Chapter 171

Rachel felt her brain failing her. She was sure that Tammy had lost all cognitive ability, leaving only a romance-riddled brain in her skull. There was no way Rachel could talk sense into someone like that. As the saying goes, you could never wake someone pretending to sleep.

“Fine, take all the time you need and give it your best shot. We’ll see if Tyler pays you any attention at all.”

With that, Rachel turned to leave—and then realized she couldn’t figure out the way back.

Damn it!

She never thought she would fall into Tammy’s trap when she followed the latter here.

After a few unsuccessful attempts, Rachel went back to Tammy and grabbed her wrist. “Take me back.”

Tammy sneered. “Think about why I even brought you here in the first place. Would I let you go back so easily? Do you know how badly I was humiliated by Mr. Hunt because of you? He said that even if you’re deaf, you’re still a hundred times better than I am! Why? Why does he find a married woman like you better than me?”

Rachel knew Tammy was the one who put the blame for Tyler’s rejection on her. Based on what she knew of Tyler, he wouldn’t bother explaining himself to Tammy—not with that romance-riddled brain of hers. Rachel became collateral damage.

She shrugged and looked at Tammy in disdain. “I am better than you.”

Tammy’s entire body shook with anger. Suddenly, she charged toward Rachel and shoved Rachel to the ground. Caught off guard, Rachel fell. By the time she got up, Tammy was no longer around.

She suddenly panicked and ran forward for a short distance, but she saw no sign of Tammy.

“Tammy!” Rachel yelled.

But no one responded to her. She pulled her phone out to call for help, but it received no signal in this area.

Rachel really wanted to slap herself hard. Being a sitting duck was no solution, and the sky was turning dark. She had to find a way to get back. Thankfully, she could somewhat rely on her good memory, which took her along a familiar-looking path.

Very soon, she saw a fork in the path. Rachel couldn’t for the life of her remember whether she took the left or right path. The fork in the road may seem insignificant, but she knew that taking a wrong turn might mean she’d never be able to find her way back. What’s more, she wasn’t familiar with this forest.

Suddenly, she heard a woman’s voice.

“Rachel… Rachel…”

Rachel thought she must be hearing things. Why would she be hearing Samantha’s voice, of all people?

Very soon, however, she saw a figure approaching her and confirmed that it was indeed Samantha.

Samantha hastened her footsteps when she saw Rachel. “Rachel, I finally found you!”

Rachel’s brows furrowed instinctively. “What are you doing here?!”

“I saw you walk here with Tammy. I heard from our colleagues that she confessed to Mr. Hunt but was rejected, and you were apparently the reason he rejected her.”

Rachel’s heart grew cold at Samantha’s explanation. Tyler was indirectly causing her doom. If even Samantha heard about it, the rumor must have spread like wildfire amongst their colleagues. Rachel assumed that the Lewis family had also heard the rumors being spread. If the project was brought forward, she wouldn’t need to face them.

Rachel looked defeated. The priority right now, however, was to find her way back.

“Since you managed to follow us, you should remember the way back, right?”

“Yes, I’ll take you back.”

Rachel followed Samantha but couldn’t shake off feelings of doubt over why Samantha was so kind-hearted as to come find her and lead her back.