The Silent Wife

Chapter 50

Chapter 50

“I remember that they were here.” The voice behind her was clear and powerful. “Am I correct, Rachel?”

As she slowly returned to her senses, Rachel spun around to look at Hans.

“Long time no see.” The man before her was a head taller than her. In the eight years that passed since she last saw him, his bright and handsome visage was more mature than in her memory, but his smile was as still as brilliant as ever.

In astonishment, she gaped and signed. How… Why are you here?

As his entire family emigrated eight years ago, she thought she would never see him again.

In her twenty-nine years of living, he was one of those rare folks who brought warmth to her life. Like a sun, he had brightened her entire youth. When she was lonely and helpless, he stood firm and unmoving by her side.

Now that they were in the cafe next to the library, where the rich smell of coffee wafted, Rachel studied the man in front of her for a long time, feeling like she was in a dream.

“I know I’m handsome, Rachel, but I’m going to blush if you keep looking at me like that” Hans teased by batting his eyelids at her.

She couldn’t resist rolling her eyes at him. I see that your narcissism has never gone away, she retorted.

“Well, I’ll treat that as a compliment,” he chuckled before he looked out the window. “Things have changed a lot here, but you work in a good environment and it puts me at ease.”

When did you return? she asked.

“A while ago, but I was busy with the procedures surrounding my work transfer. If I knew your grandmother was in the hospital, I would have looked for you sooner to help you out.”

Work transfer?

A dumbfounded Rachel stared at Hans. You’re coming back for work?

“Of course. Did you think I was back on vacation?”

How about your parents… Midway through her signing, Rachel stopped as she suddenly realized that

something was amiss.

smile before he admitted with a pained expression, “My mom…

expression froze.

his ailing mother and she needed year-long treatment abroad.

to sell their company and move the entire

a breezy smile. “Two years have passed since then. My mother has suffered a lot in

sudden, Rachel

mother, whom she had met before, had been an extraordinarily gentle mom and that was

with such a bright

Snap!

snapped his fingers in front of

you doing? she

were in high school and I broke my

Rachel snickered.

about me. How are you

she could finish signing, her cell phone

looked down at it, she realized that it was a call from Frankie. All of a sudden, her heart thumped with a

you at the library right now, Mrs. Burton?” Frankie asked when she answered the

back of her phone

me to send some candy to your office as wedding favors for your coworkers. The candy is

heard wrongly? Was Justin actually arranging for her coworkers to receive wedding

wrong?” Hans piped up

inexplicably bitter. Nonetheless, she simply tapped on her phone once more and

“Why do you

calm, Rachel shook her head. Nothing, she signed. It’s just that I’m needed back at the

to work then. I don’t need you to keep me company.” With a sigh of relief, Hans slouched in his chair with a smile. “I’ll just sit

she stood up only for

“Haven’t you forgotten something?”

at Hans uncomprehendingly.

cell phone at her. “Aren’t you going to leave me with a way to

some reason, or maybe due to the glaring afternoon sun, his smile was so brilliant that it felt like he was pulling her from the

still seated next to the window, Hans relaxed when he saw that the WhatsApp number she gave him was valid. Then, he put his phone down in relief. He couldn’t help smiling as he picked up his

silly in a cute way just

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