My Darling, My Dearest
Chapter 234 Answer The Phone

Howard had no idea how Jack got along with these two women. He didn't even know whether Rachel had known about Celine or not.

He was supposed to invite Rachel to get into his car, but he had realized that he still needed to deal with Celine's issue.

Rachel and Howard just happened to run into each other. Now, he found himself stuck as to what to do next.

He was informed that the man Celine had stabbed woke up. The police already on their way, and she was brought there to present her case.

Jack would also be present during the investigation.

Howard wasn't surprised.

The only thing he wasn't sure of was whether or not Rachel was already aware of that fact. He was holding two purses in his hands, but he had no idea which one of them belonged to Rachel.

He was originally planning to send both of the purses to Jack, but he didn't expect to run into Rachel. He decided to take advantage of this opportunity by asking her to take her stuff. Howard knew that one of them belonged to Celine.

Realizing this, Howard just prayed in his heart that Rachel wouldn't replace out who the other purse belonged to.

Besides, he didn't think that was possible in the first place. It would be impossible for Rachel to recognize whom the other purse belonged to.

When Howard pulled out two purses from his car, she was stunned.

"I was about to ask my driver to send your belongings to you,

but I happened to have something to attend to. I decided to bring them here," he explained.

He decided to leave out the fact that he was going to the hospital to give the other purse back to Celine.

Rachel ignored the other purse in his hand as she grabbed hers. "Thank you." She smiled.

He waved his hand dismissively. "I should be the one thanking you. You're the one who saved my son's life." As he said those words, Howard analyzed her expression.

At this point, he was safe now. However, he couldn't help but add, "Mrs. Fu, don't you want to check your belongings? Just to make sure if everything's there."

Rachel nodded. After all, what he said made a lot of sense. It would be awkward if they discovered that there was something missing after they went to their separate ways. There was nothing special hidden in her purse. There were just a pair of earrings, a few credit cards, a little cash, and a diamond bracelet she had taken off.

The bracelet matched the earrings perfectly. Nothing was missing.

Rachel breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out her phone.

What was important right now was that her phone was still fixed after everything it had been through. It would be troubling if she had lost all her data.

However, when she took it out, her heart felt heavy.

'This isn't mine.'

Although it was the same brand and model, it appeared different from hers.

Just as Rachel was about to return it to Howard, the phone suddenly buzzed. She stared at the name on the screen. The caller ID was "Dearest Jack," and the picture that had appeared was of a man and a woman who were incredibly intimate with one another.

The man in the photo was none other than her husband.

Meanwhile, the woman in the photo was Celine.

Rachel finally figured out whose phone it was.

Howard furrowed his eyebrows. After seeing the Caller ID, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Mrs. Fu, this is..."

He didn't know how much of a coincidence this was. Hell, he had never thought this was going to happen. Although the purse was right, the phone in the purse was wrong! In fact, there was someone calling that phone right now.

"Mrs. Fu..." he called again but she waved her hand dismissively.

The corners of her lips curved up. "Don't speak."

His gaze was fixated on the screen in Rachel's hand. Howard quickly leaned forward and whispered to the driver.

As Rachel answered the phone, the partition in the car was slowly lifted.

Howard slowly opened the car door and stepped outside, giving her some space. She was grateful for his action.

She put it on speaker mode and heard Jack's anxious voice.

"Have you arrived yet?"

Rachel stared at the screen, wondering what was going on.

The sound of leather shoes stepping on the tiled floor echoed from the other end of the line. It seemed that Jack was pacing steadily. She just wasn't sure where he was headed to.

There was no reply, so Jack urged, "Are you still mad?"

Rachel could even hear the helplessness in his tone.

Her heart clenched at the sound of his voice.

Before she had gone out this morning, the man was trying hard to explain everything to her, but now, she received this phone call.

"It's not the time for you to lose your temper. You should solve the problem at hand first," he stated firmly.

He still had no idea that he was actually talking to Rachel, his wife.

The reason that he had called was because his lawyer had told him that he couldn't get in touch with Celine. They had no idea that she didn't have her phone.

When Jack tried to call her, he thought that the woman was just being stubborn.

If he had talked to her aggressively, he knew that Celine would blow up. He knew her very well to expect her actions.

When she wasn't replying, he thought that she was having one of her tempers.

This was why he tried to soften his voice.

Jack thought that this could soothe her temper.

He didn't expect that it was Rachel who would answer the call.

Hearing even more silence, he tried to coax Celine to speak to him as if they had never broken up.

Rachel gritted her teeth. In fact, upon hearing his words, she had the sudden urge to yell at him.

She tried to restrain herself. Besides, given that there had been no reply from the other side, Jack was now running out of things to say.

Her gaze darkened. Without another word, she tapped the red button on the screen.

Jack furrowed his eyebrows as he glanced at his phone. After a while, the phone in his hand vibrated again. This time, his lawyer's name appeared on the screen.

"Mr. Fu, Miss Duan has arrived at the hospital. Are you going to come here?"

"I'm on my way." He glanced at his watch. "I'll be there in ten minutes."

There was a pause before he asked, "How long as she been there?"

"Eh..." It took the lawyer a while to figure out who Jack meant.

"Miss Duan? She has been here for a while. In fact, she was talking to someone, so I didn't disturb them."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "She's already there?" "Yes."

His heart skipped a beat. "Was Celine on her phone when she arrived?"

"Just now?" The lawyer pursed his lips. "No. She has been talking to someone else. She didn't even have her phone her hand."

'So, who was I talking to?'

He said calmly, "Okay, I'll be right there."

If someone had accidentally answered the call, why didn't that person hang up at once? Why did the person listen in the entire time?

It was weird. Given that he didn't have the time to analyze the situation, Jack pulled out his car keys and got into his car.

In the hospital, the man who Celine had stabbed had already woken up. He was extremely drunk last night. That was why he was bold enough to coax the woman to go to the garden with him.

He didn't expect that she would be so fierce. While he wasn't paying any attention, she got a knife and stabbed him.

Today, when he still hadn't recovered from his senses, a lot of people were already gathered at his bedside.

There were his friends, nurses and policemen.

He had no idea what was going on. Baron lowered his body suddenly and said fiercely, "You better be honest when the policemen ask you questions."

The man gaped at him in horror.

His mind was totally blank. It was not until the police came and interrogated him that he finally recalled what had happened.

The policemen had just finished talking to the injured when Jack arrived.

Celine had stabbed him so seriously that the doctors needed to remove some parts of his spleen.

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555