My Mute Bride Chapter 315
Chapter 315 The Upper ss and the Underground Circle
After Dillon finished speaking, he wanted Rachel to follow him to a private room. Just as Rachel was
about to reject him, a woman’s voice was hearding from behind Dillon. “Young Master Porter, the
banquet is about to start.”
Finding the voice familiar, Rachel looked at the source of it and saw a young woman standing among
the crowd. Her appearance wasn’t outstanding, but no one could neglect her when she spoke.
Rachel felt her heart skipping a beat as she stared fixedly at the woman.
She sported a short, clean-looking hairstyle while her body was d in a ck one-piece dress. Her
tanned-skin appeared rather out of ce in a hall where most women had fair skin. Furthermore, she
looked like someone who was supposed to be practicing pistol-shooting in a shooting range instead of
a woman d in an evening dress in a banquet hall.
An impatient Dillon refuted, “Can’t you see that I’m busy?”
“All of them are waiting for you to open the champagne bottle.”
Her attitude was neither arrogant nor subservient. After a moment of deadlock, Dillon eventually gave
in. “Alright, we’ll do that first.”
Then, he turned to look at Rachel. “Come with us, Miss Hudson.”
Rachel came to her senses and nodded with a polite smile.
After that, Dillon shuffled forward while the woman merely walked alongside him. Looking at her
straight back, Rachel felt that she must have met her before.
“Who is she, Jason?”
“L Hart. She’s Mr. Porter’s bodyguard.”
“What?” Rachel was startled. “A female bodyguard?”
“Of course. Do you think she looks like a man? However, I heard that she’s better at fighting than most
men, so don’t offend her. Even Mr. Porter has to listen to her.”
His words puzzled Rachel.
“Why? Isn’t she just a bodyguard?”
“Rather than a bodyguard, she’s actually a mole.”
“A mole?”
All of a sudden, Jason started coughing.
Rachel looked up and saw L staring at her. She shuddered as the woman seemed to be warning her
with her cold-looking eyes.
While Rachel was in a dazed state, the woman slowly retracted her gaze.
On the side, Jason uttered in a small voice, “Stop asking and stay away from her. She’s someone that
even Mr. Porter has to be wary of.”
Upon hearing that, Rachel dipped her head. It was apparent that Jason knew little about L as well.
Presently, the center of the banquet hall was filled with people. Rachel and Jason were slow to arrive,
so they could only stand in a ce that was far away from the center.
Just then, someone was heard speaking over a microphone. “Hi, I’m Randall Baxter. Thanks for
coming to this event organized by the Jockey Club. I’m truly honored. I especially have to thank Mr.
Porter for making the effort toe here despite his busy schedule…”
Randall Baxter? Rachel recalled what Jolly had said to her.
“That’s Randall Baxter—he’s one of the founders of the Jockey Club.”
Rachel snapped back to reality upon hearing Jason’s voice. “Does Mr. Porter have anything to do with
him?”
There was a faint smile on Jason’s face. “Well, the reason the Jockey Club has so much influence is all
thanks to Mr. Porter. You see, all of the guests here are the wealthiest people in Riverdale. It’s easy to
be a part of the upper ss in Riverdale, but it’s extremely hard to join the circle you’re seeing
now.”
“What do you mean?”
“The underground circle.” Jason gave her a meaningful look. “Do you think it’s just a normal event on
this cruise ship?”
Rachel’s eyes darkened. “Are you saying that these people are here for trade deals?”
“Of course not.” Jason lowered his voice. “We do have some outsiders here to conceal the nature of
this event.”
As Rachel gazed at these people, a realization suddenly dawned upon her.
It was an annual event that wasn’t what the organizer purported it to be, and the risk they had to bear
increased year by year. If this cruise ship was inspected by the authorities, the outsiders who
scrambled to attend this event would be used as a cover-up. If those who engaged in illegal trades
couldn’t flee, they would hold these people captive.
Once they had the captives in their hands, those from the Investigation Bureau wouldn’t dare to make a
move.
Rachel felt her heart sinking as the bustling banquet turned into something else in her eyes. These
people with bright smiles on their faces were like moving captives to her now.
After Dillon was done with opening the champagne bottle, the crowd dispersed as the banquet hall
became lively again.
Rachel and Jason were standing in a spot that was far away from the stage. When Jason saw Dillon
beckoning to them, he immediately understood his hint.
He then said, “Let’s go. Mr. Porter wants us to head to the private room.”
Upon hearing that, Rachel came to her senses. When they reached the private room, two male
bodyguards stopped them and uttered, “We’ll have to inspect you.”
Rachel subconsciously took a step back. It wasn’t that she wanted to refuse their inspection, but the
bodyguards were men.
Just then, someone opened the door from inside and said, “I’ll do it.”
L took a nce at the bodyguard nearest to Rachel, whereupon he meekly stepped aside. It seemed
like he was afraid of her.
While staring at Rachel, L said, “This is our rule, Miss Hudson. Please raise your hands.”
Rachel became startled for a moment before raising her hands as she was told.
L went on to carefully inspect her, including all the essories Rachel was wearing.
Since they were in such close proximity, L’s face magnified before Rachel’s eyes. At that moment,
she had a feeling that she had met this female bodyguard before.
“Have we met before?” she subconsciously spurted out.
However, L denied with a frown and said, “It’s our first encounter, Miss Hudson.”
Meanwhile, Jason was being inspected as well. In the midst of Rachel’s doubts, he said, “Miss Hart
rarelyes to Riverdale, so it isn’t likely that you’ve met her before.”
An astounded Rachel replied, “Perhaps I’ve mistaken her for someone else.”
“Alright, you cane in now,” L uttered.
After thanking her, Rachel shuffled into the private room with Jason.
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As soon as they entered the ce, Dillon asked, “What were you talking about outside the room? I
heard you saying that you’ve mistaken someone for somebody else, am I right?”
Before Rachel could speak, Jason enthusiastically went over and exined, “It was Rachel. She said
that she might have met Miss Hart before, but I told her that it wasn’t likely. There’s no way they’de
across each other before.”
“Oh?” Dillon’s gaze fell upon Rachel. “Have you met L before, Miss Hudson?”
A startled Rachel subconsciously took a nce at L, who directly headed toward Dillon after entering
the ce. Presently, she was also looking at Rachel. As Rachel examined her, she increasingly found
her facial features familiar.
I must have met her before. Where did we meet, though? All of a sudden, all the dots connected as she
recalled something.
“Miss Hudson?”
Dillon’s voice pulled her back to reality as she quickly denied by saying, “No, I’m just mistaken.”
“Really? What’s wrong? Do you know a person who resembles L? Tell me about it.”
“She was a ssmate, but we haven’t met for ages.”
Rachel took one more look at L as she believed that her spection was right.
Even though L’s face was different from that person five years ago, her voice sounded familiar to
Rachel. Also, her gaze never changed one bit.
Rachel could still remember climbing on the window of the hotel where she had been confined to. A
woman gestured with her hand while telling Rachel not to be afraid, and she looked truly valiant back
then.