My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 271

Rachel opened her arms immediately to welcome Mendes, but she was surprised that the boy slowed down as he got closer to her. He slowly threw himself into her arms and wrapped his arms around her waist tightly in return.

"Rachel!" he exclaimed affectionately as he embraced her tightly and pressed his chubby cheek into her waist.

Rachel was both surprised and happy to see Mendes. But she never noticed that Jonathan was not as happy as he used to whenever he saw Mendes.

Instead, he glanced at the kid's father briefly. When their gaze met, Dylan Xu immediately tried to avoid it.

At least he seemed to be restraining himself. Despite the years, he was getting cheeky now.

Rachel crouched to level her face with the boy and talked to him.

At the same time, Dylan Xu walked to Jonathan and greeted him. "I'm sorry that we were unable to inform you in advance of our coming."

Jonathan smiled faintly and ushered them towards a seat with his arm. "Please, have a seat." But he then thought to himself, 'But you did anyway.' If Dylan didn't arrive with Mendes in tow, Jonathan would have driven him out of the house at the first chance he'd get.

Jonathan felt sick of Dylan. Even though his feeling towards Dylan had nothing to do with the child, he didn't feel the same fondness towards Mendes that he had before.

"Why don't we go upstairs?" Jonathan suddenly suggested.

Dylan's eyes lit up. "Okay," he replied while nodding.

He turned around and took a few steps forward. His son suddenly called out to him from behind, "Dad, where are you going?" The boy left Rachel and ran to his father.

Dylan frowned and said in a scolding tone of voice, "I have something to deal with. You just stay here for a while. And don't make trouble."

Mendes' face saddened as he paused. Nevertheless, he nodded to his father and pouted.

Dylan initially thought to tell Mendes to play with Rachel, but changed his mind when he felt that it was not appropriate to say that.

He worried that Jonathan might suspect that he deliberately brought Mendes with him for that visit.

"He shouted that he wanted to see Dr. Shen when he heard that I was coming over," he explained in order to conceal the true reason why he brought Mendes with him. "He made quite a ruckus when I was about to leave unless I agreed to take him with me."

Jonathan stared at him with a strangely faint smile on his face. Dylan lowered his voice to almost a whisper because of the guilt that he felt.

Ever since he was transferred back, he began working behind the scenes for some TV programs. He recently took over a project that developed a story that focused on the Fu family.

Dylan never intended to use his own son for the situation, but he wasn't able to find Jack after he begged him for help several times.

It was then that he understood that Jack refused the help that he requested.

And since Dylan was not about to let this chance slip by, he decided to turn to Jonathan instead for help.

He felt that Jack was more difficult to deal with than his father.

Even though Jonathan never said anything, he looked at Dylan that seemed to see right through what he had in mind all along.

Nothing was more important that success. But he was not sure if was a good idea to see Jonathan for his purpose. In the meantime, it had been a long time since Rachel last saw Mendes. She immediately noticed that he lost a lot of weight, and his face no longer look chubby like before.

She also noticed that the boy was a chatterbox now. He was just so happy to be here that he kept talking.

Tracy always had very little patience for children, but the presence of Mendes triggered some unexpected thoughts in her mind.

She started to wonder how great it would be if she could have a grandson!

She wondered to herself for a while and then suddenly turned to one of the servants. She asked the maid to prepare snacks and fruits that children liked to eat.

And because of her inexperience with children, she had no idea how to get along with them.

Mendes stared long at Rachel because she had lost her beautiful hair. Her haircut was as short as that of a boy's. He became confused and curious about it.

"Why do you want to be a boy? Why did you get your hair cut off?"

Tracy frowned slightly when she heard his words about Rachel's hair.

Rachel raised a hand and touched her short hair in a carefree way. "Does it look good?" she asked with narrowed eyes and slightly pouting lips.

Mendes stuck out her tongue at Rachel and whispered, "I like girls with long hair."

Rachel laughed and slightly rubbed his nose with a finger.

Mendes suddenly noticed Tracy, and he greeted her sweetly.

There was a pleasant feeling that gently touched Tracy's heart when she heard Mendes' voice call her.

It made her imagine how it would've been if only Mendes were her grandson.

She waved at him with a sweet smile. "Come here, Mendes," Tracy said.

Mendes immediately ran to Tracy and she touched his face as soon as he was within arm's length. "You look much slimmer now!"

The boy smiled at her and replied, "I'm losing weight!"

Tracy felt amused with the boy's response. She turned to Rachel with a smile and said, "Look at him! What a wonderful boy!"