My mute bride novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 292

Chapter 292

As she spoke, Gloria studied Rachel’s expression. “At that time, doctors said it was highly likely that he would fall into a vegetative state where he would never wake up.”

“Does that mean you took care of Charlotte before he regained consciousness?” Rachel asked.

“Huh?” Gloria paused for a moment before nodding. “Yeah.”

“In that case, thank you so much.” Rachel took her hand. “It’s arduous to take care of a newborn and if it weren’t for you, Charlotte might not have been able to survive.”

“There’s no need to be this courteous with me, Rachel. Charlotte is my niece, so how could I have neglected her?”

“I still wish to thank you, so this glass is for you.” Without saying anything else, Rachel snagged Jolly’s glass and gulped it at one go.

Now that Jolly was startled awake, she mumbled blearily, “Drink! Drink!”

However, as she was unable to stop Rachel in time, Gloria could only watch on and frowned as Rachel finished drinking from the glass. Weren’t we talking about Charlotte? How did the topic change?

“You were doing fine abroad, Rachel. Why did you suddenly come back?”

“You must have heard about what happened to the Hudson Family.”

“A little bit.”

“One of the reasons is that we’ve finally sought revenge for Hans. Another cause is that I’m worried about leaving Charlotte here alone.”

Rachel had never once brought up Justin throughout her speech.

“Well, Justin has taken care of her quite well all these years,” Gloria pointed out. “Although I don’t talk to him a lot, his personality has changed a bit since he lost his memory. You must have noticed it as well.”

As she declined to answer, Rachel instead poured Jolly a glass of water, exhorting her to have a drink of it before sleeping.

After a moment of hesitation, Gloria decided that Rachel still had a cold attitude toward Justin and swallowed the words that she wanted to say.

It was fine since they still had time.

Meanwhile, in the restaurant’s children’s play area, Charlotte went down the slide and into the ball pit. She was clearly thrilled to see Gloria return.

At this point, Samuel looked up from his tablet game to glance at her. “Are you sure Aunt Gloria’s return will do any good? She doesn’t seem very close to Justin either.”

“You don’t know it, but she has her own reasons for doing so.”

“What are those reasons?”

“I don’t know yet,” a confident Charlotte announced.

“How are you so sure, then?”

“Because she’s Aunt Gloria. My smartest Aunt Gloria. She was the one who told me how to deal with Amber so that Amber wouldn’t marry Daddy.”

Any mention of Gloria was accompanied by a starry-eyed look of worship from Charlotte.

Samuel thoughtfully paused. Did that mean Gloria was intentionally pretending to act cold toward Justin?

Gloria and Rachel dined together that evening until it was very late.

By the time Rachel returned home with the two children, the streetlamps in the neighborhood were already lit.

“Thank you,” she soberly thanked the cab driver before leading one child in each hand to head home.

The moment she opened the door, a figure blocked the entrance. “Why are you back so late?” it asked in a low voice.

A confused Rachel looked up through the haze of alcohol at the cold, imposing figure shrouded in shadow. “Who are you?”

The strong smell of alcohol made Justin frown. “How much have you had?”

It was obvious that she drank quite a bit. What she had used to send the cab driver away was merely the last bit of her sanity and sobriety, and now that she was home, the alcohol was rushing to her head and making her somewhat uncontrollable.