My mute bride novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 296

Chapter 296

Rachel suddenly took a step back while furrowing her brows. Even though the obvious resistance in her eyes had quickly flickered away, Justin was able to capture it.

“I’ll pretend that I didn’t hear what you said earlier.” After that, she turned around and walked off.

He was left dumbfounded for a few seconds before he suddenly caught up to her with annoyance and blocked her path. “I’ve always wanted to ask you what you think of our relationship. You are Charlotte’s mother, and you live in the same house as me. Doesn’t that make us lovers?”

“No,” Rachel answered firmly. “I’m glad that you know I’m Charlotte’s mother. After Jefferey was imprisoned, I said that I wanted to move out, but I decided to stay in the end. Have you forgotten why?”

Justin was slightly infuriated. “I thought it was because you were angry at me.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have the time to play these childish games with you.”

“Aren’t you angry at me now?”

Looking at the raging man in front of her, she felt that she needed to draw a line between them.

“To me, you’re just my ex-husband in a legal sense and Charlotte’s father. If you really want to know what our relationship is, I want us to be business partners. We are just friends.”

Friends? Justin gritted his teeth. “Same as Hernandez and the others?”

A frowning Rachel reluctantly nodded her head.

She hated to admit that to her, Hernandez and Julian were friends that felt like family whereas Justin wasn’t even close.

However, she didn’t wish to be too harsh on him since it wouldn’t benefit her future plans if they had a fallout.

“What if I don’t want to be your friend?”

“Then, I’ll just move out of the house?”

“You…”

“Charlotte and I have talked about it before. We can take turns taking care of her every week. No one will be at a loss. What do you think?”

“Who says that I’m not at a loss?”

“Then, what do you suggest?” Rachel calmly crossed her arms.

After holding back his anger, Justin gritted his teeth and responded, “Who said that you can move out? If you want to be friends, then we’ll just be friends.”

I need to look at the bigger picture and endure this for the moment. I don’t believe that I can’t break through her icy heart

Then, a familiar sound of cheering was heard in the distance.

Gloria and Jolly were now competing to see who could hold their breath the longest with Victor as the judge. There were also a bunch of onlookers around them.

“2 minutes… 2 minutes and 15 seconds…”

Finally, Jolly could no longer hold her breath, so she emerged from under the water. “This doesn’t count. We choose the best out of three rounds.”

Gloria raised her brow and clarified, “Even if we play 30 rounds, you still won’t beat me. It’s best if you just give up now.”

“She learns music, so her lung capacity must be larger than any normal person. You’ve miscalculated,” Victor murmured to Jolly after suddenly realizing this loophole.

However, she was still dissatisfied with the result as she pushed the sunglasses to the top of her head. “No, let’s play one more round.”

“You still won’t give up? Fine, let’s have one more round then!” Gloria didn’t panic at all since she was full of confidence. “However, if I win this time, you have to promise me that you won’t bring anyone to mess with me whenever I start a game.”

“Alright. It’s a deal.”

When Jolly winked at Victor, he nodded his head in agreement.