Trapped In Lace

Rachel was easily persuaded by Jonathan because she never imagined that even Jack agreed to the proposal, he wouldn't be so obedient as to stay at her place.

However, it was not until she gave her promise that everything turned a little different from her expectations.

Jack showed no intention of agreeing to his father’s request at all.

Rachel found that she fell into Jonathan’s meticulously woven plot.

She could not renege on her word, so to keep her promise, she tried convincing Jack into the agreement.

Not that she didn’t mind living with Jack, but Rachel also had her reasons.

She never proposed divorce before simply because Jonathan didn’t want them to. From when she was eight until she turned eighteen, the Fu family raised her like their daughter. When she was orphaned, her relatives from her mother’s side refused to take care of her while they failed to contact her father’s only sister, who was living out of the country.

She remembered how helpless she had been. When no one was willing to accept her, the Fu family embraced her.

Rachel was grateful for the generosity of the Fu family during those ten years. More so, Jack's grandfather had worried about her future and arranged the marriage before he died.

He asked Jack to marry her to ensure that she would always be taken care of. She knew that Jack only agreed to please his grandfather.

She did not know why the elderly worried so much, but she felt his

m. Why should we clean it?" Eric asked as he noticed the room was empty.

Mendes tiptoed and reached for the rag, wanting to join, but Eric declined and raised his hand.

"Be a good boy." He patted the boy’s head.

Rachel smiled and then asked the question back, "Why do we need to clean it if no one lives in?"

"Is it for me?" Eric piped in, his whole face lightened in excitement.

"You wish."

"Then, for whom?" Eric knitted his eyebrows. 'Was it for Mendes?'

Rachel said, "Have you forgotten what this house is for?"

"What?" Eric became confused.

"This was bought as a wedding house for Jack and me."

Eric froze for a moment as he understood what Rachel was saying. Whenever it came to Jack, Eric got irritated. After his initial surprise, he said gloomily, "So what? He never lived here."

"Well, he will."

Eric blinked as her words struck him. "Now?" His face screwed up, he could not believe what he heard. "You mean Jack will live here with you?"

"Yes," Rachel replied calmly.

Eric would never forget that Jack almost had his hand cut.

They loathed each other. "After he moves in, you need to call me before you come here," she instructed.

Rachel meant it as a precaution to avoid both of them from bumping into each other, but Eric misunderstood.

He began to worry. "But why? Why would Jack suddenly move here? He might be plotting something, Rachel, you need to be careful! Don’t you think it is strange?"