Chapter 823


    Chapter 823


    Vulture and Aileen sat neatly on the sofa like two quail when Rachel rushed to the hotel.


    “You two…”


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    “It was an ident.” Vulture and Aileen said in unison before she could finish her sentence.


    A look of uneasiness crossed Aileen’s eyes, and she lowered her eyelids to hide the bitterness.


    Meanwhile, Vulture did not notice her emotions. He just kept drooping his head in embarrassment.


    Rachel raised her eyebrows slightly with a yful smile in her eyes. “You guys have a tacit


    understanding right now,” she


    said


    Vulture and Aileen remained silent.


    Perhaps the atmosphere was so weird that Vulture picked up the cigarette case on the table and stood


    up. “Tm going to have a cigarette. You guys talk.”


    After he left, Aileen noticed the marks on Rachel’s neck. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. Little girl,


    you’re quite wild.” Rachel looked up at her with aplicated expression. “You’re still in the mood to


    care about me right now?”


    Upon hearing that. Aileen’s expression changed slightly. Her eyes flickered slightly as she picked up


    the water ss and took a sip of water. She rubbed it with her fingertips and pursed her lips with a hint


    of self-deprecation and bitterness. “We all drankst night. Didn’t he say that it was just an ident?


    We both are adults and have made things clear.”


    “Is everything clear?” Rachel squinted. “Vulture is also willing to treat what happenedst night as an


    ident?”


    “Yeah” Aileen pursed her lips and said in a hoarse voice. “As a matter of fact, it’s good to treat it as an


    ident so that it won’t be awkward when we meet afterward. Besides, we’re both adults. Isn’t it


    normal to have a one-night stand after getting drunk?”


    Aileen took a deep breath but could not suppress the pain in her heart.


    All these years, Aileen had concealed her feelings for Vulture perfectly. But why did she lose control


    last night when she was drunk?


    If Aileen was not drunk, she truly couldn’t remember if she took the initiative. She also couldn’t


    remember how she ended up like this.


    If she was drunk, she remembered clearly when Vulture hugged her and muttered, “Rae-Rae, I really


    like you.”


    Her heart seemed to hurt even more at the thought of it.


    Aileen slowly closed her eyes, trying to suppress the pain in her heart.


    After chatting with Aileen for ten minutes, Rachel was about to head to the office when she received a


    call from Billy. “Miss Grey, can I ask you for a favor?”


    “What happened?” Rachel asked.


    Billy braced himself and said, ‘Mr. Jones is in a bad mood. Would you pleasee over and take a


    look?”


    “Okay,” said Rachel, frowning slightly


    Rachel returned to Sandalwood Hills twenty minutester.


    When she entered the house, she instantly noticed the entire vi was filled with frightening low


    pressure. The servants were anxiously busy with their things and did not dare to breathe loudly.


    The moment Billy and Eddie saw Rachel appear, it was as if they had seen a savior descending from


    the sky. They were so excited that they almost cried. They quickly walked up to her. “Miss Grey, you’re


    finally here!”


    “What’s going on?” Rachel nced at them indifferently. Then, she searched for the figure of David in


    the room.


    Eddie, who had seen through her actions, quickly said, “Mr. Jones is at the study.”


    Rachel nodded and walked toward the study.


    Looking at her figure, Eddie couldn’t help but chase after her and say, ‘Miss Grey, there are some


    things that Mr. Jones doesn’t want to say, not that he’s estranged from you.”


    Some time ago, Rachel killed her way from Titia to Seaxas overnight and caused a scene in the


    hospital because of the estrangement between them.


    Actually, it was just a matter of one sentence. But Mr. Jones had a dull personality and refused to say


    anything.


    With Mr. Jones’s personality, he probably wouldn’t say much about this matter.


    Rachel frowned imperceptibly and turned to walk toward the study.


    The door of the study was tightly shut. Rachel raised her hand and knocked. Seeing no movement


    inside, she pursed her lips and said, “I’ming in.”


    She paused for a few seconds before slowly pushing open the tightly shut door in front of her.


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    There was plenty of sunshine at noon. The sunlight passed through the gaps in the leaves and


    scattered into the study, adding a touch of softness to the dark-decorated study


    The man had his back to the door and faced the window. Sunlight poured over him, casting his figure


    on the floor.


    The whole study was too quiet, and there was something eerie about it. It pressed down on one’s heart


    for no reason, making one feel suffocated.


    The eerie pressure came from David.


    In Rachel’s impression, David had always been aloof and abstinent. His entire body was filled with


    aloofness and coldness, like a desecrated immortal that could only be watched from afar.


    However, his body was filled with depression at the moment. He was like a lonely soul struggling at the


    bottom of a cliff that could not see the sun in the middle of the day. One could not sense any vitality,


    only endless loneliness.


    Rachel frowned slightly and stepped forward.


    The man seemed to have been immersed in his own thoughts. When he heard the footsteps behind


    him, he did not divert his attention. Instead, he said coldly. “What’s the matter?”


    Rachel gently put her hand on his shoulder. “What are you thinking?” asked she.


    Hearing her voice, David came back to his senses slightly. He looked up at Rachel in a daze for a


    moment. Apparently, Rachel’s appearance waspletely out of his expectations.


    He reached out and took Rachel’s hand from his shoulder. “Why are you back?”


    Rachel’s eyes flickered slightly I remember that I left a document here,” she said calmly.


    David responded indifferently He held her hand and kissed it “Tll pick you up after work tonight.”


    “Okay” Rachel held his hand in one of her hands and gently caressed his face with the other. “Noah


    told me a lot that day. He even said that we could make a deal. He will tell me everything he knows if I


    want him to.”


    “What else did he say?” David asked.


    Rachel recalled for a moment and looked at the expression on David’s face. She said calmly. “He also


    mentioned Mrs. Olson. He will…”


    Then the sudden ringing of the phone interrupted her.


    Rachel and David looked at the phone on the table at the same time. Hence, Rachel saw the noted


    name Mrs. Olson jumping on the phone screen.


    David’s jawline stiffened abruptly, and a chill seemed to condense between his deep eyes.


    His Adam’s apple bobbed as he nced at Rachel. Then, he picked up the phone.


    Just as the call went through, Mrs. Olson’s stern voice came through the phone. “David, if anything


    happens to your younger brother, I will kill you.”