Kicked Out, Flash-Married, and Now He Won't Let Me Go

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Awkward

As soon as Rachel Faulkner finished speaking, the scene became incredibly awkward.

Vivian Lowell looked at Rachel.

After a long moment...

Perhaps seeing that neither Vivian nor Eleanor Rhodes had much of a reaction and were simply staring at her quietly, Rachel found it rather dull.

"I was just joking."

Rachel withdrew her gaze, turned around, and glanced at Mason Grant. "I’m allergic to cat hair, so I’m destined to never keep a cat. Mason, let’s go."

Rachel left.

Vivian frowned as she watched her retreating figure.

"How baffling..."

Eleanor couldn’t help but complain. Seeing that they were far away, she pointed at her own head, looked at Vivian, and asked, "Is there something wrong with her up here?"

"..."

Vivian shared the same doubt.

She wondered what Rachel was trying to do. Did she follow them to the pet hospital with Mason, see that Vivian liked the little white cat, and pretend to want to fight her for it? And then, when she realized Vivian had absolutely no interest in competing with her, she claimed to be allergic to cats, voluntarily backed out, and just left?

It was truly baffling.

Too lazy to figure out Rachel’s intentions, Vivian turned to Eleanor. "Tanya, from now on, we need to be much more careful when screening adopters.

"We absolutely can’t let anyone exploit any loopholes!"

Someone like Rachel... Vivian was genuinely worried there was something wrong with her.

"Yeah, I know."

Eleanor understood Vivian’s point. She nodded seriously and said, "Alright, it’s getting late. You and Julian Faulkner should head home first, okay?"

"Okay."

Vivian agreed. She reminded Eleanor to head home early to rest before leaving with Julian.

On the way back.

Vivian took out her phone and opened WhatsApp.

Mason had sent her a friend request a few days ago. She had never accepted it, and the pending request was still sitting there for her to see.

"Accept friend request."

Still preoccupied with the day’s events, Vivian’s finger slipped, accidentally tapping "Accept."

"..."

She instantly regretted it and wanted to delete him right away.

But it was too late.

She didn’t know if Mason had been on his phone the entire time, but just as Vivian tapped his profile picture to remove him, a message popped up.

"Vivian Lowell. Does Ethan Grant’s situation have anything to do with you? I’ve already visited him at the detention center. He told me a bit about what happened that day."

Vivian read the message preview.

When she saw the name "Ethan Grant," she temporarily dropped the idea of deleting Mason and went back to the chat window.

She wasn’t sure what exactly Mason was trying to say.

At this moment, beside her, Julian noticed her unusual behavior. He turned to her and asked, "What are you doing? Who is that?"

"It’s Mason."

Vivian gave a brief summary of what had just happened. "My finger slipped, and I was going to delete him again, but I was a step too late.

"I was just wondering if I should ask him about Rachel. But forget it. I’m not like him—everything he does has an ulterior motive."

If Rachel was a good person, she wouldn’t help Mason even if he tried to use her. Conversely, if Rachel was a bad person, the two of them would be birds of a feather, and Julian would definitely find an opportunity to deal with them both. Vivian just needed to stay vigilant and help Julian from the sidelines.

"Ethan got sentenced to five years," Julian said calmly as he drove. "It’s not that long. But... since he’s in there, he’d better be prepared to suffer."

Vivian remained noncommittal.

For a scumbag like Ethan, five years was already letting him off easy.

"On the Grant Family’s side, because of what happened to Ethan, Mason’s future right of inheritance is now fully secured," Julian continued. "And as for the Lowell Family... Mason and Shelly Lowell’s engagement has been called off."

The mention of Shelly reminded Vivian of something. "Now that you mention it, it’s quite strange. Shelly hasn’t really shown up lately. Where did she go?"

In Vivian’s eyes, the current Shelly was completely incompetent. Even if she returned to the Lowell Family, she would just be a misfit with no real skills.

She had status and money, but nothing to match them.

All flash and no substance—relying on Shelly would definitely not save the crumbling Lowell Family.

Julian thought for a moment and said, "It seems she went abroad. With the trouble the Lowell Family is in, they aren’t confident they can emerge unscathed. They transferred some of their assets overseas earlier and sent Shelly away as well.

"I haven’t found out anything more yet. Do you want me to look into it for you?"

Vivian shook her head. "No need. If the Lowell Family had the nerve to transfer their assets, we’ll just recover them when we file the lawsuit.

"What kind of storm could Shelly possibly stir up? If she went abroad, let her be. There’s no need to pay her any mind."

"Mhm."

Julian nodded, and the two of them dropped the unpleasant topic.

Vivian reopened WhatsApp.

Mason had sent her several more messages.

"Rachel and I are just friends. We hit it off quite well. She plans to start livestreaming, and the Grant Family happens to have intentions to expand into that area. These past few years...

"Vivian. I’ve always felt that there are quite a few misunderstandings between us. This time, can you give me a chance to explain?"

Vivian didn’t reply.

Without even reading the rest of the messages clearly, she prepared to delete Mason again.

Her finger had merely slipped.

Right. If she blocked him before deleting him, she wouldn’t receive any more friend requests from him, would she? Thinking this, Vivian decisively blocked him before hitting delete.

It was almost nine o’clock when they arrived home.

Grandma Faulkner had already turned off the TV and was drinking milk. She planned to rest for a bit before going to her room to shower and sleep.

"Grandma," Julian walked up to her and said, "It’s time for your follow-up at the hospital tomorrow. I’ll drive you there in the morning."

It had already been a month.

Vivian remembered what had happened in her past life. In her past life, Grandma Faulkner seemed to have gotten into trouble around this time—somewhere between half a month and a month from now.

In this life, everything still seemed perfectly normal.

Could they have discovered some other issue during the follow-up?

Filled with sudden worry, Vivian chimed in, "Grandma, let me go with you too. Don’t worry, everything will be just fine."

"Alright."

Grandma Faulkner didn’t seem worried either. She smiled kindly. Taking Julian’s hand on her left and Vivian’s hand on her right, she gently placed them together.

This time, the palm of Vivian’s hand rested on the back of Julian’s.

The back of his hand was also warm.

Touching it lightly, it didn’t feel rough at all.

Well, she had known what his hands felt like for a long time anyway.

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