My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 177

Rachel maintained a calm and composed demeanor, even though deep down in her heart, she was all ears when it came to Lea's opinions in many aspects.

As such, before making a decision, it was almost imperative for Rachel to consider Lea's advice.

Although Jack had no idea about this whatsoever, he was quick enough to notice that Lea was obviously someone very important to Rachel.

Immediately, he knew that he would have to do something to weaken Lea's place in Rachel's heart. He would have to come up with something to keep Lea away to diminish her presence in Rachel's personal life.

While they were having some drinks, Lea suddenly sneezed so violently she almost fell off the chair. She sniffled and blew her nose on a handkerchief she produced from her pocket. "I wonder which bastard is cursing me."

Rachel said, "It's actually quite chilly in here and perhaps you're just having trouble adjusting to the weather."

"I think someone is cursing me."

"Oh my God! No one is cursing you!" Lea sneezed again, almost immediately after Rachel uttered the last word of her sentence.

Despite knowing what happened between Lea and Henry, Rachel still couldn't calm her restless heart.

Moreover, she felt horrible because the burden of keeping such a big secret from Lea was starting to weigh down on her.

Lost in her own thoughts, Rachel didn't hear Lea when she said, "A friend of mine will be joining us for dinner."

"Okay," Rachel responded perfunctorily, in a halfhearted manner.

They had been sitting silently for a while before a waiter walked up to their table with the menu in his hands.

When Lea refused, gesturing at the waiter with her hand, Rachel looked at her with a stunned expression and asked, "What are we waiting for?"

One would have imagined that Lea would choose some place other than a fancy French restaurant. After all, she was a frequent traveler to France.

Most importantly, she always said that she was bored of all the French cuisine.

Then what were they doing here?

The puzzled expression on Rachel's face was too obvious. Lea leaned over the table in front of Rachel and whispered, "My friend picked this place. If you want to get something else, we can find another restaurant."

Lea wasn't particularly interested in French cuisine anyway. Just as Rachel was about to ask

Lea about her friend,

she saw Lea's eyes light up as she waved at someone with a big smile on her face.

Taken by curiosity, Rachel turned around and saw a man in a tight-fitted shirt walking towards them.

The man had a tall stature with a handsome and calm face. When he stopped at their table, Lea asked him to sit down.

He looked at both women and sincerely said, "Sorry for being late."

For some reason, Lea couldn't stop smiling. "No, we were early. There's no need to apologize."

He courteously nodded his head at Rachel.

After greeting Rachel, the man pulled out the empty chair next to Rachel and sat down.

"This is my friend, Rachel Shen. And this is my schoolmate, William Su," said Lea, politely introducing them to each other.

Rachel responded with a smile and said, "It's very nice to meet you."

Right after William sat down, the waiter came to their table and handed them the menu. In truth, Rachel had no idea that William was going to join them for dinner.

Meanwhile, a pair of watchful eyes in the dark observed the three unsuspecting people enjoying their dinner and secretly took photos.

Before long, Jack received a photo on his cell phone.

As the full image loaded up on his phone screen, the person who sent it to him, simple wrote, "No suspicious tracking media."

Jack responded quickly and asked the person to continue, but if there were any journalists tracking, the man had strict orders to destroy the photos.

"Yes, sir!"

Jack returned to the screen on his desk and continued his work. After tapping on the keyboard for a while, he stopped.

He picked up his phone and tapped on the photo again to enlarge it. Suddenly, a guileful smile appeared on his lips.

He tapped on the phone screen with his fingers and forwarded it to someone else.

The photo was sent with a message, "I heard that Lea is leaving tomorrow?"

Although the three of them sat fairly close to each other, Rachel could hardly be seen from that shooting angle as she was overshadowed by the tall man.

In the end, only Lea and the tall man were clearly visible in the photograph that was taken, smiling at each other and chatting happily.

Jack sighed, fifteen minutes had passed and still there was still no word from Henry. He asked his man to take another photo and sent it to Henry again.

Jack was eagerly waiting for Henry's response. Although he couldn't get the satisfaction he had

been hoping for, Jack was sure that his prey had taken the bait.

After another fifteen minutes had passed without even a single word from Henry, Jack posted the third photo.