My Mute Bride

My Mute Bride Chapter 21

It felt like a dream to Rachel as Justin carried her into his car; she couldn’t even feel the pain in her knees anymore. It was the first time she felt that this man wasn’t as cruel and heartless as he seemed on the surface.

Rachel looked at him as she sat inside the car. Why did you help me?

Justin still hadn’t answered the question that she had asked him back in the principal’s office. After all, deliberately going through the effort to set up a trap did not seem like something that he would do.

Justin watched as her hands signed away. Even though he couldn’t understand sign language, he could still figure out her thoughts through the grateful look in Rachel’s eyes.

“You don’t have to thank me. I didn’t do it for you.” Justin’s tone was as cold as his expression. “I only looked into this matter for the Burtons’ reputation. You married into my family, so you are a Burton. It’s best that you behave yourself so that we can live together peacefully. Otherwise, do not blame me for my callousness if you cause another controversy like this.”

The icy voice resounding around the car interior instantly smothered the warmth flickering in Rachel’s heart. That’s right. Why would Justin go through so much trouble for me?

Rachel couldn’t stop herself from shivering at the memory of his treatment of her last night. It wasn’t cold, but she still shuddered. If something like this happened again, Justin would certainly kick her out.

As such, neither of them spoke on the trip home.

Justin did not stay after he sent Rachel back to the Burton home. Instead, he got the chauffeur to send him to his workplace. Soon, the car sped down the highway.

“Everything with the school has been dealt with, Mr. Burton. There won’t be any rumors about that past incident anymore. The media outlets have also prepared their scripts for their apologies.”

Justin leaned back in the back seat, his eyes closed as he rested. His handsome features were reflected in the window’s glass, but his expression turned harsher and

colder. “A mere gym teacher wouldn’t have been able to spread the news about such an old incident and cause it to come back to public consciousness.”

“You’re saying that someone else is behind the incident’s resurgence?”

“Investigate the situation properly before he’s handed over.”

“Understood.”

students surged to the top of many trending news lists, and multiple victims jointly voiced their condemnation. News about

to the relevant authorities. We

the news for

switched the television off. She then

she hadn’t expected for the mute

furrowed. How was it possible, though? She had personally raised Justin herself. How could he be interested in someone like Rachel? Yet, she still couldn’t figure out why

is

voice pulled Sue’s

got up to greet the woman. “Why are you here so early in the morning?

What news?” Amber sat down on the couch as she looked at

puzzled expression.

news about that mu-your sister. Investigations now show that she had been framed. That gym teacher from your

How could

How could things have turned on its head so suddenly? Now, everything is just going great. I’m

putting the

stiffened slightly, a bewildered look on her face. “Madam Parham, that incident had the entire school up in arms back then-everyone in school knew about it. How

expression stiffened when she

guys writing those news reports sure have guts. They know that my sister is married to Justin, yet they still pushed those reports out the door anyway. They must

and her

Justin only did this because of our

She forced herself to smile and proceeded to absolve herself of any responsibility. “Just act like nothing happened, Madam Parham. My sister is the lady of the Burton Family now, after all—the downfall of one

way she said that last

turned green. With Rachel’s ‘precedent’ of tricking Amber and marrying into the Burton Family, Sue did not doubt the woman’s words at all. Anyway, Justin’s behavior was indeed unusual. How could he have gone through so much effort just to prove the innocence of a mute woman? He had to be doing it for the Burtons’ reputation. That

her teacup down heavily. “Mrs. Duncan, where is that girl? Where did she run off to? Doesn’t she know that she has to greet the guests whenever they