It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 219 She Will Say It's Yours

"To do my work, I have to eat first," he said. Rain grinned, and leaned on the chair as he touched his dazzling purple stud, which was his signature move. "Why do you want to drink at this hour?" Edward poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. Then he turned to look at Duke, who felt dejected. "Rachel Qin is back," said Duke. He sipped some more wine from the glass he had been holding, and it permeated his mouth.

"What? Rachel Qin? When did you see her? Do you still think of her after so many years?" Edward frowned, and thought, 'Didn't she marry a rich foreign merchant? Why is she here? And right after Duke got married?'

"I told you already that I didn't love her anymore. How could I even think of her?" It had been painful for Duke at first, but as time went by, Rachel Qin's image in his memory had become vague, and eventually he didn't think of her at all. He wouldn't even have remembered her if she hadn't turned up so suddenly today.

"Then why are you so dejected?" Edward had never liked Rachel Qin because he had never thought that she was Duke's type in the first place. He didn't see it as a big deal at first, but after she left him, Duke's more and more decadent lifestyle started to worry him. He eventually calmed down when he saw that Duke slowly started to come back to his normal self.

"The thing is, Belinda saw her and she ran away. I think she misunderstood the whole thing." It hurt when Duke thought of the moment when Belinda left him hanging.

"What? Why didn't you follow her? Why are you here drinking?" Edward's brows knitted tightly. He thought, 'It has been eventful lately. Troubles are springing out one after another.'

"I know her, and it would only annoyed her more if I followed her. Give her some time to calm down." Although Duke and Belinda hadn't been together for a long time, Duke had learned her temperament pretty well. It was for the best to let things cool down first.

"You must have done something very wrong, otherwise she wouldn't have run away like that." Rain was always fooling around, but at that moment, his remarks hit the nail on the head, making it impossible to ignore him.

"You must be very disappointed if I deny it." Duke wondered why he would bump into this guy. Had Rain been here waiting for him from the start?

"You can't deny it. Women do something like that only when they are seriously provoked. Belinda is a capable and well-educated woman, so she chose to run away which is an understated move. If she had been a vulgar woman instead, she would have fought against the other woman and made a scene for you on the spot." Rain priggishly shook and rolled his head while he was analyzing the case, as if he had known everything about women.

"It sounds that you know a lot about women, then why are you so confused with Annie?" Edward mischievously glanced at Rain. He still remembered that Rain had once whined in his office all day long.

"Um, boss, how can you be such a buzz killer, and say the things I don't like to hear every time?" Rain lost his vigor instantly. Annie was his soft spot. She had been avoiding him all the time. Did she hate him? It didn't seem to be the case, because when she looked at him, he could see sadness in her eyes.

"Because that's the only way to stop you from gloating and laughing like a peacock*."

(*TN: The Chinese people use the word peacock for proud persons, e.g. "He's as proud as a peacock"). Edward glimpsed at him with contempt. Rain was hurt badly.

"Okay, from now on both of you please ignore me. I won't steal your thunder anymore." Rain curled his lip, and wondered why he was always the one that got bullied. Maybe it was because that he was younger than them.

"You are too frivolous to be ignored," said Duke. His words were as cold as his personality was, even though he was softer when he was with them.

"Just because I'm dressed younger than the two of you, doesn't mean that I'm frivolous. Are you jealous of my charm?" Rain then tried to act charming, but Edward and Duke pretended to puke. Rain's pride was wounded. When he saw Edward keep refilling his glass, Duke asked, "Edward, is there something on your mind?"

"If Jessica is pregnant, who do you think she will say the father is?" Edward swirled the wine in his glass and then lowered his eyes with a bitter smile on his lips.

"I think she will say it's you." Duke sounded calm, because he knew that it wouldn't be true.

"Damn! She is good! Didn't you tell her that it's impossible for you to be the father of her baby?" Rain became serious and sneered.

"I told her, but she's sure that the baby is mine, so I'm worried that things might change." Edward didn't want to hide things from Duke and Rain. Although they loved jeering at each other, they also discussed important matters together.

"No way! It's a one-in-ten-thousand possibility that that could happen!" Duke always spoke the truth and avoided speaking of things he didn't know about.

"Hard to say. Boss, you'd better have a physical examination in the hospital. The consequences can be serious." Rain meant what he said. He knew how serious the matter was.

"You're right! That's what I'm thinking. Keep it from Daisy for me. She might overthink it." Edward lifted his eyes. He had made the mess in the first place, and he would fix it as soon as possible. He didn't want to affect Daisy's performance during the war game. "Don't worry! We know how important this is." Duke then poured another glass of wine down his throat, and the other two men were also racing who could drink faster, as if they were trying to get hammered.00000