My Mute Bride

My Mute Bride Chapter 2

Chapter 2,My Mute Bride

One night later, Rachel woke up with her body aching all over. However, Justin was nowhere to be seen, and only the slightly cool smell of tobacco lingered in the air. Rachel dragged her fatigued body to the bathroom and took a shower.

She first saw a beautiful middle-aged woman sitting on the sofa after coming downstairs, but the latter simply stared at her coldly with her arms folded across her chest. Rachel had seen this woman in the photo her father had shown her. She was Sue Praham, Justin’s maternal aunt.

It was said that Justin lost his parents as a child and was brought up single-handedly by Sue until Arthur Burton, the Old Master of the Burton Family, brought them back to the Burton Residence. Justin built his own business empire with his own abilities, and he had always been filial to Sue as if she were his biological mother.

At this moment, Sue looked Rachel up and down before saying, “Jefferey Hudson, that old fox, didn’t keep his word. He knew that we wanted Amber to marry into the family, yet he sent you—a mute—instead. Does he think the Burton Family is a garbage recycling center? I always wonder why Justin keeps you around, but since things have turned out this way, you’d better behave yourself.

rise by marrying into our family. We, the Burtons, aren’t fools. All right, go and prepare lunch

Rachel dropped her eyes in the face of Sue’s sharp gaze. Even though the woman was making things difficult for her on purpose, she couldn’t fight

merely turned around and went to the

her lips before saying, “As expected, you’re simply

around and immediately saw Rachel bustling about in the kitchen with an apron on. He knitted his brows, but Sue lied with a smile when she

without saying anything else. Rachel had lived with her grandmother since she was a child, so she was pretty good at cooking and doing household chores. She soon made four dishes and one

of the lower classes would serve people; after all, the upper-class people were to be served. Throughout lunch, every single person including the servants

she casually took a few bites, nodded to them, got up, and went upstairs. After Rachel left, Sue curled her lips and

wasn’t responding to her words, Sue rolled her eyes

think they must be dreaming!” Sue was aware of her nephew’s means and wasn’t worried about the Hudson Family taking advantage of him; she simply couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable at the thought that they had taken such an unpresentable mute as a

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