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?”

his face turned dark. “You should ask

clear whose position was threatened by the very existence of the

day, when Rachel regained consciousness, it

of instinct, she wanted to move her hand, but she realized that he was holding onto it. He must’ve held it for some

before he woke up. As their eyes met

do you feel?

the pillow, she couldn’t reply

only then that he let go of

could be seen from where he

Why are you here?

that the surrounding wasn’t the villa

The hospital?

body, making her pupils contract. She looked toward him and signed,

Needless to say, he didn’t

deep breath

pale in a

the previous night gushed into her

men in black who appeared suddenly, Victor and Gloria

“Ah!”

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

never

with dreadful memories from last

The child is gone.

baby must be mad because she once had the thoughts of letting

Mommy is sorry…

“Rae!”

“Ah!”

to go closer, she kept on yelling in a hoarse voice. Throwing

Julian came. Looking at the situation in the ward, he quickly pulled Justin

sitting in a corner with her knees hugged to her chest. Her shoulders

afar while watching Julian walk toward her before holding

but she no longer resisted when she saw that it was Julian. She then

heart broke for her as he gave her consoling pats on her back. “It’s alright,

uncomfortable for Justin

clenched his fists before exiting the room with

was waiting outside the

anything from the investigation of what

covered. Their tactics were cruel. All cameras nearby were destroyed, so there was very limited footage of them. Winston and the others had also suffered