My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 414 Pretend To Be A Couple

Scarlett was afraid that her lies would be exposed, so she decided to find an excuse to escape halfway. But to her surprise, Jack's gentle voice rang in her ear. Stroking her hair gently, he asked, "Are you having a party with your friends?"

"Why are you here?" Scarlett was stunned, her mouth agape.

Jack looked at her with a faint smile. "I happened to pass by here. Is the party over? Come with me."

With a gentle smile, she nodded and followed him out obediently. Her eyes were full of expectation when she looked at him. "Jack, where are we going?"

He curled his lips as his eyes emitted a murderous aura. "Scarlett, what is Article 6 in our agreement?"

"I..." Scarlett stammered.

She was too scared to look at him as she could feel the killing intent in his eyes. She couldn't help trembling.

Indeed, she and Jack signed an agreement that they would pretend as a couple. However, it was stated in the agreement that they would only pretend in places that he chose. Other than those, they had nothing to do with each other. Article 6 in the agreement clearly stated that Scarlett was not allowed to say anything about their relationship in front of others.

Jack wanted to use this fake relationship to make Rachel jealous. He hoped that when she got jealous, she would finally realize her feelings for him. He wouldn't give Scarlett any chance to swagger around outside using this fake relationship.

He said coldly, "You seem to forget so soon. What did I tell you when we signed the agreement?"

"I know, I know."

Scarlett panicked. Her mind was busy thinking of an excuse. "Jack, they asked me about our photo in the newspaper. I just told them about it, nothing more."

Jack glanced at her coldly. "If I find out that you violate our agreement again, you won't like the consequences. Don't forget that."

He then turned around and left. Scarlett wanted to catch up with him, but she got too scared just now that her legs felt weak. After taking two steps forward, she knelt down on the ground.

Rachel had much leisure time in her work in the executive department. She had been sitting there the whole morning, with nothing to do. She stood up and went to the pantry to get a glass of water. She was on her way back to her office when one of her colleagues shouted, "Who is available? Can someone send these documents to the outpatient department? I'm really tired now."

But everyone lowered their heads, pretending to be busy with their own tasks. Obviously, they didn't want to be bothered.

Rachel stopped at her colleague's desk and smiled. "Give me the documents. I'll take them there for you."

Looking at her swollen belly, her colleague refused, "No, thanks. I'll just take these there later when I go to the canteen."

"It's okay. It won't cause me any trouble at all."

Rachel didn't offer to help out of kindness. She just wanted to walk a bit outside because she had been sitting on her desk for so long. Going to the outpatient department was a very good opportunity for her.

Her colleague hesitated for a while but eventually handed her the documents with a smile. "Thank you."

She put down the glass of water on her desk, took the documents, and slowly walked towards the outpatient department. While walking, she looked around. Seeing some nurses and doctors going to and fro busily, she suddenly missed her previous job. She had been wanting to go back to work as a doctor, but since she was pregnant, James and Jonathan didn't agree.

When she arrived at the outpatient department, she went to the nurse station. "Is Director Chen still busy? Please give him these documents later." © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

"Okay." The nurse took the documents from Rachel. But as soon as she recognized Rachel, her eyes widened in surprise.

Rachel couldn't help feeling uncomfortable. She touched her face subconsciously and asked, "Is something wrong with my face?"

The nurse shook her head vigorously. "No."

However, the expression in her eyes was strange. Rachel felt something odd, so as soon as she came out of the outpatient department, she took out her phone and called Celia. "Is there any gossip about me these days?"

She had worked in this hospital for quite a while before. People here loved gossip.

Celia was still sleeping when she received the phone call. In a daze, she replied, "Is it about Jack's photo in the newspaper? Don't worry. I've already made it clear to everyone."

"But when I went to the outpatient department today, I felt that the nurse looked at me strangely."

Rachel's attention was on her phone call that she didn't notice the woman coming towards her. As a result, she accidentally bumped into the woman. She was about to say sorry, but eventually changed her mind. She just passed by the woman and continued to walk forward.

The woman's shrill and arrogant voice was heard from behind, "Rachel Shen, you bumped into me, and yet you don't even greet me? How impolite you are!"

