Chapter 368: Meeting Again


    Elegance defined the woman. Her long hair wasbed back and styled into a chignon. A diamond


    hairpin held the hair knot in ce. A pair of delicate pearl earrings underscored her gentle face and the


    matching ne entuated the royal blue cheongsam that wrapped her curvaceous figure. Rachel


    immediately recognized the woman. It had been four years since shest saw her, yet she hadn’t


    changed. She looked gentler than she was in her white gown back then. “Dr. Jimenez, it’s been a long


    time since west saw each other,” Rachel said. ra had seen Rachel from a distance. She just


    wasn’t sure it was her. And now, standing in front of her, ra stood transfixed.


    A few days ago, ra had heard that Rachel was still alive. Still, it felt surreal seeing Rachel with her


    own eyes.


    “Cousin,” Ameer addressed her politely. Rachel raised her eyebrows, surprised. ra was Ameer’s


    cousin?


    “Ameer’s mother and my mother are sisters,” ra exined when she noticed Rachel’s confused


    look. “ra, do you know Miss Be?” Ameer threw an inquiring look at ra and then turned his


    eyes to Rachel.


    ra nodded. “We are good friends.” Rachel furrowed her eyebrows. She and ra knew each other


    but not so much that they would be regarded as good friends. Actually, she and ra were not even


    friends. They were just mere acquaintances.


    ra noticed Rachel’s puzzled look. But when they caught each other’s eyes, they smiled without


    exining anything For the second time that night, Rachel heard the word “friend.” She pursed her lips


    and looked away. The first time that Rachel heard the word was from Carson. It didn’t make her feel


    ufortable. Carson was a frivolous man. He was joking most of the time so nobody took him


    seriously. And now, ra had just said that Rachel was her friend.


    Rachel felt that she was transported back to a time when a man and a woman came to hurt her badly.


    That was four years ago. The scene had recurred to her many times over that she vowed not to trust


    anyone but herself. She


    promised herself that she shouldn’t repeat that mistake. Consequently, Rachel never took the word


    “friend” lightly. It made her feel queasy, thinking that she might get hurt again as she was hurt then.


    Moreover, Abby died at that time. Rachel had med herself for her death because she was not able


    to protect her. Since then, she had suppressed her feelings, bringing to naught any affection she would


    have for others. “Oh, I see,” Ameer said as he touched the tip of his nose. Thinking of what he hadn’t


    said to Rachel, he felt his face flush. And now that ra was here, the more he couldn’t say what he


    wanted to say. He had to find an excuse to hide his embarrassment. “Well… ra, is Roger here with


    you? I think I’ll go find him.”


    If ra was Ameer’s cousin, then Roger would be, too. “Oh, he’s not here. He’s in Baltimore for a


    month now. There’s a project there that he needs to oversee,” ra exined as she unwittingly


    looked at Rachel.


    “Oh…” Ameer felt embarrassed for asking about Roger. He nced at Rachel but found her showing


    no interest in what they were talking about. He felt somewhat disappointed.


    “Your parents should be here, right? I’ll go and see them since I haven’t seen them for some time now.”


    ra noticed that Ameer was observing every movement of Rachel and saw the disappointment in his


    eyes. ra s eyes darkened. She seemed to know something but she was careful enough not to show


    it on her face.


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    “Yes, they’re here and so is Riley,” ra said. “It would be a good idea to have a good chat with them.


    They’d like that.”


    Ameer nodded, said goodbye to Rachel, and hurriedly left. He was a bit confounded. ra followed


    Ameer with her eyes and then looked at Rachel “Ameer seems to like you very much,” she said in a


    casual tone


    Rachel just shrugged her shoulders. It seemed that she had no intention to pursue the topic.


    ra was secretly relieved that Rachel was not interested in Ameer. She knew that look that Ameer


    had given Rachel. He was looking at Rachel the way Roger had at that time. ra had no wish that


    there would be another one in the family who would like Rachel. Roger was already enough.


    “So, how are you feeling now that you’re back here?” ra asked, changing the topic. “Four years


    have passed quickly and yet, much has changed.” Rachel turned around so that she could rest an


    elbow on the railing. Looking down, she said, “Oh, I heard that you’re now the vice director.


    Congrattions!” ra replied with a perfunctory


    “Thank you!” A short silence followed as if ra and Rachel were skirting the topic of them being


    friends. A waiter passed by them. Seeing that ra didn’t touch her ss of wine, the waiter


    ordingly asked, “Ma’am, would you like something else?” ra looked up and told the waiter, “Yes,


    please give me a ss of orange juice.” The waiter nodded, left, and came back with a ss of orange


    juice. “Here you go, ma’am. Enjoy your drink.” Rachel noticed that ra took the ss but didn’t drink


    the juice at once.


    “I’m pregnant so I can’t drink wine. But let me propose a toast to you with this orange juice. Wee


    back, Rachel. I hope you’ll have a good stay here.” : Rachel was surprised at this news. “How long


    have you been pregnant?” she asked as she looked at ra’s t belly. “Oh, just two months,” ra


    answered as she gently ced her hand on her abdomen. Rachel frowned. “You should really take it


    easy in the first trimester.” “I’m fine. And remember that I’m a doctor and I also know my body well


    enough,” ra said and smiled at Rachel. “I’ve been resting at home these days but sometimes I get


    bored so I go out.” Rachel raised her ss of wine and clinked it against ra’s.


    “Congrattions to you! And to Riley, too. She’s now getting apanion.” ra took a sip of the


    orange juice. There was a gentle look on her face. Rachel sipped her wine and looked away. The open-


    air balcony had a good location. It had a beautiful view of the city lights of the central area of Apliaria


    ra looked down at her belly. She shook her head, ever so slightly. She didn’t think that the topic of


    children was appropriate at the moment. How could she be insensitive! Why did she mention it? She


    regretted what she had just said. “Rachel, I’m sorry. I think that I have upset you,” ra said dolefully.


    Rachel looked confused. “About that child…”


    Then it dawned on Rachel that they didn’t know that her child was alive. “Oh, please, don’t think too


    much about it. It’s been a long time. And time has eased the pain,” Rachelforted ra. But it


    seemed that it only made ra feel worse. Rachel didn’t expect this reaction.


    Meanwhile, there was a knock on the door of the lounge on the second floor.


    “Come in,” Victor answered in a low voice.


    The door opened and a waiter came in with a ss of warm water. “Good evening, Mr. Sullivan. Mr.


    Scott had asked me to bring you this.”


    Pressing his temples, Victor opened his eyes and said, “Well, put it on the table over there.”