My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 275 Came Into Conflict

Rachel failed to persuade Lea, so in the end, she agreed.

Anyway, she had heard that Alice had been forced to stay at home, so how could she come out now?

On the way to the cafe, Lea pondered about why Alice would want to meet her all of a sudden. Was Alice really afraid that she would get back together with Gregory?

She just couldn't understand why Alice was so paranoid about her relationship with Gregory, which had happened years ago, not to mention that they hadn't even been in love with each other. How could they rekindle their relationship?

Although Rachel agreed to go with her, she still secretly sent a message to Jack to inform him of their whereabouts.

She was afraid that something bad would happen, especially considering that Lea was pregnant.

When they walked up to Alice in the cafe, the latter's face changed. She hadn't expected two people to show up. However, she just glanced at Rachel before fixing her eyes on Lea, her heart filled with envy. The first time she had met this little girl, she herself had been as beautiful as a blossoming rose.

After so many years, her face had gotten older.

But now, Lea had grown up into a beautiful woman with charming facial features.

Seeing Lea like this made Alice feel even more uneasy.

Her fear that Lea had come to take revenge grew stronger. Otherwise, how could Lea be in a relationship with Henry? It was too much of a coincidence.

Lea sat down and asked, "Why did you want to see me?"

Alice hadn't expected her to be so direct. Playing with the car keys in her hand, she said slowly, "I wanted to talk to you."

The glossy table reflected the harsh afternoon sunlight that was sweeping in from the window.

As the two of them spoke, Rachel checked her phone to see if she had received any reply from Jack. When she saw that she had not received any new messages, she frowned.

'Didn't he see my message? What's he doing?' she wondered.

Just then, the waiter walked over to the table to take their order. "Two cups of coffee, please," Alice said authoritatively.

Lea pursed her lips in displeasure, unable to believe that Alice was rude enough to order on their behalf. "No, thanks. I'm pregnant, so I shouldn't drink coffee. Just get to the point," she said impatiently.

Upon hearing Lea's words, Alice's expression changed slightly.

She suddenly stopped fidgeting with her car keys. Her eyes, which were fixed on Lea's face, slowly slid down to her belly.

Caught off guard by Alice's creepy stare, Lea shivered and couldn't help but shrink back in her chair. "Well?" she prompted.

With a stunned expression on her face, Alice asked, "You're pregnant?"

Rachel and Lea exchanged perturbed glances, sensing that something was wrong with Alice.

"Yes," Lea replied with a hint of annoyance. "What did you want to talk to me about?" Alice's face suddenly broke into a smile.

She turned to the waiter and said, "Bring some juice for these two ladies."

The waiter nodded and turned to Lea and Rachel. "Anything else?"

Rachel randomly ordered some snacks, after which the waiter left with the menu. Alice stopped smiling, as if something had just occurred to her. "Is this how you treat an elder?"

It was ridiculous for Alice to make such an entitled remark to Lea, especially since she was the one who had caused trouble for Lea before.

Looking at Alice with a forced smile, Lea folded her arms and leaned back comfortably.

"Miss Qin, you don't look like an elder to me," she said, watching Alice's face carefully.

Alice had changed a lot. Several years ago, she had been a proud lady who always wore delicate makeup and high heels.

The woman in front of her now, however, had pined away and her eyes were wrinkled with age.

Her face was pale without makeup, and,

although she was still rude, she was not as domineering and arrogant as she had been before.

Lea had heard from Henry that Alice had

suffered a lot in her relationship with Gregory.

She wondered if that had caused Alice's disposition to change.

As she looked at Alice, she suddenly

remembered something else that Henry had told her—Alice and Gregory were distant relatives.

Their relationship was indeed complicated! Alice had chased after Gregory for so many years only to find out that they were related.

Thinking of that, Lea began to feel sorry for Alice.

However, at that moment, Alice sneered, "You are such a glib talker." Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Then, she picked up the cup of coffee in front of her and took a sip before continuing, "Anyway, I'm not here to settle past accounts."

Lea couldn't help but laugh. "Are you kidding me? What past accounts are there for us to settle? Miss Qin, you must be kidding."

Alice put down the coffee cup, her face darkening once more. She took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions.

"Ah, just as I expected. Miss Ye, since you're so mean, I won't beat around the bush with you. Tell me, are you with Henry just to take revenge on me?"

Lea's jaw dropped in shock when she heard what Alice said. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Miss Qin, how can you be so delusional? You think I'm just using Henry to take revenge on you?

