True Love Waits

Chapter 1281 Didn't Care About Chantel

"Okay. Take care, and don't tire yourself." The doctor spoke with Chantel at length about all the things that she needed to pay attention to, and she listened attentively and tried to remember them all. He had even suggested that she be put on record in their hospital so that prenatal checkups would be convenient for her. However, she was nervous, and so, she refused.

After leaving the hospital, Chantel wrapped her scarf tightly around her neck and took out her phone to message Erica. "Rika, the doctor said I'm five weeks pregnant."

Chantel nervously checked her phone several times, but she received no reply from Erica. She guessed that she hadn't seen the message. So, she placed her phone back into her pocket and took a bus to school.

As soon as she found a seat on the bus and sat down, her cell phone rang. She took it out and glanced at the caller ID. She was so scared that she almost dropped the phone.

It was Gifford!

Wide-eyed Chantel glanced around as though expecting him to be nearby. When she didn't see him, she closed her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and answered the call. "Hello, Gifford. What's up?" "Where are you?" he asked.

"Um...I'm at school." Since she ought to be at school at this hour, that was the first answer that slipped out of Chantel's mouth.

"Why didn't I find you?"

"What? Where are you?" 'Crap! Did he come to school to look for me? But why?' she wondered.

Gifford leaned against the car as he answered, "I just stepped out of the school building. Now I'm at the school gate. I've searched everywhere for you. You aren't at school. So tell me, where are you?" Guilt surged through Chantel as she tried to think of an excuse. Finally, with a tremor in her voice, she answered, "Well, I came out to buy something. Now, I'm on the bus back to school. Gifford, do you have something urgent to say?"

Her voice was trembling, and she was stuttering. He knew that she was lying, but he didn't know what she was hiding from him. He didn't even question her. Flatly, he replied, "Mom asked me to bring you some food."

He hadn't wanted to come, but Blair had scolded him. She had even gone so far as to imply that he didn't care about Chantel. Finally, he had given up arguing and made the trip to her school.

"Well, can't you leave it at the guard room? It may take me more than ten minutes to return to school." Since he was always very busy, she was sure that he didn't have time to wait for her. This way, she could avoid seeing him altogether.

"I see." Gifford abruptly ended the call.

took. Half an hour later, she arrived at the bus stop near the school. Erica had replied to her while she was on the bus. After stepping off the bus, Chantel texted back. "I don't

was not mentally ready yet.

thoughts that she didn't notice that a car had parked

money on the

the familiar voice. Wasn't the man standing next to the military green car Gifford? 'Didn't I ask him to leave

in the trash can as soon as I walked out of the hospital. Thank God!' The anxiety coursing through Chantel settled when she remembered what she had

car and crossed his

bus took longer than expected as

warned her, "Don't learn from Erica. She's a bad example." "No! Rika is a good girl. She is not as bad as you

I not know my

an aphrodisiac to trick me into sleeping

objections. He pushed himself off the car, opened the trunk, took out the food prepared by Blair, and some snacks he had bought at the supermarket. As he handed everything to her, he said,

any questions. She took the bags from Gifford and thanked

through the gate, past the lawn, and into the school building. It

about Chantel's

to have a niece or nephew. However, she was sorrowful as she wasn't pregnant

as she woke, Erica would touch her belly first and then look down. How she wished

test sticks and took them back to the villa. The next morning, she went to the

had looked like

Eve, Matthew and Erica had to attend a family reunion dinner at the Huo family's manor. But this time, only Carlos, Debbie, Matthew, and Erica were there. Sheffield had taken his wife and kids to the Tang family. And Joshua accompanied his wife

chatting with Carlos and Debbie in the living room on the manor's first floor, while Matthew worked on the second floor. In the evening, the

the second day of the

the Li family's house

the young couple. The moment

Gifford were stumped by this sudden disappearance of the two women. They glanced at

chosen to celebrate the New

and Chantel left.