The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 305

Chapter 305

Still holding the keys in her hands, Gloria blamed herself. “It’s all my fault. I insisted on dragging you guys here to eat.”

Rachel commented with a calm expression, “I don’t blame you. Even if you didn’t bring me here, what could I do when a certain individual doesn’t want to let me go?”

A speechless Justin had a tense expression.

“Let’s just eat.” Looking through the menu, Rachel ordered, “The codfish is the signature dish here, right? We’ll have one of those.”

Upon seeing Rachel act like nothing had happened resulted in Gloria taking her seat as she recommended, “Their prawns here are tasty as well.”

“Is that so? One of those too, I guess.”

When all the dishes had been served, Rachel ate and drank like a normal person. It was Justin and Gloria who felt uncomfortable instead. He particularly felt like he was sitting on a bed of needles.

At that moment, although he did not want to admit it, reality had revealed the truth to Samuel’s words: he was a fool.

He just had to push Rachel’s buttons for no reason again.

Looking at the large bowl of peanut soup on the table, Gloria signaled with her eyes at Justin and even kicked him from under the table.

When he finally understood what she hinted at, he immediately filled a small bowl with soup and intentionally gave it to her first before passing a second bowl to Rachel in an attempt to make the scene more natural. “Have some soup.”

“Thank you.”

What came out of Rachel’s mouth was flat and carried no emotion in it.

“Oh, right, Charlotte and Samuel are still at your place, aren’t they? How are they doing now?”

“They are quite obedient. I have left them with my assistant, so you guys don’t have to worry about anything.”

“I can pick them up later today.”

“You don’t have to. Let them play around in the theater group for a few days. Since I’ve discovered that Samuel seems to be musically talented, I was thinking that for the final concert in two days’ time, I might bring him onstage to perform as a final act of thanks to the audience.”

“Samuel?” Rachel thought that she had misheard Gloria’s words. “Can he do it? He hasn’t taken a music lesson before, has he?”

Since Samuel was still young combined with the fact that he had grown up abroad, Rachel had always thought that he needed a relatively free and happy childhood. That was the reason why she never forced him to attend any extracurricular activities.

Then, Gloria added, “Samuel does have a great sense for music. I coincidentally wanted to ask for your opinion on the matter. If you agree to it, I’ll arrange for him to perform onstage.”

“I don’t have any opinion on this. I’m just afraid that he might affect the level of the group’s performance.”

“He won’t.”

Justin, who couldn’t barge into the two women’s conversation, could only helplessly look on.

Although Rachel didn’t express her anger, it was actually more tortuous for him to be ignored like this. He would rather have her scold him thoroughly and be done with it.

Sadly, she treated him as if he was invisible throughout the entire meal.

“Where are you going, Miss Rachel? I can send you there.”

While holding onto her car keys, Gloria and the other two walked out of the restaurant.

As Rachel held her purse, she replied, “No need. I’ll just take a cab and yes, I’m going to look for Bucky.”

“Doesn’t he already know the truth, though? Why are you still going to look for him?”

“I have to know the truth about what happened to my grandmother. If blackmail and threats don’t work, maybe I can try to bait him with something irresistible.”

Justin suddenly commented, “You cannot go.”

As soon as he said that, Rachel’s expression darkened. “What? Even though I’ve clearly explained everything, are you still going to stick your finger in my pie?”

“What I meant was that you cannot go there alone.”

While opening the car door, he said in determination as his deep gaze landed on her face, “Gloria and I will accompany you there.”

“Yeah, Miss Rachel. We can accompany you.”

“It’s just me investigating some private matters, so there’s no need to be this cautious.” A frustrated Rachel then continued, “What do you intend to do with so many people?”

“You can allow Justin to accompany you then. It just so happens that I have something else to do, so I’ll be leaving first.”

After that, Gloria thrusted the keys into Justin’s hands before turning around and leaving. “I’ll just take a cab. Bye!”

“Hey!”