My Mute Bride

“It’s fortunate that you brought her here so soon. Based on her current condition, it seems like she’s having an asthma attack after a serious case of allergies. You guys are her parents, and you know about her allergies, so why didn’t you guys watch out? She must have accidentally had some,” the doctor said.

Justin’s face darkened as he glanced at Rachel. “Come out for a while.” Rachel didn’t know what was going on. Justin tugged her toward the stairway once they walked out of the emergency room. He shoved her against the wall angrily. “What did you do?”

“Ow!” Rachel cried out as she felt a sharp pain shooting through her back. “What are you talking about?” she cried as she tried to hold back her cries.

“Didn’t you hear what the doctor said earlier? You fed Charlotte some honey, didn’t you?” he asked.

“I didn’t.”

“Why would Charlotte become like this after just taking a bite out of the cookie otherwise? Do you know that it’s life-threatening for her even to have a little bit of honey? Honey triggers her asthma instantly!” he cried.

The cookies? Rachel was stunned for a moment. “That’s impossible. I didn’t put any honey in the cookies,” she muttered. Could there have been something in the ingredients of the baking materials that contained honey?

Justin was even more furious when he saw the doubtful look on her face. “Did you think that criticizing the way I teach my daughter would make you a qualified mother? You don’t care about your daughter at all; you’re just putting on a fake show of being a loving mother.”

“I’m sorry. I really didn’t know that those cookies.”

“That’s enough!” Justin raised his voice as he howled at her. “I’m warning you now, Rachel. I don’t want you anywhere near Charlotte from now on.”

Bang! The sound of the door closing echoed in the stairway, and Rachel felt her ears ringing. The look in Justin’s eyes before he left made him seem like he was ready to kill someone. Rachel had no doubt that he might have murdered her if something actually happened to Charlotte,

Her phone had already been vibrating in her pocket for a while before she reacted to it. “Hello? Something came up here; I’m in the hospital. It’s nothing. I’ll tell you about it when I get back.”

After she got off the call, Rachel returned to the emergency room and peeked at Charlotte through the curtains for a while. The young girl was lying on the bed, and she looked much better after she received an IV drip. Rachel only left after she heard the doctor telling Justin that Charlotte’s condition was stable.

were going to Justin’s house for dinner?

some honey by accident, and it triggered her asthma attack because

happen? How is she now?” Jolly

were quick to respond, so her condition is stable now. She should be fine soon,” Rachel said. She still felt rather uneasy and worried as she explained the

a sigh of relief. “That’s good. As

about it, though,” Rachel

surprised. “What is

I might need your help with something, Jolly.” Rachel’s pupils shrank as she spoke. “I think someone got rather impatient to have plotted such a fishy incident. I’m afraid she might make things

next day, Rachel went to the office as usual. There was a meeting in the morning at Burton Group’s headquarters, and the management team of the headquarters had to take part in the meeting. Although Rachel was only the sales director of Burton Pharmaceuticals, there weren’t any formal managers in Burton Pharmaceuticals as it was considered a franchise of the company

of the company. “There aren’t many issues with the pharmaceutical side of things. We’ll be welcoming our foreign clients this afternoon.

was the one who questioned her. “Have you chosen who to greet

Justin’s tone was sharp and cold. “It’s

frowned. “I’ll send Lisa to do it.”

really care about this international partnership. Do you think your skills with the international market

not what I meant. I just thought that Lisa has the ability to close this deal,” Rachel

Justin uttered flatly. “I think you should

moment. All of the people in the meeting room exchanged glances

minor projects that didn’t matter much to them. It wasn’t important enough for Rachel to meet

you not want to do

well-trimmed eyebrows in response to Justin’s cold

do it,” she

then.” Everyone in the meeting room scattered off after he uttered his words-Rachel was the only one who stayed back. She stepped forward to stop Justin before he left. “I