Chapter 55 The Enemy Meets the Enemy


    Jensen hit a nerve and Rae stayed silent.


    But the topic went sideways because of him, so Rae didn’t continue to be mad with what happened just


    now. She felt bored after sitting for some time, then turned on the radio and listened to it for a while


    before drifting off to sleep with the stable speed of Jensen’s car. When they arrived at their destination,


    parked their car and boarded the cruise ship, it was already 10 o’clock at night.


    The whole ship was waiting for them.


    Because not a few minutes after they went up, the cruise started, and the incessant sound of waves


    entered everyone’s ears.


    The cruise ship, owned by the business partner of Jensen, was much grander than Rae thought. She


    originally reckoned it would just be a small cruise ship with one deck where a few people gathered up


    together to y. She didn’t expect this ship to have four decks from top to bottom, which was more


    than enough to rent to a tour group. It was estimated that there were at least fifty to sixty people on


    board.


    Rae followed behind Jensen, looking exceptionally well behaved, but her eyes were looking around


    curiously, and reaching out to touch the railing from time to time. From the moment they boarded the


    ship, there were people gathered around to speak with Jensen. She followed the crowd all the way up


    front, through the narrow walkway towards the front deck, and the view suddenly opened up. With a


    deck that wasn’t a few square metersrge, there were twenty to thirty people gathered together for


    barbeque. There were three grills which all were quiterge, and about ten people were in one group.


    At a long table on the side, there were waiters skewering the ingredients and next to it was a table full


    of drinks. Everyone was dressed very casually, walking here and there to look around, and the


    atmosphere was also good.


    “Wee, you must be hungry after such a long bumpy ride. How should I address thisdy?” The


    partner looked at Rae and asked in confusion. He thought that Jensen would attend alone tonight, and


    even if he brought femalepany, Karina should be the one that he brought along. But howe he


    brought an unfamiliar looking woman?


    “Miss. Jordan.” Jensen answered for her, “Sorry, we ran into something when we were leaving and


    camete.”


    “Oh it’s nothing. It is already a great honor that Mr. Knight cane. Then Miss. Jordan you must be


    hungry, quickly go grab something to eat. Barbeque grills were set up specially for tonight, hope that it


    suits your appetite.” Considering the rtion with Jensen, the partner didn’t dare to be negligent to Rae


    as well.


    Rae nodded and didn’t speak, nor did she move and run to get something to grill immediately. Instead,


    she turned her head and took a nce at Jensen first.


    She looked just like a woman who listened to men in everything and was so well behaved.


    The partner saw it and said with a smile, “You got a nice girl, Mr. Knight… Ease, Miss. Jordan, you’ll


    get more familiar with people by chatting more.”


    “…” This was exactly what Jensen was afraid off. The better she pretended to be well behaved outside,


    the more she would want to get back from him when they returned home. But it must be said that she


    was doing quite well in this regard. Although he could indulge her capriciousness, but sometimes it was


    equally pleasing to him for her to stand by the side being well behaved. He nodded his head as a silent


    acknowledgement of what the partner said.


    Only then did Rae take a step towards the food area. She was extremely starving, but her steps


    stopped before she reached the food area, because this time she finally had a clear look at the people


    present.


    Not only Eric was there, but Stanley and his family were there too!


    Eric was holding a cocktail in his hand and talking with a few men. There were quite a few people


    surrounding him. Not surprising, after all, he would be the next mayor very soon.


    Those people definitely wanted to fawn on him.


    Eric’s gaze was looking at her. It looked like he had long noticed that she had arrived but hadn’te


    forward. Reckoning that he was scrupled of Jensen who was with her.


    Whereas Stanley and his family of two were also huddled together and barbequing. Stanley’s gaze was


    constantly on Rae, as if a little surprised that she woulde. And didn’t know whether Nia was


    intentional or not, she had obviously deliberately threw the chicken wings that was in her hand into the


    stove right at that time, then pretended that she got a mistake and asked L to get it. Also Rae didn’t


    know whether L really didn’t realize it or just pretended that she didn’t, she saw L had obediently


    got up to get it.


    Rae was surprised as she was thinking enemies always met each other unexpectedly. All her good


    mood was instantly ruined. She turned around and enter the cabin. She had heard the staff saying that


    her room number was 221 just now, so she left without looking back. She used the room card handed


    to her by the attendant and pushed open the door. The room wasn’t big, but it had everything she


    needed and there was a small ss bathroom too. She sat down on the soft bed and thought to


    herself, ‘I should have known better than toe!’. She picked up her luggage bag frustratingly and


    toppled all the stuff inside onto the bed. She nned to just take a shower and head to sleep, even if


    she was currently starving…


    Immediately after that, she heard the door being pushed open from the outside. Needless to check, she


    knew the one that came in was definitely Jensen.


    “Didn’t you say you wanted to go out to the sea? Now that we’re here, you’re hiding in your room?”


    Jensen asked knowingly and closed the door behind him, pretending as if he didn’t know why she was


    hiding.


    “I don’t want to see them.” Rae said with anger.


    “Why?” Jensen sat down in front of her, reached out and held her wrist so she wouldn’t fiddle with her


    clothes, and said slowly, “Hating on others is a punishment to yourself. Look at you, giving up on this


    trip for the sake of the people you hate. It’s not worth it.”


