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?”

fact that he had grown up abroad, Rachel had always thought that he needed a relatively free and happy childhood.

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

I’m just afraid that he might affect the level of the

“He won’t.”

couldn’t barge into the two women’s conversation, could only

tortuous for him to be ignored like this. He would rather have her scold him

him as if he was invisible throughout

Miss Rachel?

and the other two walked out of the

purse, she replied, “No need. I’ll just

truth, though? Why are you still going to look

know the truth about what happened to my grandmother. If blackmail and threats don’t work, maybe I can try

commented,

darkened. “What? Even though I’ve clearly explained everything, are

meant was that you cannot go there

opening the car door, he said in determination as his deep

Rachel. We

to be this cautious.” A frustrated Rachel then continued, “What do

allow Justin to accompany you then. It just so happens that I have something else to do, so I’ll be leaving

into Justin’s hands before turning

“Hey!”

couldn’t stop her as the woman had quickly

remaining were Justin and Rachel as they stood

broke the silence with a question.

“What do you think?”

snatched the keys

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

situated at the west side of the 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, it did not seem like the residents there had moved after all

at the ruins in front of him. “Are you sure that people are still living

noted that the houses here

a person is truly broke, they would already be thanking God

to an alley, after

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

asked, “Have you visited this