My Mute Bride

Rachel slowly closed her eyes. She didn’t care about being his wife or if the baby would be a b*stard. Ever since she got her memories back, she knew the both of them could never be together again.

It had been a month since Janice and her subordinates started the search in all the riverside neighborhoods. “Still nothing?” Julian asked as he handed her a bottle of water.

The wind was blowing against Janice’s hair. She took a sip and shook her head. “We searched all the riverside neighborhoods. One by one as well. No clue until now.”

“Maybe she’s locked in a mountain somewhere?”

“No. It’s mostly manors there. The Bureau of Real Estate has records of the manors’ owners.”

Bureau of Real Estate? All of a sudden, Julian had a stroke of inspiration. “I think we’ve been looking at this the wrong way. Even if Justin locked Rachel up, he wouldn’t put her in a place unrelated to him.”

“What are you getting at?”

“She’s either in a hotel or a personal estate he owns.”

Janice gripped the water bottle and she realized what Julian was getting at. “Hotels are out. There are too many people there.”

Which meant there were only estates left.

With how cautious Justin was, he would never take Rachel out of Riverdale, so she must be in one of the estates in the city.

Julian frowned. “But what’s up with ‘river’? What’s she trying to say?”

“Probably the neighborhood’s name.” Janice then made a call. “Hello? It’s me. I want all the details of Justin Burton’s estates in Riverdale ASAP.”

Janice received an email not long after she hung up. “He has a lot of properties in Riverdale.”

nodded. “Good thing it’s

that have ‘river’ in their names. If we still can’t find her, we’ll expand

months since

the cart as he went toward the president’s office. The janitor was

When the secretary had to leave, she would lock the door to keep any unauthorized personnel out. So when Gloria came to the office, she saw the ‘janitor’ trying to unlock the door. “What are

heard someone talking just around the corner. Hence, Gloria quickly grabbed him and put her finger on the

door swung shut, they heard the secretary’s voice saying, “Who left this cart here? Assistant

the janitor to pick

at him as she questioned, “Why did you come here? How did you manage to

as handsome as ever. That being said, he looked more gaunt and there were

see that. “What

Burton.” Victor looked at her in disgust, which in turn angered

are you looking at me like that, silly

With that, Victor went

are you doing? Don’t go through

rummaged through all the

are you looking

seeing where he

She can’t be here! What do you think she

idea, then? I’ve tailed him for

last three months but every time, he

beaten up by his

quiet! Someone might

this

room. She managed to close the door before the people outside could come in. Victor tried to break free, but she held him