My Mute Bride

My Mute Bride Chapter 39

“Who did he want to kill?”

“Lionel Hudson.”

This name had disappeared in Riverdale for many years. It had been so long that even Arthur was unfamiliar with him, but it was easy to tell that Lionel’s incident was strongly related to Jefferey.

“Jefferey’s older brother?”

Justin nodded. “After the fire, the shares in Jefferey’s hands had increased by more than 130 percent. He became the biggest shareholder of Hudson Pharmaceuticals and took over the company after that.”

Arthur’s gaze became more serious. “Justin, this is the private matters of the Hudson Family.”

The casualties resulting from internal battles within rich and prestigious families were usually covered up pretty well. It was meaningless to recount such a mysterious incident from so many years ago.

Meanwhile, Justin’s tone was extremely cold. “There’s karma in murdering someone. Jefferey should pay the price for this.”

After seeing that it was useless to advise him anymore, Arthur controlled his expression and sighed helplessly. “I’m tired. You may go back first.”

Without another word, Justin left.

After that, the butler came into the room to pour a cup of tea for Arthur.

“Sir, the young master is still young so he is more impulsive. It’s natural that he cannot tolerate the occurrence of such an incident. After all, the fire that year almost killed him.”

Back then, the members of the Hudson Family stopped the Burton Family from putting out the fire. If Justin did not get lucky and escaped, he would have died in that fire.

“Do you really think that it’s because of his own life that he never let the Hudson Family off the hook?” A worried expression shrouded Arthur’s face. “I’m sure that another child died in the fire back then.”

The butler froze. “You’re saying that the young master is doing this because of the child?”

Arthur nodded in response.

Everyone else knew that Justin Burton, the first young master of the family, was a cold-blooded man with a heart made of stone. He would do anything to achieve the greatest profit. However, only Arthur, his grandfather, knew that Justin valued loyalty and decency.

Upon hearing that, the butler sighed. “In that case, this is a tricky matter indeed.”

he was

the evening, Rachel brewed a cup of tea and brought it to

he usually would and neither did he look at her. He just looked at the page in front of him, but he never even flipped it. The frown on his face was quite

in

at

shot a look at her and clenched his hands around the page, but he

to have a divorce?

so that she would not make any

of your

words, Rachel pursed her lips and took a step back tentatively as she prepared to

fast and it made her unable to anticipate anything at

“Wait.”

behind her, making her turn around in

his face. As he stared at her with a pair of cold eyes that sent shivers

loud but it was

stopped beating for a

to marry me, and he put you near me just like a chess piece whom he could control.

expression tightened as

moment, she still shook

me for so many years, and he has given me an excellent education and a life that’s better than the average. Otherwise, with my disability, I’m afraid my life would

also a

voice echoed in the room and as Rachel met his red

you mean? Who did he

became

he had with Arthur just now—the first conversation of this topic that included the truth that he had been finding out all these years-or the

She had a pair of eyes that were very similar to Katie’s innocent, naïve, and pure. It was as

forever and the person currently in front of

made with a loud crash. The tea cup fell to the ground and split into many pieces, and the hot water

she yelped in

“Get out of here!”

froze. What happened

his eyes rather