The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 229

Meanwhile, Charlotte got out of the car outside the hospital under escort by her bodyguards. She came to the hospital to visit Justin. She had been angry with him a few days ago when Rachel didn’t return home. However, while she was still in a sulk, she heard that he had been hospitalized. She got anxious at once, and she insisted on coming to the hospital.

As soon as Charlotte exited the elevator and walked toward the ward, she saw a familiar figure standing against the wall from a distance. “Mommy?” she called tentatively at first. The instant Rachel looked back, her eyes immediately lit up, and she ran toward her. “Mommy! Why are you standing here instead of going in?”

Rachel was startled as well. Evidently, she didn’t expect to run into Charlotte here. “Why are you here, Charlotte?”

“I’m here to visit Daddy. You’re here to visit Daddy too, aren’t you, Mommy?”

“No, I’m not—”

Before Rachel could finish her sentence, Samuel was heard lecturing Justin in the ward. “Don’t waste the food. You must finish the meal Mommy prepared, or I won’t bring you meals anymore!”

Charlotte instantly figured out what had happened. “Mommy, did you prepare a meal for Daddy?” she asked. Then, before Rachel could speak, she immediately dragged her into the ward. “Come in with me, Mommy. Come in with me!”

Since Rachel wasn’t prepared, she staggered while Charlotte dragged her into the ward.

“Mommy?” Samuel looked back and winked at Rachel while standing in front of the sickbed. When he saw Charlotte, the two clever kids looked at each other knowingly.

Justin, who was eating the fish soup, started coughing at once when he saw Rachel.

Rachel frowned as she handed the box of tissue beside her to him.

Justin stopped coughing and resumed his overbearing manner. “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t be coming?”

Rachel replied, “Frankie called me and said you refused to eat lunch because the food in the hospital wasn’t to your taste.”

Justin hemmed twice. “What a busybody.”

Charlotte chimed in, “Daddy, you always say one thing and mean another. You wanted to see Mommy, so you should give Mr. Beckham a pay raise. If it weren’t for him, you wouldn’t have had a meal made with love for a patient!”

A meal prepared with love for a patient? The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became somewhat awkward as Justin and Rachel exchanged glances.

Justin put down his cutlery without leaving any food in the lunch box. He then said in embarrassment, “I’ve finished the meal.”

Rachel didn’t say much either. She went over, packed up the lunch box, and beckoned to Samuel. “Time to go, Samuel.”

Samuel was startled by this, and he subconsciously shot a glance at Charlotte. The latter immediately asked, “Mommy, won’t you stay a little longer? Will you come again tonight?”

Rachel’s fine eyebrows furrowed slightly. Obviously, her troubled expression explained everything.

Justin’s face darkened at once. “Just leave. I’m going to have a rest.”

“Daddy!” Charlotte called out to him in displeasure.

Rachel was about to leave with Samuel when Frankie suddenly knocked on the door and came in. “President Burton, Mr. Jenkins would like to visit you.”

“I won’t see him! Just tell him that I’m asleep,” Justin replied impatiently as he picked up a book and read it.

Frankie looked at Rachel with a troubled expression. As he sensed the awkward atmosphere in the room at this moment, he didn’t dare to say another word, so he left obediently.

Meanwhile, Rachel carried the lunch box in her hand. After some consideration, she said in the sickbed’s direction, “I’ll come again later in the evening. If you’re hungry, eat something first to suppress your hunger.”