My Mute Bride

Chapter 305 The Carrot and the Stick

Still holding the keys in her hands, Gloria blamed herself. “It’s all my fault. I insisted on dragging you guys here to eat.”

Rachel commented with a calm expression, “I don’t blame you. Even if you didn’t bring me here, what could I do when a certain individual doesn’t want to let me go?”

A speechless Justin had a tense expression.

“Let’s just eat.” Looking through the menu, Rachel ordered, “The codfish is the signature dish here, right? We’ll have one of those.”

Upon seeing Rachel act like nothing had happened resulted in Gloria taking her seat as she recommended, “Their prawns here are tasty as well.”

“Is that so? One of those too, I guess.”

When all the dishes had been served, Rachel ate and drank like a normal person. It was Justin and Gloria who felt uncomfortable instead. He particularly felt like he was sitting on a bed of needles.

At that moment, although he did not want to admit it, reality had revealed the truth to Samuel’s words: he was a fool.

He just had to push Rachel’s buttons for no reason again.

Looking at the large bowl of peanut soup on the table, Gloria signaled with her eyes at Justin and even kicked him from under the table.

When he finally understood what she hinted at, he immediately filled a small bowl with soup and intentionally gave it to her first before passing a second bowl to Rachel in an attempt to make the scene more natural. “Have some soup.”

“Thank you.”

What came out of Rachel’s mouth was flat and carried no emotion in it.

“Oh, right, Charlotte and Samuel are still at your place, aren’t they? How are they doing now?”

“They are quite obedient. I have left them with my assistant, so you guys don’t have to worry about anything.”

“I can pick them up later today.”

“You don’t have to. Let them play around in the theater group for a few days. Since I’ve discovered that Samuel seems to be musically talented, I was thinking that for the final concert in two days’ time, I might bring him onstage to perform as a final act of thanks to the audience.”

“Samuel?” Rachel thought that she had misheard Gloria’s words. “Can he do it? He hasn’t taken a music lesson before, has he?”

he needed a relatively free and happy childhood. That was the

have a great sense for music. I coincidentally wanted to ask for your opinion on the matter. If you agree to it, I’ll

have any opinion on this. I’m just afraid that he might affect the level of the group’s

“He won’t.”

barge into the two women’s conversation, could only helplessly look

it was actually more tortuous for him to be ignored like this. He would rather have her scold him thoroughly and be done

him as if he was invisible throughout the entire

going, Miss Rachel? I

onto her car keys, Gloria and the other

“No need. I’ll just take a cab and yes, I’m going to look

the truth, though? Why are you

what happened to my grandmother. If blackmail and threats don’t work, maybe I can try to bait him with

commented,

I’ve clearly explained everything, are you still going to stick your

meant was that you cannot go there

as his deep gaze landed on her face,

Rachel. We

there’s no need to be this cautious.” A frustrated Rachel then continued, “What do

you then. It just so happens that I have something else

thrusted the keys into Justin’s hands before

“Hey!”

couldn’t stop her as the

Rachel as they stood at the

a question.

“What do you think?”

the keys and mumbled angrily, “Can you

not have the guts to sit in it. After all, although he might not have any plans to continue living, she still

were all dilapidated and most of them had a demolition sign glued on it. Even though

ruins in front of him.

looked at a faraway point and noted that the houses here had all been demolished with its debris spread

course you won’t know about the sufferings of mere mortals. When a person is truly broke,

ruin, she walked to an alley, after which

half-demolished had a pathway so narrow that the two of

you