My Mute Bride

Chapter 355 Prickly Hedgehog

Half a month went by. One morning, Rachel brought the two children downstairs, preparing to send them to school. “Charlotte, hurry up. You’re going to be late.”

“Wait for me, Mommy, I want to braid my hair.” “There’s not enough time.” Rachel was exasperated. “You’re definitely going to be late if you braid it.”

Charlotte immediately became unhappy upon hearing that.

“Pouting won’t work. I asked you to wake up earlier this morning, but you had to insist on sleeping in. Whose fault is that? Anyway, it’s time to go. Now.” Rachel glanced at her watch. “I still have a meeting to attend later. We’re really out of time.”

Samuel also looked like he still wasn’t awake yet as he held Rachel’s hand and followed her to the elevator. They were immediately greeted by a black car the moment they exited their apartment complex—it was Justin’s car.

Justin was looking at his watch as he leaned against his car. When he saw Rachel, he stepped toward her. “I thought that I was late and already missed you three.”

Rachel was a little stunned. “Didn’t you say that you were going to pick Charlotte up later tonight after school?”

According to the court’s verdict, Justin could take Charlotte every Friday night to spend the weekend with him. However, Charlotte didn’t accept the olive branch Justin offered her. Even now, she was still upset with him. Although more than a month had passed, the only thing she would agree to was dinner with Justin every Friday night.

“I didn’t have anything on my schedule today, and I just so happened to be in the area. Let me send you to your destination.”

Before Rachel could answer, Samuel was already squinting in concentration while scrambling into the back of Justin’s car. He even put his safety belt on before his head tilted to the side as he fell asleep again. All his actions seemed like he was sleepwalking.

Rachel couldn’t possibly get Samuel to get out of the car at this point. With no other choice, she agreed. “Charlotte, get in the car.”

Charlotte looked unwilling and decided to kick up a fuss. “I don’t like black cars. I like red ones better.”

Rachel’s car was red.

Charlotte was typically a reasonable girl, but the moment she saw Justin, she was like a prickly little cactus, repeatedly pricking him. The saying that daughters were daddy’s girls was completely untrue here. This “daddy’s girl” was more like a hedgehog.

Justin frowned. “Charlotte.”

Charlotte folded her arms, disgust on her face.

sight anymore and unkindly put a stop to Charlotte’s antic. “Red cars? Stop being so unreasonable. You’ve been taking the taxi to school this entire

little face was tense, her cheeks puffed

softened. “Alright now, get in. I’ll braid

“Really?”

your safety belt by then, then I won’t braid your hair.” With

had already smoothly climbed into the

nodded, satisfied, before looking at Justin apologetically.

onto the main street. Since Rachel and the children were in the back, they were visible in the rearview mirror. Rachel was

slender, and his knuckles prominent. He glanced at the mirror before

to the workshop for maintenance,”

exactly easy for you to pick

during the morning and evening traffic jams, especially when both kids have finished school for the day. Fortunately, Victor would sometimes pick them up

taken aback. “Did Charlotte

had never once taken public transport. Whenever she went out of the house, she would be escorted by a horde of attendants. She would wish for nothing more than for the cars

“I like taking the subway. It’s amazing! It just goes ‘whoosh whoosh

how normal people live. You’ve never experienced it before, so maybe

inconvenient when you

public transport himself, but he did know about the crowds at least. Just watching the news was enough to make him aware of how crowded the subway could be during the morning and evening rush hours. Coincidentally, Justin drove by a subway station. There were scores of bicycles and motorcycles parked by the entrance to the station. The volume of people

will be okay

car came to a stop by the school’s entrance. Justin and Rachel then walked with

rubbed his cheeks.

then that Samuel reluctantly opened his eyes. Out of habit, he took Charlotte’s

her watch

you there,” Justin

I’ll just get

from here. I’m already here now anyway. It’s not worth avoiding me just to be late

you.” Rachel glanced at him. After hesitating a moment, she caved. “Sorry to bother you for

“Hop in.”