My Mute Bride

Rachel answered, “Don’t worry. It’s only temporary.”

“I’m not. He lost his memories, so he doesn’t remember you.” Julian looked at Charlotte. “I’m just worried you might stick around for Charlotte in the end.”

Rachel stopped patting Charlotte’s back for a moment and hugged her tighter. Back then, she couldn’t even bring herself to look at the child after she was born, but now that Charlotte was in her arms again, it would be hard for Rachel to leave her behind again. “We’ll see how this goes.” Rachel tensed up. “Let’s finish what we started out first for now.” People died because of him. They need justice to be served.

Julian said, “Don’t just shoulder everything on your own. I’m always here.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Once she came to Justin’s place, Rachel sent Charlotte to her room before she went to crack the code of the safe box. There were too many possible combinations, since it was a six-number passcode. She stared at it for the longest time and tried two different ones, but they were incorrect. I only have one chance left. What will it be?

All of a sudden, she heard someone coming, and she panicked. She immediately closed the cabinet, but she couldn’t get out in time.

Justin came in a moment later. He went to the company just to take some documents, and he came back right afterward. As per his orders, Frankie looked into Rachel’s life overseas. He found everything he could, though Justin didn’t read it until now.

Before that night, he thought he was uninterested in his ex-wife, whom he was unfamiliar with. But when he heard Julian talking like he was Rachel’s boyfriend, Justin changed his mind, albeit inexplicably.

The next moment, the bathroom door slid open, and Justin was taken aback. “Why are you here?”

Rachel was drying her hair. When she met his gaze, she explained, “My bedroom’s bathroom is busted, so I used yours. You’re back early.”

“You’re using my clothes as well, I see.” Justin looked at her from top to bottom.

was oversized, so it was enough to cover her thighs. Water droplets were still dripping from her hair, and it

stingy, are you? I can just give it

look and held her wrist. “No need

pain on her wrist

always this bold in front of any man?” Justin asked coldly, as if

him in surprise. “What are you

ago. Who did you go overseas

made

statement, and he looked at her coldly. “A casual woman like you can’t be Charlotte’s

cousin.”

face fell. “You didn’t lose

“You’re denying it?”

We were divorced before I went overseas with Julian. There was a one-year gap between that. Nothing happened between us.

but Justin-like the child he was-was furious. “So you are dating

he has none.” Rachel had nothing further to say, so she tried to break

answer me! I didn’t say you can leave!” Justin

gasped and slipped, falling down to

her, and a frown

her senses. Since it was late at night, she could also hear his breathing. The sound of his heartbeats suddenly made her calm down, and she said, “You got so worked up because you thought I was dating Julian?

made his advances, pressing a kiss on her lips, cutting her explanation short. As their tongues entwined with each other, she could feel his heartbeat, warmth, and the palpable greed coming off him. It felt alien to her, yet oh so familiar. Everything was just like