Such a Rude and Noisy Woman

"Luke, give her the cue stick. If Rachel messes it up, it's on me, " said Hiram. His eyes hovered on Rachel right from the beginning. From the way she was holding the cue, he could see she had played billiards before.

Before she took a shot, Rachel walked around the table twice. Fixing her eyes on her target, she bent over and aimed her cue at it.

She pushed the cue briskly and the yellow ball rolled directly into the pocket.

"Good job! I can't believe my eyes. Come on. Let's teach Hiram a lesson, " Luke said cheerfully. Since Rachel had made this shot, it looked three of the balls were waiting in line.

As everybody expected, Rachel shot another two balls into the pocket, but the third one was a little bit off its way and didn't make it.

Some of the male colleagues at her former company had been fond of playing billiards, so Rachel had picked up the game when hanging out with them. But it had been a long time since then, and she hadn't touched a cue after leaving that job, till now.

Hiram didn't continue his game with Luke. Instead, he threw his cue to Luke and said, "You can play for me."

After that, he held Rachel in his arms and together they walked outside to the corridor.

"What's on your mind?" asked Rachel as they walked towards the window at the end of the corridor. Leaning against him, she could almost hear his heartbeat.

"Nothing, just came out for some fresh air. Are you tired?" said Hiram tenderly. But he stopped walking the next moment.

Rachel was about to say something when she saw Hiram hush her silently and point to the staircase shrouded in darkness near them.

Rachel stopped walking and held her breath curiously. Just then, she heard a woman's moaning and a man's heavy breaths coming from the dark.

Apparently, there were people making love in the dark staircase. But weren't they afraid that they would be seen by people? Why didn't they wait and go to a hotel? They were being so rash!

Hearing the noises, Rachel felt embarrassed and turned to look at Hiram.

Hiram stared back at her with his dark eyes. They turned around quietly and walked back. Hiram lowered his voice and said, "If I'm not wrong, that was Daniel. Let's leave this place. We don't want to interrupt his moment."

"Answer my question, Hiram. Do you guys always cover up for each other when it comes to things like this? I mean, even if Daniel gets married someday, you'll hide it from his wife for him, right?"

Rachel asked in a low voice.

chuckled and pulled her close to make her feel more at ease. "What answer are you expecting from me? If I say no, I'm lying to you. If I say yes, then you'll ask another question. Will I do the same thing

Rachel kept silent.

you almost everywhere I go? It's because when you're with me, you can see what I'm up to. Then you won't wonder what I do when you're not

lips but said nothing. She leaned her head lightly on

Rachel and Hiram returned to

was late at night.

to sleep right away, but he also didn't keep her up for long.

busy

bother Rachel anymore, even though she didn't like Rachel

because she didn't smile at all the next few

Time slipped away.

Monday came soon.

waited for the final interview. If they were lucky

too, but not to be interviewed. She followed Daniel to see how he interviewed people and decided

same day, someone arrived at the

was finally back

waved her hands excitedly when

much prettier than the last time I saw you!" Lydia hurried

you talking about! I'm nothing when I stand next to you, my dear cousin!

she make it?" Lydia chatted with Shirley proudly as they walked out of the airport. She passed her luggage to the driver

instead told the driver to take them to the café they used to

in her hands, looking lost in thought. Then, she looked at Lydia regretfully and said, "I'm sorry, Lydia, that our plan didn't work last time. I never

would be kicked out by the Rong family once the divorce agreement was delivered to the court and everyone learned the news. But nothing happened to her,

a smile at her. "It's all right, Shirley. Forget about it,

she sipped her coffee.

know you're protecting me, Lydia. Thank you for thinking about me. I think we underestimated that bitch before. It seems she's smart, and since Hiram's with her

looked at the sky outside. "I know. We'll come up with a better plan. The

second and said reluctantly, "I couldn't figure it out. Hiram's the smartest person in our family, we all know that. But how could he fall for a nobody like Rachel? She's nothing special, but he's good to her and brings her everywhere he goes. As far I'm concerned, no woman deserves a man like Hiram

never ever say anything like that in front of our family. Look, Hiram doesn't allow me to do things at my will like before. What I'm going to do is draw my claws for now and play nice with Rachel,

had to remind Shirley to restrain