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?”

abroad, Rachel had always thought that he needed a relatively free and happy childhood. That was the reason why she never forced him to

I coincidentally wanted to ask for your opinion on the

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

“He won’t.”

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

Rachel didn’t express her anger, it was actually more tortuous for him to be ignored like this. He would rather have her

if he

Rachel? I can send you

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

“No need. I’ll just take

he already know the truth, though? Why are you still going to look for

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

commented,

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

was that you

in determination as his deep

We

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

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

Justin’s hands before turning around and leaving. “I’ll just take

“Hey!”

couldn’t stop her as the

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

he broke the silence with a question. “You

“What do you think?”

eyes, Rachel snatched the keys and

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

there were all dilapidated and most of them had a demolition sign

the car, Justin frowned as he looked at the ruins in front of

faraway point and noted that the houses here had all

of mere mortals. When a person is truly broke, they would already be thanking

ruin, she walked to an alley, after which

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

asked, “Have you visited