My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 208

Rachel stopped and grinned at Celia. "What a coincidence! What brings you here?"

Seeing that Celia wasn't wearing her nurse uniform, Rachel thought that she wasn't working here. After all, she hadn't even finished school.

Celia pouted. "I came here with my cousin for her prenatal checkup."

When Rachel finally looked around, she found that they were in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

She blinked wearily, shocked that she had walked all the way here.

"Your cousin?" Rachel slowly asked.

"Yeah."

"I see. How long has she been pregnant?"

There was a short pause before Celine answered, "35 weeks." 'Another troublemaker's about to come out to the world,'

she thought with a sigh.

"Congratulations! You're going to have a niece or nephew," Rachel teased.

Celia pouted. She might be a few years younger than Rachel, but she still looked like a child.

"Ugh! I'm not happy at all. It's going to be another troublemaker," she groaned.

Hearing her words, Rachel suddenly thought of Mendes whom she hadn't seen for a long time. She raised her head. "What about Mendes? Where is he?"

"Don't even bother mentioning him." Celia snorted, pursing her lips.

When their father was abroad, she and Mendes only had each other to rely on. But things had taken a turn when their father returned.

The man used to be so distant and cold towards his own children, but when he returned, he told them how he wanted to be a better father.

Celia didn't believe him at first. In fact, she laughed and mocked him secretly. She had thought that he wouldn't be able to survive in his role for long.

But to her surprise, her father stayed. No matter how much troubling it had gotten, he remained patient.

She didn't know what had gotten to the man.

That was why Celia had grown increasingly bored inside their home. She always felt as if she was left out from the father-and-son duo.

Celia was already a grown-up. She wasn't like Mendes, who could easily be coaxed.

However, in her heart, there was a little girl who was still so eager to earn her father's love, but she made sure to guard herself so much that it prevented her father from getting close to her.

Her father wanted to compensate for all the time that he had lost. Unfortunately, Celia wasn't a

kid anymore. She couldn't be persuaded by a candy or a piece of toy. She could never forget her father's faults for betraying her and her mom.

She gritted her teeth at the thought of her brother being a little fool. Whenever her father tried to please him, he would jump up and call the man "Daddy."

It seemed that Mendes had forgotten that their father had abandoned him for more than half a year.

However, no matter how many words she had said to Mendes about his father, their bond became better and better by each day.

Their father was happy with the progress he had made, but Celia was bitter.

But it was not like she could do anything. She was already in her twenties. It wouldn't be right for her to bully the little boy.

So she could only vent her anger on their father.

"Mendes1 mother is dead," he tried to explain.

"He only has me now, and I can't..."

Hearing his harsh words, Celia lost her temper. She smashed everything in the house before moving to live with her cousin. She would just live in the school dorm once the semester began.

"I just don't get it, you know?" Celia snapped after she told Rachel what had happened.

"He didn't even call to make sure I was okay after I ran away from home.

Can you believe him?"

Rachel sighed. She shook her head, knowing fully well that she couldn't persuade Celia to do anything. After all, every family had its own problems. And every family had its own coping mechanism.

Although Rachel had lost her parents at such a young age, she would never want a father like Celia's.

She could tell how irresponsible the man was. Not only did he neglect his first wife and daughter, but he also abandoned his son.

No matter how angry she was for Celia, she held herself back.

After all, she had no right to judge the man.

"I just don't get it you know?"

Celia choked. Her eyes were already turning red as her cheeks flushed in frustration.

"He pities Mendes because his mother is dead. What about me? When my mother passed away, he didn't want to build that father-and-daughter bond. Hell no! What did he do? He brought another woman back after her death.

They even had a child! He was probably cheating on her way before my mother's death. And the man had the audacity to lie to me by saying that they'd divorced a long time ago? Bullshit!"