My Mute Bride

After seeing his client, Justin hurried to the hospital.

Upon entering the ward, he saw Gloria sitting on the bed while having her meal. “You’re early today. Have you eaten? Want to share?”

“I’m good. I had lunch with a client just now.”

“I see. If you had come even earlier, you would’ve met Rachel. Look, she made some chicken soup for me. It was fish soup yesterday. Though fish soup helps with recovery, she said it’s better to switch to other flavors

at times.”

Justin was baffled by this, and he promptly asked, “She’s been coming every day?”

“Yeah. Ever since I got hospitalized, she visited me every single day with various kinds of meals. She even insists on preparing them herself because takeaways are too greasy and it’s best I avoid them.”

“Why have I never seen her?”

“Perhaps she’s avoiding the time that you would come.”

Gloria looked into his eyes and continued, “You truly went overboard last time. If I were in her shoes, it would’ve been hard for me as well. Why don’t you take the chance to talk about it with her?”

“There’s nothing to talk about.”

“Justin, you’re always holding back your thoughts and behaving like you’re the coldest man in the world.”

“Eat up. I’ll go get some fruit.”

Having said that, Justin exited the ward.

Upon his exit, Gloria turned to the piling baskets of fruit and snorted.

Get some fruits? Does he think I’m a child?

On the other hand, Rachel was cleaning the vegetables in the kitchen while Nancy was watching TV in the living room.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

“Victor! He’s always forgetting his keys!”

Nancy nagged as she walked to the door.

Since she feared that her grandmother would fall victim to more accidents, Rachel had given Victor a duplicate house key.

“Excuse me?”

Madam Tiller? I’m Frankie. I visited you once

cleaned her hands and rushed out from the kitchen, only to see Frankie standing by the

“Mrs. Burton.”

Frankie had the men behind him start

some time ago, so he decided

for this. I haven’t even finished

take it too seriously. Do you mind stepping aside,

men carrying a massage chair

move the furniture in the living room to prevent any

young master, then?” Nancy interrogated Frankie. “It’s been so long since he’s

“He’s right downstairs. There are still things left to

Downstairs?

and she immediately stopped her

go

anxiousness and she yelled as the latter was walking out the door,

Rachel saw Justin just getting out of the car. His hands

here? There was nothing

then queried, “Did you

don’t remember having

behaved like a wary wolf that was showing its teeth to predators

just sending

Is it as simple as

signed rather hastily as she was strung

fact that Justin knew about her weaknesses. After losing Hans, the person that she cared about most in the entire Riverdale would be her grandmother. Thus, rather

joyous mood disappeared into thin air.

immediately pulled open the car door, seeming like

was leaving, Rachel heaved a sigh and was about to go back upstairs. However, she was

“Rae!”

guard’s outfit, Grandpa Irwin was grabbing a fish by its tail as he walked over to her with a bright smile on his face. “Fresh fish from the market. I

emotions. Then, she nodded

hopped onto the car, Justin saw the old man conversing with Rachel the moment he shut the door. At one glance, his eyes

walking up the stairs with Grandpa Irwin,

Got it. I can see

Irwin on the narrow staircase, Frankie’s eyes instantaneously

screamed as two men