The voice was loud enough for Celia to hear it clearly. She asked curiously, "Rachel, who is that? Why does she sound so arrogant?"

"I don't know her. I have something to deal with now. Bye."

After hanging up, Rachel stopped walking. Without looking back, she asked coldly, "We don't know each other, so why should I greet you?"

Scarlett opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.

She couldn't embarrass herself in front of many people.

But when Rachel continued to walk forward and completely ignored her, she suddenly got enraged. To catch other people's attention, she deliberately loudened her voice. "Rachel, don't you wonder why Jack came back to me?"

"That's none of my business." Rachel pretended to be strong and unaffected, but the darkness in her eyes could tell what she was feeling right now.

Scarlett was so angry that she gritted her teeth. Earlier, she fell on the street and got bruises on her knees. Since they were bleeding and swollen, she hailed a taxi and deliberately chose the hospital where Rachel worked. She had planned to embarrass Rachel in front of many people, but she didn't expect that it would turn out the other way.

Staring at Rachel's receding back, she could only clench her fists.

When Rachel returned to her office, she couldn't help rubbing her temples. She had a glance at Scarlett's bandaged knees just now, so she already had an explanation for the strange look that the nurse gave her earlier.

However, she didn't know that it wasn't as simple as she thought.

After a call from Rachel, Celia was no longer sleepy. She sat up and looked for the phone number of the nurse in the outpatient department. She dialed the number and waited for a long time before the nurse picked up. Impatient as she was, she asked, "Is there any big news today?"

"Hey, how did you know?" The nurse's voice suddenly became excited.

Celia held her breath and listened. But the more she listened, the gloomier her face became. It turned out, Scarlett went to the outpatient department because of the wounds on her knees. Since she had a big resemblance to Rachel, everyone got curious and fixed their eyes on her for a while.

As expected, Scarlett took out her phone and called someone. In a sweet voice, she said, "Jack, when will you pick me up? I'm already done here."

What she said was contrary to what Rachel said before.

Now, everyone seemed to know what was going on.

The nurse kept on blabbering on the other end of the line, but Celia was not in the mood to listen anymore. Without saying a word, she hung up.

Marcus had just came back. He bought some breakfast outside. Since Celia was not in the living room, he went to the bedroom. Seeing that she was still in bed, he came to her and hugged her from behind. In a gentle voice, he said, "I brought some breakfast. Let's go out and eat together."

Celia forced a smile, but the frown on her face was still visible. "I have no appetite yet."

Thinking that she was sick, Marcus touched her forehead. "You don't have a fever. Are you not feeling well? Do you feel uncomfortable? I bought your favorite steamed buns and millet porridge."

Celia suddenly remembered what the nurse had said to her just now. She irritably closed her eyes and said coldly, "I just have no appetite. Why do you have so many questions?"

Marcus was stunned for a moment. He couldn't understand why Celia was so angry all of a sudden in the early morning. She was just fine when they went to bed last night.

He leaned forward and said carefully, "Okay. If you don't want to eat, then let's not eat."

"Why not? You already bought the food." Celia seemed to be making trouble out of nothing.

Marcus frowned and asked tentatively, "Then shall we eat?"

"Take them to your own home. I don't want you to stay here any longer. I'm so annoyed to see your face." Celia crossed her arms over her chest and turned her back on him.

Marcus was dumbfounded. As the saying went, "Birds of the same feather, flock together." He was afraid that it wouldn't be long before he becomes the second Jack.

Feeling confused and aggrieved, he went to the living room and waited until her anger dissipated.

He had no idea that Celia was upset because of what Jack did. And since he was Jack's best friend, Celia was annoyed with him as well.

Rachel had been everyone's topic in the hospital the whole day. However, she seemed not to mind it as she busied herself with her work. When it was time to go home, she turned off her computer and left.

She was standing at the hospital gate, waiting for a taxi when a black car stopped in front of her. The window slowly rolled down, then Jack said in a deep voice, "Get in the car."

Pretending not to hear him, she walked around the corner indifferently and stood at the back of the car. A taxi happened to be coming towards her, so she hailed it immediately. When Jack got out of his car, the taxi had already driven away. It was too late to stop it.

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555