The Silent Wife

Chapter 266

“Mommy, the veggies are bitter.”

“No, they’re not. Only by eating vegetables will you grow taller with balanced nutrition,” Rachel coaxed Charlotte. “Whoever finishes eating the veggies first will get to eat ice cream when we get home tonight.”

Charlotte’s eyes lit up at Rachel’s words. After whisking the vegetables in her bowl into her mouth in several mouthfuls, she slurred, “I finished my lunch!”

“Slow down when you eat.” Rachel wiped the food off the corner of Charlotte’s mouth. “Have some more of the fish.”

“Okay.”

Justin was somewhat lost in thought upon seeing how Rachel looked after the kids. I must have been crazy to divorce this woman five years ago. What kind of benefits can compare to having such a wonderful woman by my side?

Victor waved his hand before Justin’s eyes with a peevish expression. “Hey! Have you had enough of watching her?”

Justin knocked his hand off. “I can watch her for as long as I want to. That’s none of your business!”

“I can place my hand wherever I want to. That’s none of your business too!”

“Picking a quarrel, huh?”

“What’s the matter? You wanna pick a fight?”

Justin raised his eyebrows at once. Just as he was about to put down his lunchbox, he suddenly thought of something and shot a dismissive glance at Victor. “I’m not gonna argue with you. Don’t think about taunting me into fighting with you.” Rachel hates me fighting with other people more than anything else. From today onward, I’ll refrain from using violence unless necessary. “Have some strawberries.” He moved closer to Rachel while putting the washed fruits next to her.

Rachel refused to go along with him, though. She darted a look at the lunchbox in his hand, saying, “You didn’t touch the food at all. Are you dissatisfied with the food here? You’d better go back as early as possible lest you be famished.”

“Who said that? I’m very satisfied with the food.” Fearing that Rachel might not believe him, Justin ate a big mouthful of the food. Then, he praised, “You’re so good at cooking. The food you make smells especially appetizing.”

him a disdainful

to him while pouting his lips toward the serving tray. “These are made by the cooks of the school canteen.” It’s hopeless that he tried to suck up to her and ended up rubbing her the

time during the outdoor activity. After the activity ended

meet, and she was beside herself with

back, saying, “Look, Daddy-this is my prize! Do you know what prize this is? This is the prize for the person who won first place. I want to take part in sports meets again in the

sleeping with their eyes closed through the rearview mirror, she slowed down the car and

here, but I told them to leave

rendered speechless by the

along the way, so the two kids

we have to go back in your car? Do you also think that your

will be heightened, so you don’t have to worry about the kids’ safety. I’m more worried about you.” One could tell from his reply, which evaded the major issue, that he didn’t want Rachel and Jason to come into conflict with

advise you not to look into the matter or get involved in your

“Why?”

things that Old Mr. Burton probably doesn’t want you to

gain a foothold somewhere. This depended not only on a business prodigy like Justin, but also the protection by some underworld connections. This was because the more successful a business was, the more liable it was to attacks. An expanded business was bound to cause market disputes. The industries of the same trade would come up with an endless stream of competitive strategies, so a careless mistake would cause the company to be uprooted. When that happened, the underworld connections would be of use. Hudson Pharmaceuticals engaged in smuggling and other crimes back then because it could no longer make

know what the Burton Group had done in secret. At present, however, it was apparent that Arthur wanted to train Jason to embark on a dark path. Janice had told her that Arthur had the ability to let Jason stay in the Burton Group back then, but instead of doing so, he had Jason change his name and gradually distance himself from

next to her, “What do you know,

she knew was that Jason wanted to kill her at the moment, so there had to be something on her that he was afraid of. What is it,

the car reached the downtown area of Riverdale. As soon as they reached the Burton Residence, they saw

frown, Rachel switched the car’s headlights to low-beam ones and slowly pulled over to the side of the

annoyed as soon as he got out of the car and saw Dennis. “Why are you

you forget about the family dinner today? Old Mr. Burton expressly had me

up.”

wouldn’t be joining the dinner because I couldn’t