The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 318

Chapter 318

“You must be Jolly.”

“Who are you?” Jolly furrowed her eyebrows and stared at the middle-aged woman behind Rachel with a wary expression.

“I’m Mrs. Bowman! I used to take care of you when you were younger.” The woman seemed inexplicably

emotional to see Jolly. Her eyes reddened as she spoke. “It’s been so long since I last saw you.”

Jolly frowned, reacting in a surprisingly rational and clear-headed manner. “Wait. Don’t move. I know about Mrs. Bowman who established the club together with my father, but why did you summon Chris here alone?”

The other party was clearly taken aback for a moment. “I…”

Rachel said, “She claimed that it would be bad to meet you. She was also scared that you might be unwilling to meet her. That’s why she called me here.”

“Why would it be bad to meet me?”

Jolly was a straightforward person who had always been blunt with her words. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bowman looked like a person who would beat around the bush. She was far from her gentle and demure appearance.

“Jolly, your father and I have some misunderstandings between us. That’s why we have not been in touch with each other for many years. Didn’t your father tell you anything?”

“My father has never mentioned you to me.”

Rachel wanted to stop Jolly, but Jolly blurted out those words and gave up the game.

Sure enough, the middle-aged woman’s expression relaxed considerably.

Rachel tugged at Jolly. “Let’s go.”

However, Jolly was no longer in a hurry. She asked the middle-aged woman bluntly, “Spit it out. Why are you looking for me?”

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment before she recovered from her shock. “It’s like this. I have something I wanted to give you.”

“What is it?”

“A wedding dress that I designed myself. I promised your father that I would make this wedding dress for you, so …”

“You want to give it to me?”

Interrupted mid-sentence only for her sentence to be finished by Jolly, she was taken aback again. “Yes.”

“This is the dress, right?” Jolly glanced at the gift box by the middle-aged woman’s words.

“That’s right. Do you want to have a look?”

“No need. Since you’re giving it to me, then hand it to me.”

When Jolly’s words rang out, both Rachel and the middle-aged woman were startled and caught off guard.

It took the middle-aged woman a long while to come back to her senses. Seemingly afraid that Jolly might regret her decision, the middle-aged woman placed the gift box back in the bag and handed the bag to Jolly herself. “Jolly, I’m so glad that you’re willing to accept this.”

“No worries. Please come to me directly for these kinds of things in the future. Don’t look for Chris again.”

“Your outspoken temper is exactly like your father’s.” The middle-aged woman walked the two of them to the door. As she watched Rachel and Jolly’s departing backs, her gentle expression gradually returned to calmness. Then, she turned around and returned to the room.

At this time, Rachel and Jolly were walking back along the corridor.

Rachel scolded Jolly. “Why did you accept stuff from other people so nonchalantly? Didn’t you say that the relationship between Mr. Carter and his two friends is very tense?”

“Are you stupid? Won’t it be fine as long as we don’t say anything when we go back?” Jolly sounded very righteous. “If you and I both stay silent, then how will my father know?”

“A secret can only be kept for so long!”

“As long as your mouth is shut tight enough, the secret won’t be revealed.”