My Mute Bride

Chapter 88 Just Stop

“I… I’ll do it.” Mrs. Duncan volunteered herself after Sue pinched her.

“No.” Julian was blocking the room, stopping anyone from seeing what was happening inside. He then pointed at a young maid behind Mrs. Duncan. “You. Come with me.”

The young maid was surprised, so she looked at Mrs. Duncan to ask her opinion.

“Is something the matter, Master Julian? She’s a newbie, so I can—”

“No. I said I want her. Do you understand me?” Julian growled darkly, silencing everyone. After the young maid went into the room, Julian closed the door again, leaving everyone dumbfounded. When they heard the door locking up, Sue knew she couldn’t find anything out.

Sue frowned. “What happened inside?”

Mrs. Duncan shook her head. “It’s dark. Can’t see a thing.”

When Sue recalled what happened the night before, her frown deepened further.

At the same time, Julian turned the lights on. When the maid saw the state the bed was in, she paled and gasped. Julian told her, “Take her to the bathroom and bathe her.”

“Master Julian, what h—”

“Don’t ask. And what happened here stays here, got it?”

The servant nodded hastily.

Steam from the hot water was filling the bathroom up. Rachel was in a bathtub, staring ahead blankly, while the maid silently was wiping her body.

In the meantime, Julian was standing outside, telling the maid to put some salve on Rachel’s wound on the lower body. The moment the pain assailed her, Rachel curled up. When she recalled what happened the night before, she started shivering. “Did I hurt you, Madam?”

rolled down Rachel’s cheek; that was her answer. The maid stopped asking,

want a mute like her otherwise. But I haven’t even been here for a week, and Master Justin has already

persisted for a whole day

she noticed her father’s white car in the yard.

back this morning. Mr. Grant is here too.” She looked up, but the study was locked. “Did

He was talking about some project when I brought him tea. Something

Amber’s heart sank.

doom and gloom in the study. Suddenly, Jefferey pushed all the documents onto the ground. “We were so close to signing the contract!

don’t know what happened. They just changed their minds

least give me a

met up with Justin this

Jefferey’s face

and you expected that to happen this time too. If this keeps up, they’ll

company, so a merger wouldn’t happen so easily. Jefferey pushed

Mr. Grant said nothing.

Sue and Mrs. Duncan might trigger

whole day, Rachel still looked lethargic. You took a day off for me? Sorry for troubling you. She forced

alright. Here, have

soup. It was a sweet soup,

of Justin’s car, both of them were shocked, but Julian pretended nothing had happened. “Rest

Alright.

same time, Justin

you had dinner,

told Mrs. Duncan curtly and went upstairs, only to see Julian coming out

he asked Justin, “Oh, did you just come

looked at the plate Julian was holding. “We have servants

fact that Justin didn’t even mention Rachel angered Julian. “Aren’t you going to ask me why I’m doing this? She can’t even get out of bed. Heck, she can’t even move. She…” Julian noticed Mrs. Duncan when