Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 426

Hiram was standing in the door obstructing Rachel's path, she tried to push past but to no avail. Having run out of ideas, she ducked under his arm and squeezed herself into the room. Flora stood inside holding a photo album in her hands. Rachel noted the album and walked over to her asking,"What's that? Can I have a look?"

Without warning, a hiccup escaped her throat as she took the album. Rachel had poured herself another glass of wine and drained it when Hiram was walking to Flora just now.

Afraid that he would stop her when he noticed her thirsting for wine, she took a big gulp and almost choked.

She gazed at the photo Flora mentioned, for a while, and pointed at the prettiest girl asking,"Let me guess ... This is definitely you, Flora! Am I right?"

Flora nodded her head lightly as she stole a glance at Hiram.

"Wow! You looked so pretty in college, perhaps even the prettiest one amongst all the girls," Rachel blurted out. The very next second, she realized her faux pas and hurriedly clarified,"I mean, you always look pretty! You were pretty then, and you look prettier now!"

But, the person who caught her eye, in the photo, was not Flora, but the man standing in the middle- her husband, Hiram.

Perhaps

it was due to the wine that Rachel's eyes now fixed on the girl standing on the other side of her husband in the picture. She peered at the album in her hands and walked toward Hiram asking,"Honey, who is the other girl standing beside you?"

Hiram, who had been observing Rachel with a smile, averted his eyes from her and bowed his head to take a closer look at the photo. He stared at the person but couldn't remember who she was, and replied with uncertainty,"Maybe a junior schoolmate, but I can't seem to recall her name."

Rachel stood on tiptoe and flung her arms around his neck, she gazed at him with her glittering black eyes and grumbled in disbelief,"Just a junior schoolmate, you say? I don't believe you! I bet you went out with her?"

"As far as I can remember- no, I didn't," he replied honestly. Even though he had a frown on his face, he was secretly pleased that Rachel appeared jealous. "If you don't believe me, just ask Flora, she was my college classmate after all. As I said earlier, I didn't date anyone in college."

Rachel looked over her shoulder at Flora and queried,"Really? Flora? Can I trust him?"

Caught in the middle of the couple's intimacy, Flora tried to organize her senses enough to fake a smile and replied,"Yes, Hiram was the scholar-tyrant at college. He always turned up his nose at us all. Perhaps we were too ordinary to draw his attention."

"Oh," Rachel said before turning back to grin at Hiram. With her arms still wrapped around his neck, she kissed him on the cheek and purred,"It's nice to know that you were mine even before we got married."

"Mmm ... I'm all yours," Hiram whispered, his breath rustling against her hair. He could feel her face burning and figured that they needed to leave as soon as possible.

A wave of dizziness hit Rachel, followed by a blast of, what seemed like, hot air that coursed through her insides making her feel nauseous. "Honey, can we go home?" she asked weakly. I don't feel very well, I'm too weak to stand on my own feet ...

Will you, please, carry me home?" she asked, rubbing her head against his shoulder.

Hiram didn't need to be told twice, he immediately lifted her up in his arms and replied softly,"Of course, my love! Hold tight!"

"It was a lovely evening, Flora. Thank you for the nice dinner," he said

as he headed to the door carrying Rachel in his arms.

As if stirred from a dream; Flora trotted to the sofa, grabbed Rachel's purse, passed it to Hiram and opened the door for them.

Hiram strode out of the door with sturdy steps.

"See you later!" were the only three words he left for Flora.

Cradled in his arms, Rachel could feel the cold skin of his neck, like a chilly morning breeze. She ran her fingers over his collar bone, along his neck and all the way down to his back.

Her fingers moved over Hiram, of their own accord, without any regard for poor Flora who was standing close by.

Flora stood there long after they had disappeared, in a nostalgic daze.

Her thoughts wandered back to her youth when she and Hiram were in college.

She recalled a particular camping trip from many years ago. A female classmate, who had harboured a huge crush on Hiram, had devised an elaborate plan to capture his attention. She pretended to fall into the river in his presence hoping to incite a reaction.

Her plan worked- almost instantly, Hiram jumped into the river to rescue her.

Presuming that her plan had been successful, she immediately threw herself at him in gratitude, after recovering.

Later that night, after the campfire party, she crawled into his tent in anticipation. Everyone felt that Hiram would accept her, and date her afterwards.

Just a simple fall in the river had been enough to make the most eligible boy, in their college, her boyfriend. It was worth the shot!