Chapter 176 Sudden Appearance

Rachel maintained a calm and composed demeanor, even though deep down in her heart, she was all ears when it came to Lea's opinions in many aspects.

As such, before making a decision, it was almost imperative for Rachel to consider Lea's advice.

Although Jack had no idea about this whatsoever, he was quick enough to notice that Lea was obviously someone very important to Rachel.

Immediately, he knew that he would have to do something to weaken Lea's place in Rachel's heart. He would have to come up with something to keep Lea away to diminish her presence in Rachel's personal life.

While they were having some drinks, Lea suddenly sneezed so violently she almost fell off the chair. She sniffled and blew her nose on a handkerchief she produced from her pocket. "I wonder which bastard is cursing me."

Rachel said, "It's actually quite chilly in here and perhaps you're just having trouble adjusting to the weather."

"I think someone is cursing me."

"Oh my God! No one is cursing you!" Lea sneezed again, almost immediately after Rachel uttered the last word of her sentence.

Despite knowing what happened between Lea and Henry, Rachel still couldn't calm her restless heart.

Moreover, she felt horrible because the burden of keeping such a big secret from Lea was starting to weigh down on her.

Lost in her own thoughts, Rachel didn't hear Lea when she said, "A friend of mine will be joining us for dinner."

"Okay," Rachel responded perfunctorily, in a half-hearted manner.

They had been sitting silen

owever, Henry leaned closer to her with a smile on his face as he tried to comfort her. Lea pushed his hand away without hesitation and waived at the waiter to order some food for him.

Henry forced a smile on his face and gave his order to the waiter.

William and Rachel remained silent the whole time, as they sat there dreading what the immediate future would bring. William was smart enough to guess what the man's relationship with Lea was just by looking at the couple once.

To William's surprise, however, the man looked very familiar.

The Qin family ran one of the biggest family-run businesses in the city. However, instead of joining the family trade, Henry established his own path and soon became of the biggest shot-callers in the city.

William racked his brains trying to figure out who the man was.

Rachel didn't utter a single word as she knew Lea very well. Judging by the way Lea was reacting, Rachel assumed that she didn't really want to break up with him. If Lea was indeed angry, she would have left by now instead of sitting there bickering.

In truth, Henry understood Lea better than anyone else. As such, he felt a little relieved when she didn't ask him to leave.

Then he fixed his eyes on the man sitting opposite to him.

He was clearly Lea's type: tall and good-looking.

The photographs Jack had sent him earlier popped into his mind and he felt infuriated at the idea that Lea was having a good time with another man.

Henry stared at the man in front of him and lifted his eyeglasses.