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.”

since Justin returned from the summer villa, he was not in a good

of tea and

He just looked at the page in front of him, but he never even flipped it. The frown on his face was quite

in a

at

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

us to have a divorce?

be clear about what he thought, so that she would not make any mistakes that would offend

of your

and took a step back tentatively

it made her

“Wait.”

suddenly rang from behind her, making

was accentuated by the ugly scar on his face. As he stared at

not loud but it was firm. “Do you

beating for a moment before she shook her

He asked you to take Amber’s place to marry me, and he put you near me just like a chess piece whom he could control. Apart from that, he even threatened

tightened as she clenched her

she still shook

who raised me for so many years, and he has given me an excellent education and a life

also

as Rachel met his red eyes, her heart

mean? Who

became

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 nightmares that happened frequently because of Rachel’s presence caused that

eyes that were very similar to Katie’s innocent, naïve, and pure. It was as if all the adjectives that

was gone forever and the person currently in front of him was a mute,

swept away the drink that Rachel made with a loud crash. The tea cup fell to the ground and split into many pieces, and the hot water splashed onto her

she yelped in

“Get out of here!”

froze. What

me?” Justin roared, his eyes