Chapter 526 +15 BONUS

Rachel buckled herself into the front passenger seat, still thinking about how she could distract Tyler. Things were getting out of hand.

“Rachel…”

His deep voice suddenly sounded next to her ear, snapping her back to attention. She shuddered and turned to look at Tyler. “What is it?”

“Your seatbelt.” There was something strange in Tyler’s tone, but Rachel didn’t sense it.

“What about it?”

“Your seatbelt,” he repeated.

Rachel looked down to check. “Isn’t my seatbelt fastened?”

“Haha.” Tyler lowered his head and chuckled, agreeing with a nod, “Yeah, it is.”

Rachel finally sensed something wrong with his tone and looked down once more. That was when she realized that she had inserted her seatbelt into the buckle on Tyler’s chair instead. She bit her lip awkwardly, wishing she could slap herself. What was she thinking?

She hurriedly unbuckled her seatbelt and inserted it into the correct buckle. “I’m so sorry.”

Tyler turned around and rested a cheek on his palm, staring at her with his dark eyes as he tutted. “Are you having an affair? Is Cecilia just a smokescreen?”

Rachel was still reeling from her faux pas as she stared back at Tyler in a daze. Somehow, Tyler found her expression extremely adorable.

“What?”

Tyler sensed that something was off with Rachel today and gently flicked a finger on her forehead.

“Ouch…”

“That’s right. Have you returned to earth now?”

Rachel did feel much more alert now. She took a deep breath and said in all seriousness, “I’m not having an affair. I have something to talk to Cecilia about. It’s just not convenient having a man around when women are sharing secrets. That’s what I was thinking.”

She finally found the perfect excuse.

Tyler leaned in close to Rachel and asked curiously, “What kind of secrets?”

Rachel didn’t know if it was due to her guilty conscience or if Tyler was just too close for comfort, but her breathing quickened and her cheeks turned red. She didn’t quite dare to look into his eyes and looked away, urging him instead, “Hurry up and drive.”

Tyler chuckled at the guilty look on Rachel’s face, but he said nothing more. He leaned back against his chair and focused on driving.

When Rachel rushed to the mall, she saw Cecilia seated on a bench waiting for her. She hurriedly waved at Cecilia.

Cecilia stood up and walked over to Rachel. “What took you so long, my dear girl?”

“I didn’t have a choice. Someone was hot on my trail, and I barely managed to make it out.”

Cecilia exclaimed, “Then what about the presents later?”

Rachel felt herself at her wit’s end whenever she engaged in a mental battle with Tyler. She pondered for a moment before saying to Cecilia, “How about this? Later on, you’ll bring the presents back home. I’ll text you tomorrow, and you can get a courier to deliver them to the address I give you.”

Cecilia couldn’t help but praise her, “You’re brilliant!”

Rachel and Cecilia shopped around in the mall for 40 minutes and managed to find two to three items that caught their eye. If it weren’t for Tyler still waiting outside, Rachel would have shopped longer.

Tyler came from a wealthy family that lacked nothing. A poor family would be impressed by something expensive. However, in picking a gift for someone from a wealthy family, not only did it have to be novel, but it couldn’t be too poor in quality. Basically, it had to be more than just expensive.

Rachel handed the presents to Cecilia. “I’ll be off, then. Wait for my text tomorrow.”

“Sure.”

The two of them were about to bid farewell to each other when they bumped into William and Samantha.