My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 453 Tracy Realized Her Mistakes

The more Rachel thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. She couldn't sit still any longer, so she stood up to take a look. Suddenly, her doorbell rang. She opened the door and saw a black car coming in from the outside and being parked in the yard.

Rachel was about to call Jonathan, but to her surprise, it was Tracy who came to visit.

Rachel was at a loss for words. After she overcame her shock, she exclaimed, "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"I came here to see you." Tracy glanced at her and then opened the car door to take out several shopping bags.

Rachel reached out her hand and said, "Let me take them."

"No, that's okay." Tracy refused her offer for help, gesturing at the sofa instead. "Just sit there. You are pregnant, so you shouldn't be doing these things. Besides, they're not really that heavy."

Her attitude was totally different from before.

Stunned by the solicitous remarks, Rachel fell silent, her mouth twitching. Tracy's attitude towards her and her doubting words while Jack was still in the hospital were still vivid in Rachel's mind, as if they had just happened yesterday.

What brought about this 180-degree change in attitude? Rachel was an incredibly witty person, but even she didn't know how to react at that moment.

Tracy placed the bags on the table and started taking out stuff from them. She presented her haul to Rachel as if offering a tribute. "I went to the mall just now and bought a lot of clothes for the baby. I don't know whether the baby's a boy or a girl, so I bought many."Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Mom, you bought too many clothes!" Rachel took a cute little onesie and gently stroked the fabric with a smile on her face.

Looking at Rachel, Tracy felt a warm rush of tenderness in her heart.

In the past, she only thought that Rachel was too independent and adamant to keep a certain distance from others. Even when she lived with them since she was a child, she had always been cold. To be honest, Tracy had always felt uncomfortable around her.

Although daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law on TV were not very close, Tracy's relationship with Rachel was even more distant in comparison.

Now, Tracy could see a mother's tenderness in Rachel's eyes.

She herself was a mother, so she naturally knew how important a child was to a mother. After hearing what Jack had said about Scarlett, a sense of guilt suddenly swept over her heart.

There was nothing wrong with what Jonathan had said. At that time, she envied the fact that most of friends already had grandchildren. Even now that Rachel was pregnant, she still encountered so many troubles. She was starting to realize that the words "You don't know what you have until it's gone" were true when she almost lost her grandchild.

Tracy sighed. Thank goodness that it wasn't too late for her to come to her senses.

Rachel folded the onesie and placed it into the bag. When she raised her head, she noticed Tracy staring at her intently, as if hypnotized. Self-consciously, she touched her face and asked softly, "Do I have something on my face?"

"No." Tracy snapped out of her reverie, took Rachel's hands, and gently patted them with a sigh. "I have done a lot of wrong, misguided things before. I hope that you could forgive me."

"Mom, let bygones be bygones." Rachel didn't know how to say nice but insincere platitudes. She only spoke the truth, which made Tracy feel at ease.

She let go of Rachel's hand and reached out for another parcel. She took out a box of skin care products and a big U-shaped pillow from the bag. "The skin care products are purely plant-derived. My friend's daughter-in-law swears by it. This pillow is for you so you could sleep comfortably at night."

Rachel was even more surprised.

It made sense that Tracy would buy baby stuff for the baby—after all, it was her grandchild. What Rachel did not expect was for her mother-in-law to prepare gifts for her.

She was stunned for a moment, and then her face took on a bashful, adorable look that was unlike her usual shrewd expression. "Mom, you really didn't have to waste money to buy these for me."

"How is it considered wasting money if I spent it on my daughter-in-law?"

This warm scene greeted Jonathan and Jack when they came in. They stared at each other, both men obviously unable to believe what they were seeing.

Jack opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Jonathan nudged him on the shoulder before he could comment.

Jonathan placed a finger on his lips and said, "Be quiet. Your mother realizing her mistakes only happens once in a blue moon. She rarely admits to making them. Let's give them this chance to have a good talk." "Okay, Dad."

The two men turned back and returned to the car.

Jack was very happy about Tracy's about-face towards Rachel. When he visited their family home just now, he was worried that his mother would stubbornly stick to her earlier opinion of Rachel and refuse to accept her. Now, after he saw both of them getting along well, he believed that they must have accepted each other. He didn't need to make the embarrassing, horrible decision of choosing between his mother and his wife.

