Such a Rude and Noisy Woman

Chapter 48 A Dinner For Four

Hiram changed to slippers, took off his suit, hung it, and then walked towards them.

Lydia quickly wiped tears off. Her pretty face beamed with a charming smile.

"Hiram, you are back."

Shrugging towards Hiram, Rachel pointed to the kitchen, and said, "I'm not done cooking yet. Can you

accompany Lydia for a while?"

She said those words and went back to the kitchen quickly.

Rachel was absent-minded in the sink. She washed the dishes before cleaning up the chopping board

while the water kept running. .

She didn't know why she felt this way.

She thought she would face that situation with a calm heart. But now, she found herself upset when the

moment really came. They just spent ten days together. Was this short span of time long enough to

make her reluctant to end their relationship?

Why would she feel upset when she heard about what Lydia said then?

Ouch…

Rachel accidentally cut her left finger when she grabbed the fruit knife. She put down the knife hurriedly

and sucked the blood on her finger. Then, she wrapped the wound with a band-aid she stored in the

cabinet.

Half an hour later, Rachel took the bowl of soup and the dishes to the living room where she saw Luke

who came unexpectedly.

"Hello! Rachel, Hiram told me to come over to taste the dishes you cooked. Is it okay with you if I join

you for dinner?" Luke sat on the couch and waved his hand at Rachel.

"Of course! You treated me meal one day. You are absolutely welcome to join us for the dinner!" Rachel

smiled and put the bowl of soup down on the dining table.

Rachel saw Hiram sitting on the couch with Luke. Lydia sat opposite to them, looking relatively

composed.

Three of them came over one after another. Hiram pulled the chair out and sat next to Rachel.

Lydia sat opposite to Hiram. While Luke sat opposite to Rachel.

This dinner had been thought to be shared only by Rachel and Hiram. But it unexpectedly turned out to

be for four. To make it worse, the dining room was filled with strange silence.

It was so quiet that they felt a little awkward.

"Well, they taste really good. Rachel, I just knew that you are very good at cooking!" Luke picked a This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

piece of braised meat and kept nodding his head to compliment her. He had tried a variety of food in

different restaurants. Luke thought that the dishes Rachel cooked were as good as those food that

were cooked by famous chefs.

"I bet I will come here more often for the food. My house is not far away from here anyway. Hiram, you

don't have a problem with that, do you?"

"Will you? Then please feel at home and eat more!" Rachel gladly accepted all of the compliments and

placed another piece of pork rib into his plate.

As Rachel reached her hand out, Hiram, seating beside her, noticed the band-aid on her left index

finger.

"Is your finger wounded?" Hiram put down the chopsticks, grabbed her hand close to him and

unwrapped the band-aid to check the wound.

Rachel tried to pull her hand back, but Hiram held it tightly. Then Rachel said, "Don't worry. It is just a

small cut with a little blood."

Lydia, who sat across them, stared at Hiram. She did not get the taste of the food she was eating.

Seeing the genuine care and worry in his eyes, Lydia felt a jolt of pain in her heart.

"The cut is so deep!" Hiram said with a frown. He immediately got up from his chair to take the

medicine chest.

Rachel looked at her injured finger being cleaned. It was smeared with an ointment and then wrapped

neatly. It was her first time to be treated like that by Hiram.

Thinking about that, she looked up unconsciously and looked right into his dark eyes. Then, she saw

an undisguised tenderness that dragged her heart into a trap of love unexpectedly.

She never felt this kind of feeling before. It was like treading on the soft marshmallow. She felt like she

was surrounded with sweetness.

"Are you two done showing off your love? If you are done, then get down and continue to eat. What you

are doing hurts me, as I am a single man!"

Luke watched as Hiram wrapped Rachel's wounded finger. Luke saw Hiram and Rachel looked at each

other with deep affection. They did those things and disregarded the presence of Luke and Lydia.

Lydia was not in the mood to eat the dinner from the beginning. She stood up and said uneasily,

"Hiram, I got to go. I have something to do."

Every minute she stayed there seemed to cause her ruthless and unbearable torture.

After she said those words, she walked towards the door without hesitation.

Rachel stood up to see Lydia going out. But she was stopped by Hiram and said, "You stay here. I'll

go."

Hiram stood up immediately.

After the siblings left, Luke tapped at the plate, and talked to Rachel, "What are you thinking? You will

get used to it. Lydia has been Hiram's shadow since she was a child.

It will be easier for you to handle situations like this after you get used to it. Lydia is perfect, but she's

stubborn! I know she will finally accept the fact after some time..."

Luke said while still filling his mouth with food. They were so delicious!

"Is that so? In average families, adopted sons and daughters are treated like they are biological

children. Why did Lydia fall in love with Hiram?" Rachel picked up a mouthful of food and asked that

question she was wondering about all the time.

Lydia was adopted at a very young age. She even didn't know that she was not a biological child that

time.

She should have treated Hiram as her biological brother. How could she develop such affection for

Hiram?

"Hmmm. I was told that Lydia once overheard Hiram's mother brought up where she came from. She

said that she wouldn't mind Lydia being married to Hiram if Hiram likes her..."

Luke abruptly stopped talking.

He seemed to say something he was not supposed to say.

"Is that true?" Rachel asked in disbelief. What Luke said meant that Lydia was supposedly the future

bride of Hiram!

"No, no! That's not what I meant. Rachel, you misunderstood me! At that time, Hiram was probably

going through a rebellious phase. He never went out with any girl. His mother said those words

because she thought Lydia would make him better..."

Luke thought he was just making things worse.

Not so long, Hiram came back.

Hiram found Luke looked strange and saw Rachel biting her chopsticks while looking far away. He then

kicked Luke with his leg discreetly under the table and said, "What did you talk about? Why did you

stop eating?"

Luke murmured, "Nothing!" Then he started eating again.

Rachel stared at Hiram while eating the rice.

After the dinner, Luke left quickly.

Rachel was going to clean up the table, but she was stopped by Hiram.

"Leave it there. The maid will come here and clean it tomorrow. Your injured finger is wrapped. So you

better not touch water!"

Rachel looked at the disturbing mess on the table and cringed. She stared at Hiram and suggested,

"How about this? You help me take these dirty dishes to the sink and soak them in water. It is

uncomfortable to see these dishes here."

Hiram watched her for a moment and sighed. He rolled up his sleeves and started to clean the table.

Rachel hastened to help him by piling up the dishes. The disapproval in Hiram's eyes stopped her

action.

Rachel pulled her hands back, and said without hesitation, "Well, I'll leave it to you. When you finish it, I

want to talk to you about something."

"Alright. Wait for me in the study room." He replied.

After she left, Hiram revealed the emotion he had concealed in his eyes. He looked in the direction

where Rachel went before turning his head back to the kitchen.

Rachel went upstairs and washed her face in the bathroom. It was still early. So she changed her

clothes to sports attire. She planned to go out for a jog after she talked with Hiram

She went into the study and looked around. The bookshelf leaning against the left wall was filled with

all kinds of books. Some of them were Chinese classics, and most of them English books. There were

also some books that she couldn't comprehend.

On the shelf leaning against the right wall, some collections were placed. When she saw a human-

shaped, pure gold statuette, she couldn't help opening the closet and took it out to have a closer look

on it.

Was it made of gold? It was shaped like a man pulling a bow. It was pretty heavy.

Rachel saw the line of words on the pedestal which read, 'The Archery Champion of the X-Division'.

'Does he like archery?', Rachel asked herself.

This sport must have a long history.

The door suddenly opened. It scared Rachel that made her accidentally drop the statuette.