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.”

thing it’s still just this one

their names. If we still can’t find her, we’ll expand the range. Don’t worry about it

three months since

floor. He was pushing the cart as he went toward the president’s office. The janitor was lanky and a tuft of yellow hair sprouted from under his cap. Gloria’s heart sank when she realized who the

the door to keep any unauthorized personnel out.

shock, revealing the face underneath the cap. It was none other than Victor. Before he could say anything, they heard someone talking just around the corner. Hence, Gloria

the secretary’s voice saying, “Who left this cart here? Assistant Beckham’s going to yell at someone

the janitor to pick this

“Are you mad?” She glared at him as she questioned, “Why did you come here? How did you manage to even

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

see that. “What happened to

in

that, silly kid? I just

you hypocrite.” With that, Victor went to Justin’s desk, leaving

are you doing? Don’t go through someone’s stuff without

rummaged through all

you

where he has

you mad? She can’t be here! What do you think she is? A

hearing that, Victor snapped, “Do you have any better idea, then? I’ve

day for the last three months but every time,

track or getting beaten

Someone might

what? I’m taking this straight to Burton

in the room. She managed to close the door before the people outside could come in. Victor tried to break free, but she held him back. “You’d better