Chapter 14 Shotgun Wedding with Registration

Rue was taken aback for a hot second. 'Why wouldn't Edward choose to marry me immediately?' If he wanted to find Rachel who took his jacket so badly back then, does that not mean he held an unusual feeling for Rachel? Now that she had impersonated Rachel, why was he acting so aloofly? Could it be that Edward had realized something? Seeing as Rue was hesitating to speak, Edward continued, but his gaze was filled with distrust and doubt. "Let me ask you this. When you left the room, did you leave anything behind?" Processing Edward's words, Rue's calculative mind began to work. Since Edward asked, Rachel must have left something. "That's right, I did leave something behind." Edward looked at Rue indifferently. "What did you leave behind?" Edward's question caught Rue by surprise. The one who had sex with him was Rachel, not her, so how would Rue know what Rachel left behind? Moreover, she had never asked Rachel about this! "It was ten months ago, so I can't remember properly. I remember leaving something behind, but I was in such a hurry, I didn't pay much attention to it." Hearing Rue's explanation, Edward slowly retrieved a handmade bracelet from his pocket. "Take a look, is it this one?" When Rue saw the bracelet in Edward's hand, she was stunned. 'Why does that bracelet look so familiar?' Mrs. Bennet became so impatient, she quickly walked up, untied the bracelet in her own wrist, and placed it in Rue's hands. She smiled and tapped the back of Rue's hand. "Silly child, this pregnancy has really made you scatterbrained! Isn't this the bracelet you made? You even made this for me for my birthday." Rue stared at the bracelet in her hand and only remembered when Mrs. Bennet mentioned it. Rachel made these! Even Rue had a bracelet like this! "Oh right, mom, look at me, I really forgot." Edward looked at Rue, his lips thin as he spoke, "What do you want?" Although it had been ten months, he had to admit that the passion he felt that night still lingered. He was still thinking about the little kitty from that night. Yet now... How did that little kitty turn into a little bunny? Rue looked at Edward purposefully. "I don't want anything other than providing my child with a complete and happy family!" Her determined tone faded as she shifted her attention from Edward to Josh, and her face softened instantly. "If you can't give my child a happy family, I ask that you return the baby to me!" Rue extended her arms at Edward resolutely. Edward squinted coldly. "You can become Mrs. Bluemel, but I will not give you a wedding or anything romantic. You understand?" Rue crouched beside Josh and took him in her arms, disregarding his resistance. "I don't care about any of those. I only want my child to grow up in a proper household, that's all." Edward softened his intense gaze. "If that's the case, I will arrange for us to get the certificate done tomorrow." At night, after returning to the Bennet villa, Rachel looked for Mr. Bennet. "Dad, I will be getting the marriage certificate done tomorrow. I hope this news will find its way out to the papers." Mr. Bennet laughed heartily. "Edward really fell for it?" Mrs. Bennet grinned as she held onto Rue's hands. "Isn't it so, Edward said it himself. Our Rue will be Mrs. Bluemel from tomorrow onward!" Mr. Bennet applauded as a grin was fixed on his face. "Good, good. Don't worry, the news of your certificate registration will be known to the entire Orange Country. Rue, you really are the Bennet family's lucky star!" The three joyous Bennets had conveniently forgotten that Rue was only able to become Mrs. Bluemel because they threw Rachel under the bus. The next morning, even though Edward tried his best to be low-profile, he was still swarmed by reporters and paparazzi in front of the General Registry Office. "Mr. Bluemel! Is it true that you're here at the General Registry Office to register for marriage with the daughter of the Bennet Group?" "Mr. Bluemel, please tell us when your relationship with Rue Bennet started? How did you get to this stage so fast?" "Mr. Bluemel, can you give us some thought about this shotgun wedding?" "Mr. Bluemel, what would this marriage spell for the Bennet Group and Bluemel Inc.?" ... Swarmed by reporters, Edward tossed a side glance at Rue who was being pushed around. At this sight, his bodyguards immediately blocked the swarm of reporters from getting close. Edward turned around and entered the General Registry Office with Rue following closely behind him. Once they had entered the General Registry Office and reporters could no longer see them, Edward pushed Rue against the wall and held onto her wrist tightly. "Rue, let it be a warning, don't try any of those tricks that you think are so smart on me." Rue met his gaze bravely. "You think I called these reporters? Do I look like someone who does such a thing? If you don't believe me, you can verify it yourself!" After a brief stare-down, Edward let go of Rue's wrist. "It better not be you." They hastily signed the certificate before Rue moved into the Bluemel mansion as quickly as possible. Rue was prepared to speak as she carried a tray of brewed tea into the study, but she decided against it in the end. That was because she saw Edward staring at the handmade bracelet in his hand for a long time, it was as though his spirit had left him in his seriousness. Rue's hand balled up into a fist as she carefully withdrew from the room. She was the one who had married Edward in Rachel's place, but Edward was constantly staring at that raggedy bracelet, thinking of another woman — the one she hated, no less! Having returned to her room, Rue pursed her lips in jealousy and dialed a number on her phone. The second the call was picked up, Rue yelled into the phone in utter impatience and resentment. "Mom! I want Rachel to disappear from my sight!" Mrs. Bennet was startled. "What are you talking about, Rue?" Rue calmed herself down. "Mom, I want Rachel to be out of the Orange Country, to somewhere neither Edward nor I will be able to see her!"