My Mute Bride

Julian was driving back to the city from the suburbs. Not long after he exited the compound, he saw a malicious-looking man on the passenger’s seat of a van that passed him by.

At first, he didn’t pay heed to it, but he started feeling uneasy after he went on for some distance.

All the people in the van wore black. What could their business in the suburbs be at midnight?

“Pardon, the number that you have dialed cannot be reached. Please call…”

Both Victor and Gloria couldn’t be reached by their phones.

At once, he made a U-turn and headed back toward the villa.

By the time he arrived, the villa was in a mess.

The bodyguards were on the ground, defeated and in pain. Rushing into the bedroom, he was met with a sight of Gloria and Victor passed out on the floor, and Rachel sitting in a pool of blood at the corner of the room.

“Rachel!”

The lights on the operating table were bright and blinding.

The sound of machines colliding rang in her ears, yet she was still too weak to open her eyes. She could only hear the sound of the doctor and nurses speaking by her side.

The moment her body was cut open, the pain that she initially felt numb to suddenly soared once again. The stimulation to her pain-receptor nerves was so unbearable she was about to pass out.

At this moment, she felt like she was diving into an abyss. Every time she felt like she was about to drown and die, she would get a breath of air only to drown again.

It went on and on.

By the time Justin rushed to the hospital, it was already the wee hours of the next day.

“How is she?”

He held onto Julian hastily.

With an expressionless face, Julian told him, “This child is gone.”

The four words were like a hammer that was slammed down on Justin’s heart.

The look in his eyes wavered as he staggered a few steps back. Leaning against the wall, he was in utter disbelief.

“Who did this?”

heard that, his face turned

all, it was clear whose position was threatened

Rachel regained consciousness, it was

eyes, she could see Justin by her bedside. With that, she was surprised. Out of instinct, she wanted to move her hand, but she realized that he was holding onto it. He must’ve held it for some time because

long before he woke up. As their eyes met

awake? How do you feel? Do you feel discomfort

on the pillow, she couldn’t reply

that he let go of

mark could be seen from

Why are you here?

that, she realized that the surrounding wasn’t the villa in

The hospital?

from her lower body surged through her body, making

he didn’t know how to

deep breath before saying, “Rae,

face turned pale

memory of the previous night

and Gloria who were

“Ah!”

strength she could muster, she hugged her head as she retreated to the corner of

He had never

with dreadful memories from last night,

The child is gone.

she once had the thoughts

Mommy is sorry…

“Rae!”

“Ah!”

yelling in a hoarse voice. Throwing all the pillows off the bed, she was yelling with all

didn’t take long before Julian came. Looking at the situation in

this moment, she was sitting in a corner with her knees hugged to her chest. Her shoulders were trembling a

stood afar while watching Julian walk toward her

saw that it was Julian. She then let him

consoling pats on her back. “It’s alright,

uncomfortable for Justin to

clenched his fists before exiting the room with a

was waiting outside the

the investigation of what happened last night? Who did

cruel. All cameras nearby were destroyed, so there was very limited footage of them. Winston