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.

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

stay here for a while,

recalled the events from the hospital morgue. “Why is he holding me captive? I don’t

in the dark, “How many of the people by Justin’s side are clean? I don’t care what you did or didn’t do. As

had to find a way to cause Justin to lose the bid in Brookville or he’d be in hot water once Justin reported his theft of the patent

asked with a pale face, “What’s the point of taking me if you wish to

knows that and he’ll listen to you. Who would we have

you?”

fake! The person he cares about the most is that mute woman,

Mute woman? Jason frowned.

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

you think I can send someone to

need to take her. She has a soft spot in

cold and sinister voice echoed around

to the hotel at noon, he found Rachel asleep on the couch with a magazine propped open on her knee. It was close to sliding off and landing on

reached down to catch it, but perhaps due to him being rough with his actions, she stirred

a daze before violently coming to her

wake you?” Justin dropped

posture. When did you

work. Did you stay in for the

She nodded.

grown woman, she had never left Riverdale before and it

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

startled Rachel dumbly looked at

later, someone was greeting him the moment they entered a room in the hotel restaurant, “President Burton! You’re finally here! Come

her wildest dreams would Rachel have imagined Justin

the circular table were businessmen, who each had a beautiful young woman by his side. It was obvious from first glance that these women weren’t the men’s wives,

Rachel pointed at her purse and asked, “Did

subconsciously looked down at the purse

had been rushed, she didn’t bring much luggage. Thus, Justin had sent someone to purchase a fresh set of her entire wardrobe, purses, and accessories in Brookville. Despite the items being limited

around her own male companion and grumbled, “Look at that. The lady has such a nice

was white-haired, he still placated the young woman. “I’ll buy you one that’s