Rachel didn’t realize that after she allowed to let Victor stay for one night, he never moved out again
Rachel headed up the stairs with Joey in her arms and did not come out of her room again. She sat on
the edge of the bed, gently stroking Joey’s back and singing a lullaby. Katie curled up into a small snow-
white ball of fur and started to yawn, feeling sleepy. Rachel lifted her eyes to give Katie a look. For some
reason or another, the image of Victor standing behind her just now flashed through her mind, and the
image of Victor clenching his fists and saying in a low voice he wanted to talk to her also shot through
her mind.
Rachel pursed her lips tightly and turned away, forcing herself to think about other things. She bowed her
head down and looked at the little face of Joey who was now fast asleep. Then she raised her hand and
touched his face.
In fact, she could turn down Joey tonight. And Joey would not say a word. Victor had no right to say
anything either. At the same time, she still agreed.
On one hand, she didn’t want to disappoint Joey. Maybe she realized Joey wanted his father’s love.
Every time Rachel caught sight of Joey’s bright eyes, she didn’t have it in her to refuse him.
On the other hand… Rachel had no idea what the other reason was. She had been a little absent
minded at that time. When Joey told her that Victor was homeless, she suddenly knew that Victor might
really not have a place to stay tonight like Joey said. Now that the house had quieted down, Rachel
started to feel regretful for agreeing to let Victor stay. She even couldn’t figure out why she had pitied
Victor like that.
Victor was homeless? Rachel couldn’t contain her laughter. Even if it was true that all the people in
Apliaria had no place to stay, the CEO of the Sullivan Group would never become a homeless person.
Rachel should be the one to be pitied, but it was ridiculous that she was feeling bad for her enemy.
Rachel placed her hand into her pocket and felt around for the praying pendant in it. She pressed her
thumb against the sharp corner to remind herself not to forget everything with the pain.
‘Rachel, you can never forget. You can never forget the death of Abby, the huge effort you made to leave
Victor, a devil in disguise, and also the difficult time you had after Joey was born.’
Watching Rachel and Joey disappear around the corner, Victor turned his head away.
Lukas was overjoyed and said, “Mr. Sullivan, I’ll have someone clean up your room.” As soon as Lukas
said this, he was already asking the servants to clean up the room, but the room actually didn’t need any
cleaning. Victor’s room was basically the same as before. Even though Victor didn’t return during this
period of time, Lukas would come in and clean it regularly every day.
It had already been a month since Victor was injured. It was late autumn now. When Lukas found out
that Rachel was still alive and that she didn’t look at Victor with the same eyes anymore, he knew that
she didn’t love Victor anymore. But when Rachel moved back into Sue Garden later, he saw a glimmer of
hope again.
Lukas was there to see Victor grow up and knew Victor worked hard every day in the past four vears. like
a robot that never rested. He knew that Victor did this to numb himself. He started to harbor expectations
that Rachel and Victor would start over. In this way, even if he happened to die, he could fulfill Carolyn’s
wishes. But just like that, more than half a month had gone by and Victor did not come back to the Sue
Garden but moved to the Gentlefolk.
Later, Victor would always return when Rachel was away from Sue Garden as if the two people had
made a clean break with each other and did not want to see each other.
Though Lukas was feeling anxious, he could do nothing but watch. Now that Rachel had agreed to let
Victor live there, did that mean they were very likely to start over again?
“Lukas, is Joey very sick?” Victor asked.
“Joey’s sick?”
After hearing this, Lukas appeared puzzled.
“No, Mr. Sullivan. Who told you that? Miss Bennett has been taking real good care of Joey ever since
Joey caught a cold and fever last time. I haven’t heard any word that Joey is sick.” Victor’s eyes
darkened noticeably when he recalled what Ameer had told him over the phone.
Ameer had said that Rachel went to the doctor’s today. If Joey wasn’t the one who was sick, then it must
mean it was Rachel who was sick. Victor recalled what happened that night at the Waterfront Hotel. Even
though he was drugged that night, he still remembered everything that had happened. He thought back
to how he had touched the protruding scar on Rachel’s abdomen at that time. She had told him it was
caused when she jumped into the sea. At that time, Victor was doing everything he could to make
Rachel stay and not leave him.
But it slipped his mind to ask what Rachel had experienced in the past four years. What had happened
shortly after she jumped into the sea? Was she hurt anywhere else? He had heard the rescuer say that
the situation in the sea was very tumultuous. If a living person jumped into its waters, the chances for
survival were very slim. Under such a low probability, how could Rachel survive and what exactly did she
face at that time? As he was thinking about this, Victor felt a sharp pang in his heart and even his
fingertips grew numb. He did not have the heart to think any further. He was afraid he would ask Rachel
and he knew after he found out, he would use all the despicable means to make her stay with him.
But he knew he couldn’t do that now.
When Victor came back to his room, he pulled out his phone and saw a text message from a strange
number.
62fb1bb41dcb31934bd49bda