry.

It seemed that he didn't know her as much as he thought he did.

Once everything calmed down, Henry snuck downstairs to chat with Jack, leaving the two ladies alone.

"What are you planning to do next?" Rachel asked.

"We'll get married," Lea said. Then she shook her head as she realized they already got their marriage certificates.

"I mean we'll be having a wedding sooner or later."

They would only have the wedding once everything was smoothened over.

Henry had already told her not to worry and that he would handle all the problems that could pop up.

As far as outsiders were concerned, only a wedding ceremony could prove that she was married to Henry.

Although Lea's father sometimes asked her to file the divorce papers, no father would force his daughter to divorce her husband unless the situations were dire.

As long as she still wanted to be with him, then the marriage would persist.

"When will you hold it then?"

When Rachel mentioned it, a deep frown engraved itself on Lea's face.

Lea had always dreamed of being a beautiful bride ever since she was a child. In fact, she even had her dream dress all drawn out. However, it seemed that her reality had other plans. Although she still had a nice figure despite her pregnancy, there were limitations as to what dress she could wear.

Her first problem would be her waistline, but since there were already high-waist wedding dresses, it gave her another avenue to choose.

But another problem was that Henry didn't want her to wear anything revealing. And she should steer clear from long hemlines. Otherwise, she might trip and fall.

"There are just so many restrictions," she complained.

"I don't want to get married this way. Why can't we just have a wedding once the baby is born?"

Rachel's eyes widened at her words.

She had no idea that they would rush the wedding like this.

It was like her relationship with Jack.

No one expected that they would get together. In fact who would've thought that the heartless man could fall in love with Rachel.

Their marriage wouldn't have happened if it weren't for their parents.

Only the both of them and their close friends knew what was really going on.

Somehow, Lea and Henry's decision was the same.

"I never thought that you'll get married this early," Rachel teased.

In fact, she had thought that Lea wouldn't get married till her thirties.

She was just so independent. No one would expect that she would get pregnant so early. No one also expected that she would rush into marriage this quickly.

Lea shrugged. "I was shocked myself."

Although she was unwilling at first, she needed to put her baby first. Plus, she had actually fallen in love with Henry already.

Despite all his shortcomings, she had never thought to end things with him.

"Marriage won't be a big deal. Things between Henry and me are pretty much the same," she stated.

"Giving birth to a baby, however, is another thing. Once I give birth to this baby, then you can play with it as you like. That way, you could rid your thoughts of babies being fun."

As soon as Jack came to them, he heard all these bad remarks from Lea.

His face darkened. He wouldn't let Rachel be influenced by her best friend.

In order not to make it seem so obvious, Jack didn't approach them.

Instead, he stopped and waited for Rachel's answer.

Fortunately, Rachel wasn't that drastic.

"Please, I think we all know that having a baby isn't for laughs and gags." "It's really boring to raise a kid. Just thinking about it makes me feel exhausted," Lea murmured. Jack knew that if he didn't retort back, his wife might be influenced by her words.

"You do know that no two kids are alike, right?"

The sudden appearance of Jack surprised the both of them. Their faces flushed, looking like a bunch of teens caught red-handed by their instructor.

The only reason Lea had said that was because she was pouring her heart out. She didn't expect that Jack would hear her. It wasn't as if she was persuading Rachel not to have a kid. "That's also true." Lea smiled awkwardly.

Jack placed his hand on the back of Rachel's chair. Although his hand wasn't on her, she felt a sense of pressure pushing down on her shoulders.

"If you continue trying to convince my wife not to have a baby, I'll tell Henry about it.

Does he even know what you're thinking?"

Suddenly, those two sentences spurred through her mind like a tornado.

At the mention of her husband, Lea raised her hands over her hand as if to block herself from the man's scrutinized glare. "I was wrong," she wailed. "I'm talking nonsense here. Please don't tell Henry."

If Henry knew what she was talking about, that would be the end of her!

Jack smirked, turning to look at Rachel.

She innocently waved her hands up in the air.

"I certainly don't agree with her," she stated.

Jack nodded in satisfaction. "Time for lunch. Let's go downstairs, okay?"

However, there was something about their conversation that stopped her in her tracks.

When did they discuss about having a baby?

She pursed her lips.

When they had lunch and left Henry's house, Rachel couldn't help but ask him, "Have we talked about having a baby?"

Jack's eyes gleamed. "Why did you ask?"

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555