My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 146

Eric felt a bit sullen. He had no clue as to what Jack meant. In addition to that, the man besides him had been staring in a specific direction ever since he came in.

Eric couldn’t help himself but have a quick look in the direction where the man had his eyes fixated. Much to his surprise, he found Lea, who appeared quite uncomfortable with the constant gaze of the man on her.

"Excuse me?" With a tap on the table, Eric continued, "Why do you keep staring at her?"

Rachel was unaware of what was happening. She sat down next to Eric and didn’t see Henry standing right behind Lea, who was standing right beside the window, talking on the phone with her back against the group.

'What's going on? Why is Henry here?’ Rachel wondered.

After Lea hung up the phone, Henry stood up and walked toward her.

Henry’s actions left the onlookers speechless as he grabbed Lea's wrist.

"What’s wrong with you?" Eric protested. He was about to spring into action when Rachel grabbed his arm and said, "It would be better if you eat your cake rather than interfering in their business."

"Who is that guy?" Eric asked. Rachel and Jack watched in silence as Henry heaved Lea out of the living room.

Eric was worried and confused. He threw a glance at Rachel and asked, "Rachel, why are you still sitting here? What’s the matter with that guy?"

Jack said, "Rachel shouldn't indulge herself in someone else's affairs."

'What could have possibly happened between them?’ Eric wondered. He finally caught up the happenings as he asked, "Is he Lea’s boyfriend?"

'Boyfriend?' Rachel wondered to herself. She pondered as to how fast their relationship developed. In the past, Lea had asked her about Henry’s relationship status.

Apparently, things had turned sour pretty quickly between them.

The group sat in silence for a while. Suddenly Lea stormed in.

Before Eric could ask Lea about the man, Lea said, "Rachel, I’m leaving." She threw Eric a quick glance. "I’ll visit you the other day."

Henry was right behind Lea. His face darkened when he heard how soft Lea’s voice was. He gave Eric a dirty look.

Eric could cut the tension in the room with a knife. He anticipated that the couple would start quarrelling again.

Before anything could happen, Rachel stood up. "Let me walk you out."

"Alright," Lea agreed. She picked up her bag and

casually drifted towards the door, ignoring the man standing next to her.

Henry tried to grab her hand but was greeted by a cold expression on her face.

"Lea," he pleaded.

But Lea ignored Henry as if he was invisible. She walked past him as he watched her making her way towards the door.

Rachel followed Lea as she walked out. When she passed Henry, she gave him a sympathetic look.

Henry had a somber expression on his face as he saw the pair leaving the house.

Lea's face was filled with vexation as she made her way downstairs.

Still infuriated, she tugged on to the piece of rope that tied her bag. Rachel cautiously walked towards her and asked, "What’s the matter?"

"I just get in a sour mood when I see him," Lea said with disgust.

Rachel understood that she was talking about Henry and chuckled, "How did he offend you?"

"Never mind," Lea blurted out. "I don’t want to talk about it."

"Are you guys dating now?" Rachel asked curiously.

Lea's facial expressions changed. She passed a weak smile and said, "We broke up."

'Broke up?’

Rachel realized that it was just recently that Lea had asked about Henry’s relationship status. How could they break up so quickly?

This surprised her. "Lea, love is not a game," she stated.

"It's not my fault," she snarled. "He lied to me." Rachel was perplexed. "Did he? What did he

do?"

Not knowing how to react, Lea gave up. She put on a long face and said, "Well, if you’ re free tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we can go for a drink and talk things over."

A pin- drop silence greeted Rachel as she returned to the living room. Eric was the only person sitting there, his undivided attention towards his phone.

The mousse cake on the table remained untouched and melted slowly. Rachel turned around and asked, "Where are the rest of the people?"

Eric pointed towards the stairs. "They went upstairs."

Rachel nodded.

She looked at the cake on the table, which was untouched. "Why didn't you eat the cake? Didn't you like it?" she asked.

"I love it,"

Eric said and was about to stand up and get it. But Rachel picked it up and give it to him.

He clearly had a liking for sweet food but was way too embarrassed to admit it. Eric took a small

bite from the delicious mousse cake. "What’s going on with that man and Lea?"