My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 61

After a short pause, he asked in a low voice, "What is it?" He wondered what Rachel had to say to him. Maybe his father had already told her about the agreement.

But when she began to talk, he found he was wrong.

"Do you remember the engagement party that we attended a few days ago? The bride-to-be is dead."

Surprise flashed in Jack's eyes. "I know. But how did you know?"

"Her body was rushed into my operating room." She sadly smiled as she saw surprise written all over his face.

It seemed that he had forgotten that she was a doctor.

Rachel hesitated at for a brief moment before asking, "I don't know if it is appropriate to ask you but I've been thinking a lot for the past few days. Do you perhaps know why she jumped off the building?" Both of them fell silent for a brief moment.

After a pregnant pause, he finally answered, "Why are you interested to know?" The question was direct and sharp. Rachel's face slightly contorted, her eyebrows furrowing at the question. She pursed her lips and replied, "Forget it. I'm sorry I even asked." ■3

"Wait, hold on. I didn't mean any malice against it. I just..." Jack stuttered, trying to find the right words to explain himself. "Why do you want to know all of a sudden?"

Perhaps, she just wanted to gossip, he thought. Celine had done a lot of similar things out of curiosity. But Jack wasn't the type to spread rumors and intervene in other people's affairs.

"You see, before I left the engagement party, she asked me to send a message over to her brother, Vincent. The party was really weird. I want to know if she was asking someone for help that day."

For a moment, Jack was stunned upon hearing all of this. "What kind of message did she ask you to send?"

"She wanted me to ask Vincent to stay out of it and go back. It didn't really make sense to me." Rachel tilted her head and thought for a while.

Jack remembered what happened that day. Celine was fuming mad at him. He had to take her home, leaving Rachel alone. But luckily, Vincent was there and offered her a ride. They must have discussed the message on the way to her house.

After that incident, Rachel fell ill, battling a fever the entire night. Jack grimaced, he still felt guilty for leaving her alone.

He decided to tell her the story between the Cheng family and the Wen family. "There had always been a feud between their families. It is unfortunate that Wendy was involved. She was just another one of the victims of the feud." ■3

Her eyes couldn't conceal the doubts she had. To help her, Jack began to explain everything.

Francis' father and Cole were political rivals. The competition between them was very aggressive, with neither parties willing to give up a fight.

The conflict had escalated to the point that their interests deeply clashed with one another. And that was when Cole had decided to act against Francis' father in order to prevent him from winning.

Francis had been a troublesome boy and his actions gave Cole an idea on how he would be able to beat his opponent.

Francis was rebellious. He frequently skipped classes, fought against people and was feared by the majority of the students.

He dated a girl for half a year and brought her home to his family with the intention of getting married.

He was only seventeen years old at that time and it angered his father. He scolded his son for being a bastard and having the gall to even announce such a drastic decision. Out of anger, he beat his son to the pulp. Bloody, Francis was sent to the hospital.

Despite being weak, Francis left the hospital the next day and eloped with his girlfriend.

His father did not even bat an eye at this because he was too busy dealing with his promotion. He didn't have time to spare to give Francis a thought.

Their happy ending was short- lived. Francis' ■3

girlfriend was bullied. As an act of revenge, Francis took his men to teach the guy a lesson.

A fight ensued, leading to the guy's death. It immediately caught the police's attention. They began to investigate him as a prime suspect.

Francis didn't understand what had happened. Fie swore that they only punched the guy that day. Fie was still able to go home, despite being bruised. It didn't make sense that he was being pinned as a murderer.

The news about his situation was carried over to his father. Fie was told that the person his son had beaten up had died of brain damage and internal bleeding.

Francis had admitted that he had beaten the victim but couldn't exactly remember whether he had hit his head or not.

There was no direct evidence to prove that he had caused the victim's death. But he was also responsible for some of the blows that had appeared on the victim's body due to the fight.

His father was furious but couldn't bear to watch seeing his son's life be destroyed.

Fie used his connections to solve this case. It was such bad timing, especially when still had to focus his energy against his rival.

If he lost his campaign, all his efforts would be in vain. But he knew that his son was in danger and he couldn't neglect that.

Fie had to decide whether to choose his son or himself. But it felt like he had no choice. Fie only had one son. Everything would be ruined if his son ■3

went to jail.