Chapter 399 Don't Drive Me Away

"I can walk by myself." In her mind, Rachel wanted to extricate herself from their position, which looked a little intimate.

However, Bill tightened his grip. He looked straight ahead and said expressionlessly, "Don't get me wrong—I just don't want you or the baby to feel uncomfortable."

Rachel didn't say anything else, but she was not stupid. She could feel the anger radiating from Bill in waves. As she got into the car, she turned to look at him with a confused frown. "What happened?"

"Nothing." Bill lowered his head and fastened his seat belt, looking more irritated than usual.

It looked like he had no intention of telling her, so Rachel did not pry. She turned her head and stared out of the window. Her eyes were starting to feel weighed down, and she was about to drift off when Bill's voice suddenly broke the silence. "Rachel, do you really want me to leave?"

'Leave?'

Rachel didn't know what to say. A certain reply entered her head, but she changed them before she could utter the words. "Did Mrs. Zhu say something to you?"

In retrospect, the two people standing at the door looked a little strange.

Bill couldn't hide the sadness in his soft voice. "I just want to stay with you and take good care of you and the baby. I'm not asking you for anything else, so please don't drive me away. And don't leave."

Rachel lowered her eyes from Bill's speaking gaze. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.

From the moment that she met him, Rachel felt like she ow

and pursed her lips. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Bill, in the future, I will go to my check-up appointments by myself. You don't have to pick me up or accompany me."

She was fine just then, but now she suddenly said something like that.

Even with how kind-hearted Bill was, his face darkened at Rachel's words. His own voice rose. Pointing at the direction in which the nurse had just left, he said, "So the nurse mistook me for the baby's father—do you really mind it that much?"

"Yes, I do," Rachel responded firmly, looking up into his eyes.

Those few words stabbed at Bill's heart like sharp needles. Like a deflated balloon, his shoulders drooped. "Other people's misunderstandings don't change anything. Rachel, I don't ask for anything. I just want to be by your side throughout all of this."

"But I don't need your help!"

Rachel replied in an intense whisper. She turned around and closed her eyes, trying her best to calm down. She didn't need other people to take care of her. Besides, she couldn't repay him for everything he had done for her, even though he wasn't asking for anything in return. It only made her feel even more sorry and regretful toward him.

After a moment of silence, Bill walked up to her, grabbed her shoulders, and asked, "What do you need?"

Before she could answer, he continued, "If you don't want me to be with you, fine. Go back to Jack. Just let me know that someone will be taking care of you like I do, and then I will let you go."