My Mute Bride

By the time Jason exited the morgue, his weather-beaten face was covered in wrinkles. His eyes were so bloodshot that their vessels looked like they were about to rupture in the next second.

As they both stood at the door, the assistant and the bodyguard fell silent, not daring to take a peep.

“Where is Justin?” Jason’s voice echoed down the hallway.

The assistant replied, “Young Master Justin should still be in Brookville discussing the project. The news | receive from there indicates that he has a high chance of winning this bid. It’s more or less already in the bag.”

“In the bag?” Jason clenched his fists so hard that the veins on the back of his hands bulged. “An eye for an

eye, I say. We shouldn’t have kept this scourge alive in the first place. Any problem that wasn’t completely eliminated is bound to arise again.”

“You mean—”

Suddenly, there was a clatter from the stairwell as if something had fallen.

Jason’s face tensed up.

The assistant and the bodyguard were already yanking the stairwell door open before it immediately revealed a panicked Amber.

“You haven’t left?” Jason questioned.

She was ashen-faced as she clutched the banister while taking two steps back. “I didn’t hear anything, Jason. I’m leaving now.”

“Didn’t hear anything’? Do you think I’ll believe that?”

“I really didn’t hear anything.”

“Stand there!”

As the cold words rang out, the bodyguard immediately understood what Jason meant and caught hold of her.

A frightened Amber screamed, but she was knocked out before she could call for help.

“Take her as a hostage.” Jason gave her a careless, disdainful glance.

If she hadn’t manipulated Tina, Tina wouldn’t have been so careless as to do many foolish things that resulted in the falling out with the Hindenburg Family. Not to mention, Tina’s psychiatric state wouldn’t be in such disarray.

some time later, she was in an old, abandoned warehouse. “What

you to stay here for a while, Miss Hudson.

hospital morgue. “Why is he holding me captive? I don’t

of the people by Justin’s side are clean? I don’t care what you did or didn’t do. As

bid in Brookville or he’d be in hot water once

“What’s the point of taking me if you wish to threaten

that and he’ll listen to you. Who would

you?”

person he cares about

Mute woman? Jason frowned.

you know that he took her to Brookville? He’s so worried about her safety in Riverdale lest I or someone else hurt her. The person he cares

the point of telling me this? Do you think I can

don’t need to take her. She has a

cold and sinister voice echoed around the

returned to the hotel at noon, he found Rachel asleep on the couch with a magazine propped open on her knee. It was

it, but perhaps due to him being rough with his actions,

a daze before violently coming to

I wake you?” Justin dropped

straightened her posture. When did you get back?

work. Did you stay in

She nodded.

Riverdale before and it was her first

the time, he responded, “Get changed and have an

startled Rachel dumbly

short while later, someone was greeting him the moment they entered a room in the hotel restaurant,

Rachel have imagined

side. It was obvious from first glance that these women weren’t the men’s wives,

sat down, the woman next to Rachel pointed at her purse and asked, “Did President Burton buy

down at the purse

someone to purchase a fresh set of her entire wardrobe, purses, and accessories in Brookville. Despite the items being limited edition, she never paid much

Rachel hooked an arm around her own male companion and grumbled, “Look at that. The lady has such a nice purse that I

the man was white-haired, he still placated the young woman. “I’ll buy you one that’s exactly the same as soon as we’re