Such a Rude and Noisy Woman

Hiram raised his arm and glanced at his watch as Rachel walked towards him.

"You're twenty minutes late. Where were you doing? Explain," Hiram said sternly.

Rachel hadn't wanted to keep Hiram waiting. She was afraid that he would be worried about her, so she had run up to him in a hurry. After coming to a stop and taking a deep breath, she pointed to the swimming pool on the right. She stood up straight and was just about to tell him what had happened, but she stopped when she saw the impatience on his face. Instead, she said,"Why should I explain myself to you? I only made you wait for twenty minutes, while you made me wait here for two whole hours. I don't think there's any problem, do you?"

"Well then," Hiram said with a laugh. Standing up from the couch, he fixed his suit gracefully and continued in a low voice,"Yes, you're right. It's none of my concern. Go and pick up your things from my car and take a taxi back."

He strode towards the door, leaving Rachel behind.

"Hey! That's not right!" Rachel stamped her feet and hurriedly followed him.

Hiram had gotten into his car and was just about to press the button to open the trunk when Rachel slipped into the seat next to him and reached out to stop him. She managed to put a smile on her face.

"Okay, okay. Please don't. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you, all of it. I've put so many things in your trunk. It will take me forever to unload them all. Your time is very very precious, you shouldn't waste it on me," she said sweetly.

Hiram glanced at his wrist, which Rachel was still holding. A faint smile played at his lips as he replied,"I don't want to know anymore."

"What?"

"You were right. Why do you need to explain yourself to me? We've signed a marriage agreement. Our marriage is merely pieces of paper. We haven't even slept together. A month later, you'll be a total stranger to me. You're right. I don't need any explanation about that."

Shocked, Rachel let go of his hand without even realizing it. It's like he was implying that she had done something wrong behind his back.

Since she hadn't, Rachel felt an obligation to tell him what had really happened.

She remembered the terms in the agreement she had drawn up. One of them clearly said that Hiram shouldn't get too close to any woman during their marriage. Now he might think she was the one breaking the agreement.

"A girl had fallen into the swimming pool. I went there to save her, but a young man arrived before me. After he got the girl out of the pool, I accidentally fell into the water with my phone in my pocket, and it got wet. Since it wasn't working, the young man offered his help to dry it while I went to dry my clothes and get changed. That's when you called and the young man answered my phone for me. That's it."

Rachel had tried to keep the story short. Personally, she thought that she had good communication skills. She'd been brief and to the point.

spoke. He

her; it was making her feel like

said I don't need

she hadn't fastened her seat belt yet. She'd been too busy telling Hiram the whole story.

"Shouldn't I?"

eyes were fixed on

didn't you tell me your number?" If he hadn't called her this time, she would've never known

it. And anyway, what would you need it for? I don't think that you'll ever have something so important that you

need to call him. That's why he'd instructed his mother to give Fannie his secretary's number

bug him over

found Hiram's excuses hard to swallow. In fact, she was so furious that her heart seemed to miss a beat. Hiram was like a cold-hearted wolf, a shameless one. "You're pure evil. Even if I waited for you the whole night at the gate, it would

have my number now?"

the window. She didn't want to

please don't call me if you don't have something really important to say," Hiram added. Then, he

today, right? If you have nothing special to do tonight, you should bring Rachel to have dinner with

I have a business

daughter-in-law. Cancel it. We need to learn more about Rachel," Joanna insisted. "It's a rare chance, your father has been so busy. You have to bring Rachel. And buy her some nice clothes first before coming back home

He hung up and told Rachel,"Apparently, my father is free tonight. My mother said that we should have

he was just telling her that he would have to go and have dinner with his parents that night,

have a family dinner

Hiram repeated.

divorce very soon. And since I'm not really your wife, I

of the car window, she noticed that Hiram had parked his car in front of

his seat belt and was about to get out the car when Rachel reached out and held him back. "I've bought several outfits today. They're

have dinner with us tonight, and he's meeting you for the first time. He thinks that people's appearance and manner reflect their inner heart, so he cares about such things a lot. I want him to have a good impression of you, so I need to find something special

what Hiram meant

and knocked at her window, urging her to