My Mute Bride

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.

have a meteoric rise by marrying into our family. We, the Burtons, aren’t fools. All right, go

Sue ordered a newcomer who had just married into the family to 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 back for the

so she could only avoid trouble whenever possible. As such, she merely turned around and went to the kitchen.

curled her lips before saying, “As expected, you’re simply unpresentable!” Rachel paused for a moment and

and immediately saw Rachel bustling about in the kitchen with an apron on. He knitted his brows,

at cooking and doing household chores. She soon made four dishes and one soup before serving them at the dining table. The servants

people were to be served. Throughout lunch, every single person including the servants focused their attention

get away from such an atmosphere. Hence, she casually took a few bites, nodded to them, got up, and went upstairs. After Rachel left, Sue curled her lips and complained, “She’s so rude. Does she

her words, Sue rolled her eyes and continued, “Justin, the Hudsons don’t know what is good for them. They have simply insulted us by palming off

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