'This bloody asshole!
He plays tricks on her again,1 Rachel cursed inwardly.
Before she could totally lost her temper, Jack suddenly returned to his serious look and walked to the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower."
She was annoyed but amused by his words at the same time.
He threw his shirt into the trash bin, walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on.
Soon enough, the bathroom gradually filled with mist.
When he came out of the bathroom, Rachel was already lying in the bed. She covered her mouth and yawned. Jack immediately lay down beside her and wrapped his arm around her waist.
With eyes wet from yawning, Rachel asked in an exhausted tone, "What are you doing?"
"Sleep."
Jack felt so warm with her presence. Suddenly, he realized something.
If he and Rachel got divorced, it would be impossible for him to win her back after all the things he had done to her over the years.
Before falling asleep, he had decided to cancel the divorce agreement in a few days.
Finally, Rachel was able to get a chance to meet Lea. Instead of going somewhere, she decided to just invite Lea to her house since she also hadn't gone home for several days. Anyways, she only needed to do a little house cleaning before Lea arrived.
Nearly half an hour later after she finished cleaning, Lea knocked on her door.
When Rachel opened the door, she was so surprised, mouth agape with incredulity. The Lea in front of her looked so different. She looked pale, her lips were dry, and her eyes were weak. Was she seriously ill?
Rachel was so startled. She wondered if something bad had happened between Lea and Henry.
But thinking about how much Henry loved Lea, she discarded that idea in her mind.
Lea came in and sat on the couch. She leaned against it, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Rachel, I'm so exhausted. Can you give me a glass of water?"
Rachel immediately turned to the table. When she was about to pour a glass of water for her, Lea suddenly sat up and shouted, "Oh, shit! I sit too hard just now."
Seeing that Lea was in panic, Rachel handed a glass of water to her. With a worried look on her face, she asked, "What's wrong with you? You don't look good."
After flopping down on the sofa earlier, Lea suddenly remembered that she was currently
carrying a child in her belly. She must be extra careful now.
What if she accidentally hurt her baby?
She subconsciously put her hand on her belly and caressed it gently, as if comforting the frightened little baby inside.
Looking at her gesture, Rachel thought Lea was in her period.
"Dysmenorrhea? I'll make you some red date tea." Rachel stood up to go to the kitchen but Lea pulled her back.
She drank some water and said, "There's no need for that. Sit down first, I need to tell you something."
As Rachel sat back, she asked again, "What's wrong with you? You look awful."
Upon hearing Rachel's question, Lea raised the glass to her mouth again and drank slowly. When she was about to speak, her nose instantly smelled something.
She sniffed and asked Rachel, "What are you cooking?"
All of a sudden, Rachel remembered that she was still cooking some soup in the kitchen.
She actually prepared some food because she had planned to have lunch with Lea and invited Eric to join them.
Her purpose was actually to tell Lea and Eric about what was going on between her and Jack.
She chose to invite them over to her house and have a talk with them while eating lunch so they could be less impulsive when they found out the truth.
However, Rachel didn't know that Lea would have a more explosive revelation today.
Lea's eyebrows were drawn together in a grimace. Obviously, she was disgusted with the smell from the kitchen.
Her stomach suddenly felt uncomfortable. She tried to calm herself down and prayed silently, 'Not now, please.
I don't want to throw up in front of Rachel. Baby, please behave inside.' She felt like was going to die.
"When have your nose become so sensitive?" Rachel asked in surprise.
She actually couldn't smell anything. After all, the kitchen door was closed.
Lea seemed to have a nose of a dog.
Rachel then told Lea about the lunch she planned. "Let's have lunch together. Eric is also coming to bring your favorite dishes."
Lea's facial expression immediately changed.
Apparently, Rachel had no idea what she had gone through these past two days.
The moment she found out that she was pregnant, the baby inside her belly had started to cause trouble. She felt like dying all the time.
She couldn't control her vomiting. It just happened any time of the day, especially when she
smelt something unpleasant to her nose.
Her taste had also changed. She started to hate all the food that she used to love before.
At the moment, she only liked something sweet, sour, and cold.
She was craving for plum soup, plum tea, and orange.
This was normal for pregnant women. She had read a lot of magazines and watched TV shows related to pregnancy.
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