Patrick nodded at the words, then suddenly laughed low and deep. The smile made Jane’s heart skip a beat, so she quickly put on her coat that was haphazardly thrown on the bed and opened the door to knock on Joseph’s door next door. He came out with a look of resentment.
“Did the plan succeed?” Joseph looked gloomy, without any hint of a smile. But he didn’t seem angry either.
Jane nodded and went back to their original room with Joseph. She turned around formally and thanked him, “Joseph, thank you. If it weren’t for you, I might have made headlines again today.”
As she spoke, she subconsciously glanced at Patrick, which made Joseph feel mixed emotions inside.
He couldn’t believe it; he couldn’t compete with Patrick fairly!
Patrick smiled and took a step forward. It was different from his previous humility as he sincerely extended his hand to thank Joseph, “Thank you. If it weren’t for you, Jane might have been tricked by someone else. I don’t want to lose her.”
Joseph looked down at the hand extended by Patrick but did not shake it; instead he snorted and crossed his arms over his chest as he said to Patrick, “Don’t think that just because you said thank you means everything is forgotten about what happened today. Although I cooperated with your plan today, it doesn’t mean I will give up on Jane.”
The smile on Jane’s lips froze in place as she looked puzzledly at Patrick.
What was going on? Didn’t they already make things clear between her and Joseph?
Patrick flexed his fingertips, slowly lowering his hand as he looked at Joseph. However, there was no hint of anger; he just wanted to see what Joseph had to say.
As expected, the next moment, the young man straightened his neck and said to him, “Although I was almost deceived this time, I won’t give up on Jane. I will compete with you in the fairest way possible!”
Patrick was speechless.
For the first time, Patrick felt no jealousy towards his “rival.” Not only did he not feel jealous, but he was also somewhat speechless.
He was just a kid after all. Whatever, let him be.
Anyway, Jane won’t be involved with Joseph.
Patrick was confident in himself.
In the past couple of days, Nana’s morning sickness had become more severe. Previously, it was just occasional, but now she vomited almost every time she ate. In just a few days, Nana had lost quite a bit of weight.
Coincidentally, Jane called to inquire about Nana’s health. “Nana, how have you been these days? Is the morning sickness still bad?”
Just finished vomiting and coming out of the bathroom, Nana’s face was pale as she spoke, “I guess I’m in the morning sickness phase now. Whatever I eat these days makes me nauseous.”
Looking at her cheeks in the mirror, Nana had a worn-out look on her face due to pregnancy without makeup.
Jane had never been pregnant before and didn’t understand how severe morning sickness could be. All she could do was comfort her with sympathy, “How about I bring you some of your favorite food? You need to supplement your nutrition while you’re pregnant.”
“Is everything done at your company? Wait until you finish work before coming over. I don’t have anything urgent going on here, Carl will take care of me,” Nana said slowly. She knew that Jane and Patrick were currently in their honeymoon phase and didn’t want to disturb them.
“Has Carl been taking good care of you?” Jane asked slowly, “I haven’t seen him for a while nor has Patrick mentioned anything about it.”
Nana’s face lit up with happiness when she heard her fiancé’s name being mentioned; she nodded with a smile on her face saying, “Yes! Carl is an amazing man who does whatever I want him to do at home.”
During pregnancy, Carl had been an almost perfect fiancé who took excellent care of Nana; he would have even plucked stars from the sky if he could.
“Well then that’s great! As long as Carl treats you well,” Jane laughed lightly feeling satisfied that both herself and best friend found good partners.
Suddenly something more important came into mind for Jane; speaking softly she asked, “How has your future mother-in-law treated you these past few days? Has she targeted or mistreated you?”
Jane knew that Mrs. Waters did not like Nana very much as her potential daughter-in-law; previously Mrs. Waters often gave unpleasant looks towards Nana and openly showed dissatisfaction towards having such a daughter-in-law.
For this reason, Carl had talked to his mother many times trying to get her to treat Nana better but it seemed like nothing worked out so far.
Carl could only comfort Nana quietly after seeing how upset his mother made her feel, then explain afterwards that his mother wasn’t doing it intentionally.
“She’s still the same. Neither good nor bad,” replied Nana after thinking for a moment. Now that there was a grandchild involved inside her belly, Mrs. Waters tried hard not to make things difficult for them, but occasionally still caused trouble.
As they chatted away about various topics between two best friends, suddenly there came knocking from outside her door, “Nana, are you awake?”
Mrs. Waters’ voice echoed through from behind the front door.
Nana instinctively covered the receiver and said, “Jane, I can’t talk right now. Carl’s mom just walked in.”
She hung up the phone and slipped on her slippers to answer the door.
“Mrs. Waters, what’s wrong? Is everything okay?” Nana asked slowly.
Mrs. Waters looked at Nana’s pale complexion and thin body, unable to help worrying about her unborn child.
She turned around to take the chicken soup from the nanny’s hands and frowned as she spoke. “I had them prepare this chicken soup for you in the kitchen. I heard about your morning sickness these past few days. Drink some of this soup to nourish your body or else your baby won’t get enough nutrients.”
The aroma of the chicken soup wafted into Nana’s nose but it felt greasy instead of appetizing.
Instinctively wrinkling her brow, she covered her mouth with one hand while turning away from Mrs. Waters as she tried not to vomit.
“I had them stew this chicken for hours! Everyone else thought it smelled great except for you,” Mrs. Waters couldn’t help but criticize Nana when she saw how delicate she was acting. “Is your body really that precious? There are so many pregnant women out there who don’t act like you do.”
Mrs. Waters’ main concern was that Nana wasn’t eating enough food which would result in a lack of nutrition for her grandchild growing inside her belly.
Listening quietly as Mrs. Waters scolded and blamed her, Nana turned away silently while trying hard not to throw up again; furrowing her brows tightly together, she spoke slowly, “Mrs. Waters… I can’t smell anything lately… It is not your fault though… Thank you for making me this chicken soup.”
“Well then drink some when you feel better; my grandchild is more important than anything,” Mrs. Waters frowned again as she spoke sternly, “This is made with high-quality old hens; you can’t waste it!”
Mrs. Waters didn’t like Nana at all which meant that no matter what actions or words came out of Nan’s mouth, they were always interpreted negatively by Mrs. Waters who believed that everything Nana did was aimed against her personally.