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.

opposite her, forced a smile before he admitted with a pained expression, “My mom… passed away two years

froze.

because of his ailing mother and she needed year-long

company and move the entire

years have passed since then. My

of a sudden,

had been an extraordinarily

such a bright

Snap!

snapped his fingers in front of Rachel’s face,

are you doing? she

when we were in high school and I broke my leg, you cried so hard that someone not in

Rachel snickered.

me.

finish signing, her cell phone rang, which interrupted

that it was a call from Frankie. All of a sudden, her heart thumped with a

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

the back of her

your coworkers. The candy is on its way here and I’ll have someone drop it off for you once

she heard wrongly? Was Justin

wrong?” Hans piped up opposite

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

repeated. “Why do you look so

It’s

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

stood up only

“Haven’t you forgotten something?”

looked at

“Aren’t you going to leave me with

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

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 coffee cup and

and silly in a

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