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.

in the restaurant’s children’s play area, Charlotte went down the slide and into the ball pit. She

Samuel looked up from his tablet game to glance at her. “Are you

it, but she has her own reasons for

“What are those reasons?”

don’t know yet,” a

you so sure,

Aunt Gloria. My smartest Aunt Gloria. She was the one who told me how to deal with

of Gloria was accompanied by

that mean Gloria was intentionally pretending to act cold toward

and Rachel dined together that evening until it

time Rachel returned home with the two children, the streetlamps

she soberly thanked the cab driver before leading

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

Rachel looked up through the haze of alcohol at the cold, imposing figure shrouded

strong smell of alcohol made Justin frown.

last bit of her sanity and sobriety, and

suddenly reached out to pinch his cheeks. “I asked a

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

the sound of children muffling their laughter

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

care of Mommy then!” Charlotte

looked like he wanted to say

“You were out with the kids. How could you drink

you lecturing me?” Rachel braced her hands against his shoulders and repeated impatiently,

he could only change tactics. “Call me next time. I’ll go and pick

waved him away, she stumbled toward her room.

down!” Afraid that Rachel would fall, Justin

when she shoved him aside and rushed into the bathroom with a hand over

hugged the toilet bowl and began to puke like there

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

as she was told to. She was so