My Mute Bride

“That’s not what I mean.” Gloria’s childish stubbornness was written all over her face. “Never mind, I can’t explain it clearly to you anyway. In short, Justin isn’t as devoid of human feelings as you perceive him to be. He cares about you a lot, you know.”

Does he really care about me? All of a sudden, Rachel felt like laughing.

When she saw how unmoved Rachel was, Gloria felt annoyed. “How could you be so ignorant of what is good

for you? I have made myself so clear to you, yet you don’t even understand a word of what I have said. Anyway, I’ll stop being nice to you if you dare to hit him again!” she warned. Then, she picked up the breakfast bag from the table and lamented, “I must be out of my mind to have bought breakfast for you!”

With that, the office door slammed shut with a loud bang. Rachel could see clearly through the blinds how Gloria threw the breakfast she had initially bought for her into the trash can before leaving exasperatedly. She took a deep breath, swept the discarded documents on the table aside, and sat down.

Meanwhile, Gloria went back into Justin’s office in a huff. Then, she plonked herself down on the sofa and gulped down a glass of water. “What’s the matter? You look so mad.” Justin’s voice came from behind the computer.

“I was bitten by a dog.” Gloria replied in a petty manner. “I seriously don’t understand your taste for women. The ladies around you are weirder than one another.”

Justin looked at Gloria in bafflement and was about to say something, but Frankie knocked on the door and came in just then. “President Burton, the human resources department needs you to sign this letter of appointment. Amber Hudson can come to work from tomorrow onward.”

“Give it to me.”

“What?” Gloria sprang up from the sofa. “Amber is coming to work at the Burton Group? Why didn’t I know about this?”

Justin replied impassively, “You never liked to concern yourself with work-related matters in the first place.”

“Isn’t she working at the hospital?”

“The Burton Group’s research team is short of hands, so I asked her to come.”

to Justin and held his hand. “You mustn’t sign

“Why not?”

a vain woman. Don’t you feel sick to

said seriously, “This is about work, Gloria. Be a

evil designs on you. If you let her work at the

darkened at Gloria’s words. “What if I tell you it was Rachel’s suggestion to let Amber come and

was stunned. How could that

Frankie hurriedly took to his heels with the document to stay

reason, she couldn’t help feeling that she had made a wrong decision by giving up piano and coming to Riverdale

her studies. It wasn’t until she was here that she realized that Justin’s world was much more complicated than she had imagined, and it seemed that

Hudson Pharmaceuticals. Since five years ago, huge amounts of money have been

through the documents, but he didn’t have quite the patience to continue reading them. “Does Jefferey have a trusted confidant who lives

far as she knew, there wasn’t such a

of money transferred to an offshore account unless someone is

There’s one possibility

trusted person, no one could be more trustworthy than Jefferey’s own daughter. “I’ll

her handbag. If there’s nothing else,

However, the latter noticed something and looked at him calmly. If you don’t agree to it, I

me to make a choice or teaching me

that Hans was dead, she had

shot her a cold glance. Then, he left first

collar of her suit jacket. On her way to visit Nancy, she drove to Old Street to buy some of her grandmother’s favorite old-time snacks for her. This street, which was about to be demolished, was the only place in Riverdale that still made