Such a Rude and Noisy Woman

Chapter 65 The Send-off Dinner

All of a sudden, Rachel felt a surge of suspicion. She said doubtfully, "Mom, what's done is done.

Hopefully, uncle Colin and his family would not continue messing around with us, right?"

Marriage is not a child's play. Since Rachel and Hiram had already registered their marriage, it was

meaningless for Colin's family to mess around anymore.

However, Fannie shook her head and said with a frown, "I don't think so. Although your marriage has

been settled, I know that Colin would definitely do something terrible when he finds out that he has

missed a great opportunity."

Any family that aspired to marry into Hiram's family was expected to have infinite wealth. No one would

callously watch such a great opportunity slip through their fingers.

Rachel held Fannie's arm, and asked curiously, "Mom, is this why you made Hiram and me register our

marriage in a rush? Were you concerned that uncle Colin's family would cause trouble for us."

"Yes, but that was just part of the reason, " Fannie answered, "If you had met the right man in one of

those blind dates, I would have approved your marriage. But as time went by I had to step up, and

create opportunities for you before it was too late."

As a girl, Rachel was too shy. Therefore, Fannie had to be more proactive to help her.

Fannie gently patted Rachel on the back and continued saying, "The moment I got to know about

Hiram, I felt as if my heart had missed a beat. It seemed like a match made in heaven!

Now, my decision has turned out to be right. You and Hiram are made for each other."

Rachel was a loving and dutiful daughter; she had a special place in Fannie's heart. Although Hiram

was wealthy, she felt that her daughter was also beautiful enough to be a good match for him.

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After Colin, his wife and daughter left Fannie's house, they checked into a small hotel.

Their business had been struggling for the past two years. Selina's family-owned enterprise had

reduced from a small and medium-sized company to a small store. Not long ago, when a fellow villager

of XH Village was shopping in their store, he accidentally mentioned the Rong family and the century-

old agreement to them.

Hiram and his family were very famous around XH Village.

Suddenly, Colin and Selina realized that the timing was perfect since Hiram wasn't married to someone

else yet, and their daughter was also single.

They closed down their store immediately and rushed to H City, in the fear that Fannie might make a Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

move first.

They thought they had some advantage as their daughter Vicky was younger than Rachel and in such

cases, men always preferred a younger and more beautiful woman over the other.

"No! Colin, I'm not willing to accept this. I won't accept it!" Selina exclaimed. She kept pounding on the

table, in an attempt to let out the grievance that filled her heart.

Feeling dejected himself, Colin took a puff of his cigarette and said, "There's nothing we can do now.

The betrothal gifts have already been delivered formally to Rachel's family. It would be ridiculous to

approach Hiram to marry him to our daughter now?"

Selina retorted, "Ridiculous? It wouldn't be ridiculous if we become rich. Do you seriously believe that

Fannie isn't doing this for the money?" Selina didn't believe anyone would say no to money. She

complained, "If you had known something like this would happen, you shouldn't have accepted the

adoption by your father's uncle.

Perhaps then, we would have lived close enough to Hiram, and we wouldn't have to worry about

Fannie's daughter anymore. However, nobody could predict what would happen next."

Colin continued smoking and gave no reply. There was no medicine for regret in the world.

In fact, when Colin was a child, his father wanted to choose one child from him and Simpson and the

chosen one would be adopted by a rich relative and needed to take care of the relative when he was

old.

However, as Colin's mother died young, he couldn't bear the miserable life with his father. So he

willingly volunteered to accept the adoption.

Seeing her parents' argument, Vicky stood up and said, "Dad, mom. We have never seen Hiram's face.

And we don't even know whether he is fat or thin, tall or short. How could you be so ruthless that you

would let your daughter marry a total stranger? I think we should forget about it."

"You silly girl. You ought to marry Hiram no matter if he is big or fat. He is rich. And in this world, money

rules everything!" Selina scolded Vicky angrily.

Vicky retorted, "But since Rachel has already agreed to marry Hiram, why can't we just back off?" Vicky

was scared by the thought that she would be married to some big fat loser.

Not every child of wealthy families was good-looking. Maybe some of them were fat or downright

obscene.

"Oh! Why don't we ask around about this? They aren't officially married, right? If not, we still have a

chance." Colin said suddenly.

Selina stood up from the table and said in excitement. "Yeah, we should try it. When the time comes,

we should create opportunities for Vicky to meet Hiram. I am pretty sure that our daughter is more

beautiful and attractive than Rachel."

Vicky sighed after she heard these words. She didn't want to marry a fat guy.

At dusk when Rachel went out, she found that Carl had been waiting for her downstairs.

"Rachel, my cousin will be off duty soon. He asked me to pick you up." Carl said to Rachel, who was

going downstairs. Then, he nodded at Fannie and greeted, "Mrs. Ruan, good evening!"

Fannie also nodded at Carl and said to Rachel, "Go. I'll be fine. Just take care of yourself."

Rachel sadly looked at Fannie for a while and said, "Fine; I've got to go. I'll call you later."

Carl didn't drive her back to Hiram's villa. Instead, he drove her to one of the top French restaurants in

town.

"Rachel, would you please wait here for a while. Hiram would be here in about 10 minutes." Carl said to

Rachel. Then, he left from the restaurant.

Rachel looked around and discovered that the restaurant was quiet and romantic. She thought to

herself, 'Why's Hiram being so mysterious today? What does he want to do?'

With various scenarios emerging in her mind, she shook her head and thought that the imaginary

romantic adventures in her mind were impossible to happen.

Hiram was not that romantic. He was too mysterious to be understood.

10 minutes passed by quickly.

Rachel became anxious and began to look at the restaurant's door more frequently. Suddenly, the

familiar Maybach was parked in front of the restaurant's entrance. Then, she saw Hiram get out of his

car and walk straight into the restaurant.

With one of her hand supporting her chin and the other one holding the drinking straw, she looked at

Hiram and asked, "So, tell me. Why did you bring me to this place? This place is so romantic. Are you

planning to make a proposal?"

Hiram took off his coat, put the white dinner cloth over his thighs and said to Rachel with a smile, "Why

would I need to do so? You have already married me."

The moment Hiram sat down, the waiters in the restaurant began to serve them with food.

Hiram took a glass of red wine and said to Rachel, "I will go on a business trip tomorrow. You can see

this as a send-off dinner."

Rachel knew that he was unpredictable. She took a glass of red wine, clinked her glass against his and

said with a smile, "Well, I wish you a pleasant business trip."

Rachel thought to herself, 'When Hiram comes back from his business trip, the one-month period will

be over.

What will he do then? Is he going to do what Celine has predicted? Or, will things develop according to

the original plan?'

Rachel looked forward to what would happen next, But she was also nervous about it.

She hoped that something good would happen in the future, While she was also worried that their

relationship would suffer due to Hiram's unpredictable personality.

"Thanks." Hiram said. He smiled at her and took a sip of the red wine. Suddenly, his phone beeped and

spoiled the moment. Hiram looked at his phone and answered with a frown.