The Silent Wife

Chapter 316

Lila Hart is Coraline Harper. Rachel’s mind instantly flashed to that hair-raising night five years ago. She didn’t even have time to thank Coraline at the time. Unfortunately, they never met each other again afterward. Why is she here? Why did she become Dillon’s bodyguard?

Thinking of Coraline’s identity in the Riverdale Investigation Bureau, she suddenly understood the situation, and her hand trembled uncontrollably. Afraid that somebody might notice, she quietly shifted her hand behind her back.

“What? Are you old classmates? What a coincidence!” Dillon looked like he wanted to get to the bottom of this matter.

Rachel was trying to think of a way to gloss over this incident when ‘Lila’ said, “Young Master Porter, let’s get back to business.”

Clearly unhappy, he glanced sideways at Lila. “I was kindly asking on your behalf. Who knows? Maybe you have a long-lost twin sister or something out there. You should get to know your family as soon as possible so that you won’t be alone for the rest of your life.”

“Thank you for your kindness, Young Master Porter. Compared to being alone for the rest of my life, I’m more worried that you won’t be able to provide the higher-ups with a satisfactory explanation if this matter does not go well.”

He was reminded of the situation with a single sentence. Having been embarrassed in front of Rachel, his expression turned even more sour.

Jason said, “Young Master Porter, you came all the way to Riverdale. I’m sure things will go beautifully. Look, I’ve already brought this person here. It only takes one sentence from her to prepare however much goods you need.”

The conversation was finally brought back on track and Rachel sat down.

On the opposite side, Dillon looked her up and down. “I’m sure you’re already aware of the reason I came here, Miss Hudson.”

She smiled. “Mr. Jason only gave me a rough explanation regarding the matter. Having only been notified of the banquet this afternoon, I did not have time to learn more.”

“Don’t worry. This is normal in our line of work. You will gradually get used to it.” Now that the conversation was much closer to the main topic, his expression became serious. He put away his playboy attitude and continued, “The quality of the drugs we received last time was good. Compared to the other supply channels where the quality is non-standard, what you supplied was way more excellent than the rest. Truly what you’d expect from a family of pharmaceuticals.”

“You’re too kind, Young Master Porter.”

“You don’t need to be humble. I would not have set up a meeting with you if your goods were substandard. I will only say that we are very satisfied with your goods, so we hope to build a long-term relationship with you. In the future, we will need a larger quantity of goods.”

larger quantity? Can you be

more than

eyes narrowed slightly. “The amount last time had already been very noticeable. With such a large barge of

off with a single sentence. “You only need to tell

She looked hesitant.

when there’s such a great opportunity to

very high after all. They’ve been very stringent with

anything else aside from providing the goods for our first official cooperation. Our people will be in charge of everything starting from the shipment of goods.” While speaking, Dillon pushed a document on the table over to Rachel. “This is the price we are offering for the drugs. You can

edges of the document when she saw the price they offered. Without the costs of the various customs duties and miscellaneous fees, the price he offered was the actual income. The

have time to turn back if you are hesitating, Miss

raised her head. “When will you make payment? I am in

laughter. “I knew you’d be a straightforward person, Miss Hudson. 30 percent of the deposit will be credited to your account within the next two days. The rest will be transferred to you once the goods have

document. “I need a month

month?” He shook his head. “I

“What’s the rush?”

words highlighted the risk tolerance value in this

slightly. “I will do my best to make the factory work

that the business talks were over, all that was left was to enjoy

not in a hurry, you should stay on the boat tonight. The

sip

It will only ruin the mood if I say that I want to

her phone from her bag to give Jolly a call. All of a sudden, she caught a glimpse of Lila avoiding the crowd in the banquet hall and walking toward the bathroom.

cautiously walked into the bathroom but did not

She tentatively called out

response from