My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 286

Rachel had been used to Jack's hugging her from behind, so she didn't mind it anymore.

"Why are you home so late?" she asked lightly.

He hesitated for a while before he answered, "Something came up at work, so I had to stay at the company longer. I didn't notice that my phone ran out of battery. Sorry if I worried you."

He just met Celine to take back his phone, so he thought it wasn't necessary to let Rachel know about it.

Rachel turned off the stove and filled the bowl with the dish she prepared. Then said, "Just make sure that this won't happen again."

"I swear."

Jack glanced at the table. There were different dishes like vegetables, sweet and sour spare ribs, and fish head with tofu. There was still another one that she had just finished cooking. They all looked good and smelled delicious.

He couldn't help asking, "You cooked all these for me?"

Rachel turned her head to catch a glance at the table and said mischievously, "Of course not. These are all mine."

All of a sudden, she felt a slight pain on her nape that made her shiver.

Jack was already behind her, gently biting her slender neck. He said, "If that's the case, I have no choice but to eat the cook."

Her laughter reverberated in the whole kitchen.

She felt ticklish, so she dodged and pretended to scold him, "Stop it!"

Eric suddenly came in to be in time to witness such an affectionate scene. With a long face, he asked, "What are you doing?"

He acted like a father who saw his daughter being intimate with a man.

Rachel's relationship with Jack seemed to be getting deeper and deeper.

Her face immediately flushed out of embarrassment. She quickly removed Jack's hands from her waist and pretended to be calm. "Why are you here?"

"To see you, of course," Eric replied.

Jack glanced at him and said flatly, "It's okay with me if you come here to see Rachel. But next time, call us ahead of time. What if she and I..."

But before he could finish his words, she pinched his arm.

"Don't speak nonsense in front of Eric. We better eat now." She glared at him,

not expecting that he would say those words in front of Eric.

Jack murmured, "Are you bullying me?"

"You have a problem with it?" she snapped.

"No problem at all. That's what I exactly want!"

Eric put on a disgusted expression, raised his hand, and said, "Will you please stop showing off your affection in front of me? Can you at least consider that I am single?"

Rachel was shocked to hear what Eric had said. Did they really have a public display of affection?

To change the topic, she just said, "That's enough. Let's have dinner now."

Eric nodded but didn't move.

"Why are you still standing there? Sit down, grab your chopsticks, and start to dig in." In her mind, she also agreed with Jack's idea. It would be better if Eric called first before coming over.

Because of his unannounced visit, she had forgotten to ask Jack about Holley during dinner. She just remembered it now that they were already in bed. Jack was reading a book beside her. She turned to him and asked directly, "Did something happen between Holley and me?"

"Why do you ask?" Jack closed the book and put it on the bedside table. He then turned to face her.

"Nothing. I just feel a little weird.

Have you read the news about her? Someone came to ask me if I did it. Then I also received a message from Holley telling me that I won."

The more Rachel thought about it, the stranger she felt. She took out her phone and showed the message to Jack.

He took a deep breath. It seemed that he could no longer hide the truth.

"Do you really want to know?" he asked while returning the phone to her.

She nodded.

He held her in his arms and slowly told her what he knew,

including her injury in the neighboring province and the things that Vicky said to him afterward.

"I didn't know that so many things have happened. I wish I could remember them all."

If only she could remember everything, she didn't need to ask Jack or whoever about it. Rachel tried to recall the first time she came to work after the accident. Holley looked so frightened upon seeing her. Perhaps she was scared that she would expose what she had done.

Jack said, "They are not good memories, anyway. You don't have to remember everything clearly."