Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 18

Hiram raised his arm and glanced at his watch as Rachel walked towards him.

"You're twenty minutes late. Where were you doing? Explain," Hiram said sternly.

Rachel hadn't wanted to keep Hiram waiting. She was afraid that he would be worried about her, so she had run up to him in a hurry. After coming to a stop and taking a deep breath, she pointed to the swimming pool on the right. She stood up straight and was just about to tell him what had happened, but she stopped when she saw the impatience on his face. Instead, she said,"Why should I explain myself to you? I only made you wait for twenty minutes, while you made me wait here for two whole hours. I don't think there's any problem, do you?"

"Well then," Hiram said with a laugh. Standing up from the couch, he fixed his suit gracefully and continued in a low voice,"Yes, you're right. It's none of my concern. Go and pick up your things from my car and take a taxi back."

He strode towards the door, leaving Rachel behind.

"Hey! That's not right!" Rachel stamped her feet and hurriedly followed him.

Hiram had gotten into his car and was just about to press the button to open the trunk when Rachel slipped into the seat next to him and reached out to stop him. She managed to put a smile on her face.

"Okay, okay. Please don't. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you, all of it. I've put so many things in your trunk. It will take me forever to unload them all. Your time is very very precious, you shouldn't waste it on me," she said sweetly.

Hiram glanced at his wrist, which Rachel was still holding. A faint smile played at his lips as he replied,"I don't want to know anymore."

"What?"

"You were right. Why do you need to explain yourself to me? We've signed a marriage agreement. Our marriage is merely pieces of paper. We haven't even slept together. A month later, you'll be a total stranger to me. You're right. I don't need any explanation about that."

Shocked, Rachel let go of his hand without even realizing it. It's like he was implying that she had done something wrong behind his back.

Since she hadn't, Rachel felt an obligation to tell him what had really happened.

She remembered the terms in the agreement she had drawn up. One of them clearly said that Hiram shouldn't get too close to any woman during their marriage. Now he might think she was the one breaking the agreement.

"A girl had fallen into the swimming pool. I went there to save her, but a young man arrived before me. After he got the girl out of the pool, I accidentally fell into the water with my phone in my pocket, and it got wet. Since it wasn't working, the young man offered his help to dry it while I went to dry my clothes and get changed. That's when you called and the young man answered my phone for me. That's it."

Rachel had tried to keep the story short. Personally, she thought that she had good communication skills. She'd been brief and to the point.

Hiram had begun driving while she spoke. He glanced at her without saying a word.

"I'm telling you the truth. You can check the CCTV footage if you want!" Hiram's silence bothered her; it was making her feel like he didn't believe her, so she emphasized what she had said was true.

After a good long while, Hiram said coolly,"I said I don't need your explanation. Buckle up your seat belt."

Only then did Rachel realize that she hadn't fastened her seat belt yet. She'd been too busy telling Hiram the whole story. A thought struck her. "Hiram, how come you have my number?"

"Shouldn't I?"

Hiram asked in reply. His eyes were fixed on the road.

"So why didn't you tell me your number?" If he hadn't called her this time, she would've never known his number.

"Because only a few people have it. And anyway, what would you need it for? I don't think that you'll ever have something so important that you need to call me," said Hiram, glancing at Rachel with his black diamond-like eyes.

Hiram really couldn't think of any reason why Rachel would need to call him. That's why he'd instructed his mother to give Fannie his secretary's number instead of his.

He didn't want Rachel to bug him over small things.

But Rachel found Hiram's excuses hard to swallow. In fact, she was so furious that her heart seemed to miss a beat. Hiram was like a cold-hearted wolf, a shameless one. "You're pure evil. Even if I waited for you the whole night at the gate, it would still be a mere trifle to you, right?"

"Don't you have my number now?" Hiram replied skillfully.

Rachel turned her head to the window. She didn't want to say anything further.

"But please don't call me if you don't have something really important to say," Hiram added. Then, he pressed the button to pick up a phone call with his Bluetooth earphones.