As soon as the door to the room opened, two little kids pounced into Rachel’s arms.
“Mommy!” Samuel and Charlotte had not seen Rachel for a week, so they both rushed up to her. “Mommy, I miss you!” Charlotte was the most clingy, grabbing Rachel’s arm and asking to hug. her.
Rachel kissed each of them on the face and winked at the side. “Did you two forget something? Someone is going to be jealous.” Samuel pretended not to understand while Charlotte hugged Jolly next to her with a smile. “Godmother, we miss you too.”
Jolly folded her arms and looked incredulous. “What are you missing me for? It’s enough for you to miss your mommy.” Charlotte immediately turned and pulled Samuel over. “Samuel said he missed you yesterday, right?”
Samuel was more like an adult in front of Jolly and had always been very cold to her. “I didn’t say that.” “You little ingrate.” At this time, Leroy came over and took Jolly’s hand. “It’s okay, I miss you.”
Everyone grimaced. Gloria covered her mouth with an exaggerated look. “I think we should leave the room to the two of you, and we’ll all go out.”
“Screw you!” Jolly glared at Gloria. “No good words are expected from a scoundrel. Why are you two reconciled again?” Gloria immediately retorted, “What? Reconcile? When were we on bad terms? We’ve always been fine.”
“Come on. Don’t you get angry frequently? Weren’t you the one who came back from Triburg Valley and said unequivocally that you would part ways this time?”
“No!” “You just don’t want to admit it!” Rachel was speechless as Jolly could really quarrel with anyone. She stopped quarreling with Jessica with great difficulty, but she had to start quarreling with Gloria again. Still, Leroy became a peacemaker and pulled. Jolly away. “I thought you wouldn’t be able to make it since you have work to do.”
“I just finished filming the commercial, and it’s not far from here. So, Victor and the others picked me up.” “Let me introduce you, this is Jessica Egerton.” Rachel took the initiative to introduce Jessica. Jessica rarely cooperated and politely greeted everyone, “Hello everyone.”
Gloria answered, ‘I’m Gloria, this is my boyfriend Victor. By the way, Victor is a teacher at Samuel and Charlotte’s school.” Jessica also greeted them one by one. “This one needs no introduction. This is our big star, Leroy.”
Leroy smiled at her. “Hello, little beauty.” Then, Jessica blushed suddenly before she lowered her head to drink some water and didn’t say a word. Jolly didn’t see this at first and asked, “What are you doing when someone has just greeted you?”
Jessica still didn’t look up, and she drank her water even more fiercely. “Hey!” Jolly suddenly saw something and teased, “Why do I suddenly see someone blushing?”
“Who’s blushing?!” Jessica immediately covered her face and raised her head with an angry look An excited Jolly claimed, “Aw, your face and even your neck are red and you’re still holding on. Didn’t you say that you’re not a fan of Leroy?
And that you’re a fan of Christian? What? Got caught in his handsomeness?” “You-“Jessica gritted her teeth and almost bit her lower lip to the point of bleeding, looking ashamed and angry at the same time. Rachel had never seen Jessica like this. This girl usually looked like a fearless tiger, so how could such a girl be so shy? It was unbelievable.
“Okay, Jolly, don’t cause trouble,” Leroy interrupted Jolly’s words gently. When he noticed that there was no water in Jessica’s cup, he took the initiative to take a kettle to pour water for her.
“Thanks.” It took Jessica a long time to say this sentence. Her voice was small and the way she lowered her head to avoid his gaze showed that she was obviously embarrassed.
“You’re welcome. Jolly is only playing with you. She is a child, so don’t mind her.”
“Okay.” This obedient and well-behaved appearance really surprised both Rachel and Jolly. Sure enough, being attractive was a source of justice these days.
If Rachel had known that Jessica could be handled by Leroy, then she would have entrusted Jessica with him. Seeing how Jessica had been this obedient to him, she might have returned to her country long ago, then what happened before wouldn’t have happened anymore.
Jolly poured some beer and said, ‘Julian hasn’t come back yet; otherwise, it will be even more lively if we called him over.”‘ Gloria asked, “Hasn’t he been on a business trip for a while now?”
“Maybe things are more complicated than expected. I called him this morning, and he said he’s not coming back yet.” “Yeah, we haven’t seen him in a long time.”
Rachel glanced at Justin subconsciously and when she saw that his face had the usual expression, she felt relieved. Julian became the president of the Burton Group, which was something completely unexpected, and no one would feel good about this huge sense of disparity.
When she thought about how Justin’s life had been turned upside down during this period of time and how she had never seen Justin feeling sorry for himself, it showed that this man had a strong heart. In between the meal, Jessica glanced at her phone and suddenly said, “I’m going to the bathroom.”
“I’ll accompany you.” Rachel immediately put down her utensil..
“No, that’s fine. I can go by myself.” “Can you? Your legs?” “I can do it.” Jessica’s temper was a little weird, so Rachel didn’t say much about what she insisted on.
When Jessica went out, Rachel also pulled over a waiter and informed the person, “The child’s legs are not in the best condition, so please help me to take care of her.”
“No problem. We have waiters outside our bathrooms.” Jolly said, “Okay, now, can you eat your meat? She’s seventeen and not seven. You’ve never been so worried about Charlotte and Samuel going to the bathroom alone.”
Rachel also felt that she was taking things a bit too far and took a deep breath to adjust her mentality. Justin glanced at the door thoughtfully. He didn’t know why, but the interactions over the past few days told him that Jessica wasn’t someone that was scheming, but she always seemed to have something on her mind..
At this time, Jessica came out of the room, but did not go to the bathroom. Instead, she left the restaurant. Her wheelchair was a bit conspicuous and she pushed herself around the mall before turning. into the remote fire control corridor.
“Hello? I’m out.” A man’s voice came from the other end of the phone. “Is the barbecue delicious? To me, you seem like you get along very well with them.”
“Are you spying on me?” “I’m not, but I have a good relationship with them, so there are videos in the group.” “So what? Can’t I come out for dinner? Among these people, only Justin is the murderer of my brother, and the others did nothing wrong.”
“Why are you explaining this to me? Just remember it yourself.”
“Then, why did you call me out?” “Remember, Justin won’t stay in the country for too long. His fiancée is in Riverdale, and she will take him out of Riverdale after a while, and you will never find him again.”
“What? Is he leaving?” Jessica’s face changed. “Didn’t he like Rachel? Since when did he have this fiancée?” “You have to remember that for a man, the most important thing is always his career. He lost the Burton Group, and this is the only way for him to go forward now. Have you gone soft?”
“How could I? He killed my brother!” She clenched her fists, her expression twisted. “Then, you don’t have much time. If he leaves, you will never avenge your brother in this life.”
