My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 198

After saying goodbye, Lea already hung up.

She didn't want Jack to hear what she was about to say.

Given that he wasn't about to leave, she decided to talk to Rachel some other time.

However, in Rachel's mind, she thought that the reason her best friend hung up on her was because she didn't like Jack. She sighed.

Her eyes clouded over as she thought of ways to try and bridge the gap between them.

Jack leaned against her. "What's wrong? Why do you look so upset?"

Rachel shook her head, not wanting to talk about it. "Aren't you supposed to be in the company? Why did you come back so soon?" she asked.

He released her and waved the ticket at her face with a grin. "Mrs. Fu," he said so seriously that she had to giggle. "Mr. Fu sincerely invites you to join him in his visit to Mosa City for three days. Will you kindly accept his invitation?"

Rachel took the ticket from his hand. Their flight was already scheduled for tomorrow morning. Although he had already told her about this before, she didn't expect that they would go there so soon.

Now that Lea's matter had been settled, she thought that it was time for some relaxation.

"Yes, I do."

Hearing her words, Jack was more than pleased. He took hold of her soft hand and smiled bitterly. "Come with me."

'I do.'

He never expected that she would give him the same reply as she did back in their wedding. He couldn't help but think back to the occasion.

It wasn't a wedding. Technically, it was just a big party where everyone could have their fair share of fun. In fact, everyone did have fun except for the couple.

Nobody really thought that the two could get married. Only their parents thought it was a match made from heaven.

Even they didn't think that at all. Once they got their marriage certificate, they reverted back to unfamiliar strangers who acted accordingly to the circumstances they were placed in.

Jack had always wanted to hold a formal wedding for Rachel — a real one and not just the stuffy banquet they had back then. He wanted to propose to her once they made their relationship public.

Eric had been busy with his work. After completing an important project with his team, he went back home and fell asleep in no time.

After a day of sleep, he woke up from a phone call from his colleague. "Hello?" he said in a panicked voice. Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

"Is there something wrong with the project?

Should I go there now?"

His colleague snorted. "We're done with the project, dude. I'm downstairs. How about let's go grab some food?" he suggested. They lived right across each other, so it was easy to hang out from time to time. Eric's stomach growled at the thought of eating, so he agreed.

After cleaning himself up, he went downstairs. "Project, huh? Still recovering from the trauma?" he teased.

Eric rolled his eyes as they headed to a nearby restaurant. "Shut it, man."

After adjusting to his work environment, he had gotten along with his colleagues. In fact, if Rachel could see this, she would be proud of him. In fact, he planned to visit her once he had dinner.

Just then, he heard something from the other table. "Hey, did you know? Our vice president has long been married?"

"Vice president? Who is it?"

Eric continued eating, not really interested with their gossip.

"Jack Fu! Who else?"

He suddenly choked on his rice. Eric coughed violently as he patted his chest. His colleague quickly handed him a glass of water.

"What's wrong? Drink some water."

Eric waved his hand as tears blurred his vision. After a while, he finally calmed down and grabbed the water from his colleague's hand.

Once he took a sip, he glanced at the other men in the next table. "What did you say just now?"

The person was stunned for a moment before he responded, "Oh, we were just talking about our vice president."

Everyone in the company knew that GA Technology's vice president was also the CEO of MK Group.

Eric blinked. "He's married?"

His voice made it seem as if he had just been betrayed by the woman he loved.

The man next to him scoffed jokingly, "Isn't that a bit much? Why are you overreacting?"

Eric's mind went blank. He had been burying his head under piles of work that he had no idea what was happening outside. After throwing his tissue away, he stood up. "I have something to deal with now. I'll go first."

However, before he could stand up, someone pressed him back to his seat. It was none other than Michael. He stood beside Eric as he cocked up an eyebrow. "What's the rush? Besides, hasn't Jack been married a long time ago?"

People around them nodded. When he wasn't working, Michael had made sure to forge good relationships with his employees. That was why it wasn't a surprise that he was here.

The person who organized the dinner stood up and greeted him, "Mr. Du."

He immediately asked the waiter to pull up another set of tableware. Soon enough, the

attention on Eric slowly dissipated.

Eric was surprised to see the man sitting beside him.

After working in GA Technology for a while, Eric began to treat Michael as his boss instead of as one of Jack's friends.

"Mr. Du," he greeted.

Michael quickly pulled out a chair and sat beside him, patting him on the shoulder.

With a trace of uncertainty in his facial features, Eric asked lowly, "About what you just said..."

Michael, who had been talking to someone else, turned his head and waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry, they were talking about Rachel and him. He didn't marry someone else."

Knowing Eric's thoughts very well, Michael helped clear things out. However, it still took a while for Eric to react.

"Oh."

However, even then, Eric couldn't help but feel confused over this matter.

He still couldn't piece it all together.

Was it all those hours in overtime that made him stupid? Why didn't he know about this?

Why did they suddenly want to make their marriage public? Although it was true that Jack had been courting Rachel, he didn't think that he would succeed so quickly.

Eric decided to sneak out and give Rachel a call.

"Eric?" Rachel answered the phone. She was already in Mosa City. The sun was already setting when she arrived and the street lights were already being turned on.

They were being toured around in a sightseeing bus.

The resort they stayed in was designed accordingly to the traditional glamour the city had.

Not only did it covered thousands of acres, but it was filled with all kinds of facilities and beautiful scenery. In fact, the village covered three mountain tops.

There were plenty of monuments around the resort had their own history, and they were protected after the re-construction.

Given that they stood for hundreds of years, their stability had grown weaker.

This was why the management office only allowed visitors to stand outside and take pictures.

The investors of the resort had built several buildings, copying those famous monuments.

They'd invited the most professional architects and it took them more than two years to finish.

As a result, those new buildings looked exactly like the monuments.

In fact, they had the same style as the monuments in the Forbidden City.

According to the older generation, it was said that this was the place where the royal family had

fled. There was a rumor that said that the villagers here were all descendants of the royal guards.

Rachel didn't know if it was true or not.

These cultural artifacts were like pearls in the ocean. They had caused such a sensation

that the city had experienced an influx of tourism.

There were even wild historical references proving the fact that the monuments dated back to the dynasties, but the historians continued to deny it.

Given that the royal family were dead for such a long time,

it would be impossible for them to leave any evidence.

However, it was this type of debacle that had garnered more and more recognition for the ancient city.

Therefore, more and more tourists came to Mosa City.

Visitors could look around the newly built houses and live in them as well as if they themselves were part of the royal family.

This was why the resort had garnered so much attention when it opened its gates to the public.

For the investors, whoever built it wasn't important. As long as it had economic value, then they would do their best to reenact it.

They were extremely happy with the outcome.

Right now, they had only toured a small part of

the resort. If they had to finish everything, it would probably take them a day.

While they were halfway to their destination, that was when she received Eric's call.

She was quite surprised.

She had called Eric numerous times before this, but he was always either busy or sleeping. "We were handling a large project for the company, so I didn't have the time to call you back," he explained.

"Aren't you a busy bee?" she teased, complimenting him. Eric laughed politely.