    “It always makes sense when you talked, making it so easy for me to wet…” Rae looked at him.


    Jensen frowned, and was going to me her for talking nonsense when…


    “My eyes.” Rae only thenpleted her sentence.


    “…” Jensen adjusted the expression on his face, then stood up andid out his hands towards her,


    “Let’s go then, you must be hungry.”


    Even though Rae was still reluctant to go, but what Jensen said wasn’t without sense. He was right,


    why should she give up her trip for those annoying people? It’s not a wise choice.


    Back on deck.


    The partner came around again and spoke a few words of courtesy and asked if it was the hospitality


    that wasn’t good. Rae certainly wouldn’t go against Jensen’s will and just said that she was a little


    ufortable just now, but was fine now. The partner nodded and believed her words, then invited


    Jensen to the side to chat. Jensen felt worried and looked at her a couple of times. Rae signaled him to


    go and that she’ll find a ce to sit and barbeque something to eat on her ownter. After they left, Rae


    walked to the food table, only to find that all of them were raw, and there wasn’t even one bit of cooked


    food. Looking at those chicken wings, chicken legs, leeks, corn, fish, eggnts and so on…


    She felt she was so hungry that she was about to pass out and couldn’tst until they were cooked.


    “Why isn’t there any cooked food at all? Can I have a small piece of cake?” Rae said pitifully towards


    the waiter.


    “Sorry, our chef is in the kitchen preparing the ingredients for tomorrow, so you can only cook it yourself


    for tonight.” The waiter with a mask replied politely.


    “Rae…”


    A familiar voice sounded behind Rae, and her back stiffened.


    She didn’t have to turn around to know that the voice came from Stanley Barnes.


    But due to her promise to Jensen on not making a scene, even if she was reluctant, Rae still turned


    around, “Anything?”


    Stanley Barnes was more than fifty years old. His body was still very strong, and he had a very


    righteous face, where he would definitely be looked upon as one of the good guy in a TV series.


    Although a set of Hawaiian styled casual clothes didn’t match his temperament, but it did make him


    look much younger. Nia’s probably the one who chose this outfit for him. But so what if he looked


    decent on the outside? The act of hooking up with a married woman already showed how nasty he was


    inside!


    The thought of her father who was lying in the hospital made Rae’s face stiffened even more.


    “You must be hungry for arriving sote. I have two pieces of grilled chicken wings here, you can have


    it first. What else do you want to eat? I’ll grill it for you.” Stanley handed the white paper te in his


    hand towards Rae and was acting like he wanted to please her. He was afraid that he was being overly


    initiative and got her scared, so he deliberately added, “I’ve been grilling here for an hour and I’m full


    already. It’s boring sitting here with nothing to do anyways.”


    Rae looked at the two pieces of chicken wings on the paper te in his hand. Although the color was


    very attractive and it smelled very fragrant, if it was any one of the people here that handed it to her,


    then she would thank for his kindness. But it was from Stanley, so Rae shook her head, “I’m not


    eating.” He destroyed her family, so didn’t expect that he could just write that off by giving her some


    small favor every time he saw her.


    “Don’t be polite. There’s no cooked food now, so just eat it. Or are you worrying that you’ll gain weight if


    you eat meat at night? It’s alright, you’re so thin, eat more…” “I fucking said no!” Rae was really


    annoyed by him and subconsciously cursed out. Her voice was quite loud. Although there was the


    sound of the waves as a cover, a lot of people still heard it, and everybody was looking at her sideways


    at that point. Also, probably because her voice was too loud, Stanley got startled by her. His body


    stiffened, and the te fell to the ground. The two pieces of chicken wings were also thrown far away.


    The scene looked exactly like she was bullying a nice person.


    “Rae Jordan you bitch, who are you to talk to my father like that! He has heart disease, are you trying


    to scare him to death?” Nia nked out for two seconds, after which she stood up from the small stool


    and walked angrily towards Rae, looking like she wanted to fight her.


    Rae stood still with her backbone straight up, which looked totally like she had an expression of “I am


    bullying, so what? Come over and hit me then.”


    Stanley saw Niaing over then quickly reached out to pull her, and calmly said, “It’s alright. It was


    me who didn’t hold it steady. Rae doesn’t want to eat then don’t force her, it’s okay.”


    “You’re ill-mannered!” Nia gritted her teeth and red at Rae, her eyes were full of unwillingness! She


    couldn’t be as cruel as Rae. Although her mother’s ident was due to her father’s cheating, but she


    could never be cruel enough to hate her father. She just hated the woman who intruded her family! And


    she could never understand why her father always looked so humble and ingratiating to that woman’s


    daughter. Was it because Rae was that woman’s daughter, so he loved her as well? Or was it because


    her father felt guilty of destroying someone else’s family, so he nned to make up for it?


    “I don’t want to p you today, watch your mouth!” Rae lowered her voice while looking straight at Nia.


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    Neither of them was backing down.


    Seeing that the tension was getting stiffer, Stanley shouted, “Nia, go back to your room!”


    “Dad, why me?” Niaughed.


    Her dad’s favoritism was way too much. For the people who didn’t know, would probably think that


    Rae’s his daughter!


    “Go back to your room or don’t expect that you’re getting allowance for next month!” Stanley could only


    apply financial pressure.