My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 463

Rachel felt embarrassed when she heard what Julie said. Her face was flushed and she was a little red behind the ears. She quickly turned her eyes to the floor and hurried upstairs to change clothes.

Rachel headed downstairs as soon as she got changed. Standing beside the stairs, Tracy tugged lightly on Rachel's dress. "You bought this dress a long time ago, haven't you?" she asked.

"Well, I just got this a week ago," Rachel answered in a quiet voice.

She bought the dress when she went shopping with Lea last time. Her belly grew larger recently, and so the clothes she bought some time ago didn't fit anymore. She bought this dress a size larger than usual to make sure it would fit. Even still, it already felt a little tight just a week after buying it. The last thing she'd want was another dress left to gather dust in the wardrobe.

"Just a week ago? Why do I think you bought it a long time ago? How about this? It's the weekend tomorrow. Go shopping with me, and we'll get more clothes for you." Tracy frowned.

Sitting on the sofa, Jonathan overheard the two talking. He took a sip of his tea and urged Rachel to agree. "That's a good idea. Go with her and buy whatever you like. I'll pay for it."

"See, he's never been that generous with me before!" Tracy grumbled, pretending to be displeased. "Now we can buy all the things we want."

"What are you talking about?" Bewildered, Jonathan pointed at Tracy. "Didn't I give you all the cards and money you used for shopping before?"

"No, you didn't. It was our son who gave them to me!" she teased.

Rachel tried to intervene in their argument but failed. After a while, she interrupted, "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't have time tomorrow. I'm going to attend the wedding of my classmate from junior high school."

"Are you sure?" Tracy raised her eyebrows at Rachel. Jack had just come in when Rachel nodded in agreement. Tracy turned to Jack and prodded, "Your wife is going to attend the wedding tomorrow. Surely you're coming with her, right?"

"Oh, yes, of course." The question caught Jack by surprise, and he shot a curious glance at his wife. He gestured to his wife as he turned to walk outside towards the yard.

A smile formed on Rachel's face as she followed him. She knew that Jack was intrigued by her decision to attend the wedding and that he badly wanted to know why.

Tracy joined Jonathan on the sofa. She saw a bank card tucked in the pocket of her dress. "Why are you giving me the card?" She looked at him blankly.

Jonathan looked puzzled. "Well, you just said you are going shopping tomorrow. You can use this card."

"Hey." Tracy handed the card back and poked him in the chest. She sighed at Jonathan's innocence. "You really are getting old. Haven't you still figured out why I said it?"

"Figure out what?" Jonathan scrunched his eyebrows. He became more and more confused as he kept thinking about it.

Tracy pouted. "I was just trying to make Rachel tell me her plan!"

"Really?" As if trying to make sense out of it, Jonathan repeated Tracy's words in his mind. "Why didn't you just ask her directly?"

Tracy casually watched Rachel and Jonathan in the yard. The two sat on stone chairs while they whispered to each other. She moved closer to Jonathan on the sofa and gave him a nudge on the shoulder. "If I didn't ask her to go shopping, how could I get her to tell me that she is going to attend the wedding tomorrow? Don't you see that our son doesn't know at all?"

Jonathan's face still had the same look of confusion. Tracy leaned her head back in resignation. After a while, she straightened herself again and patiently explained, "A lot of people go to weddings in pairs. When Rachel sees this, I don't think she'd still be so indifferent. Especially since pregnant women tend to be softhearted and emotional."

The next morning, Rachel was woken up by a phone call. She heard Lea's anxious voice on the other end. "Hey Rachel, I can't go to Anna's wedding today. Please send a red packet for me. I'll pay you back later."

"Alright, Lea. But is everything okay? Why aren't you coming all of a sudden?" Rachel asked in a concerned voice. She was only half awake now, and she covered her mouth to yawn.

Lea explained in a rush, "Rita caught a cold last night. I didn't think it was that bad, so I just made her a cup of peppermint tea. But then she got a fever and vomited."

"Then you should take her to the hospital as soon as possible," Rachel suggested. She felt wide awake after hearing this.

After being woken up by the phone call, Rachel decided to get up and make breakfast. She washed her face and then went downstairs to the kitchen.

Jack didn't know that she was already up. He knocked on her door a couple of times, but there was no answer. Rachel called out to him from downstairs just as he was about to peek into her room. "Jack come down and have breakfast."

"Why are you up so early?" Jack looked at her, a little surprised.

Rachel took off her apron and turned to Jack. "Only a pig like you sleeps in for so long," she said jokingly.

"Oh, I'm the pig?" Jack straightened his belly on purpose. "Then I fail to be a pig because I can't even compare with your belly."

"How could you say that to your wife?" Tracy's voice came out of nowhere and startled Jack.