My Mute Bride

Chapter 279 Exposed

The rain gradually grew heavier. Meanwhile, in his office at the Burton Group, Justin flipped through a ledger.

Since Janice came by a few days ago, he requested someone to retrieve those ledgers so he could personally compare them. After analyzing them by himself, the numbers matched up with what Janice had said. “Frankie.”

“You called for me, Mr. Burton?” “Please retrieve the contracts for these items for me.”

Frankie took over the ledger and replied, “These are contracts for purchase orders, and they are all from the end of last year. Is there something wrong with them?”

“You won’t be able to find any problems just by scouring the ledger. If the purchased materials are in the warehouse, then things should be fine. And if they aren’t—well, that’s going to be a huge problem.”

“I’ll find those contracts as soon as possible.”

“Thank you.”

As he spoke, a ding came from Justin’s computer, notifying him that he had a new email. It was an anonymous one, containing only a picture. Justin initially thought that it was spam. However, just as he was about to delete it, the picture suddenly enlarged itself. The picture showed a grave, highlighting the two women standing together under an umbrella. One of the women had hair that was past mid-length which was tied back and was dressed in a muted gray blazer and office skirt; the other was dressed in a crisp shirt and black pants. At first glance, she looked like a man.

Justin’s grip on his mouse tightened a little.

“I’m leaving to look for the contracts, Mr. Burton.”

Frankie’s voice brought Justin’s mind back to reality. Then, he abruptly stopped Frankie. “Hold on. Have Rachel and Janice known each other for a long time?”

Hearing that, Frankie went rigid.

The rain stopped later that evening. Rachel deliberately went out to pick up the two kids and also got the babysitter to go out and buy a nice, large fish for soup.

By the time Justin returned home, dinner was already on the table.

“You’re back, Mr. Burton,” the babysitter greeted, having emerged from the kitchen. “You may dig in after you have washed your hands.”

Charlotte hopped off the couch and leaped at Justin to engulf him in a hug.

picked Charlotte up. “Did you

picked me and Samuel up every day, and she also cooked for us. There were so many activities at school. We’re preparing for a

Rachel step out of the kitchen. His eyes

out of

stated when she saw

ask you.

you ask me that

“No.”

sense the pressure

was pulling Samuel over when she heard their footsteps upstairs.

her sentence, the sound of a door closing could be heard. After it closed, the massive manor became so quiet that

up his phone

serious. “How are you even in the mood to play games? Didn’t you

about to fight. The kind where neither of them can

why are you still sitting there?” Charlotte snatched away the controller from Samuel’s hands. “Aren’t you worried at all that they’re fighting? Don’t you

look of exasperation that he shouldn’t have at that age on his face. “What else can I do? She’s a hard person to please in the first place, but he keeps finding trouble for himself. Not even the heavens can

her partner being sour-faced for no reason after coming

back together with Rachel. The man was excellent on paper, but it wouldn’t matter

not going to keep talking

light steps and sneaked over to the door

did you suddenly want us to talk upstairs?” Rachel looked at Justin’s back while her

turned around. “Where were you this morning?” he

It felt like she just dropped into an abyss. She had agreed earlier to be

are you asking me this all

was unusually adamant as fury showed through

fists. She knew what was up when she heard that

as Justin expected, Rachel’s answer confirmed his