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.

you were going to Justin’s house for dinner? I thought you were planning to bake cookies with Charlotte before checking the passcode on

some honey by accident, and it triggered her asthma attack because she’s allergic

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

of relief. “That’s good.

something odd about it, though,”

Jolly was surprised. “What

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

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 that was managed by Justin himself. In other words, Rachel’s role in the company was equivalent to that of the CEO of a

position wasn’t too far below Justin’s. When it was her turn to give an update on her work, she briefly explained the recent condition of the company. “There aren’t many issues with the pharmaceutical side of things. We’ll be welcoming our foreign clients this afternoon. If the partnership works out, then our international markets will be

who questioned her. “Have you chosen who to

froze for a moment. Justin had responded with a simple ‘okay’ when the other people gave their reports. “What? Have you not planned it out?” Justin’s tone was sharp and cold. “It’s 9.30AM now, and you have less than three hours until lunchtime. Why haven’t

to do it.” Lisa

like you don’t really care about this international partnership. Do you think your skills with the international market are too good for you to handle a tiny project like this?” he

I meant. I just thought that Lisa has the

Justin uttered flatly. “I think you should handle

people in the meeting room exchanged glances

much to them. It wasn’t important enough for Rachel

you not want to do it?” Justin

knitted her well-trimmed eyebrows in

do

left. “I might have been too sensitive, President Burton. However, why do I feel like your guidance during the meeting earlier sounded a little like you were taking revenge against