My Second Husband novel Chapter 1148

Eddison took those hooligans out easily. After they ran away, he looked at Rachel, who was standing next to him.

With anger, he reproved her.

"Why are you standing outside in the middle of the night? Do you know what could have happened to you if I wasn't here just now?"

She just stood there without saying a word, not moving

He took it as a gesture of defiance, so he turned around and walked away.

After a few steps, he remembered that it was not safe outside. Therefore, he came back and grabbed her arm.

"Come in!"

Only then did he find out that she was trembling all the while.

She was not a strong girl like Naomi. She had been taught about manners and etiquette, but she had not been taught on how to deal with bad people in person. Usually, she would go home before eight o'clock. Last time, the incident where she had encountered a bad guy in the taxi had been enough to scare her out of her wits.

Moreover, they were in a foreign country, hence she was frightened quite badly.

Eddison knitted his brows, not reprimanding her anymore. Instead, he dragged her into the apartment and shut the door.

Under the light in the living room, he saw her pale face.

She was really terrified.

However, the thought of her careless actions of standing outside alone at midnight vexed him, thus he didn't want to comfort her anymore. Knowing that she would be safe at home, he took off his blazer and was about to go upstairs.

He had only taken a few steps when he smelled the aroma of food.

Following the aroma, he saw a small table, which was full of dishes, in the living room.

Thinking of the fact that she was standing outside just then, he suddenly realized something.

"Were you waiting for me?"

Rachel took a deep breath and nodded.

She replied with a quivering voice, "I'm going to heat the food up."

"There's no need for that, I've already eaten. You can eat it yourself."

After that, he went upstairs.

Rachel looked at his back blankly, downcast by his indifference. However, she stayed quiet. Instead, she went over to the table and then slowly began to eat the food that had gone cold.

Before she could finish a mouthful of it, her eyes had misted over.

Just when she lowered her head to cover her tears, she heard Eddison's cold voice.

"What are you crying for?"

Rachel was stunned. She sniffed and said, "I'm not crying!"

Her nasal voice indicated that she was lying.

Eddison found the scene to be a little amusing.

However, he still spoke to her in a serious tone, "Don't wait for me outside in the future. It's not safe here. We came here together, so I don't want anything to happen to you."

Rachel nodded and simply replied, "Okay!"

For some reason, Eddison was filled with guilt. He had no idea why he would feel that way towards a person who had caused so much trouble for him.

He told himself, "She had it coming!"

Taking a deep breath, he turned irritably and went upstairs while telling her, "Sleep in the room next to mine."

Rachel hummed in assent again, her voice so soft that almost no one could hear it.

Meanwhile, Culver was in an apartment in Rosaville City.

He stood by the window in the study, answering a phone call. It was from Aaron, "The person you've asked me to investigate is called Nelson Luther..."

The assistant described Nelson's background and the series of events that had happened to him in the past, including how he had gotten engaged to Naomi, and how he had betrayed and hurt her family.

Upon hearing the whole story, Culver gritted his teeth and asked, "With his heinous crimes, why is he just being placed in prison? He should be sentenced to death!"

Aaron shut up sensibly as Culver's righteousness had rendered him speechless.

Aaron wanted to tell Culver that neither absolute good nor absolute evil existed in the world.

People talked as if Culver was a monster, but only Aaron knew that in actual fact, Culver was a kind and extraordinarily simple guy.

To Culver, everything was either black or white.