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?”

with the fact that he had grown up abroad, Rachel had always thought that he needed

wanted to ask for your opinion on the matter. If you agree to it, I’ll arrange for him to perform

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

“He won’t.”

barge into the two

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

she treated him as if he was invisible throughout

going, Miss Rachel? I

keys, Gloria and the other two walked out of the

I’ll just take

already know the truth, though? Why are you still

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

suddenly commented, “You cannot

darkened. “What? Even though I’ve clearly explained everything, are you still going to stick your finger in my

was that you cannot

said in determination as his deep gaze landed on her face, “Gloria and I will accompany

Rachel. We

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

to accompany you then. It just so happens that I have something else to do, so

the keys into Justin’s hands before turning around and leaving.

“Hey!”

couldn’t stop her as the woman

they

broke the silence with a question. “You drive?

“What do you think?”

eyes, Rachel snatched the keys and mumbled

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

was 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

the car, Justin frowned as he looked at the ruins in front of him. “Are you sure that people are still living

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

mortals. When a person is truly broke, they would already be thanking God if there was

around the ruin, she walked to an alley, after which Justin

pathway so narrow that the two of them found it hard to traverse without any sunlight. As

you