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?”

that he had grown up abroad, Rachel had always thought that he needed a relatively

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

on this. I’m just afraid that

“He won’t.”

couldn’t barge into the two women’s

tortuous for him to be ignored like this. He

treated him as if he was invisible throughout the entire

are you going, Miss Rachel? I can send you

onto her car keys, Gloria and the other two walked out

just take a cab and yes,

he already know the truth, though? Why are

If blackmail and

suddenly commented,

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

meant was that

opening the car door, he said in determination as his deep gaze landed on her face,

Rachel. We

investigating some private matters, so there’s no need to be this cautious.” A frustrated Rachel then

accompany you then. It just so happens that I

Justin’s hands before turning

“Hey!”

attempted to call out to Gloria, but couldn’t stop her as the

Justin and Rachel as they

with a question.

“What do you think?”

keys and mumbled angrily, “Can you even

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

of them had a demolition sign glued on it. Even though the

the ruins in front of him. “Are you sure that

looked at a faraway point and noted that the houses

the sufferings of mere mortals. When a person is truly broke, they would already be thanking God if there

to an alley, after which

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

asked, “Have you visited this