My Mute Bride

Night fell.

Jolly came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and walked toward Rachel while drying her hair. “It’s so late already. Why are you still not sleeping? You’ve quit your job, but you’re still staring at the computer in the middle of the night.”

Rachel clicked on an email on the computer and said lightly, “This is an email sent to me by a friend of mine two weeks ago.”

“Is it the friend from the Investigation Bureau?”

“Yup.”

“Let me see.”

Jolly pulled a chair out and sat down next to Rachel.

“This is the case that you’ve been investigating?”

“Yes.”

“It says here that there is a video that can prove that it was your ex-husband who caused the death of your lawyer friend.”

Rachel’s pupils constricted slightly. “Yes.”

Back then, she was abused physically and mentally by Justin; she could hardly protect herself to the point that she had to leave Riverdale in a hurry, so she couldn’t find out who was behind Hans’ death.

After five years, Janice finally received news from a retired media reporter that Justin had bought a top-secret video from the media five years ago-one which was related to the death of Hans.

Jolly finished reading the email. “Is this why you decided to resign and return home all of a sudden?”

“Not only this, but also my grandma’s death. So far, the real murderer has not been found.”

These were the two lives she must get justice for.

Rachel clenched her fists, her expression solemn.

Jolly took her hand. “Chris, I will support you no matter what you do.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you? We’re each other’s ride-or-die. When we arrive back in the country, it’ll be my turf, so when we get there, whoever dares to bully you would have to go through me.”

Rachel’s gaze became much softer, and a faint warmth reflected in her eyes.

thing that had happened to her

at Riverdale

the flight’s arrival was broadcasted in the lobby, and the voice

red figure ran through the

“Miss!”

“Miss! Please run slowly.”

way! Look

her could not manage to dodge, so the figure crashed directly into them and

“Ouch!”

exclaimed at the same

five-year-old girl with a red suspender skirt and two little pigtails. She looked bright and delicate, like a child that had walked straight out

finally

“Miss, are you okay?”

if you fell like I did?” The little girl was young, but her eyes were full of deterrence as she

into. “Hey! Didn’t you watch where you were going?

jeans and a white shirt; she looked very chic and capable. Her face under the sunglasses was very cold,

were obviously blocking

when

a while since she was back here. Who would have thought that she would meet a kid like this as soon as she came back? If parents don’t educate their kids well, they will

glared at Rachel. “Are you not going to apologize to

into me. It’s you who should apologize,

you say? How dare you tell me

taught you that you shouldn’t lie, and that you have to apologize when you did something wrong?” Rachel pointed to the camera above her head. “There are surveillance cameras everywhere. If you are not convinced, I don’t mind accompanying you to get some surveillance

the little girl’s pink face

noticed something, then she immediately sat down on the ground as she burst

that, Rachel’s brow furrowed

the hell

the eight bodyguards behind the little

“President Burton.”

girl bawled

man’s voice

voice of this man had haunted Rachel’s dreams for the past five years. As if time and space fell into chaos and rewinded five years, Rachel’s brain exploded with a buzz-she was only staring blankly at

face that was so cold

gone. But even so, she could recognize

It’s him-Justin Burton.

the ground in disbelief. She called him ‘Daddy’, which meant that she was Justin’s daughter. If that was the