My Mute Bride

My Mute Bride Chapter 51

Chapter 51 Were There Enough Wedding Favors?

Rachel entered the study at night to serve Justin with some tea.

At the sound of the door being opened, he instructed her without looking up, “Put it down.”

Even though she did as he asked her to, she stood there without leaving.

Finally, he looked up at her. “Did you need something else?”

Rachel hesitated for a moment before she signed. Do you have a solution for the medication formula?

While keeping his gaze on her, Justin answered, “We previously missed our chance, so it’ll be difficult for us to go back to Hudson Vineyard. We might be able to head there on the pretext of discussing the wine business, though. Why? Do you have a solution?”

She shook her head.

For now, Rachel didn’t plan on telling him that she had seen the formula.

Since the dosages weren’t listed, she was worried that even if she informed Justin about it, he would think she was hiding something from him.

Justin asked in a careless manner, “I heard Jefferey took you to the vineyard last week. What were you doing there?”

It was right after he dropped the question that Rachel’s heart raced loudly.

How could she have forgotten that he knew her whereabouts like the back of his hand?

He…

Upon seeing that she was unable to explain herself, his gaze darkened. “Did he ask you to do something else?”

As her expression tightened anxiously, she nodded. He gave me a packet of drugs.

“Drugs?” Justin frowned. “What kind of drugs?”

Rachel made a few hand gestures with slight embarrassment.

term. Since he was close to losing his patience, he tossed a pen and a piece of paper onto the table before he instructed, “Write it down. What kind of

she hesitated

drug Jefferey gave her was actually researched and developed by Hudson Pharmaceuticals itself. LSD was merely a similar drug that was available

years, Justin was long accustomed to the darker side of human nature.

you to drug me with

and terrified

“And where

lips.

Burton Residence as she had discarded

The mocking tone stung as it came from behind the desk and

Justin said was the truth, Rachel neither had the wish nor the method to deny it. Yet, it was still

there’s nothing else, I’m going

He subtly nodded.

watched her walk away with such fragility that a slight gust of wind could knock her over, he suddenly asked, “Were there enough wedding favors to share with

looked over

and the huge desk, Justin’s severe face was softened by the soft yellow light

stared absent-mindedly at the scar, she suddenly returned

was alarmed—slightly fearful and repulsed, even—to the point where her shoulders shook as she nodded, as if she was afraid he would do something

felt dissipated

could he have hoped for from a woman who was forced by her family to marry him and spend her

to her room, Rachel let out the breath she

sudden change in expression, she felt a

man’s mood easily changed from one moment to the next, she had no idea on how

to drop off the wedding favors to make it clear to her coworkers that she was married and to prevent

was the most likely

next day, she went to work as

moment she stepped off the subway, she received a

‘Morning.’

to work at

She thought, Come?

eyes, Rachel stopped in front of the library and looked up from her phone only to spot a figure with a straight posture, standing by the door and waving at

she clutched her phone. Yet,

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