My Mute Bride

It was already dark outside when everyone came out after signing the documents. “Let’s have dinner together, Rachel.” Victor was still delighted. “I haven’t seen you for so many years, and I have lots of stuff to tell you about.”

“No!” Before Rachel could respond, Charlotte suddenly sprang toward them from Justin’s side, clinging onto Rachel’s leg while eyeing Victor with hostility. “Mommy is going home with me. She’s not going to dinner with some bad teacher.”

Victor was startled for a moment before he recalled that Rachel had given birth to a daughter before leaving back then. “Rachel, could Charlotte be…”

Rachel gave him a slight nod with tenderness in her eyes.

“Then what about Samuel?”

“It’s a long story. I’ll tell you about it some other day when there’s an opportunity.” Rachel then glanced behind her. “It’s already getting late today, and I may have to go to the hospital, so let’s meet up some other time, Victor.”

Victor was somewhat disappointed. Still, he replied, “Okay.”

“Why don’t we exchange our contact numbers?” Rachel took out her cell phone first.

“Sure.” After that, Victor hailed a taxi and left. However, he warned Justin before he left by saying, “If you dare to harm a hair on Rachel’s head, I will never let you off!”

Justin’s face darkened at Victor’s words, whereas Rachel quickly urged the taxi driver to drive. When Rachel, Justin, and the two kids were the only ones left at the police station’s entrance, Rachel shot a glance at him. “Let’s go.”

However, Justin was as cross as a bear. “Are you letting him off just like that? I haven’t gotten round to examining my injury yet.”

“Are you coming or not?”

“Where are we going?”

“To the hospital” Rachel shot back icily. “Don’t you want to have your injury examined? Let’s get it done. I’ll take the responsibility if there’s anything wrong with it.”

When Rachel registered Justin at the hospital’s emergency department, she ran into Julian, who happened to be on duty today. He asked, “Why are you here in the hospital? Are you unwell?”

it’s your cousin.” Rachel threw a glance at the waiting area in the distance. “Victor is the teacher in charge of

was very surprised. “What a

“It’s a long story.”

Rachel and took Justin right away to the debridement room, whereby he

you sure that I’m completely

is the doctor here, Justin-me or

“I’m afraid that you might shield that brat on purpose. Who knows

have no leisure for that.” Julian shot him a disdainful

you mean by that?” Justin knitted his brows. “Could there be bad

nothing much to do with him, but he regards Rachel

this about Rachel

it doesn’t mean that it never happened. Rachel has never been unfair to you;

for it wasn’t the first time he had heard this. “What do you mean by saying that I’ve been unkind to her? The responsibility of a failed marriage should fall on both sides at the very least, yet you speak for her unconditionally and

believe me? Let me tell you

about the truth myself. I don’t need you to tell

outside the door when they saw Justin coming out in a huff. “Daddy!”

Justin said coldly to Rachel, “Take Charlotte home. I have something else to attend to, so

as she watched him storm off in a great rage. “What has

answered with an apathetic expression. He didn’t believe that Justin was totally uninterested in what had happened back then. When he

dark, and the dim yellow light shone on the French window. At that moment, a woman’s figure reflected upon it. The woman’s body was wrapped in a pink silk slip dress as a pair of arms hugged

shuddered. “When did you

seemed impatient as he lowered his head and

kept it from

“What’s wrong?”

going to keep carrying on with me on the sly like this? Will you marry me if I break off my engagement with