Chapter 422

+25 BONUS

How frightening! It was obvious to Yvette that William still had feelings for Rachel, or he wouldn’t have blown his top. What in the world did Rachel do in her past lifetime to make two men lose their minds over her? Having returned after five years, Tyler was still single. Most importantly, they were still getting entangled with each other.

But it didn’t matter. Now that William knew about things between Rachel and Tyler, he would never spare Rachel. If William pestered Rachel, she wouldn’t have time to deal with her affairs. That would give Yvette time and space to find ways to dig out the man she hired five years ago.

The next day, after Rachel woke up, she found herself lying on a bed. She instinctively threw off the sheets to check if she was still fully clothed.

She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that she was. Tyler was gone. She reached a hand out and ran it over the bed, finding it still warm. It proved that he had just gotten out of bed. That meant they shared a bed last night.

Rachel had a strong urge to slap herself. She was supposed to tell him a bedtime story. How did she end up lulling herself to sleep? She got out of bed and glanced at her phone. Cecilia had called her multiple times. Since when did she switch her phone to silent mode? Rachel stopped herself from thinking further and called Cecilia back.

Cecilia asked anxiously, “What happened to you? Why didn’t you answer my calls? I was so close to calling the cops, I thought you were in trouble.”

“Nothing, I just fell asleep.”

Rachel was at a loss for words to explain to Cecilia. She couldn’t possibly tell her that she was trying to coax Tyler to sleep and ended up falling asleep instead.

“I called you just to remind you to remember about the event tonight. I even managed to get my hands on the invitation card for you.”

“Really?” Rachel exclaimed in surprise. “Thank you so much, Cecilia!” She was fully prepared to contact some of her closer partners in hopes of getting her hands on the invitation.

Cecilia chuckled. “Do you need to be so polite with me?”

“I’ll go find you later.”

“Sure.”

“Time for breakfast.”

Rachel was about to hang up when she heard Tyler. His voice was husky, probably because he just woke up, and it sounded strangely seductive. It somehow reminded her of morning call services. Recording Tyler’s voice and selling it online might just earn her big bucks, Rachel pondered. Of course, the money wouldn’t be for her. It’d be for Cecilia, she told herself.

Cecilia keenly heard the voice of a man over the phone, and it was a rich, sensuous voice to boot. She asked, “Rachel, you’re not at home. Did you spend the night elsewhere? With a man?”

Cecilia’s voice came piercing through the air. Rachel instinctively pulled the phone away from her ear, looking awkwardly at Tyler. She was so worried that Tyler might misunderstand things that she hurriedly explained to Cecilia, “You misheard it. The sound came from the TV. I’ll call you later!”

With that, Rachel hung up. Her face was flushed as she looked shyly at Tyler. “Sorry about last night. I accidentally fell asleep.”

Tyler leaned against the door frame. “Yes. In fact, you were even more sound asleep than I was. You refused to wake up, no matter how hard I tried to shake you awake. Do you exhibit strange behavior at night?”