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.

Burton!” the bodyguard gasped. A moment later,

he realized he was in the hospital. In the

was now heavily

finally awake, President Burton,” Frankie murmured as he sat beside the

up the moment he regained consciousness. The pain was throbbing, but he ignored it

don’t move! It will only reopen your

Justin’s fury flared. “Search for her!

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

time, it was Justin’s turn to be surprised. “She didn’t

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

thought. She went a long way to stab me. That was the perfect chance for her to escape, so why didn’t she? Why

knocked

“Miss Hochmann’s here.”

“Justin!”

him, snapping him out

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

Gloria put her bag down in a hurry. “I came as soon as I heard the news.

get robbed or something?”

I tripped,” Justin answered

eight stitches? I’ve asked the doctor,

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

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

on his

worried look

fine and I didn’t do anything illegal.

one’s better.” Gloria frowned. “Oh-that reminds me. I sent someone to take my piano from the Southwind villa a couple of days ago. Didn’t see Miss Rachel there. Miss Jennifer said she’s been

well, so

“Where, exactly?”