The Silent Wife
Chapter 75
Chapter 75
The sky was already dark when the MPV drove into the summer villa.
“Young Master Justin, why are you here at this hour?”
“Where’s Grandpa?”
“Old Mr. Burton is already resting. How about I get someone to arrange for you to stay here tonight? Then if there’s anything, you can talk to him tomorrow night.”
Outside Arthur’s room door, Justin was stopped by the butler. The door was tightly shut, as if the old man didn’t intend to see him at all.
“Young Master Justin, Old Mr. Burton is really resting
Justin clenched his fists. “Where’s Rae?”
The servants on the side dared not speak.
“Are you all mute?” Justin looked around, but no one dared to answer his question, so his face turned gloomy in an instant. “I’m asking all of you a question!”
The atmosphere in the living room was deathly still, and everyone was staying silent out of fear.
“Oh, a rare visitor.”
A sarcastic voice sounded from the stairs, and Tina stood there with her hand on the handrail. “I thought I was hearing things, but you’re really back, Justin.”
Justin frowned, but he appeared calm.
“Justin, it’s unlike you to come here and make a fuss so late at night. Did something happen to the company?”
“Where’s Rae?”
“Rae? Oh, you mean my mute cousin-in-law. I seem to have heard that Grandpa called her over today, so you should ask him.”
The impatience in Justin’s eyes intensified. He didn’t want to continue talking nonsense with her. “Leon, is Grandpa really asleep?”
The butler replied helplessly, “Young Master Justin, If Old Mr. Burton says that he’s going to sleep, that means he doesn’t want to see anyone anymore. If you believe me, then just listen to me and don’t ask
any more questions. Tomorrow morning, Mrs. Burton will definitely return in perfect condition.”
“Where is she now?”
The servant who opened the door stood by the door, then a cold voice sounded from inside. “Ask him to come in.”
Something flickered across Justin’s eyes, then he immediately entered the room.
The butler wanted to give Justin a word of advice, but he didn’t manage to pull him in time, so he could only stare at the closed door and sigh.
He had watched Justin grow up, but he had never seen him act as irrational as he was now. He was focused on searching for one person; no wonder Arthur was so angry.
Right now, the only person in the Burton Family who was delighted was Tina.
Even in August, the mountains were exceptionally cold at night. This temperature wasn’t comparable to the city’s
Rachel was only wearing a dress, so she was shivering as she kneeled in the ancestral hall.
The light inside was dim, and she didn’t bring her phone in, so she didn’t even know what time it was.
The creaking sound of the door opening came from behind, causing Rachel to shudder in fright as she looked vigilantly at the door.
Under the moonlight, a pair of high heels clacked against the floor as the woman stepped through the door with the moonlight shining behind her. Then, she walked toward Rachel.
It wasn’t until the visitor got closer that Rachel saw her figure, and her pupils constricted.
“It’s only been a few days, but we meet again, Rachel
Tina stood a short distance away from Rachel. As usual, she appeared domineering. “Don’t you think that we always meet at the weirdest places? You must’ve owed me a lot of money in your past life, huh?”
Rachel didn’t have a phone, nor did she have a paper and pen, so she couldn’t respond to Tina’s remarks and could only listen as she spoke,
Tina walked one round in her 4-inch high heels, then she crossed her arms, as if she was watching a show, looking extremely smug. “Did you know that Justin arrived half an hour ago?”
Rachel froze.
Justin is here?
“Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to want to care about you at all. Grandpa called upon him to talk about something. After he got out, he went to the guest room to rest. He didn’t even ask about you.”
How’s that possible?
“Are you surprised? You don’t believe me? Tina let out a bitter laugh. “Let me tell you why: It’s because there’s no need to be falsely affectionate and pretentious with a dead person.”
What did you say?
Rachel’s expression changed to one of disbelief.
“It won’t be long before you become one of these plaques. You’ll be placed in this ancestral hall, and it’ll be declared to the public that you have passed away due to a certain illness, leaving Jefferey a large amount of money as compensation. Do you think he’ll pursue it then?”
Rachel staggered as she stood up from the futon.
This is impossible. I didn’t do anything wrong, so why would the Burtons want to kill me?
“You don’t believe me?” Tina played the recording. “Listen for yourself.’
Chapter 15
After a loud noise, Arthur’s voice came from the recorder. “Justin, I’m very disappointed with your recent behavior. The Burton Family is like a tough bone-not easy to chew-but this does not mean that Jefferey won’t try to fool you.”
“Grandpa, Jefferey isn’t that capable yet. You’ve overestimated him.”
*Don’t think that I don’t know anything. He’s capable enough to replace the bride. The way you handled It has already disappointed me. You should’ve let Rachel leave. She’s worthless.”
We’re only keeping her to get the formula.”
“Didn’t we already get the formula?”
“We’re still matching the ingredients, so there’s no final product yet.”
“Then, let me ask you-what are you going to do after we get the final product?”