novelxo Chapter 1969
Adrienne snapped, "Did I ask for your opinion, though?"
"You just did," Jefferson replied.
Jefferson was indeed an unreasonable man. He was annoying her to the point that she wished she could punch him in the face at that instant.
In the heat of the moment, Adrienne blurted out, "When I asked you if you like children, I meant the one we would have."
"Of course I'll like our children. If I don't like the child you give birth to, who else would I like?" Jefferson wondered what was going on through Adrienne's mind that would lead her to ask such stupid questions. But... Wait. Jefferson came to a sudden realization. He said, "Adrienne, what did you just say? Say it again."
Adrienne was a little excited at the sight of the sudden anxious look on his face. She raised her eyebrows and said, "It's exactly what you think."
"What I... think?" Jefferson gulped down nervously. Then, he asked cautiously, "Are you
pregnant?"
Adrienne nodded.
Even after getting a confirmation from Adrienne, Jefferson was still in utter disbelief.
He looked at Adrienne and asked again, "Adrienne, are you pregnant? With my child?"
Adrienne was so embarrassed by his question that she wanted to beat him up. "If it isn't yours, who else's would it be?"
"No, I didn't mean it that way." Excitedly, he grabbed her by the shoulder. "When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me earlier? You know how strong I am and I can't myself sometimes, what if I accidentally hurt you two?"
"So you do know that, huh?" Adrienne thought that he didn't know.
Jefferson was too overwhelmed that he failed to process Adrienne's mockery. He said, "You shouldn't keep standing here. Hurry up and sit down, no, you should go and lie down instead. You just got pregnant, so you need to be extra careful with everything."
"Have you ever seen anyone lie still as soon as they got pregnant? Besides, I have a class to teach later." This Mr. I-Know-Everything was even more clueless than she was when it came to this.
In fact, Adrienne was worried that Jefferson, who had a childish temper, might not like children.
But seeing him behaving that way made her realize that he did like children, and at that moment, a huge burden was finally lifted off her chest.
"Since you're pregnant, you'll have to take good care of yourself. Why are you still going to teach?"
Adrienne said, "I promised the village chief that I will finish teaching this semester, regardless. It won't be long till this semester ends anyway; there's only a month left."
Jefferson forced her to sit down and said, 'TH teach the children for the coming month instead." "You, teaching the children?" Adrienne asked doubtfully, "Jefferson, are you sure you have the patience to teach them though?"
Even if he had, Adrienne still did not dare to put the children in his hands. What if he were to bring them out to the mountains to watch the birds and catch fishes everyday instead of teaching them in class? Jefferson was definitely capable of something like that.
In the following month, Jefferson proved Adrienne's worry with his actions. He really had brought the children up the mountains for bird-
watching and to the ponds to play with the fishes. The children were all having the time of their lives.
Of course, Jefferson wasn't just playing around. His teaching method was to let them learn while they played. Within that month, all the children had made pretty substantial progress.
After class, the children would tail him wherever he went, making him look as if he was their boss.
It wasn't just the children who adored Jefferson. The villagers all adored him too...
Because of everyone's admiration towards him, Adrienne felt that her place in the village was getting more insignificant ever since his arrival.
Although everyone was still friendly to her, she could tell that they were just doing it for Jefferson's sake.
At that thought, Adrienne was dejected.
Since the one-month semester was coming to an end, Jefferson planned to bring Adrienne to a nearby famous sightseeing spot. "Little Specky, let's go to that lake and walk around once class ends tomorrow. I heard the view is breathtaking. After that, we can go back to Beaford City together to visit my grandfather."
Adrienne laid lazily in his arms, not wanting to move a muscle. "I've been feeling tired nowadays. I don't feel like moving at all."
"The doctor said that you should try as much as possible to move around. It'll help with the pregnancy." Jefferson had no idea what to look out for during a pregnancy, so he had consulted all sorts of doctors on that matter in the past month.
Just as the two of them were in a discussion, they received a call from their family members in Beaford City. They were informed that Sierra had gone missing. "Missing!"
'Missing' was a mild way to put it. If they looked at it pessimistically, she could have been a corpse by now.
Jefferson and Adrienne bid their farewells to the villagers and took a car to the nearest airport that was a few hours away. It was a small airport so there were only a few scheduled flights each day. Furthermore, there weren't any direct flights either. They utilized every form of transportation available and rushed to Beaford City, but it was already the next day by the time they reached there. Finally, Jefferson was able to meet Johan who was never around. Jefferson raised his hand and punched Johan, the latter's head tilted to the side, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. "Johan, you're as good as dead if anything bad happens to Sierra."
Johan stood still and looked at Jefferson with no intention to reply.
This made Jefferson even more furious. He waved his fist and was about to throw another punch, but Adrienne stopped him in time.
"Jefferson, can you calm down? You may be close to Sierra, but Johan is even closer to her. I'm sure he's even more worried than any of us. What's the use in hitting him."
"Huh..." Johan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth gently and said, "All of you think that Sierra and I are in love with each other, and that we're getting along very well, but that's not true at all. I've never loved her. Also, I couldn't ask for more now that she had gone missing. How could I be worried?"
"Johan Silas. What did you just say? I dare you to say it again." Jefferson glared at him fiercely. As long as Johan uttered a word, Jefferson was ready to tear him into pieces.
However, Johan was not a person to be trifled with. He sneered and said, "I've never loved Sierra.
I only got together with her because of her family's connections." "You!" Jefferson raised his fist and once again landed a hard punch on Johan's face. "I dare you to spout that f*cking nonsense again," Jefferson threatened.
Johan smiled and said, "I guess everyone in the Yard family is prideful. Everyone knew that I don't love her, but they were too ashamed to admit it. Sierra is the worst. She knew that I didn't love her, but she stil clung to me. She even tried to get my attention in such an asinine way. I did notice that she was missing, but the first thing I thought of was how stupid she is. She's so stupid that I actually pity her. I really couldn't help but look down on her."
After saying that, Johan turned around and left. He passed through the crowd and disappeared. His face slowly drained of colour and his hands that were hanging at the side clenched into fists. He asked Alexis, who followed him closely, "Have you found her yet?"