Rachel drove her car halfway up the mountain. However, the more she thought about it, the more off the whole conversation was.
She was just having fun with Justin at the Triburg Valley last weekend, and all of a sudden, he turned everyone away this week. Even if he really didn’t want to see her, did he really have to get Ginny to convey his words? What if he wanted to see Charlotte in the future? Was he going to get Ginny to pick her up too?
How could she just hand over her daughter to a woman like Ginny? When she thought of this, her eyes narrowed slightly. She then stepped on the brakes, twisted the steering wheel, and turned back to the villa. She had to talk to him in person.
When she arrived, it was already nightfall. With the bleakness of late autumn and the quietness of the late night, the Burton Family’s summer villa was exceptionally silent..
Since Arthur had passed away, Justin moved here and dismissed most of the servants in the villa. Except for the building where he stayed, all other buildings were closed, leaving only Dennis with him.
Even the old security guards at the gate were dismissed, but Ginny moved in out of the blue and brought another security guard. “Miss Tuscan, the soup is ready.”
“It’s getting late. You should rest early.” “Will do. Mr. Jenkins, you should rest too.” Ginny pushed open the master bedroom door while holding a bowl of soup in her hand.
Justin was sleeping soundly on the bed. A smoky gray sheet covered his body, and his stern face became colder and sharper when the moonlight from outside the window shone on him. It seemed that he was not sleeping very well, and his brows were furrowed.
Ginny sat down beside the bed, lifted him up with a hand, and propped him against her arm, looking at his eyebrows. “Since you haven’t rested for so many years, you can finally get the rest you need.”
Naturally, Justin didn’t respond to her. Ginny’s monologue reverberated in the room. If anyone saw this at this moment, they would be absolutely terrified.
“Justin, I know you think my behavior is grotesque, but I will prove that I am right. Only the combination of our genes can give birth to the best child. When the time comes, he will inherit the Tuscan Family and the Burton Family, and he will be ahead of everyone else when he is born. I haven’t gotten married even after so many years because I know you will be mine in the end. I couldn’t even bring myself to like other men at all…”
Behind the curtain, Rachel held her breath and tried her level best to stay absolutely still even though Ginny’s words made her tremble like a leaf.
Ginny must have some kind of mental illness… This was terrifying. She talked to herself for a long time and finally fed Justin the bowl of soup with unknown ingredients. After that, she left the master bedroom satisfied.
After the lights in the bedroom went out, Rachel finally breathed a sigh of relief and carefully opened the door from the balcony outside to walk in. Her footsteps were as light as a feather. The person on the bed didn’t respond at all. He’s not dead, is he?
Rachel hurried over and checked Justin’s breathing. “Hey…”
In the darkness, the man suddenly opened his eyes. Rachel was so frightened that she was about to scream in reflex, but Justin covered her mouth just in a knick of time and pulled her under the quilt.
“Don’t move.” His warm breath came from over her head. The sound of the door opening came from outside. Ginny hadn’t left yet and was looking in from the door.
She didn’t even dare to breathe. She only lay quietly and leaned tightly against him. After an unknown amount of time, he stood up, lifted the quilt, and said in a low voice, “She’s gone.”
Her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and she was lying on the bed like a koala. Then, finally, she regained her composure and cautiously climbed out of the bed after a while. “Is she really gone?” He teased her. “Why did you even sneak in here when you’re so cowardly?”
“I was looking for you, okay?”
“How did you know there was something wrong with me?”
“If there wasn’t, would you just disappear without answering the phone? It’s not like we are mortal enemies. Ginny underestimates us too much. Even if I didn’t come to see you, you’re supposed to pick Charlotte up on the weekend. Is she expecting herself to come instead of you?”
“She won’t wait till the weekend.”
Rachel was taken aback. “What do you mean?”
“She plans to get me out of Riverdale early tomorrow morning to Montenegro.”
“What? Is she crazy? She would drug you just to take you away?””
“It’s a long story. Let’s get out of here first.”
Justin glanced at the balcony and wondered. “How did you get in?”
She let out an awkward cough and pointed to the plane tree outside the window. ‘I climbed that tree.”
He showed a look of astonishment and said in disbelief, “You know how to climb trees?”
“Don’t you?”
She was a little embarrassed. Before she was taken back to Riverdale by Jeffrey, she had done almost everything in the mountains, be it climbing trees, diving, or catching fish from the river. She only had to stay put when she was staying at the Hudsons’. Under the sycamore tree, she waved at Justin, who was on the tree, and whispered sharply, “Come on!”
Justin could only sit on the tree branch, and it was a little shaky and looked very dangerous. Under the moonlight, his pale face looked even paler than before.
She stomped her feet in anxiety. “Hurry up!” He gritted his teeth, let go of the hand holding the tree branch tightly, and jumped down.
Actually, this distance was not too high, but for someone afraid of heights, it was enough to make him feel dizzy. So the moment he landed, he could not stand at all, and his legs went soft.
She knew that he was afraid of heights, so she tried to support him but underestimated his weight, and it ended up with both of them. falling into the dried Sycamore leaves. “Oof…
“S-Sorry.”
Suddenly, there was the sound of a door opening from the side of the villa-it was Dennis. He was holding a flashlight and was using it to check the grounds.
Rachel hugged Justin’s waist tightly, preventing him from moving. Their breaths blended, and their bodies were covered by the scent of the dry smell of Sycamore leaves. Rachel was so nervous that she didn’t notice the warmth in Justin’s eyes.
When he looked at the woman under him, he saw that her slightly trembling eyes were the same as the first time they met at the Burton Residence, full of unease. However, now there was a spark of perseverance in her eyes after so many years.
They didn’t know how long it took before Dennis finally put the flashlight away, went back into the house, and closed the door. She breathed a sigh of relief. “Okay. We’re good to go.”
He was still distracted by the memories, so she accidentally pressed her cheek against his beard, and it rubbed against his stubble when she turned her head. That instantly caused a numbing sensation in her body, and she trembled in response.
They stared into each other’s eyes. She suddenly felt flustered, and her face flushed in accordance with her emotions. It was Justin who reacted first. He got up quickly and pulled Rachel up. “Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
After the little episode from under the tree, they were unhindered all the way to her car. She had parked her car in the woods outside the villa. When the two of them got into the car, it was only then that they finally felt genuinely relieved.
The engine turned on, and the gate of the summer villa gradually turned into a tiny dot in the rearview mirror and slowly disappeared.
She looked at Justin, who was driving. “Now tell me, what the hell is going on? Why did Ginny drug you? And though you know she’s drugged you, why did you still cooperate with her? Shouldn’t you call the police?”
He tapped his slender fingers on the steering wheel and said calmly, “The Tuscan Family and the Burton Family are friends. Grandpa had a great relationship with Old Mr. Tuscan when he was alive.”
“Even so, you can’t condone her doing this kind of thing. It’s a crime, and you know it.”
“Don’t worry. I have already thought of a solution.”
