The Silent Wife

Chapter 292

As she spoke, Gloria studied Rachel’s expression. “At that time, doctors said it was highly likely that he would fall into a vegetative state where he would never wake up.”

“Does that mean you took care of Charlotte before he regained consciousness?” Rachel asked.

“Huh?” Gloria paused for a moment before nodding. “Yeah.”

“In that case, thank you so much.” Rachel took her hand. “It’s arduous to take care of a newborn and if it weren’t for you, Charlotte might not have been able to survive.”

“There’s no need to be this courteous with me, Rachel. Charlotte is my niece, so how could I have neglected her?”

“I still wish to thank you, so this glass is for you.” Without saying anything else, Rachel snagged Jolly’s glass and gulped it at one go.

Now that Jolly was startled awake, she mumbled blearily, “Drink! Drink!”

However, as she was unable to stop Rachel in time, Gloria could only watch on and frowned as Rachel finished drinking from the glass. Weren’t we talking about Charlotte? How did the topic change?

“You were doing fine abroad, Rachel. Why did you suddenly come back?”

“You must have heard about what happened to the Hudson Family.”

“A little bit.”

“One of the reasons is that we’ve finally sought revenge for Hans. Another cause is that I’m worried about leaving Charlotte here alone.”

Rachel had never once brought up Justin throughout her speech.

“Well, Justin has taken care of her quite well all these years,” Gloria pointed out. “Although I don’t talk to him a lot, his personality has changed a bit since he lost his memory. You must have noticed it as well.”

As she declined to answer, Rachel instead poured Jolly a glass of water, exhorting her to have a drink of it before sleeping.

After a moment of hesitation, Gloria decided that Rachel still had a cold attitude toward Justin and swallowed the words that she wanted to say.

It was fine since they still had time.

slide and into the ball pit. She

looked up from his tablet game to glance at her. “Are you sure Aunt Gloria’s return will do

it, but she has her own

“What are those reasons?”

yet,”

are you so

My smartest Aunt Gloria. She was the one who told me

accompanied by a starry-eyed

thoughtfully paused. Did that mean Gloria was intentionally pretending to

together that evening until it was very

two children,

she soberly thanked the cab driver before leading one

moment she opened the door, a figure blocked the entrance. “Why are you back so late?” it

through the haze of alcohol at the cold, imposing

made Justin frown.

she had used to send the cab driver away was merely the last bit of her sanity and sobriety, and now that she was home, the alcohol was rushing to her head and making her

her face to stare at Justin for a while, Rachel suddenly reached out to pinch his cheeks. “I asked a

to push her hand away, she helplessly clung

all too comical, but the sound of

caught hold of Rachel’s wrists and instructed with a stern face, “Charlotte, Samuel, wash up

of Mommy then!”

wanted to say something, she

annoyed Justin chastised, “You were out with the

hands against

tactics. “Call me next time. I’ll go

she waved him away, she stumbled toward her room. “There’s

that Rachel would fall, Justin

he had only just caught her when she shoved him aside and rushed into the bathroom with a hand

hugged the toilet bowl and

after her and being greeted by the ghastly sight, Justin immediately turned and went to grab a glass of warm water for her instead. Kneeling next to her, he told

she was told to. She was so obedient and