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.

pulled Samuel to a quiet corner and asked Gloria, “How

He was already standing right in front

him here then? Don’t

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

not find the right words to

sounded from behind. “What’s

his head

“Mr. Burton.”

what he meant, Frankie

no one around, Samuel batted his eyes at Justin before asking in a sweet but clear

You’re looking for

I’m here to see

pocket, Samuel took his phone and unlocked the screen to show Justin. “I saw

the screen was a photo of Justin at the

came here to acknowledge me as your

I’m here

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

Justin did not reach out

not Rachel’s, he felt hostile toward Samuel because Rachel would rather care for someone else’s child for years than her

I didn’t do

as Mommy

Justin heard this, his expression changed. “Is that

people’s feelings. You rejected my gift when you haven’t even

was a chatterbox that

saw in you. I can’t believe

“I’m not your dad.”

you trying to take your words back even when you’ve already admitted it to the press?” Samuel stuffed the gift into Justin’s hand. “This isn’t for you. It’s for my sister. Please give it to

you that I’m not your

he was trying to stuff the

“I said it wasn’t for you! I bought it

“She doesn’t need it.”

his strength and caused the gift to fall to

the item in the gift box fell out. The lid and box of the music box which