Chapter 257 Silence
“Who are you calling a cutie?! I don’t like you!” Standing in front of Rachel, Charlotte glared at Hernandez angrily with her hands on her hips. “You! Stay away from my Mommy!”
Hernandez was amused. “There, there. We’re running late, so go on in.” Rachel quickly asked Samuel to bring Charlotte into the school.
With that, Samuel dragged Charlotte into the school. Unsatisfied, Charlotte kept turning her head back and squinting her eyes at Hernandez as a warning.
It was only after seeing the two kids enter the school did Hernandez turn around and say to Rachel, “Your daughter has a bad temper, unlike you.”
“Oh, really?”
“There’s a saying that goes, ‘One takes the behavior of his or her company’, so I think we have to speed up the matter about the lawsuit.”
Rachel was startled. “Let’s wait for a while more. There are still some matters that I would like to investigate.”
If what Janice said about Jason being the mastermind behind the abduction back then was true, then Rachel was determined to reverse the verdict for Nancy and send Jason to jail. Before achieving that, she shouldn’t be distracted by Charlotte’s matter.
Meanwhile, Samuel dragged Charlotte all the way into the classroom.
“Hey Samuel, why are you dragging me?!” Charlotte shoved Samuel’s hand away and grumbled, “Didn’t you hear that the guy is going to snatch Mommy away?”
“I heard it. Don’t worry, he won’t be able to win Mommy’s heart.” If he was able to, he would have done that long ago and didn’t have to wait until today.
“You’re saying that you’ve known him for some time, and so does Mommy?”
“Yeah. Hernandez is Mommy’s superior in Montenegro.”
“Oh no!” Charlotte put her head in her hands while wearing an anxious look. “Mommy is going to be snatched away! You guys knew each other while you were still abroad. He has more advantages than Daddy!”
“That’s not true.” Drinking his banana milk from a straw, Samuel mumbled with a slur, “If we follow your interpretation, Mr. Peters would have more advantage, but even he failed to win Mommy.”
“Uncle Julian is too introverted, but that guy is different from him! Also, don’t you feel that Mr. Wade has a crush on Mommy too? Mommy just has too many admirers!”
“That’s because our mommy is very outstanding!”
In comparison to Charlotte’s worry, Samuel was rather calm. After all, Rachel’s admirers would want to curry favor with him, so he has been treated kindly by them ever since young.
Charlotte was frustrated. “No way. If this continues, Mommy will be snatched away sooner or later. Samuel, you have to cooperate with me. Otherwise, I’ll never talk to you again.”
“Okay, okay, but what do you want to do?”
“I want to create opportunities to let Daddy and Mommy meet more often, but how can I do that?”
Seeing Charlotte’s troubled look, Samuel hesitated and thought of an idea in an instant. “There’s actually a way. Our school is going to hold a cross-country sports day soon, right?”
“Oh yeah!” Charlotte’s eyes glistened. “We can get Daddy and Mommy to participate in the sports day together!”
On the other hand, Rachel did not show up in the morning meeting. After the meeting, Justin pondered about it and still couldn’t help but give Rachel a call.
“Hello?”
“What’s the matter?” Rachel’s voice came forth from the other end of the line.
“Are you in the office?”
“Why?”
“Why didn’t you attend the morning meeting since you’re in the office?”
“I took the day off.” Rachel sounded reasonable. “A manager has the right to take a day off, don’t they?”
Little did Justin expect that after giving Rachel a promotion, it actually became a reason for her to go on leave. As such, he was rendered speechless.
“Is there anything else? If not, I’m going to hang up first.”
Obviously, Rachel couldn’t be bothered to explain her absence to him as she was still not happy that he went boxing with Hernandez when he was still injured. With that, Rachel couldn’t relate to him as she thought his actions were extremely childish and ridiculous. What she hated most was to be deemed as an item––belonging to whoever the winner is.
“Hold on. Send the proposal to my office.”
“Now?”
“Yes, now.”
Rachel took a deep breath. “Okay.”
After hanging up the call, Justin lifted his eyebrows slightly. After all, he was the boss, so he had the authority to order his subordinates. He waited excitedly and heard a knock on the door 10 minutes later. He gave a dry cough and said, “Come in.”
“President Burton, here is the proposal you’ve asked for.”
The satisfaction in Justin’s eyes froze immediately when he saw Lisa. It was only after a moment did he mumble, “Leave it there.”
“I’ll excuse myself first if there’s nothing else.”
“Wait a minute,” Justin hailed Lisa. “Is Miss Hudson very busy today?”
“Not at all.” With her innocent eyes widened, Lisa wore a confused look. “Is there anything? Do you need me to pass a message to Miss Hudson?”
“It’s okay.” Justin waved his hand sulkily and gestured for Lisa to leave.
The moment Lisa left, Justin flipped the proposal and flung it onto the table. All women are petty. Yesterday’s incident isn’t just my fault but she puts all the blame on me. That’s too much!
After work, Justin and Rachel reached home one after another. The atmosphere during dinner time was rather uncanny. Because of that, Samuel and Charlotte exchanged glances multiple times.
“What’s wrong with Daddy and Mommy?”
“Shh…” Samuel glanced cautiously at Charlotte and lowered his voice. “Yesterday, your dad went boxing with Hernandez, and he ended up injuring Hernandez, so Mommy is annoyed.”
“Huh?” Charlotte widened her eyes. But when the thought of Hernandez crossed her mind, she immediately blurted, “Serves him right!”
Just as Charlotte was about to put in a good word for Justin, Rachel noticed it and stopped her.
“Charlotte, let’s remain quiet when having a meal.” Rachel placed a peeled prawn on Charlotte’s plate and said nonchalantly, “Eat up.”
Charlotte clammed up immediately and gave Justin a sympathetic glance. At the same time, she sighed inwardly, Mommy is quite scary when she gets serious. I can’t help you, Daddy. Good luck.
“I’m done, Mommy.”
“Me too.”
“Go ahead and play.” After sending the two kids off, Rachel stood up and started keeping the dishes, completely ignoring Justin who was still eating. At that moment, he had not even gotten to take a piece of meat yet.
“Hey.” Justin frowned. “Don’t be too mean. I didn’t even beat him up that badly. I just bruised him slightly. Do you have to be this angry at me?”
“Am I angry at you?”
“Aren’t you?”
Ignoring Justin, Rachel turned a deaf ear on him and continued cleaning the table. Then, she carried the dishes into the kitchen.
Justin put down his cutleries and went after Rachel. “Rachel!”
He grabbed Rachel’s arm immediately, almost causing her to stumble. “Why are you even angry at me? It was him who proposed a boxing match, not me. Even if you’re dissatisfied that I agreed to compete with him and think I’m wrong to do so, both he and I are culpable.
Don’t you think it’s too much to put all the blame on me without weighing out the situation? Why do you have to treat me like this? Alright, I admit that I treated you badly in the past. I know it was my fault and I’m trying my best to make up for it now, but you have to give me a chance to do so. Say something!”
Every time Rachel remained silent, it made Justin even more frustrated.
