“Rachel, quit putting on a strong front at a time like this! How could you still be in the mood to play the heroine when something so dire has happened?” Cassandra sneered.
Yvette pursed her lips. “Exactly! How smart do you think you are? Quit pretending!”
Gerald said solemnly, “Don’t try to act tough, Rachel. It’s not your place to speak when the adults are discussing matters.”
Rachel smirked. “In that case, Grandpa, what bright ideas do you have to resolve this crisis?”
Gerald gripped his teacup tightly.
“What else? I can only say that you were talking business with Mr. Hunt. Both of your companies are working together on a project, anyway. It’s an acceptable explanation. The rumors will fizzle out eventually. But I hope you’ll keep your distance from Mr. Hunt from now on. It’ll be best if you withdraw from this project at once!”
Rachel chuckled. As she had expected, she was always the one to be sacrificed in the Lloyd family.
Anything and anyone was more important than her.
This time, however, she wasn’t doing it for the Lloyds. She was doing it for her mother and herself.
With a glint in her eyes, Rachel said, “But I have a solution that allows Yvette to get close to Tyler and take the first step to entering the Hunt household.”
Gerald looked at Rachel in surprise, and asked in disbelief, “Really? You have a way to quell the rumors and let Yvette get close to Tyler?”
“On one condition.”
“Speak.”
Gerald didn’t care what Rachel asked for. Nothing was more important than giving Yvette the chance to get close to Tyler. “Once I resolve this matter, you’ll have to move my mother’s tombstone to the family cemetery.”
Gerald nodded without hesitation. “But of course. As long as you do as you say, that’s not a problem at all.”
“Alright, then. Firstly, my face isn’t in any of the photos online. If the reporters could confirm that I was the one in the photos, they wouldn’t have jammed up the hospital looking for me. As long as my face wasn’t captured in the photos, therein lies our chance.
“We can say that Yvette and Tyler were on a date. However, because it’s still early days, they didn’t want to make things public just yet.
“They are both single. It would be reasonable if they were found together.”
Gerald nodded excitedly. “This is a good idea!”
Jim, on the other hand, furrowed his brows. He walked toward Rachel.
“Rachel, this might sound like a good plan, and we’re certainly in on it, but have you thought of whether Tyler would be willing to cooperate?”
Cassandra chimed in, “Rachel, you only just got to know Tyler. You probably don’t know him well enough. Don’t blame me for not reminding you. Tyler Hunt isn’t a man who will just yield to you. It’s pointless if he’s not willing to cooperate!”
Gerald sighed, the light in his eyes dimming.
“Yes. Tyler is extremely temperamental and does whatever he pleases. Even his family members have no hold over him, not to
mention us.”
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Jim held Rachel’s hand, a look of concern in his eyes. “We can’t do this, Rachel. It’s a good idea, but that man isn’t easy to deal with.”
Gerald nodded in agreement.
“Indeed. The plan might succeed if we’re talking about any other man, but we’re talking about Tyler Hunt here. Give it up.”
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