My Mute Bride

Chapter 292 Smart Aunt Gloria

As she spoke, Gloria studied Rachel’s expression. “At that time, doctors said it was highly likely that he would fall into a vegetative state where he would never wake up.”

“Does that mean you took care of Charlotte before he regained consciousness?” Rachel asked. “Huh?” Gloria paused for a moment before nodding. “Yeah.”

“In that case, thank you so much.” Rachel took her hand. “It’s arduous to take care of a newborn and if it weren’t for you, Charlotte might not have been able to survive.”

“There’s no need to be this courteous with me, Rachel. Charlotte is my niece, so how could I have neglected her?”

“I still wish to thank you, so this glass is for you.” Without saying anything else, Rachel snagged Jolly’s glass and gulped it at one go.

Now that Jolly was startled awake, she mumbled blearily, “Drink! Drink!”

However, as she was unable to stop Rachel in time, Gloria could only watch on and frowned as Rachel finished drinking from the glass. Weren’t we talking about Charlotte? How did the topic change?

“You were doing fine abroad, Rachel. Why did you suddenly come back?”

“You must have heard about what happened to the Hudson Family.”

“A little bit.”

“One of the reasons is that we’ve finally sought revenge for Hans. Another cause is that I’m worried about leaving Charlotte here alone.”

Rachel had never once brought up Justin throughout her speech.

“Well, Justin has taken care of her quite well all these years,” Gloria pointed out. “Although I don’t talk to him a lot, his personality has changed a bit since he lost his memory. You must have noticed it as well.”

As she declined to answer, Rachel instead poured Jolly a glass of water, exhorting her to have a drink of it before sleeping.

After a moment of hesitation, Gloria decided that Rachel still had a cold attitude toward Justin and swallowed the words that she wanted to say.

It was fine since they still had time.

Meanwhile, in the restaurant’s children’s play area, Charlotte went down the slide and into the ball pit. She was clearly thrilled to see Gloria return.

to glance at her. “Are you sure Aunt Gloria’s return will do any good? She doesn’t

she has her own reasons for

“What are those reasons?”

yet,” a confident

you

one who told me how to deal with Amber so that Amber wouldn’t

accompanied by a starry-eyed

that mean Gloria was

and Rachel dined together that evening until it was

home with the two children, the streetlamps in

you,” she soberly thanked the cab driver before leading

moment she opened the door, a figure blocked the entrance. “Why

through the haze of alcohol at the cold, imposing figure shrouded in shadow. “Who are

smell of alcohol made Justin

she drank quite a bit. What she had used to send the cab driver away was merely the last bit of her sanity and sobriety,

while, Rachel suddenly reached out to pinch his cheeks. “I asked

him wanting to push her hand away, she helplessly clung to him like sticky

because it was all too comical, but the sound of children muffling their laughter with their

hold of Rachel’s wrists and instructed with a stern face, “Charlotte, Samuel, wash up

good care of Mommy

like he wanted to say something, she had dragged him along

“You were out with the kids. How could you drink

me?” Rachel braced her hands against his shoulders and repeated

tactics. “Call me next

toward her room. “There’s

down!” Afraid that Rachel would fall, Justin attempted to catch

him aside

the toilet bowl and began

to grab a glass of warm water for her instead. Kneeling next to her, he told her, “Come, take a sip. Rinse your mouth

so obedient and well-behaved that he