After Rachel's declaration, Ziggy replied with a straight face, "That's not right! I should be the one to protect mommy, not the other way around!"
Rachel nodded with a smile. "That's right, my baby is protecting me!"
At the same time, a Lincoln stretch limousine slowed to a stop on the side of the road.
A side window of the limousine lowered, unveiling Nathan, as well as another man with flawless features and aloof nature, to Rachel.
Nathan was a little taken aback seeing the child in Rachel's arms. The child was face-to-face with Rachel, so he could only see his back and not his face.
Edward, meanwhile, was wholly focused on the document in his hands, not sparing any attention to anything outside.
"Mr. Chapman."
Rachel nodded and greeted simply.
Nathan nodded in response and looked at the child in Rachel's arm. "The child is..."
Rachel smiled, unafraid that she might lose the job after admitting that was her offspring.
"Oh, this is my son!"
Nathan did not manage to react.
The car window immediately went back up as the limousine began to drive away.
Nathan whipped around and looked at Edward. "Why are you driving away!"
Edward put down the document in his hands and faced Nathan with his icy gaze.
"I had a feeling that the woman was shifty when you told me the things you knew about her. As you can see, she has a son. She must want a man to share this responsibility. Taking into account her behavior and reaction in the office, it's obvious she wanted to rip you off, capiche?”
Having said all that, Edward was unsure why the female voice sounded familiar.
However, based on Nathan's description of her, Edward was fairly sure that woman was a gold-digger and an experienced one at that.
He hated this kind of woman the most.
That was why he did not look at the woman outside the car.
After the limousine left, Rachel cocked her head in bafflement.
Her hand slowly clutched at her chest as an empty feeling crept up into her heart.
'Who was that other man? Was it Mr. Chapman's friend?'
"Mommy, what's wrong? Are you unwell?"
Seeing as Rachel was suddenly clutching onto her chest, Ziggy's heart almost jumped out of his own chest.
Rachel shook her head lightly. It took a while, but the empty feeling eventually subsided.
"Don't worry, I'm okay now."
Jodie bit her lip tightly and nodded. 'If I had a choice, I don't want to be your sister.'
"I am..."
Upon hearing Jodie's answer, Ian tightened his hands on her shoulder. "So you are, but why are you always opposing me? Why can't you listen to me?!"
Frowning, Jodie patted Ian's back. "Ian, don't get so upset, go rest. Stop drinking, alright? I'll listen to you..."
"As if you do! I asked you not to hang out with Rachel anymore, why do you keep disobeying me! Why!"
With a surge of strength, Ian pushed Jodie backward.
Jodie fell backward onto the sofa.
She looked at Ian, unable to understand. "Ian! Why do you hate Rachel so much?! You must have a reason! I can't accept you telling me not to hang out with her with no reason at all!"
Ian laughed darkly. "You want to know why I hate her? Alright, then! Because Rue doesn't like Rachel, so I don't either!"
Agony came and left Jodie's eyes quickly. "Ian, just because of that? Just because Rue doesn't like Rachel, so you don't like her as well?"
"No! Not only that! It's because, because I finally had the chance to marry Rue, even the Bennets agreed to our marriage! Rue wants it too, but what happened? It's because of Rachel's pregnancy that ruined Rue's name!"
"Mom and dad have never accepted Rue ever since, and they’re unwilling to let me marry her! If it weren't for Rachel, that whore, Rue would already be my wife. She wouldn't be married to Edward, and she wouldn't have Edward's child!"
As he was speaking, Ian's face slowly turned from anger into happiness as though he was already living his dream...
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