Chapter 393 They’re Even Now
“President Burton.”
Frankie stared at Justin in disbelief. “Burton Group is the work of generations of Burtons. Are you just going to hand it over? And to Julian?”
Justin merely replied, “Julian is also a member of the Burton Family.”
Frankie took a deep breath. “President Burton, there’s something I didn’t want to bring up because you wouldn’t let me check, but now it seems like I have to. If Julian is a Burton, who is his biological father? Others don’t know, but I figure you should.”
Justin frowned slightly.
After Jason’s incident, Julian sent Sue abroad at once. Even he couldn’t contact her. It wasn’t hard to figure out the relationship between Julian and Jason.
“Have you ever thought that President Hudson had nothing to do with Old Mr. Burton’s death? Perhaps—”
“That’s enough.” Justin interrupted Frankie and said in a low voice, “Don’t bring this topic up again.”
“But Old Mr. Burton was clearly poisoned. Are you going to continue deceiving yourself? Whether it was President Hudson or Dr. Peters who did it, this is murder. They can go to jail!”
“There’s no evidence, so who are you planning to send to jail?”
Justin shot Frankie a glance, startling him.
Justin continued, “There’s no need to talk about this, and there’s no need to tell me about the affairs of Burton Group anymore. I’m not interested.”
Frankie was taken aback. “Are you saying that I have a big mouth? Fine. I won’t say anything more in the future. Just treat it as me coming here to gossip because I was too bored!”
Once he finished his rant, Frankie left in a huff.
He was obviously rather frustrated at the very least.
When leaving, he bumped into Gloria, who had just arrived. She saw Frankie coming her way and politely greeted him, “Assistant Beckham.”
Unfortunately, Frankie was utterly livid, so he nodded indifferently, greeted her, and stalked off.
Gloria was confused.
What’s up with him?
In the study, Justin was still looking at his calligraphy work.
As soon as Gloria entered, she asked, “What happened to Assistant Beckham? He ignored me when I talked to him. Did you scold him?”
“No.”
His answer was concise, with no intention of explaining whatsoever.
“Why are you here?”
“Oh.” Gloria lifted the pastries in her hand. “I bought some pastries from Levain Bakery. There are croissants and other stuff in here. I’ll put it here for you.”
“You know I don’t like sweet stuff.”
“It’s not for you.”
Gloria rolled her eyes at him. “This Saturday, bring this to Triburg Valley when you come to find us, then give this to Charlotte and Samuel.”
“This Saturday?”
Justin was slightly startled. “Don’t you have something planned for Saturday?”
“What? You know about it?” Gloria stared at him in surprise. “We do have something planned. Who told you that?”
“Rachel mentioned it, so I won’t pick Charlotte up this week.”
“Miss Rachel met with you? What did you all talk about?”
“Nothing much. We just had a meal together.”
“You even had a meal together? Didn’t I say that Miss Rachel’s attitude toward you has improved? It’s different from before. You have to take advantage of this opportunity. This Saturday, why don’t you take the initiative to—”
“I’m not going.”
He interrupted Gloria with three decisive words.
Initially, Gloria was excited to arrange some activities, so when she heard this, she felt as if her enthusiasm had been splashed with cold water, causing her expression to change. “Why aren’t you going? Are you backing out again?”
“Rachel’s work and life are very tiring, and she hardly gets any rest. You guys have fun. I don’t want my presence to bring any unhappiness.”
“This is all your assumptions. How do you know that she’ll be unhappy to see you?”
“If anyone else had experienced those things five years ago, they wouldn’t be happy.”
“Then, why did she have a meal with you? You haven’t been back for long, and even I haven’t eaten with you yet, but Miss Rachel has already had a meal with you? That means that it’s all in the past.”
Justin had a complicated expression on his face as he repeated what Gloria said in a low voice, “It’s all in the past.”
He still remembered when Rachel said that they were ‘even’ now, referring not only to hatred but also to gratitude or resentment.
“I don’t care. You have to come this Saturday. You’ll definitely regret not coming. Julian is closely pursuing Miss Rachel now. If you don’t work harder, it’ll be too late.”
“Aren’t they already engaged?”
“Engaged? Who told you that?” Gloria frowned. “Are you kidding me?”
“They’re not engaged?” Justin was surprised momentarily.
“If Miss Rachel’s engaged, I’ll definitely tell you right away. Who said they’re engaged?”
When Justin heard this, he suddenly remembered Rachel’s surprised look when Julian said ‘fiancée’ in the restaurant.
They’re not engaged.
“What are you thinking about? If Miss Rachel could accept Julian, she would have accepted him long ago. Why wait until now? Your imagination is running wild from staying home all day. No way. You will be in attendance this Saturday. I will send you the address.”
Gloria immediately took out her phone and sent Justin the gathering address on Saturday.
Ding! Justin’s phone rang, and a message from Gloria popped out.
“It’s settled then. Remember to bring the pastries when the time comes. Both Charlotte and Samuel love them.”
After that, Gloria left in a hurry.
Soon, it was Friday night.
As the gathering was located in an old town at Triburg Valley, which was 100 miles away from the city, they all went over at night and stayed in the old town for two nights.
Initially, Rachel planned to drive there on her own, but as soon as she packed her things and went downstairs, she saw a car parked at the door.
When their eyes met, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
She asked with difficulty, “Why are you here? Didn’t we decide that everyone will drive there on our own in the group chat?”
Julian simply said, “Give me your things.”
Rachel was still stunned when the sound of doors opening sounded behind her.
Jolly dragged several bags out. “Julian, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and help me. They’re cumbersome. Put all of these in the car.”
Rachel was even more stunned. “We’re just going there for two days. Why are you bringing so many things?”
“They’re all essentials!”
As she saw Julian silently stepping forward to help, she didn’t need to think to know that Jolly had called Julian over to be their workman.
It took the three of them half an hour to move the things into the car. The trunk was stuffed full, bags fully occupied the passenger seat, and even the legroom at the backseat was so full that Rachel and Jolly pretty much had no place to rest their feet.
“Jolly, are you moving houses? Even if you’re moving, why did you ask Julian to help and not your boyfriend?”
“Why? Are you distressed?”
Jolly didn’t even consider the fact that Rachel and Julian were still at an awkward stage. When she said that, the atmosphere in the car turned stilted.
The atmosphere, which had finally eased, went back to how it was at the start just because of her remark.
Rachel reached out and gave Jolly’s thigh a fierce pinch.
