Have I Told You Lately novel Chapter 123

“I don’t drink so much, they drink a lot,” Miles’s voice was as calm as usual and relaxed.

Rachel looked at the jamming traffic, she slowed down and simply asked, “Are you a local people?”

Once she asked him, she found that she did not know him well.

A faint light could be seen in Miles’ deep eyes, he turned his sight and looked at her, answered calmly, “No, I come from L city, it’s not far from here. After I graduated, I came here to search for a job.”

“Oh, so your parents live there?”

The atmosphere became silent in the car.

Rachel was dumbfounded and looked at him subconsciously. However, the light inside the car was dim, she could not see his expression clearly, “What happened?”

“I don’t have a father, I only have a mother,” he looked at her and smiled suddenly.

Rachel met his smile, her heart chattered. Out of the blue, she felt a sense of coldness on her hand, her hand shivered and the steering was nearly uncontrolled.

She held back the steering and apologized quickly, “Sorry, I don’t know…”

Miles did not seem to notice her strange behaviour, he moved his sight to the front and said calmly, “Never mind, I come from a single-parent family. I lost my father since young, I have never seen him before, I am used to it.”

Rachel did not expect that he grew up under such a condition as he always portrayed himself as an active person. But it was quite normal, everyone had different way of living, she kept a lot of secrets as well.

She did not know how to console others, so she just smiled slightly, “You have grown up, you’re so hardworking, you must have a bright future. Furthermore, you still have a mother.”

After she said that, she could hear a cold and low voice, “My mother has passed away.”

She was speechless.

“Ah!”

Rachel was shocked, she lost control of her car. The car rushed towards the railing beside the road suddenly. Luckily, she responded fast and quickly grabbed the steering and controlled it. Then, the car turned around and did not bang on it, she was so shocked that she stepped on the brake instantly.

Due to inertia, her body rushed forwards and stopped. Her face turned pale after the sudden incident. She gasped and looked at Miles instantly, “Sorry, I lost control of the steering, are you ok?”

Miles did not change his expression, he looked at her silently for a few seconds, smiled slightly, “I’m fine, sorry, I have frightened you.”

Rachel gasped softly, her fingers grabbed the steering, her palm was full of sweat. She felt uneasy in her heart but she did not know why she felt it that way but she was indeed frightened, she was not sure that it was because of his voice or the content of his words.

“Rachel, do you want me to drive?” Miles looked at her and spoke.

“No, no need, you are drunk,” Rachel had not yet regained her attention from the incident, she shook her head and reversed her car, continued to drive on the road.

But for now, she had to be very careful. Her eyes focused on the front, did not dare to distract her attention.

“In fact, my mother passed away half a year ago,” Miles said lowly, continued the topic.

Rachel was stunned, the uneasy feeling of her heart reached out to her again. She was nervous and frightened, she was not sure that whether she had regained her conscious from the incident just now but she did not want to intervene him. Maybe he was drunk, he wanted to pour out his woes to her.

She frowned and drove the car carefully, she then asked him discreetly, “Are you schooling at that time?”

He came from a single-parent family, the only family member that accompanied him for twenty over years had passed away too. It was indeed a hard blow, he was still young, he must have keeping the woes inside his heart for a long time and did not release them.

“Yup, I prepare for the matter of graduation at the time.”

Rachel took pity on him, she bit her lips and thought of the words to console him. Before she said anything, he said calmly and coldly, “Rachel, do you know why she passes away?”

“She…” although Rachel looked at the front, she could feel his intense sights. She started to become nervous again, her expression was stiff, “What, what…happened to your mother?”

There was a lot of cars passed by them, the bright car lamp penetrated the window and shone on their face glitteringly.

Her face was pale while his face was indifferent.

But Rachel did not turn around and looked at him, she could only hear his voice clearly under the ear-piercing sound of the horn.

“She has committed suicide.”

Rachel’s heart was shaking, she felt that her body was as cold as the icehouse, it was so cold.

She felt that the atmosphere in the car was so terrible that almost held her neck tightly that she was unable to breathe. She wanted to console him but did not know what should she say. Out of the blue, she turned her head around and asked as if she did not listen to his words, “Is this junction?”

Miles turned his sight to look at the front, “No, it is the next junction.”

“Ok, we will arrive soon.”

She forced herself to smile and moved her sights. She accelerated silently.

After a few minutes, the car stopped at the junction, Miles unfastened the seat belt and wanted to get down the car.

Rachel moved her sights, she acted boldly. She held his shoulder suddenly and said with a serious and low tone, “You still have a long path to go, don’t think too much. Frustration and hardship will pass, if you work hard, you can live the way you want it to be…Maybe she will be relieved in heaven.”

Miles’s body was stiff, after that, he returned her a gentle smile, “Don’t worry, Rachel. I will get whatever I want…You too, don’t think too much, don’t concern about my words. Faster go home and have a rest.”

“…Ok, I will go now. You should drink some warm water to sober up before you sleep or else you will get a headache the next morning.”

After Rachel said that, she drove and left.

After driving for a few distances, she parked her car beside the road, closed her eyes and covered her chest, gasped slightly.

She did not understand what happened to her just now?

She should console him when heard of the bad news, why did she want to escape and felt nervous? When she heard that his mother committed suicide, she even did not dare to ask for more detail…Furthermore, she felt that Miles was so strange just now.

She lowered her head and massaged her brow. Her mind was messy.

She did not know was it because someone held her neck tightly at that time and frightened her. In addition, she was so tired recently, she always behaved abnormally.

Just then, in the dark and silent car, the screen of her phone was lit up. After that, a hurried vibration sound was heard.

Unexpectedly, Rachel was so shocked that her heart almost jumped out. She raised her head and her expression was pale and frightened, she was relieved when she found the vibration came from her phone. She put her hair behind her ear dispiritedly and picked up the call.