Rue was taken aback for a hot second. 'Why wouldn't Edward choose to marry me immediately?'
If he wanted to find Rachel who took his jacket so badly back then, does that not mean he held an unusual feeling for Rachel?
Now that she had impersonated Rachel, why was he acting so aloofly?
Could it be that Edward had realized something?
Seeing as Rue was hesitating to speak, Edward continued, but his gaze was filled with distrust and doubt.
"Let me ask you this. When you left the room, did you leave anything behind?"
Processing Edward's words, Rue's calculative mind began to work.
Since Edward asked, Rachel must have left something.
"That's right, I did leave something behind."
Edward looked at Rue indifferently. "What did you leave behind?"
Edward's question caught Rue by surprise.
The one who had sex with him was Rachel, not her, so how would Rue know what Rachel left behind? Moreover, she had never asked Rachel about this!
"It was ten months ago, so I can't remember properly. I remember leaving something behind, but I was in such a hurry, I didn't pay much attention to it."
Hearing Rue's explanation, Edward slowly retrieved a handmade bracelet from his pocket.
"Take a look, is it this one?"
When Rue saw the bracelet in Edward's hand, she was stunned.
'Why does that bracelet look so familiar?'
Mrs. Bennet became so impatient, she quickly walked up, untied the bracelet in her own wrist, and placed it in Rue's hands.
She smiled and tapped the back of Rue's hand. "Silly child, this pregnancy has really made you scatterbrained! Isn't this the bracelet you made? You even made this for me for my birthday."
Rue stared at the bracelet in her hand and only remembered when Mrs. Bennet mentioned it.
Rachel made these! Even Rue had a bracelet like this!
"Oh right, mom, look at me, I really forgot."
Edward looked at Rue, his lips thin as he spoke, "What do you want?"
Although it had been ten months, he had to admit that the passion he felt that night still lingered.
He was still thinking about the little kitty from that night.
Yet now...
How did that little kitty turn into a little bunny?
Rue looked at Edward purposefully. "I don't want anything other than providing my child with a complete and happy family!"
Her determined tone faded as she shifted her attention from Edward to Josh, and her face softened instantly.
"If you can't give my child a happy family, I ask that you return the baby to me!"
Rue extended her arms at Edward resolutely.
Edward squinted coldly. "You can become Mrs. Bluemel, but I will not give you a wedding or anything romantic. You understand?"
Edward turned around and entered the General Registry Office with Rue following closely behind him.
Once they had entered the General Registry Office and reporters could no longer see them, Edward pushed Rue against the wall and held onto her wrist tightly.
"Rue, let it be a warning, don't try any of those tricks that you think are so smart on me."
Rue met his gaze bravely. "You think I called these reporters? Do I look like someone who does such a thing? If you don't believe me, you can verify it yourself!"
After a brief stare-down, Edward let go of Rue's wrist.
"It better not be you."
They hastily signed the certificate before Rue moved into the Bluemel mansion as quickly as possible.
Rue was prepared to speak as she carried a tray of brewed tea into the study, but she decided against it in the end.
That was because she saw Edward staring at the handmade bracelet in his hand for a long time, it was as though his spirit had left him in his seriousness.
Rue's hand balled up into a fist as she carefully withdrew from the room.
She was the one who had married Edward in Rachel's place, but Edward was constantly staring at that raggedy bracelet, thinking of another woman — the one she hated, no less!
Having returned to her room, Rue pursed her lips in jealousy and dialed a number on her phone.
The second the call was picked up, Rue yelled into the phone in utter impatience and resentment.
"Mom! I want Rachel to disappear from my sight!"
Mrs. Bennet was startled. "What are you talking about, Rue?"
Rue calmed herself down. "Mom, I want Rachel to be out of the Orange Country, to somewhere neither Edward nor I will be able to see her!"
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