Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 188

Hiram hugged Rachel from behind and kissed her on the cheek. Rachel could feel his heart pounding on her back.

"Okay, here you go. Everyone's waiting for you at the dinner table, go and get changed! My mom and Emma want to play mahjong after dinner, but they still need one more player, and I don't know how to play, " Rachel said sweetly.

Hiram frowned at her. Had he heard her wrong? She wanted him to play mahjong with three old ladies?

"Fine, I could, but I want you to do something for me too, " Hiram said, smiling seductively.

He looked at Rachel with bright eyes and whispered in her ear, "I have a plan for tonight..."

"Stop, stop talking! You've never been satisfied, have you?" Rachel asked, interrupting him abruptly.

She couldn't even remember how many times they had made love last night. She had thought they'd take a break tonight at least.

"Fine, but you're asking me to play mahjong with three old ladies. Since I'm the president of Streams Company, and the future master of the Rong family, I'm afraid my reputation will be ruined if people get to know this."

Hiram looked sideways at Rachel and curled his lips.

Rachel stared back at him with her chin raised defiantly. "Wash your hands and have dinner! It's just mahjong. I bet I could manage it myself."

After they finished having dinner, Fannie told all of them that she'd been bored recently, since she couldn't go out to dance at the square with the other elders or walk for a long time outside. Besides, she had run out of things to talk about with Emma and Tracy.

She asked Emma to prepare the mahjong table, and the four of them, Emma, Tracy, Rachel and herself sat around it. After a while of playing the game, she couldn't stand it anymore.

"Rachel, please don't tell people you're my daughter. I reminded you several times to be alert and not put down the pieces other people need on the table. Look at you, you've been making other people win the whole time. You're ticking me off!"

Fannie shook her head again and again. She knew for a fact that Rachel was smart, so she couldn't understand why Rachel was so bad at playing mahjong.

Rachel had initially planned to let them win since losing some money wasn't such a big deal, but now it seemed that money wasn't the only thing she was losing, but also her temper. She felt her temper rising, because she didn't know what was happening in the game except that she had to keep giving her money away.

Soon, another round was over.

Rachel couldn't wait anymore. She ran upstairs for help.

"Hiram, are you there? Come with me please. I think I need you to come and play the next round. Please!" begged Rachel.

Hiram, who was reading a book in his study, glanced at Rachel when she came in before shifting his eyes back to the book. "I distinctly remember you saying that you could manage it yourself. Did I hear you wrong?"

"No, I was wrong. I thought it would be easy to learn, but it turned out I overestimated myself. I used to think Luke sucked at playing games, but now I realize that I am no better than him without your help. Come down with me, please!" Rachel continued begging. She came over and took the English novel he was reading out of his hands.

Hiram was in no hurry. He gazed at Rachel with interest as he rested his chin on his hands. "So, you agree to my plan for tonight?"

Rachel gazed back at him and bit her lips with hesitation before slightly nodding her head.

"Fine, as you like, but just for once, " she bargained.

Since Hiram had gotten what he wanted, he decided to put an end to her bargaining. He got up from his chair, placed his hand on her shoulder and said pleasantly, "Deal. A promise is a promise!"

When they went back to the table, Hiram didn't join the game, but sat beside Rachel and instructed her on how to play.

"My dear, I don't think you could do any better even if you have your husband here, " Fannie teased her daughter cheerfully, seeing that she had somehow dragged Hiram downstairs for the game.

Rachel stared at Fannie incredulously. "Mom, look at you! I know you're the biggest winner here tonight!"

Hiram smiled as he watched Rachel bicker with her mom, which was a scene that never happened in his family. His parents and him were always courteous to each other, like hosts and their guests.

Rachel looked at the pieces she had and picked one of them randomly, but Hiram stopped her before she could put it on the table. He picked another one for her, and murmured to her, "Take a good look at what you're picking. This one is the useless one."

Rachel won this round by her own draw, and she started to feel like mahjong wasn't as hard as she had thought it was.