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?”

thought that he needed a relatively free and happy

to ask for your opinion on the matter.

afraid

“He won’t.”

the two women’s conversation, could only helplessly look

ignored like this. He would rather

she treated him as if he was invisible throughout

you going, Miss Rachel?

onto her car keys, Gloria and the other two

Rachel held her purse, she replied, “No need. I’ll just take a cab and yes, I’m going

the truth, though? Why are you still going to look

grandmother. If blackmail and threats don’t work, maybe I can try to bait

suddenly commented, “You cannot

Rachel’s expression darkened. “What? Even though I’ve clearly explained everything,

I meant was that you

deep gaze landed on her

Miss Rachel. We can accompany

this cautious.” A frustrated Rachel then continued, “What do you intend

then. It just so happens that I have something else to do, so I’ll be

Justin’s hands before turning around and

“Hey!”

couldn’t

Rachel as they stood at the car door and stared at each

a question. “You drive?

“What do you think?”

snatched the keys and mumbled

the guts to sit in it. After all, although he might not

old district. The houses there were all dilapidated and most of them had a demolition sign glued on it. Even though the demolition had already occurred,

he looked at the ruins in front of him. “Are you sure

looked at a faraway point and noted that the houses

Master Justin, of course you won’t know about the sufferings of mere mortals. When a person is truly broke, they would already be thanking God if there was a place that could shield them

she walked to an alley,

it was already afternoon, the sun was scorching the ground with its heat. However, the old houses that were half-demolished had a pathway so narrow that the two of them found it hard to traverse without any sunlight. As a result, it

“Have you visited