Rachel frowned and turned to look out the window. The car suddenly fell silent, and Justin finally realized something and explained, “I am not condoning her, but there is a reason she turned out like this. Ginny was not such a person before.”
“She changed? Not such a person before?” Rachel sternly said, “That means it took long enough for her to change this way. She was already so vicious when I was in SG Pharma, and it’s been so many years.”
When Rachel went to work in SG Pharma, Ginny often tried to secretly scheme against her. At that time, she didn’t understand how she had offended this woman, but now she realized that everything was predestined. Ginny had long known about her relationship with him, and it was her taking revenge.
“Actually, she and I spent some time together in the summer villa when we were ten years old. At that time, her family was about to immigrate and live in a mountain villa, and I didn’t have any friends in the Burton Family.”
What kind of bad intentions could a ten-year-old child have? No matter how paranoid or even vicious of a person she turned into later when she said that she wanted to be his best friend at the age of ten, he assumed it was all sincerity.
“Maybe because her parents also passed away early, and it so happens that I share the same fate, we became fast friends. Later, she accidentally fell into the villa’s pond, and I saved her. It was also because of this that Grandpa would make a marriage contract with Old Mr. Tuscan.”
A childhood sweetheart, a life debt. Rachel’s hand on her leg clenched slightly. “What about later?”
“Later, the Tuscan Family immigrated to Montenegro. For more than 20 years, anything was possible, and no one took the marriage contract seriously. At least, I think so. Otherwise, I would not have married.”
“But didn’t Ginny wait for you for many years?” “She’s not waiting for me. She’s just obeying the will of Old Mr. Tuscan, which is also pitiful.” “What do you mean by that?”
“It’s probably similar to Tina’s situation. Do you still remember her?”
Rachel was slightly startled. How could she not remember Tina Burton?
At that time, she and Noah had a marriage contract, but she got together with the driver of the Burton Family in secrecy. As a result, the driver was sent by Jason Burton to an unknown place overseas. “Do you mean Ginny also…”
“I don’t know the specific situation, but I did ask Frankie to check before. When she was in college, she had a boyfriend, and Old Mr. Tuscan was firmly against their relationship. Then, six years ago, he passed away and left a will. I heard from my grandfather that there is one clause in the will saying that…”
“What is it?” “In short, Ginny has the right to inherit all the property of the Tuscan Family, but if she marries that man, then she will lose all the property inheritance rights, and those properties will fall into the hands of the woman that Old Mr. Tuscan married in Montenegro. She is younger than Ginny.”
The relationships in rich and powerful families were always complicated. Rachel had no intention of asking any more questions, but she was a little surprised by this one fact. “So… Old Mr. Tuscan wouldn’t let Ginny marry that man even until he dies and would rather give all his assets to his wife that he married later?”
“Well, when people are old, they tend to make bad decisions.”
Members of the Tuscan Family had worked hard for the Tuscan Family’s family business for several generations, and Ginny had also undoubtedly contributed a lot. Of course, she wouldn’t agree if you were to ask her to give up on her inheritance and hand them over to someone unrelated to her.
What was more, she was no longer a naive 18 or 19-year-old girl. She had more things to consider, and it was impossible to immerse herself totally in the so-called love and put everything else behind. “So her solution was…”
She looked at him and suddenly understood what Ginny was planning. Ginny wanted to seal the mouth of the woman and the lawyer by marrying Justin to get the inheritance, and she knew that Justin didn’t love her. This way, she could be with her lover again.
At this point, they had already arrived at the foot of the mountain and were driving on the round-the-city expressway. His calm gaze looked straight in front of the windshield, and his slender hands were resting- on the steering wheel as if he was just telling at story that was unrelated to him.
Rachel was puzzled. “Then what are you going to do? Are you planning to cooperate with her to leave Riverdale and get the inheritance?” “If I wanted to cooperate with her, why would I leave today?”
“Then what are you going to do?” “Ginny is too stubborn. She should have known that this is not the only way for her to get her inheritance.” She still couldn’t understand what he meant.
“If the woman Old Mr. Tuscan married in Montenegro is no longer Mrs. Tuscan, she will lose her inheritance rights. This means that even if Ginny goes against her grandfather’s wishes and chooses to be together with her lover, she will only lose half of the inheritance. And the rest of the inheritance that was given to that woman will, of course, automatically go to her name.”
“How could she not be Mrs. Tuscan? Didn’t she register their marriage with Old Mr. Tuscan?” “Well, yes and no. The woman registered her marriage with Old Mr. Tuscan, but she also. registered with others.”
Bigamy. Things seemed to clear up again. She was thoughtful. “If that’s the case, why didn’t you tell Ginny directly instead of allowing her to drug you?”
He was helpless. “I was going to tell her, but she didn’t give me the chance to. Besides, do you think she wasn’t wary of me? She might not believe what I said since the evidence is all with Frankie.”
“Then what are you going to do now?” “Hide from her for a while and let her calm down.” She suddenly let out a laugh. “The great Justin Buston is also afraid of some people, huh?”
Who would have thought that Justin would actually meet Ginny, that special someone that he would be unable to provoke and wanted to hide from. “Where do you live? I’ll send you home.”
He tightened his hand on the steering wheel when he heard her question, looking embarrassed. “My ID and passport are with Ginny. For the time being…”
She hesitated for a while after seeing his uneasiness, then said, “If you don’t mind, you can live with me temporarily.”
He shot her a surprised look. I… I don’t want to bother you…”
“You’re not. What? Are you planning to live at Frankie’s? He’s just your assistant, not your butler.” After she said her piece, she avoided his gaze and turned her head to look at the night scene outside the window.
The atmosphere in the car turned quiet. However, Justin’s eyes were warm, and he even smiled secretly. Late at night, the car drove into the community garage.
Rachel took him upstairs, tidied up the guest room for him to stay in temporarily, and said in a low voice, “Charlotte and the others are all asleep. Just stay here for the time being, and I will explain to them tomorrow morning.”
“Sure. Thank you.” “Don’t stand on ceremony. No matter what, you are still Charlotte’s father.” She was about to leave when he suddenly stopped her. “By the way, why did you suddenly come to the villa to find me today?”
Only then did she remember the reason for her visit. “It’s about Victor and Gloria. But let’s talk about this later, and you can deal with your affairs first. We’ve gone through enough today, so you should go to bed earlier. Tomorrow…”
Her words trailed off as she suddenly noticed his attire. He was still wearing pajamas, and the tree’s branches cut his top. All in all, he was looking rather haggard.
“First, let me get you some pajamas.”
