Chapter 300 Julian’s Necklace
In the evening, the afterglow of the sunset spread throughout the sky. The sound of an engine in the garage reached the living room. “Why are you back so early? Have you finished all your work?”
Seeing Rachel coming in, Justin was a little surprised. “I’m a bit tired, so I came back to rest. Where are Charlotte and Samuel?” “Gloria took them out.”
She thoughtfully nodded her head before walking toward the stairs. Looking around the large house, he thought about the harmonious scene last night when they hung out on the beach. All of a sudden, he became restless and sent a message to Gloria immediately.
‘Charlotte and Samuel can stay with you tonight. Don’t need to send them back.” After sending the message, he quickly made a call. “President Burton.” It was Frankie on the other end.
“I want you to order two dinner sets and deliver them to my house.”
“Two dinner sets?” Frankie was slightly stunned as he carefully asked, “Is President Hudson alone with you at home?”
“Where’s all this talk coming from? Just order the dinner sets.”
“Okay, I’ll also prepare a bouquet of flowers for you, but are you sure there won’t be any accidents this time?”
“Shut your mouth!”
As Justin thought about how she had stood him up the last time because of the sudden change of plans in the Hudson Family, his face darkened a little. Will there be something worse than last time? Impossible.
At the moment, Rachel had already returned to her room to rest.
Even though she maintained her composure when she met Bucky, deep in her heart, she couldn’t wait to kill the man in front of her. However, she knew that he was just a smokescreen and not the true mastermind behind all this.
As for who the mastermind was, Rachel and Janice both knew it in their hearts, but they couldn’t locate any evidence.
As long as Bucky was willing to be the witness, they could appeal the case back then and directly convict Jason.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Suddenly, a few knocks were heard outside the door.
“What is it?”
Other than her and Justin, there wasn’t anyone else in the house.
“I’ve ordered a meal. You can come down later to eat your dinner and rest afterward.”
“No need for that. I’m not hungry.”
“Are you sure you’re going to keep on talking to me with the door closed? This is my house.”
A moment of hesitation later, Rachel opened the door. “What do you want to say?”
Justin was so tall that his head had almost touched the door frame. The moment his shadow descended on her, it almost engulfed her whole body. The unspeakable sense of oppression made her subconsciously take a step backward and stumble on her feet.
“Be careful!”
Justin was quick enough to support her waist.
With a rustling sound, the coat rack behind Rachel fell down at the same time. However, he was able to hold her as they fell to the side. If he was a little late, the rack would have slammed into her body.
When she lifted her head in shock, her forehead bumped into his chin.
After letting out a muffled grunt, he endured the pain and released his hands that were supporting her above the floor to lower her.
Rachel’s eyes were wide open, but she couldn’t stop the kiss landing on her forehead.
Justin’s thin lips were a little cold when they were pressed on her forehead for a long time without leaving. As their body temperature rose, the atmosphere around them seemed to be ignited as it became inexplicably hot.
He also froze while trying to lift himself up with his hands, but in the end, he couldn’t stop himself from kissing her eyes and nose.
Meanwhile, her fingers instinctively tightened.
Rachel was still wide awake at that moment, but she didn’t wish to be. Maybe I need to do something crazy to forget about my meeting with Bucky today. Maybe this is the only way to relieve the pain in my heart no matter if it was Justin or anyone else.
Therefore, she slowly relaxed her body, but there wasn’t a hint of love in her eyes except for her desperate need to relieve her emotions.
Ding dong!
Suddenly, a doorbell was heard from outside.
Justin immediately came around and uttered ‘damn it’ inside his heart, but as soon as he lifted his head and saw her eyes, he was shocked to see how sober she was.
He thought that his actions had angered her again, so he quickly rose to his feet. “I’m sorry, Rae. I didn’t mean to offend you. I-It was because…”
Should I say that it was because I couldn’t control myself? That’ll only make things worse.
However, Rachel calmly tidied herself up and responded, “The dinner you ordered is here, right? Let’s head down to eat.”
Justin returned to his senses. “Yes, I’ll head down first then.”
Seeing him leaving in a hurry, she couldn’t help but find him somewhat cute.
The second the idea came up in her mind, she immediately regained her composure as her face turned gloomy. Cute? If it was Justin 5 years ago, this would not be possible.
The best chef in Riverdale had personally arrived at the house with fresh ingredients so that he could cook on the spot.
Rachel and Justin sat at opposite ends of the table with a bouquet of roses and a candle between them.
“This is the meal you ordered?” She glanced at the chef next to her. “Why did you have to bring a chef and an entire kitchen to the house just to order a meal?”
Although Jolly was a huge spender, she didn’t pay much attention to eating, so this was the first time Rachel saw someone hiring a top chef to cook in his house.
“You don’t like it?”
“That’s not what I meant.” Rachel smiled and explained, “This experience is quite… bizarre.”
Justin breathed a sigh of relief. “As long as you like it. By the way, I’ve prepared a gift for you.”
“A gift?” Looking at the box that he handed over, she furrowed her brows slightly.
“Open it.” After opening the box, she saw a necklace inside. It was a perfectly designed diamond necklace with an emerald embedded in the pendant. “You don’t need to care about the price too much. I only asked Frankie to randomly select one in the shop for you to try on.”
After that, he finally noticed that on Rachel’s neck, there was a necklace with a pendant shaped like the side of a black cat.
Looking at it, Justin was stunned. Where have I seen that necklace before? “This necklace…”
Rachel instinctively touched her neck. “This one? Julian gave it to me before as a birthday gift. I especially like it.”
He clenched his fists. “Julian gave it to you?”
She looked at his eyes and nodded blankly. “Yes.”
Julian gave her this birthday gift and accompanied her during the darkest period of her life. Also, it was one of the few gifts that she had ever received in her life, so she always wore it all these years.
“Before I left Riverdale, he accompanied me on my birthday. I remember that we couldn’t finish the cake ourselves, so we gave it to the other children in the community,” she talked about the past as if Justin wasn’t there.
However, he wasn’t focused on her words. When he stared at the cat-shaped pendant, it felt as though he was pierced through the heart. Suddenly, he held the table to support himself while his face turned pale.
“What’s wrong?”
At that moment, Justin’s mind had become a mess.
A birthday gift? Giving out cakes in the community? No. This pendant feels very familiar to me. How could it be given to her by Julian? All of a sudden, the image of the woman speaking in sign language appeared in his mind. I don’t want that child anyway.
Then, he felt his heart contracting before it was followed by an immense pain.
