The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 578

Spring had just come and the weather was still freezing cold, especially at night.

There weren’t many people walking on Green River Street at this time. At one glance along the street, all the vendors were starting to close up their stalls. Even the wind felt oddly cold on this gradually vacant street.

After Carmen took a bite of the sweet potato taco bought by Victor she was holding in her hands, she immediately squealed about how fragrant it was. Jolly felt her tummy rumble at the sight. “Share half of it with me.”

“No!” Carmen huffed and turned around with a grin on her face. “Cheapskate. Are you like this because I am usually the one who buys you snacks?”

“Alright, alright. I will let you have some.”

Persuaded, Carmen broke a small piece off of her taco and gave it to Jolly..

That in turn earned her a disdainful look from her friend. “Give me a piece from the gap between your teeth, why don’t you?” Jolly sassed.

“Do you want it or not?”

“No thanks. Enjoy” Jolly grumpily waved her off. She then turned around and asked, “Eh? Where are Chris and Justin?”

The group looked around, but still they couldn’t find the couple. However, a flower seller stood where Rachel and Justin were standing earlier, and the girl was wiping her newly acquired watch with joy.

“Are you looking for the couple from earlier? They left.”

“Left?” Jolly was taken aback. “When and how did they leave?”

“They bought my bicycle and rode off.”

“What?”

“I happen to be graduating in June this year, and I was going to sell the bicycle. They were willing to pay a high price to buy it, so I sold it to them. But I didn’t take advantage of them. Since it is an unused bike, I didn’t ask for money and only exchanged it with a watch from them. Look! It is pretty, isn’t it?”

The girl brought up the watch that had a neon blue glint to it, her face full of smiles. “I can have my father wear it.”

Jolly was stunned upon hearing that. It was only after the little girl skipped away that she and Leroy looked at each other and exclaimed,

“A Rolex watch for a second-hand bicycle?! What a prodigal man!”

Justin was the only one who would do something like this. Gloria, however, wasn’t as surprised as Jolly was. “That is so romantic. It is just a watch. What is the big deal?”

Jolly glanced at her. “I wouldn’t think it is a big deal if it was my father who did it because I always thought that him making money is as easy and natural as breathing is. Justin is like your dad to you.”

“What the hell are you talking about? Get out of my hair!”

“It was just an analogy.”

“Who even makes analogies like you did?”

“Geez, learn to take a joke.”

As the commotion went on here, a certain prodigal but romantic man was already on his way home with Rachel. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out as romantic as Gloria imagined it would.

“You can’t ride the bike now. You drank alcohol.”

“Who said I can’t? Didn’t you buy it for me?”

“Come on, be a good girl. You can ride tomorrow, okay?”

“I don’t have time tomorrow.”

“The day after tomorrow, then. I will do it with you.”

“Not the day after tomorrow. I want to ride it now!”

Rachel was pulling the handlebars of the bicycle. She would have stepped up and started pedaling if Justin hadn’t stopped her.

She seemed fine earlier despite the drinks she had, but it must all have just rushed up to her head now as she was hit by a wave of dizziness. Like an unreasonable child, she refused to sit in the back, and insisted on getting down and cycling herself.

There weren’t many passers-by but embarrassingly enough, those who walked past them all did a double take on the couple.