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.

play area, Charlotte went down the slide and into the ball pit. She was clearly

her. “Are you sure Aunt Gloria’s return

it, but she has her own

“What are those reasons?”

know yet,”

are you

Aunt Gloria. She was the one who told me how

Gloria was accompanied by a starry-eyed look of worship from

thoughtfully paused. Did that mean Gloria was intentionally pretending

Rachel dined together that evening until it

returned home with the two

thanked the cab driver before leading one child in each

opened the door, a figure blocked the entrance. “Why are you back so late?” it asked in a low

up through the haze of alcohol at the cold, imposing

smell of alcohol made Justin frown.

obvious that she drank quite a bit. What she had used to send the cab driver away was merely the last bit of her sanity and sobriety, and

for a while, Rachel suddenly reached out to pinch his cheeks. “I asked a

to push her hand away, she helplessly clung to him like

comical, but the sound of children

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

good care of Mommy

say

Justin chastised, “You were out with the

braced her hands against his shoulders and repeated impatiently,

tactics. “Call me

him away, she stumbled toward her

Afraid that Rachel would fall, Justin attempted

when she shoved him aside and rushed into the bathroom

she hugged the toilet bowl and began to puke like there was no

went to grab a glass of warm water for her instead. Kneeling next to her, he told her, “Come, take a sip. Rinse

Rachel did as she was told to. She was so obedient and well-behaved that