My Mute Bride

Clack. The sound of the door knob turning could be heard loud and clear.

Gloria and Rachel froze for a moment, and the former’s words came to an abrupt halt. She was surprised by this, and she looked at Justin as he walked inside. “When did you arrive?”

Meanwhile, the man’s expression was cold.

“Gloria, go back to your room for now.”

Gloria stiffened up and eyed Rachel worriedly. She only left once the latter signaled that she would be fine.

Justin and Rachel were now the only ones left in the room.

“You don’t intend to keep the child?”

His cold voice resounded throughout the room.

Now that Gloria had left, it felt as though the temperature in the room had dropped by several degrees.

Rachel gripped her blanket tightly. Yes.

Since the baby was fated to live a tragedy if they were born, it would be better if they never got to start their story. They would be born to a mute mother who wouldn’t have the ability to protect them, and to a father who did not love them at all. Who would be able to bear such a childhood?

Rachel’s composed expression incensed Justin. “And who let you make such a decision by yourself?”

A shadow loomed over her. The sudden assault of pain from her arm made Rachel suck in a breath. Her face, which was already pale, completely drained of color then.

Most frighteningly, she was surprised to find that she could feel a faint sense of happiness.

At the very least, Justin wanted the baby.

“Listen up carefully-you will keep this child. You don’t have the right to decide otherwise. Your job includes giving the Burtons children, and they will bear the Burton name. You don’t have to care for them; all you need to do is birth them. Once they’re born, someone else will take care of them.”

Those words of his were like cold water from a bucket, drenching Rachel and making a bone-deep chill settle inside her.

Did Justin not intend for her to raise her own children?

man before her in

gaze frosty beyond comprehension. “Do not make me remind you of your place again-you are just something that Jefferey Hudson gave us. I do not have that much patience for you!” He even delivered another whammy before he left. “Take a guess as to whether that old man can live the rest of his life in peace if something happens to that

face was an

the walls vibrated from the

With a hand on the wall, she ran

her disgusted

who were left were living their lives out in the open with no

for an advantage, and they stepped on others

He had used too much strength

was feeling quite

Mr. Burton?” Frankie had been waiting

A brief silence later, he spoke. “Let the

“Huh?”

to keep an

Frankie didn’t dare to ask too much. As he followed Justin out of the building, he gave a report on the company. “We have some results from the investigation on that foreign account. Each time a huge sum of money was credited

Justin’s brows furrowed.

turned out that the foreign account was tied to

impossible that he would

low recently. What has she

have been pushing hard for a union, and it

eyes darkened at

back to

she received news of Rachel’s pregnancy. “When

Mr. Burton has made it clear to let the young lady rest. Do not disturb her for

the situation, shouldn’t I? That way, Mrs. Duncan can make the appropriate arrangements as well-we want to find

no need for that, Madam Parham. Mr. Burton has asked me to hire a nutritionist, and this professional will be in charge of

Don’t we have enough servants in this household to

about that. Mr. Burton highly values this child.” Frankie knew that there was no use elaborating. “If

the master bedroom, Sue’s expression quickly darkened. Despite all her best-laid plans, the unexpected happened-the mute

Things were harder now.

and returned to her bedroom to