The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 526

“Alright, go ahead.”

As soon as Frankie stepped out of the car, Justin was left alone with Rachel in the vehicle. The lady then looked outside the window and said, “Thank god that our car broke down here instead of acting up in the middle of the busy road. If that happened, I bet we’d cause a huge jam shortly before our car got towed away.” While the location where their car broke down was at a desolated alley far from the center of the hectic city, the few of them were surrounded by residential buildings and accompanied by the sound of a foghorn, which indicated that a harbor was just nearby.

At the same time, Frankie popped the hood and examined the engine shortly before he returned to Justin and said, “Mr. and Mrs. Burton, I can’t seem to identify the problem that caused our car’s breakdown, but I just called the car rental company, and they said they’ll send someone here with a new car.”

“How long is that going to take?’ Rachel asked.

“It’s hard to tell. It’s not like you don’t know what the traffic condition in Enistan is like. It may take from 30 minutes to an hour or even longer, and it’s almost peak hour soon.”

“That’s very long. What are we going to do here until then? Just wait?”

“I bet you probably hope that we broke down in the middle of the road instead because we’re going to get help sooner that way, don’t you?” Justin asked playfully.

“Come on. Are you seriously still in the mood to joke?”

As Justin responded with a pair of smiling eyes on his face, Frankie said, “Maybe I’ll just wait here by myself, Mrs. Burton. You could perhaps. shop around with Mr. Burton for the time being since Pearl View City is just not far from here. I heard that’s a pretty good place for shopping. So, you guys can stroll around there and have dinner before taking a walk back to the hotel. Does that sound like a plan?”

“That’s not a bad idea.”

“How come you have everything figured out so… flawlessly?” Rachel appeared skeptical just as Frankie’s heart skipped a beat.

However, Rachel squinted with a smile and replied, “If I’m going to start a tourism agency company in the future, I’m going to let you run. it.”

“Stop kidding me.”

“I kid you not.”

Not long after Rachel and Justin stepped out of the car, Frankie escorted both of them away until they were far away enough for him to drop his pretense. Soon, he heaved a sigh of relief and wiped off the cold sweat that was covering his forehead before sitting back into his car. Upon a brief rest, he started the engine and drove away. This is all I can do for you, Boss. You’re on your own now.

Meanwhile, Rachel and Justin exited the residential area they were in and made their way toward Pearl View City like Frankie told them to. “If we didn’t come here on a mission to look for someone, Jolly would probably be the happiest person among us. In fact, I bet she’d even queue up to buy the bread here every single day’

“She is probably in the hotel now.”

“You bet! She just sent me a text, complaining to me how bored she is in the hotel. I did tell her to join us, but she wouldn’t, thinking she could risk exposing herself that way.”

“You know what? There is something I find rather strange, actually.” Justin appeared to be preoccupied.

“What’s that?”

“If Mrs. Bennett is trying to threaten Leroy into getting married and inheriting Lush Enterprise in Enistan, wouldn’t it have been easier for her if she had just threatened him with Jolly’s safety? Instead, she went through all the trouble just to plot against Mr. and Mrs. Carter.”

Rachel frowned in response as she began to see the confusion Justin was trying to point out. “Yeah, why?” She then took a moment to think about it. “Maybe she is trying to force Jolly into breaking up with Leroy by threatening. to harm Mr. and Mrs. Carter?”

“But as you can see, it didn’t work that way.”

“Mrs. Bennett wouldn’t know that for sure, would she? After all, who would still dare to try anything silly if their parents’ safety were threatened?” Rachel reckoned her logic was correct, although she wasn’t quite sure how accurate her guess was. After all, she did agree with Justin that there was an easier way Shannon could have used to bend Leroy to her will.

“Maybe.” Justin knitted his eyebrows. In fact, he had another speculation inside of him but was unable to prove it. Thus, he decided to keep it to himself in order not to panic Rachel.