My Mute Bride

Justin looked at the time. “It’s getting late. Let’s talk about this after I go back.”

That made Amber stop talking, albeit reluctantly. A moment of silence later, she said, “Sure. Rest early.”

Justin hung up, then Frankie handed him a cup of tea. “Sir.”

“What is this about the studio?” Justin asked.

“The head director, David, canceled Miss Hudson’s show without a reason. And he added a new show in the same slot.”

“A new show?”

“It’s about Eastern medicine. Chris is the host.”

Chris frowned. “She’s ambitious. It hasn’t been long since she came back, but she’s trying to get her hands on everything. Everyone can see through her by now.”

“Is she trying to do something here?”

“Yes. Remarrying me.”

It was a simple response, but Frankie’s jaw dropped. “Huh?”

Justin never joked, and he looked serious about it. “She hid her identity and worked in a Hudson Pharmaceuticals branch nearest to me. Then, she found an excuse to stay at my place and warmed up to Charlotte. Now, she’s attacking Amber. Obviously, she’s trying to get back together with me.”

Frankie smiled awkwardly. “Sir, you lost your memories, so I’m obliged to tell you this. Your divorce didn’t go well, to say the least. That’s why Master Arthur wanted everyone to hide it from you.”

“It has been years. It might have been horrible, but she wouldn’t come back if she didn’t care.” Justin sneered. “But she thinks too highly of herself. She thinks she can come and go as she pleases? She had a baby with someone else overseas, got dumped, and wants to come back to me? I’m not running

a charity here.”

kind of woman. I think there’s more to

have to defend her. I only trust what I see.” That boy called her “Mommy”. There’s nothing else to say. She couldn’t have given birth to twins in Riverdale and only took away

to say something, but he thought Justin was too angry for him to

final chance at opening the

Jolly was on the phone with her. “It can’t

you remember which one is

tried to recall the search back then. “Zero and two, I

“Is it a date?”

“Probably. Looks similar.”

tried your

match.

the day they met as a passcode. Either that, or it’s their wife’s birthday, their kid’s birthday or something like that. Charlotte’s the most important person to him, right? Do you

remembered one particular date all of a sudden. “I got it, Jolly.” She quickly typed the passcode in, and the box was unlocked

even she herself could

you open

voice snapped Rachel out of it, but she

So what day was

answered, “The day I had

Jolly said, but then

and opened the safe box. There were two layers in there. The top layer contained some cash, while the bottom layer had some estate certificates and a sealed leather bag. Rachel unsealed it and took the contents out, but it wasn’t the thing she wanted. The proof that he killed Hans

Jolly about it. “So

the box. Doesn’t mean it isn’t somewhere else in his

going to

the sofa, her temples throbbing. All she could think