My Mute Bride

Chapter 281 Final Request

“Dad!” Rachel didn’t even need to spare an iota of brainpower to figure out who it was. The hurried clacking of high heels sounded through the mortuary. Then, Amber stood by the door of the mortuary, still unable to accept reality even after she had caught her breath. “Dad…”

Rachel couldn’t recall a time when Amber was this panicked. Regardless of how cruel Amber was, she was still Jefferey’s daughter who he had raised since she was a young girl. Jefferey was her greatest pillar. Now that he was gone, the blow to her was significant.

Amber stumbled inside. Her fingers touched the white cloth draped over the corpse before they were shakily retracted. All of a sudden, she yelled at the head jailer. “This isn’t my father! You’ve got it all wrong!”

“You’re grieving, miss.”

“Grieving? I told you, this isn’t my father! Where are you hiding my dad? Where is he?” At that, Amber’s hand moved toward the head jailer. Her fingers were a stark pale compared to the brightness of her red nails. In the darkness of the room, they were an eerie sight.

The head jailer didn’t manage to back away in time and was caught by the collar.

“Calm yourself, miss.”

“Where on earth are you hiding my father? He’s a healthy man. How can he just be dead?”

“Amber!” Rachel couldn’t stop herself from rebuking Amber. “This isn’t a place for you to show your temper. He passed away due to a sudden heart attack. You’re a doctor; if you don’t believe them, you can examine him.”

“Rachel?” Amber whipped her head around at the sound of Rachel’s voice, seemingly only having just noticed her presence. At that moment, her red eyes made her look very much like a devil from hell. “How dare you come here? What right do you have to be here? You’re the one behind his imprisonment!”

Amber lunged at Rachel. Rachel backed away as she already anticipated this and grabbed her arm. “Have you gone mad? Death is already a kindness for him. The greatest punishment would have been rotting away in jail until old age. Even if I had the nerve to do it, I wouldn’t.”

With that, Rachel shoved Amber away roughly.

As a result, Amber stumbled backward and fell over. Fortunately for her, a large figure had entered the room, and he reflexively caught her.

the sight

the

It was Justin, indeed.

into a huge fight with him because she and Janice went to visit Hans’ grave. He had then stormed out of the house. To suddenly see

His gaze lingered on Rachel for a moment before it landed on the corpse behind her. No one had lifted up the white cloth covering the body until

sacrificed his life for Hudson Pharmaceuticals, yet he died like

they left Riverdale Penitentiary, Amber

arrange his funeral. You… You two don’t have

when he recalled the incident

like a wad of chewing gum that just wouldn’t come off. A look of disgust turned

Rachel headed straight for the

wanted to follow her, but Amber tried to

instinctively drew his arm back. At the same time, his handsome features schooled in their usual chilly expression as

later, she retracted it. “Can you stay with me for

looked at his watch. “It’s getting late. You should go back. There will be plenty of things that

stop herself from clenching her fists when she compared how different Justin’s treatment was to her and Rachel. Her nails dug into her palms and pain surged

get back together with that mute if you distance yourself from me? Look at her—she isn’t at all interested in you! She’s constantly using

to you ramble. You should calm down

you for so many years. Regardless of how I

the frown on Justin’s eyebrows, he was

that it’s no use telling you all this. I

“What is it?”

manage Hudson

Rachel drove back alone after leaving