My Mute Bride

Rachel covered her mouth after having some pierogies.

“What is it? Are you going to puke?” Justin put the chopsticks down and looked at her suspiciously.

After a hard battle, Rachel finally held her nausea down. That was the worst morning sickness she ever had. The doctor had even come to check on her twice. There were a lot of machines and the checkup was thorough, but they found nothing wrong with the child.

“Better?” Justin asked as she patted her back.

Rachel nodded, but a dark flame rose within her eyes and something flashed within them.

Justin suddenly gasped in pain and flung her away. As he staggered backward, he stared at his abdomen in disbelief. A sharp glass shard was embedded in his belly and his shirt was fast being drenched in crimson.

Quickly, Rachel stood up and using the chair as support, she stood behind the table.

Justin held the glass shard that was embedded in his belly and said through gritted teeth, “Where did you get this?”

Upon hearing that, Rachel looked at the restroom. She shattered the mirror in there during their last argument and hid a shard before the janitor could clear it away. Since then, she had sharpened the shard, finally putting it to good use today.

Waves of pain started coursing through Justin and beads of sweat formed on his forehead. His steps were

getting weak as more blood flowed out of his wound. “Do you really want me to die so badly?”

Rachel took a few steps back, keeping a safe distance between them.

Her indifference stoked Justin’s flames of fury, for a wounded pride was more unbearable to him than a wound on his body. “You think you can get away after you kill me? That’s not going to happen so easily.”

He tried to approach her but everything around him started spinning, and he slowly slid down along the chair’s side. Before he lost consciousness, however, he growled, “Rachel Hudson!”

As for the woman in question, she quickly banged on the door after Justin lost consciousness.

Eventually, the window on the door slid open. “Mrs. Burton? Do you need anything?”

Rachel quickly made some gestures but the guard didn’t know what she was getting at. In the end, she retreated to the side and pointed at the carpet.

A moment later, the

the hospital. In the end, he had to

it was now heavily

President Burton,” Frankie murmured as he

The pain was throbbing, but he

move! It will only reopen your

flared. “Search for her! Don’t just stand

fear. “Mrs. Burton didn’t run away. She’s still there, so please

it was Justin’s turn

the guard to take you here while she stayed behind. The guard didn’t even lock the room in the heat of the moment. He was worried Mrs. Burton might run away, but she was still there when he got back.” Frankie then helped Justin down on the bed. “What happened, President Burton?”

She went a long way to stab me. That was the perfect chance for her to

someone knocked

“Miss Hochmann’s here.”

“Justin!”

him,

then, President Burton. Have a speedy recovery.” Frankie announced, to

“I came as soon as I heard

get robbed or something?”

tripped,” Justin

eight stitches? I’ve asked the doctor,

worry.” Justin looked at her. “Haven’t seen you for a while. Where were you?

gone for months. What have you been up to? Nothing illegal, I hope. Couldn’t even see you when I

smiled, but that tore on his wound

you alright?” A worried look painted

fine and I didn’t do anything illegal. How’s the new

old one’s better.” Gloria frowned. “Oh-that reminds me. I sent someone to take my piano from the Southwind villa a couple

been too well, so she’s recuperating

“Where, exactly?”