The Supreme Soldier in the City
Chapter 291 - 298: The Second Time

Chapter 291: Chapter 298: The Second Time

"Joanne, mom wants to ask if you went for the check-up?" Helen Wilson asked lovingly, holding her daughter’s hands.

Helen responded subconsciously, "Not yet."

Her mom immediately glared at her and said, "How could that be? You must go for a check-up."

"No need, no need!" Helen hurriedly exclaimed. She wasn’t actually pregnant; if she went for a check-up, her lie would be exposed.

"How could you not need it? The early stage of pregnancy is very important, especially the first three months. If not handled well, it’s easy to have a miscarriage."

Helen felt miserable inside, initially only thought of deceiving her parents, forgetting about the lie she had spun. Now wanting to continue the deception, she couldn’t think of a suitable reason at the moment, mainly because she had absolutely no experience in this regard.

James Brown came out from the kitchen with a dish at this moment and said, "Look at you, I told you to clear things up with your uncle and aunt early on, but you insisted on not doing so, and now you have to lie to cover it up."

Helen was startled and stared wide-eyed at James Brown, while her parents looked at him with confusion at this moment.

James Brown said with a smile, "Uncle, aunt, you haven’t eaten much all day, come over to eat. I’ll have a couple of drinks with uncle and explain everything during the meal."

Helen quickly helped James with the dishes and while heading to the kitchen, she pinched James and whispered with a lowered voice, "What are you doing?"

"Just telling the truth, how could we keep hiding this from uncle and aunt? I’ve told you before, you just didn’t believe it."

James’s voice wasn’t subdued, and Helen’s parents, who were coming over, heard everything, making them even more confused and unsure of what this young couple was up to.

As Helen’s parents settled down, James Brown poured wine for Helen’s father and they both had a drink. Then, James proceeded to say, "Uncle, aunt, let me tell you the truth, Joanne is not pregnant. However, we didn’t mean to deceive you. Before the last visit, her period was late and she also had a bad stomach, constantly feeling nauseous. We thought she was pregnant, but a few days ago, her period came, and we realized our mistake."

Helen’s parents were stupefied, while Helen secretly breathed a sigh of relief inside, discreetly kicking James Brown; however, it was a kick of appreciation.

"Joanne has just become a station chief, and she’s been very busy, so these past few days she forgot to tell you, uncle and aunt, I’m sorry to have raised your hopes in vain, it was our fault. But rest assured, we will work hard and try to conceive as soon as possible."

While Helen’s parents were initially upset to hear the pregnancy was false, James’s declaration diffused their discontent.

Helen’s mother glared at her daughter and said, "Look at you, such an adult, yet you can’t even figure out whether you are pregnant or not."

Helen chuckled and said, "Mom, I’ve never been pregnant before, how would I know? It felt similar to pregnancy, so I just told you."

"Hmph, really haven’t grown up yet. Alright, if you aren’t pregnant, you aren’t pregnant; sooner or later, you will still need to have children."

Helen’s father shared another drink with James and said, "Actually, there’s no rush to have children so early. You’re both still young, now is the time to focus on your careers. Having a child now would just be another distraction, and it wouldn’t be beneficial for your current development."

Helen’s mother immediately glared and retorted, "What nonsense are you talking about? They don’t have to raise the child themselves; I will take care of it. How would it affect them? Besides, the earlier the child is raised, the better; waiting until older to have children and then raising them, you’d be in your fifties or sixties, how hard would that be?"

The family was heatedly discussing the issue of children, and in the end, under the absolute authority of Helen’s mother, Helen still promised to try for a child this year. Only then did Helen’s mother give up.

Finally pacified the elder, it was getting late, everyone tidied up, ready to rest, Helen Wilson’s place did have two rooms, and James naturally ended up staying with Helen.

Once in the room, after closing the door, James felt something odd. These situations had happened many times with Gina Lopez, and he didn’t think much of it usually, but being with Helen, he couldn’t help but let his thoughts wander.

At this moment, Helen also felt somewhat uncomfortable, but still pretended to be calm and said, "Let’s hurry and sleep, we have to work tomorrow."

James agreed and jumped onto the bed, while Helen turned off the light before climbing into bed herself. The two lay apart, with some distance between them, neither spoke, but their breathing was clear and somewhat troubled.

"Helen..." James was about to say something, when suddenly Helen flipped over and pressed him down, startling James who quickly asked, "What are you doing?"

"Doing... you!" Helen said two extremely bold words that made every man’s heart race.

Helen said nothing more and just snuggled into James’ arms, but just as James was about to fall asleep, Helen suddenly pushed him, forcing him to groggily open his eyes and ask, "What’s wrong now?"

"I need to tell you something."

"Go ahead."

"You mustn’t tell anyone about us, especially Sarah Utah."

"Okay, I understand," James quickly agreed.

"Also, from now on we’re still just friends, you can’t treat me like your girlfriend."

This suggestion indeed made James breathe a sigh of relief, he asked, "So does that mean I should consider myself your boyfriend?"

"Keep dreaming, I’m not thinking of getting married so soon. But as a woman, being alone is a bit lonely, so I’ve decided, I’ll just treat you as my ****."

"****..." James was somewhat speechless, hearing this from Helen somehow made him uncomfortable.

"Don’t worry, I won’t be jealous of your other women, but you have to accompany me once a week."

"Do you think this arrangement isn’t so bad?"

"It’s tolerable, barely acceptable," Helen said disdainfully, but it was clear she meant the opposite.

James pinched Helen’s cheek, finding her really quite adorable at the moment, and smiled, "No problem, as long as you want me, I’ll come and spend time with you."

"That settles it, let’s sleep," Helen said, and closed her eyes decisively, yet her body moved even closer to James’.

James gently stroked Helen’s back a few times. A question that had been troubling his mind seemed to suddenly clear up; matters of the heart are best left to fate, why cling so stubbornly to them?