My Mute Bride

Julian didn’t even look at his mother. Instead, he asked Rachel, “Are you alright? Is Charlotte fine?”

Rachel shook her head.

“You guys go on ahead. I’ll deal with this.” Julian held Rachel’s shoulders and pushed her out of the ward.

If it weren’t for the fact that Sue was Julian’s mother, Rachel would have doubled down on the insults and violence. The moment she got out of the ward, she ran into someone familiar. “I thought you’re on a business trip.” Rachel was surprised.

“Not until tomorrow morning.” Justin answered.

“So everything Sue said earlier…”

“I heard it.”

Since he was acting calm, Rachel thought he was on Sue’s side, and she sneered silently. Guess they’re birds of a feather, huh?

Julian came out a short while later.

Before he could say anything, Sue went past him, looking furious. Apparently, Julian told her something, so she only glared at Rachel and left without a word.

Julian said, “My mother can be annoying sometimes, Rachel. Just ignore her.”

“It’s fine. I don’t mind.” Rachel smiled at Julian. “Thanks for helping me out. I mean it.”

At the side, however, Justin’s face fell.

Julian lifted his wrist and looked at the time. “Why don’t I treat you to a meal? As an apology for my mother’s behavior.”

“No need for that.”

“Sure!”

said

say yes? Charlotte just got out of hospital. She needs to heal up. What if she gets herself sick again

pants and blinked at Justin. “But I wanna

love democracy. It’s decided, then. Come on, Charlotte,

picked Charlotte up and left. “Chop chop, you two.” After he was gone, only Rachel and

furious, but Rachel only felt like laughing. “You can’t be jealous,

Justin stared at

just gonna go have a simple, ordinary

started popping on

put her hand on his shoulder, and his heart skipped a beat. “And your heart’s beating pretty loudly.” A smile curled her lips, sucking him in. Just as he was immersed in her smile, she patted his shoulder. “I’ll

the corridor, and Justin’s face fell. As he saw her off, he started clenching his

in the restaurant, while

get her drink after it was served, but Julian stopped her. “Hold it.” He tested the temperature and handed it back to the waiter right in front of Rachel. “We don’t want this. Please get us a cup of hot black

I don’t want black tea!” Rachel

final. “You know you have a bad stomach. Iced

Rachel pouted.

overly friendly

Charlotte looked up. “Mommy, do you

head. “No, I don’t. Julian is

just don’t care about your body. Charlotte, do you want your mommy to be healthy,

quickly pushed Rachel’s salad away. “This one is cold as well, so

an eye on Rachel. She kept asking

would be angry at her because of her

Though only to

shrugged. “Yes, Dr. Peters. This is for all the time I went against the

anger flared in his

the bill, Julian went to the restroom to wash his hands, then Justin came in. “You came back