Suddenly, they heard a scream from inside the house.

Jack's heart jumped to his throat. He hurriedly opened the door and rushed into the house.

Jonathan, who moved more slowly than Jack, followed behind with a frown on his face. 'Did Tracy do something stupid again?'

Different emotions crossed his face. He rushed into the room and saw Julie carefully sweeping up broken fragments. She kept apologizing and saying, "The cup accidentally slipped from my hand and broke, and hot water splashed on my feet. That was why I screamed. I'm so sorry for scaring you!"

As it turned out, that was the case.

The tension in Jonathan's chest eased up, and he heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing his expression, Tracy could already tell what he was thinking.

To put it bluntly, the two of them had been sleeping in the same bed for so many years. She could easily guess what Jonathan was thinking based on how he moved his fingers.

The corners of her mouth twitched. She walked toward Jonathan and whispered, "Old man, why don't you trust me?"

Her words hit a nerve. Embarrassed, he coughed and said in feigned ignorance, "What are you talking about?"

Tracy heaved a soft sigh. "I may not be as smart as you, but I'm not that stupid. Don't worry, I won't do anything like that again. From now on, I consider Rachel as my daughter-in-law!

Of course, no one else heard this conversation.

Jack replied to Julie, "Julie, go back to your room and check your feet for scald burns. After that, come out to prepare dinner for us, but only if you're okay."

"Yes, we will have dinner here," said Jonathan in a loud voice. He glanced at the two people standing in front of each other and winked at Jack. "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and help Rachel sit down." For him, it was a good sign.

Jack wanted to come over and assist Rachel, but he suddenly felt uncharacteristically shy when he saw the look in her eyes. They'd been through so many things together, but he had no idea why such an expression is making him timid.

Now, after Jonathan's cheerful directive, Jack hurried over to Rachel's side to help her seat, his arm around her waist and his other hand holding her arm. Noticing the surprising lack of struggle on her part, he said in a low voice, "Dad and Mom are watching us like hawks. If you don't want them to worry about us, then we should be affectionate to one another."

"You bastard!" Rachel harshly whispered through gritted teeth.

Jack grinned, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Rachel, do you know how long it's been since you last scolded me like this?"

Julie took the ingredients they bought and prepared a table laden with dishes.

Jack filled a small bowl with chicken soup and put it in front of Rachel. He said softly, "Have a bowl of soup first. It's good for your stomach."

"Thank you." Rachel took the bowl and sipped a spoonful of soup, her eyes downcast. She knew that Jack was looking straight at her, but she couldn't respond with a biting retort as per usual because his parents were there. For now, she had no choice but to let him look at her without commenting about it. She wanted to finish her meal as soon as possible, so she hurriedly consumed her soup and nearly choked on it. Seeing her coughing, Jack took a sheet of tissue and reached over to wipe soup from the corner of her mouth.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Rachel's face. She frowned and said, "Give it to me. I can do it myself."

"Just sit back and enjoy it," Jack teasingly replied with a chuckle.

"But—" Tracy interrupted Rachel before she could say another word. "Just enjoy it. When you are pregnant, you are the boss, and you should let Jack do everything."

"Exactly," Jack echoed, nodding his head wisely. He crumpled the tissue that he had just used to wipe Rachel's mouth, threw it into the trash can under the table, and said casually, "Dad, Mom, there are only two of you at home. From now on, you're welcome to come here for dinner whenever you like."

Jack guessed that Rachel wouldn't want to go to the Fu family house, but she had no reason to refuse to let them come here.

Moreover, with Jonathan and Tracy constantly around, he wouldn't have to bear Rachel's stony silence and cold face.

Jonathan had already guessed what was on Jack's mind. He deliberately ignored the stunned look on Rachel's face, picked up a piece of fish, and placed it in Tracy's bowl. "Okay, it's livelier when more people gather around to eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jack's mobile phone rang. Seeing Austin's name onscreen, Jack stood up and walked over to the window to take the call. "How is it going?"

"She's already on the plane. They will inform us as soon as she arrives." Austin had just exited the airport after seeing Scarlett off for her flight out of Ninwell City.

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555