My Mute Bride

With an innocent look on his face, the little boy held the receptionist’s hand as they went into the elevator. Sweetly, he said, “Miss, this building is so tall!”

“Yes, it is. The company’s pharmaceutical branch is on this floor, which is where your mom is,” she replied patiently while pointing at the floor numberings. “The president’s office is on this floor, while the other departments are on the remaining floors.”

Mentally taking note of this, he nodded.

Ding! The elevator had finally reached the floor where Rachel’s office was.

“I’ll go in on my own. Thank you!”

“No, worries, kiddo. Look for me if you have any problems, alright?”

Then, she patted his head before turning to enter the elevator again.

As soon as the elevator went down, he stood on his toes and pressed the button to go upstairs. After that, he entered the next elevator and headed to the floor where the receptionist said his dad would be.

Meanwhile, Charlotte sat down in Rachel’s office and opened her laptop to watch some cartoons.

The door to the office was not shut properly, so she could hear the two workers gossiping from their workstations nearby.

Just as she jumped off the chair to close the door, she froze when she overheard what they were discussing.

“Does Mr. Burton really have a son?”

“I heard him say it himself at the press conference yesterday. Why would he lie?”

“I also saw the news. Are those things online about Amber true? Is she really Rachel’s sister? Did she steal Mr. Burton from Rachel?”

Upon hearing this, Charlotte stayed silent.

In the meantime, Justin was in a morning meeting in the boardroom.

Suddenly, Gloria rushed in after knocking on the door and whispered into Frankie’s ears. Right after, he followed her out of the room.

As Justin listened to the business proposal, he looked outside the glass window to find a child standing in between Frankie and Gloria, who were speaking to each other.

He frowned.

saying a few words, Frankie pulled Samuel to a quiet corner

don’t know. He was already standing right

him here then? Don’t you know where

He’s clearly Mr. Burton’s son. I’ve seen the news. Where

moment, Frankie could not find the right words to

voice sounded from behind. “What’s

head and saw

“Mr. Burton.”

Understanding what he meant, Frankie and Gloria

there was no one around, Samuel batted his eyes at Justin before asking in a

am. You’re looking

here to see

pocket, Samuel took his phone and unlocked

the screen was a photo of Justin at

here to acknowledge me as

I’m here to

speaking, he took out an exquisite gift box from his little ducky schoolbag. “This is for you. I bought it

Justin did not reach out to receive the

was not Rachel’s, he felt hostile toward Samuel because Rachel would rather care for someone else’s child for years than her own and never even came back once to see

I didn’t do it for

Mommy described. Stubborn as a

expression changed. “Is that what she said about

other people’s feelings. You rejected my

was adorable, he was a chatterbox that talked too

in

“I’m not your dad.”

admitted it to the press?” Samuel stuffed the gift into Justin’s hand. “This isn’t

that I’m

he was trying to stuff the

said it wasn’t for you!

“She doesn’t need it.”

his strength and caused

crash, the item in the gift box fell out. The lid and box of the