The Silent Wife

Chapter 289

Chapter 289

“Yes, Daddy. You can go and find Mommy,” Charlotte agreed.

The responses from the children irritated Justin so much that he was almost rendered speechless. “She’s working late because she’s very busy.”

“That’s not what it is!” Charlotte dug through the pile of junk food to find something she liked. As she looked, she added, “She still has time no matter how busy she is. She just doesn’t want to talk to you.”

“You think she doesn’t want to talk to me?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Charlotte.” Justin then caught hold of the girl’s arm. “Stop eating. Come with me to pick up your mother from work.”

“No.” She pulled away mercilessly, scampering up to Samuel with some crisps as she shot Justin a disdainful look. “You’re too stupid, Daddy. I don’t want to talk to you.”

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Deep down, she thought, If I keep talking to Daddy, even Mommy will find me annoying. I don’t want that to happen!

Of course, Justin was incensed.

Clearly, the little girl was spending too much time with Samuel if she was becoming as indifferent as him to the development of her parents’ relationship.

Helplessly, Justin stared down at his cell phone for a long time before finally calling Rachel.

“Hello?” Rachel asked at the other end of the line. “Is something wrong?”

“Haven’t you finished work yet at this hour?” he asked.

“Well, I just took over the company, so I’ve had a lot to do lately. Are Charlotte and Samuel okay?”

“They’re fine.”

“Oh-that’s good. Thank you.”

“No problem. You-”

“I have an overseas conference call in a bit, so I’ll have to hang up now. Get some rest.”

the words

cell

up from his game to take in

shrugging helplessly to show that

had tried everything, but Justin was a fool who always dropped the ball at a

not wrong, Aunt Gloria’s

Justin hummed

she reminded him, “Mommy and Aunt Gloria

his daughter.

 

to me about Mommy,” Charlotte pointed out matter-of-factly. “You rarely see Aunt Gloria, so you don’t

only came back during the holidays. Although she

she actually have a

have the

he was thinking about it, his

only had to say a few words before Justin was heading toward the balcony

“Are you sure?”

news yet, but in all

on the couch and watched her

him for a moment, she

you sighing about?” Samuel asked next to

Samuel. My

you so. You

I don’t want him to be so stupid.

can we

back, she’ll

Aunt Gloria, Charlotte suddenly developed a

month later, Hudson Pharmaceuticals was holding an opening ceremony in honor of the establishment of a foundation to help children

were news reporters and media outlets taking

arrived

Carter Enterprise, she had donated ten million to the foundation and was thus a special guest of the opening ceremony. In addition, she was

over so that they could be photographed together, Rachel said in a low voice, “I thought

into something on the

“What was it?”

“It’s a long story.”

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