Chapter 314 This Place Is His Territory
“Haven’t you noticed yet? All the guests here are not accompanied by their assistants. If Ryan wanted to stalk you, he’d have to personally come over.”
Upon hearing Rachel’s analysis, Jolly asked, “If it isn’t him, who else can it be?”
“Perhaps it has something to do with your invitation card.”
Their gazes fell upon the table where Jolly’s invitation card and a spare room card were placed.
The entire cruise ship was shrouded in mystery—or to put it in another way—strangeness.
“Is that the case?” Jolly was never afraid of anything. However, when she caught a glimpse of the cellular connectivity on her phone, she became startled. “Is there no connectivity on the cruise ship?”
Rachel took a look at her phone and realized that it was the same. It’s no wonder he asked me to meet him here. There must be something wrong with this cruise ship.
Jolly directly pressed the call bell.
A respectful woman’s voice was heard coming from the other end of the line. “Hello, Miss Carter. How may I help you?”
Jolly asked, “Why is there no cellular connectivity in the room? Do you guys have Wi-Fi?”
“I’m sorry, Miss Carter. Privacy is very important on this cruise ship, so all personal communications devices are not usable here. If you need to contact your friends on the cruise ship, you can use the interconnected phone in your room.”
Jolly frowned and complained, “What’s wrong with this place? We can’t even use our own phones!”
Unfortunately, it was too late for her to get off the ship.
There were two old-fashioned black phones on the table that couldn’t even be used to take photos. In addition, one could only contact other people through the phone.
After hanging up the call, Jolly continued her rant as she said, “Is this a place where criminals gather together? Are they worried that I’ll contact the police to arrest them?”
“Since we’re already onboard, just be at ease.” Rachel examined the phones for a moment before passing one of them to Jolly. “If we part ways later, use this to contact me at any moment.”
“Alright. Just by looking at this phone, I feel a headache coming on.”
The cruise ship left the harbor at exactly 7.00PM.
Rachel and Jolly shuffled toward the banquet hall together.
“There are so many people here. How am I supposed to look for him?” After looking around, Jolly randomly stopped a waiter and asked, “Excuse me, do you know where Leroy Bennett is?”
The waiter shook his head to show that he had no idea.
On the other hand, Rachel could already see Jason in the distance.
“Keep looking for him, Jolly. I see Jason over there.”
“Go ahead then.”
“Keep in touch and be careful.”
“Alright.”
After they parted ways, Rachel walked past the crowd in the banquet hall. When Jason saw her, he put on an amiable smile as though he was truly pleased to see the young woman.
“How are you, Rachel?”
“Hi, Jason.”
Rachel remained polite to him. Outsiders would usually call him Mr. Jason, but she could call him by his name like how Justin usually did.
“Is everything alright? Did anyone make things difficult for you?”
“It’s all good. However, I didn’t expect privacy to be so important on this cruise ship.”
There was a faint smile on Jason’s face. “If the privacy here wasn’t strong, I would’ve not invited you to come here.”
“You didn’t tell me clearly over the phone, Jason. I don’t think you’ve invited me to this place just to introduce some friends to me.”
“I sent some samples over some time ago, and the other party was pleased with it. They have offered a very attractive price, and the person wants to meet you. The way I see it, I think they’re going to purchase your goods in bulk.”
“You invited me over to have a discussion with them?”
Rachel finally understood his intention.
Jason had obtained some benefits through selling the goods back then, so he wanted an even bigger business deal. Apparently, the other party didn’t believe that he could easily get his hands on a large amount of medicine, so they wanted to meet the supplier herself—Rachel.
Every detail in this kind of underhanded business deal was important. If any news was leaked by accident, they’d be in trouble.
“Haven’t we already collaborated for a long time?”
When Jason looked over the woman’s shoulder and saw the figure in the distance, his gaze brightened. “He’s here.”
Rachel became startled for a moment before she turned her head and followed his gaze. There was a young man being surrounded by a group of people, and he was accompanied by a lady.
“Mr. Porter!” Jason scurried over and called out in a respectful manner. Rachel had never seen this side of Jason before.
He was Arthur’s son, after all. Even though he played second fiddle to Justin in the Burton Family, he was still an important figure who was born wealthy. He was arrogant wherever he went, so it was surprising to see him being so subservient to someone else.
The man named Mr. Porter was a clean-looking man in his thirties, and his brown eyes gave off a gloomy feeling for some reason.
“Are you Miss Hudson?”
Mr. Porter’s gaze fell upon Rachel. The moment he saw the woman, a light suddenly lit up in his gloomy-looking eyes, to which she found pretty unsettling.
“I’ve always heard that you’re a resolute businesswoman, but I never expected you to be such a stunning beauty.”
Rachel replied with a smile, “Why can’t a beautiful lady be a resolute businesswoman? Are only ugly people allowed to do business? You’re basically belittling yourself, Mr. Porter.”
As soon as she finished speaking, all of them fell silent.
A horrified Jason snapped, “What on earth are you talking about, Rachel?”
Right then, Mr. Porter suddenly burst into laughter. “Interesting. I love people who are humorous.”
All of them exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief.
Rachel thought, Why are they so afraid of him? It’s not like he’s a beast that will eat them alive. Do they have to be so anxious?
Worried that she would say anything inappropriate again, Jason quickly uttered, “Let me introduce you guys to each other. This is the president of Hudson Pharmaceuticals, Rachel Hudson. Rachel, this is Dillon Porter. Most people call him Young Master Porter.”
The man extended his hand toward Rachel. “My name is Dillon Porter. Just call me Dillon.”
Rachel shook hands with him and realized that his palm was rather warm. When she tried to withdraw her hand, she discovered that the other person had no intention of releasing her.
A shocked Rachel looked up, and as their eyes met, Dillon uttered, “You haven’t introduced yourself, Miss Hudson.”
An unfazed Rachel exerted more force with her hand and struggled out of his grip. “I don’t think an introduction is needed anyway. If you hadn’t looked into my background, you wouldn’t have let me board the cruise ship.”
Dillon slightly narrowed his eyes. “You’re indeed intelligent, Miss Hudson. You should be aware that not anyone can board this ship.”
“Of course.”
“I don’t think you’re showing enough sincerity. I have some personal questions for you, so why don’t we go to a private room?”
Certainly, Rachel was clever enough to realize that he had some ill intentions.
However, she was surprised that this man didn’t seem to have the intention of concealing his lascivious motives right in front of so many people. Needless to say, this place was his territory.
Who is this guy named Dillon Porter? I know many big shots in Riverdale, but I’ve never heard of this name before.
“Let’s go, Miss Hudson.” Dillon gestured for her to make a move, whereas Jason didn’t seem like he was going to stop him anytime soon.
Rachel balled up her fists with a grim expression.
