The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177

During dinner time, Charlotte wanted to sit next to Rachel. “Mommy, I want to eat that!”

“This?”

“Yes!”

“All right. Eat more and grow tall, Rachel said. Then, she dropped the food the little girl liked onto her plate.

With an unreadable look in his eyes, Justin watched as Charlotte chomped down on the food happily. This girl is usually a picky eater and would always complain at the dinner table. No matter how we coaxed her, she wouldn’t even take an extra bite. With this woman around, she just eats anything she gives her and even eats a lot of it. More importantly, everyone knew how Charlotte usually treated other women. She would usually be stubborn, rude, and mean toward them. In contrast, she was very obedient toward Rachel. Is it because they’re related by blood?

Night fell, and after Rachel tucked Charlotte into bed, she sneaked out of the room quietly.

At the top of the staircase, she saw that the light in the study on the first floor was still turned on. If her guess was right, Justin was probably still working there. Therefore, the master bedroom would surely be empty now.

If the surveillance record containing the evidence that could prove that Hans was murdered was in this house, the most probably place it would be was either the master bedroom or the study.

After she slipped into the bedroom, she started searching from the head of the bed, opening and checking every drawer. Finally, in the corner of the closet, she found a black-colored safe.

Password… What’s the password? she asked silently while looking at the number pad.

Beep, beep, beep.

She punched in Justin’s birth date.

It’s not right. What about Charlotte’s birthday?

Beep, beep, beep.

That’s not it, either. I still have one more try left, she thought. At that moment though, the sound of footsteps came from outside the room, so she quickly closed the closet doors.

“What are you doing here?”

Holding her chest, Rachel turned around and said in surprise, “You gave me a scare! You don’t make a sound at all when you walk!”

“Why are you sneaking around in my room?” he asked while standing at the door, his expression deadpan.

“Sneaking around? I just put Charlotte to bed and wanted to tell you that I’m going to leave now. In the end, you came behind me right after I came in and scared the daylights out of me!”

“Really? You’re looking for me?” he asked suspiciously as he inched in closer to her.

Staring at him, she said, “You don’t believe me? What else could I possibly be doing except to look for

you?”

“You put in so much effort to make a trip here. You baked cookies with Charlotte and refused to leave.

 

At this time now, you even came into my room where we’re alone. So tell me, what do you plan to do?”

After hearing his conclusion, Rachel couldn’t stop herself from bursting into laughter.

“What are you laughing at?”

“I’m not interested in you,” she answered. “At all.”

“What did you say?”

She shrugged and told him honestly, “I don’t care whether you believe it or not, but I’m simply here to say goodbye. I have to go now.”

“Hold it right there,” he said. Then, he grabbed her arm and stopped her from leaving. In an icy tone, he asked, “If you’re not interested, why did you show up at the club that night and did that?”

Even though he was holding her wrist, she didn’t struggle and asked in return, “What did I do?”

“You tell me.”

Rachel made a show of thinking about it before suddenly lifting her head and saying, “Are you speaking about that kiss? I had too much to drink that night, so I was a little tipsy. But then, I really didn’t expect that you’re still thinking about it.”

Justin’s expression darkened. He was furious as he tightened his jaw and said, “You had too much to drink?”