Chapter 447 Assembling The Baby Bed

Rachel's watchful eyes followed their retreating backs, and once they were far enough for her comfort, she stepped to the side and shook off Jack's hand. "You can go shopping by yourself. I'm going home."

"Where's the fun of shopping alone? Besides, if the baby knows that we brought the baby bed together, it would be really happy." Jack took advantage of the silence before Rachel could even try to refute him, and grasped her hand firmly again. Giving her much slimmer hand a warm squeeze, he led them towards the baby-care shop located downstairs.

Such displays were very much in line with Jack's character. He was the type of person who would never be bothered by stretches of awkward silences and judgmental glances. Even if Rachel kept her silence the entire day, he would find it easy to keep the one-sided conversation going.

Feeling a prickle of annoyance rush through her at Jack's actions, Rachel rolled her eyes. But when he saw, the edges of his lips tilted upwards in the form of a gentle smile and the fondness in his eyes only increased in intensity. There were no traces of anger towards her eye-rolling. "I want the baby to listen to its father's voice more, so that it can recognize me the moment it is born."

The minute Jack finished talking, a voice as clear as a summer day's stream pierced through the white noise of the chattering crowd. It was a sweet reprieve from the graceless voices that surrounded them, and when Rachel located the source of the voice, she saw Scarlett rushing down the escalator. Her clothes billowed in the breeze in her haste of trying to get to the pair. Upon reaching them, Scarlett wrapped her hands around Jack's arm in a death-like grip. "Jack, what are you doing here? Are you here to look for me?"

"Get off!" Jack didn't expect to bump into Scarlett during his trip to the mall with Rachel. Unease caused the hair on the back of his neck to stand up, vigilant against Scarlett's approach. He took a cautionary glance at Rachel subconsciously and averted his eyes quickly. The cogs in his head were whirring rapidly, trying to think of a solution out of the current sticky situation. He had seen the sliver of disgust in Rachel's eyes, her gaze fixed at t

don't have to do it yourself."

"But it's more meaningful to do it by myself, isn't it?" Affected by the gentleness of their exchange, Jack's hand rose without his command and habitually tried to tuck Rachel's hair behind her ear.

As soon as Jack reached out his hand, Rachel's eyes swept over him. Their eyes met and he subconsciously withdrew his hand, lowering it to rest beside his hips. He wiped at his trousers awkwardly as silence ensued between them, feeling very much like a pupil who was caught red-handed by the teacher for doing something wrong. He explained in embarrassment, "My hand is a little dirty just now, so..."

Seeing the embarrassment on his face, she gave him a nod and left. To her surprise, she received a call from Jimmy. "Rachel, do you have time to have a drink with me? I have something to tell you."

"What is it? Can't you tell me on the phone?" Rachel asked.

Jimmy gave a light chuckle. Even though he wasn't in front of her, she could clearly feel his good mood from the phone call. "Of course I can say it on the phone," he answered, "but I want to express my gratitude to you face to face."

"Express your gratitude?" Rachel echoed with a frown on her face.

Although Jimmy had clarified that the incident last time had nothing to do with Rachel, since then, she could sense a trace of emotion from him. When she was in front of him, his attitude towards her was neither cold nor warm.

Rachel wasn't stupid, so she naturally felt it.

But today, it was completely different.

A wide smile stretched across Jimmy's lips, although Rachel couldn't see it. "Yesterday, Jared gave me another call and signed a new contract with me. He said that he would sell electric appliances to us at the cost price, and it's a contract of ten years. This time, with the contract in hand, they won't be able to pull out of this at all. I know that you must have been pulling some strings with it the entire time."

Upon hearing what Jimmy said, Rachel couldn't help but blink in confusion. After finding out that it was Jack who was behind this, she hadn't had any contact with Jared.

She knew if she went to ask Jared for help, she would only be piling the pressure on him.