How the hell does your mind work?"

'She's absolutely insane,' she thought.

Rachel cleared her throat and reminded her, "Calm down. Mood swings are not good for the baby."

But apparently, the woman opposite Lea was even more worked up. She raised her hand to slap the table, but after remembering that they were in a public place, she held herself back. Instead, she pointed at Lea and snapped, "You still dare to lie to me?"

Lea could bear almost anything, but she hated being pointed at and being accused of something she hadn't done, so Alice's actions instantly triggered her anger.

It reminded her of that time years ago, when Alice had entered the painting studio with her men and smashed her painting materials before calling her a "shameless bitch" in public.

However, she kept her temper under wraps and said coldly, "Do you really think I care about your nonsense? If you keep provoking me like this, things will end badly for you."

If looks could kill, Alice would be dead right now.

Alice put her hand down and stood up with a grim look on her face. "It seems that we have nothing to talk about," she said before walking away.

"Oh, good, you finally realized," Lea retorted sarcastically.

Upon hearing this, Alice suddenly stopped, turned around, and stared at Lea for a while. The look on her face gave Rachel goose bumps.

Rachel couldn't help but sit straight and protectively lean in front of Lea, half-blocking her from Alice's view.

"Miss Ye, you think you can marry into the Qin family with the bastard in your belly?" Alice yelled.

Rachel pulled a long face. Before she could rebuke her, however, Lea said sharply, "Miss Qin, you'd better watch your mouth. You're the one who is in a relationship with your relative. How can you have time to care about other people's business?"

As soon as those words left her mouth, she regretted it. However, it was too late to take them back.

For a moment, everything around them seemed to freeze. Then, as if breaking out of a trance, Alice suddenly grabbed a cup from the table and smashed it onto the floor.

Before Rachel and Lea could react, Alice bent down and picked up a piece of the broken porcelain. Holding it out threateningly in front of her, she roared hysterically, "You shut up!"

Rachel was afraid that this crazy woman would hurt Lea, so she tried to calm her down. "Miss Qin! Please put that down."

Alice turned and approached Rachel instead. Her face twisting in anger, she yelled, "You shut up too!"

She was making so much noise that everyone in the cafe looked over to see what was happening.

All the waiters rushed over in a panic and turned pale with fright when they saw the sharp piece of porcelain in Alice's hand.

One of them stepped forward courageously and tried to calm her down. "Miss, please calm down. Relax, please!"

"Fuck off!" Alice roared wildly. No one else dared to approach her.

With red eyes, she glared at Lea, who was safely standing behind Rachel. Since she couldn't get to Lea, she stepped closer to Rachel instead and pointed the broken shard at Rachel's face.

Lea was frozen in shock, afraid that the broken shard would hurt Rachel's face.

No one in the cafe came forward to help them. In fact, some of the customers even took out their phones to take pictures.

Lea suppressed her anger and forced herself to calm down. "Alice Qin, what do you want? Rachel has nothing to do with this."

She wanted to go forward, but Rachel was blocking her way. All of a sudden, tears began streaming down from Alice's eyes, and she said hoarsely, "Take it back!"

Lea looked at her in a daze, but Alice shook the broken shard of porcelain in her hand and shouted again, "You take back what you said just now! Do you hear me?"

"Okay, okay! Yes, I take it back. Please calm down," Lea said hurriedly.

She was so tense that she didn't even realize which words Alice was asking her to take back.

Alice glared fiercely at Lea, and then threw the shard away and stormed out of the cafe.

The onlookers all made way for her. Once she was out of sight, Lea turned around and cursed, "She's fucking insane!

Rachel, are you okay?"

Rachel took a deep breath and nodded. "I'm okay."

For a moment, she had been frightened to death that the broken shard of porcelain in Alice's hand would scratch her face.

Finally, one of the waiters stepped forward and looked at the mess of broken porcelain on the floor.

He said nervously, "Hey, are you both okay?" "Yeah, we're okay," Rachel replied. Then, after taking a glance at the mess on the floor , she shot the waiter an apologetic smile. "We're sorry to cause so much trouble."

The waiter smiled back awkwardly, not sure how to reply. Rachel added, "Please clean it up. I'll pay for it."

"We're sorry for all this trouble," Lea said as well.

The waiter finally nodded and relaxed. He waved his hands and said, "It's no trouble. But please move a little so that we can clean it up."

Author's note

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Translator: Scarlett5555