“It seems that you have been criticized a lot.”
Rachel winked at Justin and said proudly, “I’m not like you; I’m not as harsh as you are toward employees and causing lots of complaints.”
“Oh?” Justin raised his brows, obviously skeptical, but he did not refute.
After a long time, Rachel really went to do as she said, and she even took him to witness it just to verify who was harsher in the eyes of the employees and was criticized more, but the ultimate results were unexpected. Moreover, she was even annoyed at the results.
Rachel finally concluded angrily that this society was much more tolerant of men than women.
After eating, it was completely dark. The roads in Enistan were not wide. Most of the narrow roads could only allow two vehicles to pass through. As soon as the green light was on, pedestrians hurried across the roads. In fact, the dazzling streetlights made the city look astounding.
“Why are there so many people over there?” Rachel pointed to the distance, where there was a large crowd in front of the hemispherical building.
“It’s the wharf. They’re lining up to take the cruise.”
“A sightseeing cruise?”
There are sightseeing cruises, while some are just used as means of transportation to go directly to the other side.”
Rachel put her hands on the railing by the road. “Speaking of which, I have never been here in Enistan before.”
“I’m not very familiar with it either. I used to only come here on business.” Justin looked as Rachel gazed toward the distance. “Would you like to go on a cruise?” he asked.
“Huh?” Rachel was taken aback by the sudden suggestion. Turning her head, she met Justin’s serious gaze. She hesitated for a moment, whereupon her eyes slowly lit up. “Sounds good.”
Sightseeing cruises did not have a long queue. After all, it was not cheap. There was an open- air bar on the deck on the 4th floor of the cruise ship, and tourists were sitting around the surrounding tables in twos and threes.
When approaching the railing, Rachel suddenly felt dizzy and frowned. Fortunately, Justin, who was behind her, was quick-witted and grabbed her arm.
“I’m fine.” Rachel felt better without looking down over the railing.
“Don’t worry, this is not Riverdale, nor is it the Jockey Club’s ship. It’s just an ordinary sightseeing boat.” Justin could see at a glance what she was thinking..
The trauma left by Rachel’s previous ship experience was too much, so when she got close to the railing of the cruise ship, she couldn’t help thinking of the scene at that time. It was from here that Amber and Noah fell off.
Although Rachel shook her head and said that she was fine, Justin still didn’t let go of her hand and dragged her to the inside of the deck. “Don’t overthink. Let’s go have something to drink.”
As glasses of cocktails glistened under the dazzling light of the cruise ship, the sea breeze blew and ruffled their hair.
Rachel fished a rubber band out of her bag and tied her hair casually with it, revealing her fair neck. Then, she looked toward the shore with her face raised, looking just like a beautiful woman in a portrait and attracting many people’s attention.
In the distance, several foreign men had already raised their glasses toward Rachel, making no secret of their appreciation and expectations for further communication. Most foreigners were eager and forthright, just like Hernandez.
Rachel just smiled slightly, nodded, and made no other response. It wasn’t until Justin returned from ordering two glasses of cocktails that those men’s eyes narrowed, and they couldn’t help but envy him for having such a demure and elegant beauty as his company.
“This one is a little lower in alcohol.” Justin pushed a glass of wine toward Rachel. Rachel took a sip and looked at Justin suspiciously. “You’re lying, right? There’s no alcohol in it. Did you make me a non-alcoholic drink?”
Justin was helpless. “I didn’t do that.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“Am I so untrustworthy?”
“Maybe. You’ve lied to me before too.”
Justin was taken aback for a moment, and then when he saw Rachel’s bright eyes full of smiles, he knew she was joking, and so he was relieved.
Maybe to Rachel, all the past matters could be mentioned in a relaxed tone as jokes, but he was the perpetrator, so he still couldn’t be ast composed as her. But he didn’t get himself tangled up about it. At the moment, he just wanted her to relax.
He was even very grateful to Julian. After all, during Rachel’s years in Montenegro, Julian did his best to help her cure her illness as a mute so that she could live and work normally….
Drinks were included in the tickets. To make the price worth it, Rachel ordered a few more glasses, and Justin couldn’t stop her.
“It’s okay. The cocktails are low in alcohol. They’re just like any other drink.”
Justin was helpless. Those cocktails tasted like non-alcoholic drinks, but they were actually strong. After three rounds of drinking, the ship had also made a turn and was about to return to the starting point.
Rachel was a bit tipsy after drinking the cocktails, and she became bolder. She no longer cared about the trauma she had from the railing and lay on the railing of the deck to feel the air.
Justin was afraid that she would fall over, so he followed closely. “I like it here. The weather is nice, and the atmosphere is lively.” She couldn’t contain her feelings.
“If you like it, we can come back next time.”
“The south is great, huh? There is no winter.”
“Yeah, the winter season up north could freeze you.”
“Is it still snowing over there?”
Rachel suddenly remembered that Justin was in the northern division of Riverdale, where the average temperature reached the negatives in winter. Most of the reasons why the economy was not quite developed there for many years. were due to environmental and weather constraints.
Justin said in a low voice, “There was some snow before I came here. It should be the last snowfall, I think. It will gradually get warmer later.”
“When are you going back to Riverdale?”
Justin was slightly startled when he heard that, then he turned to see Rachel’s bright eyes looking at him very seriously. “You want me to go back to Riverdale?”
“Yes. The north is too cold, and I still prefer the south.”
While speaking, Rachel staggered, and Justin grabbed her shoulder. “Be careful.”
The moment Rachel raised her head, the oncoming sea wind blew her hair, and she didn’t know whether it was because of the alcohol or the wind, but her eyes narrowed slightly as she appeared a little intoxicated.
Justin grabbed her shoulders, and they stared at each other for a long time. Suddenly, he couldn’t help himself. He leaned down tremblingly and dropped a gentle and extremely lingering kiss on her.
When the kiss fell, Rachel’s eyes were glittering with the flashing neon lights on the other side. Her thin lips were a little cold from the wind, but the temperature rose as soon as they touched his. It was a soft, fiery affection that was irresistible. The love in her heart grew vigorously in the depths, and it quickly blossomed into something more…
The strength of the cocktails seems to be a little much. Before her mind was emptied by the kiss, Rachel suddenly thought of that. But if Jolly was here, she would definitely hit the nail on the head.
It’s not the cocktails that have the greatest strength but the love between you and Justin. You have been entangled with each other for more than 20 years, and you won’t stop until you die. Some encounters are meant to be, and no matter how cautious you are, you cannot avoid them.
