My mute bride novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 283

Chapter 283

“What are you doing here?” Amber’s expression changed as soon as she saw Rachel, and the former stared at the latter guardedly.

Just then, Rachel came to her senses. “I should be the one asking you this question, right?”

“Rachel, what do you mean by that?!”

“The engagement is already called off, yet the two of you seem to be joined at the hip. Are you guys trying to create further topics for the press and contribute some tabloid news on behalf of both the Burton Group and Hudson Pharmaceuticals?” Rachel spoke in a cold voice and she sounded angry. Her reaction caused Justin to feel slightly joyful as he explained himself, “You’ve misunderstood the situation. Amber and I-”

“Chris!” Hernandez’s voice rang out from behind Rachel and he cut off Justin’s words.

“Oh-this is such a coincidence. You’ve bumped into someone we know,” Hernandez greeted Justin quite naturally and calmly upon seeing him. “It’s been quite a while since we last met, Mr. Burton.”

Meanwhile, Justin frowned. “Why are you here?”

“I’m here for lunch with Chris. Aren’t the two of you here for lunch as well?”

Just then, Hernandez shot a suggestive look at Justin and Amber, and then he spoke up meaningfully. “Mr. Burton, it looks like you’ve got a different target, huh? Should I express my gratitude then?”

Justin’s expression darkened significantly when he heard that.

Meanwhile, Amber was her usual pretentious self and she put on a world-class act as she pretended to

explain the situation, “You guys have misunderstood us. Justin and I have something to discuss, so we met up here.”

“There’s no need to explain things.” As soon as Justin said that, he walked past Rachel and he clearly exuded a cold, domineering demeanor.

Just then, Arber shot a smug look at Rachel before quickly joining him. “Justin, wait up.”

As for Rachel, she was quite composed and she merely mentioned, “Let’s go to another restaurant.”

At that moment, Justin paused in his tracks and he turned around to find that Rachel and Hernandez had gone back to their seats to gather their belongings. Subsequently, they left immediately without any intention of staying on any longer than necessary.

Just then, Amber tried to fuel the flames as she spitefully mentioned, “Justin, what are they discussing anyway? Why are they intentionally avoiding you?”

Instantly, Justin furrowed his brows, and all of a sudden, there was a frosty look on his face.

Truth was, Amber was partially correct. Rachel and Hernandez did want to have their discussion privately, but they were trying to avoid Amber instead of Justin.

After they had ended the discussion, night had also descended.

Just then, Rachel received a phone call from Jolly, and the latter mentioned that the two kids were exhausted after a fun-filled day so they had fallen asleep at her house.

“I’ll go and pick them up tomorrow, then.”

“Sure. Anyway, you can leave them with me. There’s no need to worry about them.”

After Rachel had hung up the phone, she directly made her way back to the Burton Residence.

She got back home, but the servants weren’t there and the house was eerily silent without any lights on.

Just then, she flicked on the light switch and noticed that there was a figure on the couch. Startled, she yelled out, “You’re home? Why didn’t you switch on the lights?”

There was only a single lamp in the room, so it was quite dim inside. The lights illuminated Justin, but his figure looked quite scary sitting there.

“You’re back quite late. Where’s Charlotte?”

Rachel finally recollected herself and she changed into the bedroom slippers as she explained, “She’s at Jolly’s place. The two kids were too exhausted after their fun-filled day, so she fell asleep there. I’ll pick her up tomorrow.”

“So is this a proper behavior of a mother?”

His sudden interrogative words caused her to halt in her steps. “What do you mean by that?”

“You cast your own child aside and hand her over to someone else to take care of. Then, you go on a date with another man and come back late at night without even picking your child up. Is this what responsibility means to you?”

“Jolly isn’t a stranger and you know very well that she’s related to Samuel.”

“How is she related to Charlotte, then?”