Chapter 235

+25 BONUS

Since Rachel’s mother was extremely strict with her, most of her time had been spent studying. She had only occasionally heard her mother mention someone like Tyler.

When Tyler heard her words, he looked at her with surprise. The man who was always calm and unreadable actually showed a flicker of emotion in his eyes for once.

“Do you know how to make meatballs?”

Plenty of people knew how to make meatballs, but no one had ever managed to recreate the flavor of Rachel’s mother’s version. Her meatballs were the best he had ever tasted in his life.

The moment Rachel saw Tyler’s reaction, she knew she had made the right gamble.

She had never made any meatballs for William because he hated them. She didn’t know if she could recreate her mother’s flavor, but that didn’t stop her. With full confidence, she nodded.

“I do.”

Tyler immediately said, “Let’s go.”

Rachel hadn’t expected him to agree so quickly.

‘Did he just say yes?’

But then came another issue. She pointed toward the street below.

“There are still so many reporters outside. How are we supposed to get out?”

Tyler thought for a moment. He then said to the receptionist, “Find Yale. Tell him to put on my suit and a hat. Just make sure no one gets a clear look at his face.”

The receptionist immediately understood Tyler’s plan. Yale would be a decoy. “I’ll get on it right away.”

Rachel and Tyler stood together by the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched Yale, now dressed in a suit, walk confidently out the front door of the company.

In an instant, the reporters swarmed toward him like a pack of starving wolves.

Tyler tilted his head toward Rachel and jerked his chin. “Let’s go.”

Rachel glanced down at Yale below and shivered before following Tyler. “Poor Yale. Those reporters are going to eat him alive.”

Tyler pressed the elevator call button and glanced sideways at her. “Want to take his place?”

Rachel quickly waved her hands. “No thanks.”

If she and Tyler went down together right now, she didn’t even want to imagine the scene that would unfold. They’d be completely surrounded. She was sure the reporters would stop at nothing to catch them together.

The elevator doors opened. Tyler stepped in first. As soon as the doors closed, the employees outside immediately huddled together and started whispering.

“Oh my god, that’s wild. What’s going on between Mr. Hunt and Ms. Lloyd?”

“How would I know?”

“Could the rumors be true? Are Mr. Hunt and Ms. Lloyd actually seeing each other?”

“Shh! Don’t say that. Just hearing it makes me nervous. Isn’t Ms. Lloyd still married?”

“Who knows? Maybe it’s just gossip. It’s not like Mr. Hunt hasn’t had women try to latch onto him before.”

“Exactly. Remember those women who tried to get headlines with Mr. Hunt? Their stories didn’t even last a day before getting taken down.”

“So this is basically the first time a woman has made it into a real scandal with Mr. Hunt.”

“Ugh, I’m so jealous. If I could ever be photographed in the same room as Mr. Hunt, I could die happy.”

Inside the elevator, Rachel stared at the floor numbers dropping and suddenly remembered – she still hadn’t called Cecilia.

If William asked her about it later and she didn’t have her story straight, it would blow up fast.

As soon as the elevator door opened, she reached for her phone to call Cecilia, but William’s name suddenly appeared on the screen.

Rachel’s heart skipped a beat.