When they were in the hospital, Ivan didn’t tell them everything about Lewis’ accident. He skipped sdetails.
He didn’t tell them that Victor planned to go back to the Gentlefolk to get sdocument in person, but he let
Lewis go there because there was something wrong with a project. He didn’t tell them the old lady who begged Lewis to save her
grandson was still missing. He missed out on the part that Lewis was even pushed down the stairs during that time. And it
seemed that he was pushed by the people facing him. He hurt his back badly. Now Dr. Turner had a car accident and died on the
spot. Ivan thought there was something amiss, but he couldn’t find any clue.
“Mr. Sullivan,” Ivan called out.
Victor caught sight of someone in his peripheral vision. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the figure on the corner of the
second floor. He interrupted Ivan in a deep voice, “You go to the police station first and wait for the investigation results. Also, ask
someone to investigate the background of the driver.” Ivan understood what Victor meant. It seemed that Victor also felt
uncomfortable at what was happening.
“Okay, I’ll do it right away.” Ivan turned around and started walking away, Rachel was halfway down the stairs when she saw Ivan
going out. From where she was, Rachel could only see half of the living room. There was a partition that was blocking her view.
She thought that Victor had left too. She had already put her bag away but didn’t go downstairs. She wanted to wait until Victor
left. She stood outside and watched Victor carry Joey into the house. She even wondered whether he planned to stay in the
house tonight.
That was the reason that she didn’t cin at once. Thinking that Victor might stay in the Sue Garden tonight gave her mixed
feelings. She didn’t refute the possibility and yet, this stunned her.
This didn’t help her mood any. So, when she saw the back of Ivan leaving, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Victor also
had left. Rachel continued to walk down the stairs. Not expecting to see Victor downstairs, she got nervous again. ‘I thought he
When Lukas cout of the dining room, he saw Rachel and said, “Miss Bennet, Mr. Sullivan, the dinner is ready. Do you want
to have it now?”
“Okay,” Victor answered in a deep voice. His voice was so deep that it alarmed Rachel that it brought her back to her senses.
“Thanks, Lukas, but I’m not hungry. You can eat. I’ll go upstairs to see Joey. ” Rachel withdrew her hand from the armrest and
lowered it. Soon, she calmed herself down.
“But the food...” Lukas looked at Victor instinctively. Rachel didn’t give Lukas a chance to finish his words. She turned around
and went upstairs. Victor followed Rachel with his eyes until she disappeared at the corner of the second floor.
Lukas, on the other hand, turned to look at Victor. “Mr. Sullivan, the dinner...” “If you want to eat, go ahead. If not, throw the food
away.” Victor’s voice was cold and so was his look.
Lukas opened his mouth, and yet, he didn’t know what to say. He shook his head. He had the food heated and now it would go
to waste. He sighed as he looked at the food on the table.
“Meow!” Katie, the snowy white cat, quietly walked into the room. Perhaps she recognized the familiar smell, she went straight to
Victor and clawed at his pants. Victor looked down at the cat.
Katie then sat upright and wiped her face with her front paw.
Victor bent down to pick her up. Katie immediately arched her back, her fur stood on end. When she realized that the hand
belonged to Victor, she relaxed and nestled comfortably in the crook of his arm.
Victor looked intently at Katie while stroking her soft and white fur with the other hand from tto time.
Reaching the second floor, Rachel went straight into Joey’s room.
Joey was sleeping soundly. His quilt covered him from his waist down. Rachel thought that Joey felt hot in his sleep so he
pushed down his quilt. The heating in the room was on and the windows were closed. Rachel walked to the bed to tuck Joey into
the quilt.
When Rachel stood up, she noticed that the bedroom door was ajar. Someone had cracked it open but it was softly that Rachel
hadn’t left the Sue Garden, Rachel walked hurriedly to the door to see if someone was outside.
She thought it would be Victor.
Seeing no one, Rachel started walking toward Joey’s bed.
Rachel pursed her pink lips. She thought she was feeling unnecessarily suspicious when she felt something tagging her
trousers. She looked down and saw Katie standing at her feet.
“Meow!” Katie stopped at what she was doing and held her head up. She meowed as though she was telling Rachel that she
would welcher touch.
Rachel then thought that she hadn’t closed the door properly so Katie was able to get inside the room. Cats moved quietly and
that was the reason Rachel didn’t hear Katie. Rachel laughed at the thought as she bent down to pick Katie up. “Are you here to
play with Joey?” Rachel asked as she scratched Katie behind the ears. “Meow!” Katie loved being petted so she closed her eyes
and made a gurgling sound.
“Well, sorry. You cat a bad time. Joey is asleep,” Rachel told the cat. “You know, I just bought cat food on the Intea few
days ago. I think it has arrived. Let’s go to my room to open the package and you can have a taste.”
Rachel looked at Joey and then walked out with Katie in her arms.
Once inside her room, Rachel put Katie down. She looked for a pair of scissors so she could open the packages. One of these
should contain Katie’s food.
She had opened a few packages before she found Katie’s food. Rachel excitedly turned around and said, “Look, Katie, I found
your food!”
As she was opening the package, a man’s face cinto view.
Rachel’s smile disappeared. She looked stunned. When did Victor cin? Why didn’t she notice it at all? When Rachel looked
down, she didn’t see Katie. It seemed that the cat had already left. She turned around to look at Victor, and it dawned on her.
When she entered Joey’s room, she didn’t leave the door ajar, Victor opened it just wide enough to let Katie in. He used the cat
to distract Rachel and put her defenses down.
Rachel’s eyes turned cold when she realized the underhanded way Victor had employed to get to her. “Mr. Sullivan, do you still
have the habit of entering someone else’s room casually?” Rachel’s tone was harsh, her voice was clear but cold.
Victor looked Rachel in the eye and then said, “Rachel, we need to talk.”