My Second Husband novel Chapter 1143

She couldn't control her breathing, and her throat became dry.

She felt the caress of Eddison's breath on her neck, and her palms were sweating. Then, everything became still.

It was not until they paused for a few minutes that he whispered to her.

"I'm sorry!"

Rachel was flummoxed whereas he got up and kept a distance from her.

Her excitement dissipated in an instant. She looked curiously at him.

"I'm sorry!" repeated Eddison.

"I think you're aware of how your father pressured me into marrying you. Since I've agreed to it, I'll fulfill my duties to the end. However, I don't think I can't accept you for the time being. If you feel aggrieved at that, we don't have to register our marriage tomorrow. After a while, I will make an announcement to the media saying that it is all my fault, and then we will divorce."

His words really put a damper on her wedding night.

Unfortunately, the blissful marriage that she had envisaged turned out to be a delusion.

It seemed that her marriage wouldn't last long.

She gazed at him intently. He was as chivalrous as ever in spite of being threatened by her father, and he still told her the whole story.

She was reluctant to leave him. If he had treated her badly, she might not be so conflicted.

She wondered what would happen if she didn't agree to his suggestion. Would they live in such a way for the rest of their lives?

"Let me think about it!"

"Alright!" said Eddison as he turned around.

"I'll sleep on the couch tonight. Good night."

The night darkened.

Rachel had a dream. When she was a child, a stray puppy appeared from the bushes while she was in the school one day.

Its body was dirty, but as children, they weren't bothered by it at all.

Everyone gathered around it and played together with the puppy.

The little puppy was adorable, and it was friendly too.

They kept playing until the bell rang, and then they had to return to their classrooms.

On the same day, the chauffeur of the Gellert family encountered a traffic congestion on his way to pick Rachel up from school.

As she was waiting outside the school, a big dog suddenly came out of nowhere. It was incredibly fierce, and it barked wildly at her.

There were no teachers around her at that time. She was so frightened that she nearly burst into tears.

At that critical moment, the puppy darted out of the bushes and barked at the big dog in front of her.

After that, the two dogs fought with each other. Needless to say, the puppy was no match for the big dog, and it got itself injured badly.

Rachel could not bear to leave it alone, therefore she begged the chauffeur to bring it home.

She wanted to keep it at home, but her goodwill was greeted with her parents' disagreement.

Jarred said that such a mutt didn't deserve to stay in their house.

Meanwhile, Bianca said that it was unsanitary. Since she was a daughter of a rich family, raising a mongrel did not suit her identity.

She pleaded with her parents for a long time. In the end, Bianca told her that she would find a caring family to raise it on their behalf, so that it would live a happy life.

Rachel acquiesced in Bianca's plan.

She did hesitate before that, unsure of whether to insist or to compromise with Bianca. However, her parents had instilled obedience into her through her upbringing. She was already used to listening to her parents and not fighting for her own desires. She had become a puppet who did what her parents told her to.

She thought the puppy would really be happy. After a long time, to her dismay, she found that it was dead.