My Mute Bride

Chapter 224 The One Kidnapped Was Samuel

“When Rachel and I were married, was I a monster to her?” At those words, Frankie’s heart skipped a beat as he warily quizzed, “That’s… out of nowhere.”

“I was, wasn’t I? Although I can’t remember those times clearly, Julian has no reason to lie to me about them.” Justin tensed his eyebrows, attempting to figure out what it was that made him so upset with a woman. Even if Rachel, a trick sent over by the Hudsons, wasn’t the person he wanted to marry, what did she do so wrong to deserve his ill treatment?

As he held the documents in hand, Frankie paused at the door and muttered, “Don’t overthink it, President Burton. Things must have happened for a reason.”

“What happened to Rachel’s grandmother later on?”

After hesitating for a while, the assistant answered, “She was kidnapped, and her health failed her afterward.”

“Did they find out who the kidnappers were?”

“Yes…” Frankie had a hard time speaking up, but he forcefully answered, “They were some desperate lackeys who had bad blood with our company. They couldn’t catch anyone, so they targeted her grandmother. Actually, you went to negotiate right away, but it was already too late by then.”

“And that’s the reason for our divorce?”

Upon seeing how Frankie stayed silent, Justin confirmed his assumption and his eyes darkened. “You may leave.”

“Yes, Sir.”

After changing her clothes in her office, Rachel went to look for Justin.

Since he was the one who decided to switch to a new supplier, it was only natural to let him settle the issue. After all, Burton Pharmaceuticals was his blood and sweat, so who would take care of it if not him?

“Come in.”

The office door was pushed open after a series of knocks, and the sound of Rachel’s heels tapping on the floor echoed in the room. When Justin looked up from his computer, he was stunned when the woman fell into his vision. “Why are you here?”

“There’s nothing weird here, though. I haven’t resigned, have I?”

Placing a file on his table, Rachel stated, “This morning, I received news regarding Mr. Howard’s refusal to renew our partnership contract. Mr. Howard, who has been the supplier of Burton Pharmaceuticals, must have heard something and assumed that we intend to work with Mr. Wayne.”

rushed to work from the hospital just

you know I came from the

slightly baffled, she didn’t give it much thought. Before Justin could answer her, she steered off from his question and continued, “Anyway, Mr. Howard is definitely not the only one who has heard about it. If this were to spread, the rest of our suppliers would want

couple days off

Are you

said,

he not going to fire

was getting fired. After all, other than the issue with Mr. Howard, the other suppliers were rather troublesome as well, and all of these

a sudden, a

his phone right in front of Rachel

my hands. If you still wish to

screen, he saw a fabricated number and

God’s sake, when will these scammers ever

even try to find out that he only had one

Justin then said to Rachel, “I’m saying that since you’re sick, you should go home and rest for a couple days. It’s just sick leave and not a

asked in a dazed manner, “You’re allowing me to take

confused by Justin’s

you think I’m a maniacal boss who wouldn’t let his

didn’t mean

could complete her sentence,

call, he impatiently said, “What son? I don’t have a son. You’ve

it, Justin, can’t you even

was already listening to the sound of

“Piece of sh*t!”

the man not care about his own son? No wonder he’s

told you calling Justin was no use. He doesn’t like

child’s voice was heard

who had his limbs tied and tossed onto a broken couch. Despite the horrible situation, the boy, who was unusually calm, then said, “It’s not like I like him anyway. He’s never treated me as his own son, and I