My Mute Bride

Chapter 372 Heartless

A week later, Rachel’s foot injury had finally healed.

Early in the morning, Rachel went to Gloria’s residence to pick up Charlotte and Samuel.

Due to her foot injury, she didn’t have time to take care of the two children for the whole week. Jolly was also too busy with the approval of the Northlane project, so both children were entrusted to Gloria.

“Charlotte, your mommy is here to pick you up for school. Go wash up and come have breakfast.”

Gloria shouted outside the bedroom, but there was no response.

“This brat.”

Rachel smiled before uttering, “That little piglet must still be asleep. Samuel, go and wake Charlotte up.”

“Okay!”

As expected, after Samuel went into the bedroom, he dragged Charlotte, who was still in her pajamas and seemingly still in slumber, out to wash up.

When Rachel and Gloria saw them, they exchanged an amused smile.

“Take a seat. Do you want a drink?”

“I’m fine with anything.”

“Is coffee okay?”

“Yeap.”

With that, Gloria brewed a cup of coffee for Rachel.

“You could’ve saved the trouble of coming over. I can send Charlotte to school, and you can pick her up afterward.”

“I came here not just for Charlotte.”

“What else are you here for?”

Rachel blinked her eyes. “I heard Victor made you upset?”

Taken aback by her question, Gloria turned her head to avoid Rachel’s gaze. “Nah. That’s not true.”

“If there’s nothing going on, why would he call me, asking how you’re doing lately? And you didn’t answer his calls either. Even the security guards at the music room aren’t letting him in.”

“That’s because he’s dumb!”

made a slip of

but to cough awkwardly and explained, “Well. Hear me out. The other day when it was pouring heavily outside, I invited him to dinner and offered to pick

a heavy rainstorm

music room, so she drove to the school to pick him up. Since she wasn’t driving a school-owned car, she had no choice but to park her

he

“What?”

his colleague the

two umbrellas? Isn’t it enough for

what happened, I wouldn’t have said that he was dumb. He…” Gloria complained through gritted teeth. “After giving the umbrella to his colleague, he said he didn’t want to have dinner together anymore because it was raining. He said he had to stay back and prepare for his lessons, so he decided to stay overnight in school

more she storied, the angrier Gloria became, and she

all the way to pick him up. Why didn’t he tell me sooner if he had to work overtime? How dare he stand

she furrowed her brows. “Did he really say

for word. I finally understand now. That b*stard had

Victor is quite a straightforward person. If he didn’t want to be friends with you, he wouldn’t even have talked to

him. I swear I’m just

irritated that she downed the coffee in one go.

the same time, Rachel felt helpless. “Why are you behaving like a child in an adult’s

they were talking, Samuel came out of the washroom and climbed onto Gloria’s dining chair by the table with the help of all his limbs,

pushed the sandwich in front of

“Where’s Charlotte?” inquired Rachel.

“She’s changing.”

at her watch. “I think she won’t be able to make it to school after breakfast. Let me just pack her some food

she just seemed like a child being sulky with Victor, but now, she looked like a responsible adult running up and down for

of a sudden, Rachel thought of something. One would usually show

changing, Charlotte still looked groggy as if she wasn’t fully awake yet. Hugging Rachel’s thighs, she

need to go now, little piglet. Say bye to Aunt

“Bye, Aunt Gloria.”

“Bye, Charlotte.”

suddenly recalled something. “Rachel, have you heard about what happened in the

“What happened?”

Burton

“Huh?”

was stunned to hear that. “When

“Last Saturday.”

Saturday the day Old Madam Sutton almost took Samuel

having dinner with