The Silent Wife

Chapter 85

Chapter 85

When she searched for the trending entertainment news that day, the first one that showed up was something related to Burton Group. ‘Burton Group CEO, Justin Burton appears with Amber Hudson. That was the first headline she saw, and most of the other news were fake, though that didn’t stop the writers from publishing them. The article that got the most shares went along the lines of ‘Sisters

fighting for the position of CEO wife. At that point, it had more than ten thousand shares.

Rachel paled, losing the courage to keep on scrolling. How should I explain this to Grandma? What if this is the news she saw?

“Don’t worry. I’ll go with you.” Julian reassured her. “It’s not too serious yet, and Justin should have sent his men to keep this down by now.”

We can’t lie anymore.

“You want to tell her the truth?”

That’s all I can do now. Rachel stared down at her phone’s screen that was dark, her fingers trembling.

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They arrived at Rachel’s grandmother’s place a short while later, but her grandmother didn’t look too

happy

“I’ll be off to get something. See you later.” Julian excused himself after sending Rachel to her grandmother’s place.

After he closed the door, Nancy sat down on the sofa, turned the TV on, and kept changing the channels.

Rachel fidgeted for a moment, but eventually, she sat down beside her and started testing the waters. Are you mad at me, Grandma?

“Why would I? You just forgot to tell me you got married, after all. You just forgot to tell me who you married. Heard he’s from some kind of company. Rich man, huh? Can’t even find out anything about him.”

her grandmother. You were

So

It happened too suddenly, so I didn’t know how I

at her seriously. “Tell me the truth. Did Jefferey force you into this? What kind of

man.” When Rachel didn’t answer the question, Nancy shot up furiously. “I’m going to have to talk to Jefferey. What

marry in the first place,

true, then why

a misunderstanding, Grandma. Just some lie a reporter spouted. Don’t believe

her phone and showed it to Nancy. See? He saved my life. The picture showed Justin breaking

horrific scene drained the color from Nancy’s face.

her back to calm her down. It’s in

a look.

I’m fine. Really

didn’t even know this happened. I thought you were working.” Nancy shivered just from the thought of it.

nodded. Worried that Nancy wouldn’t believe her, she added something else. He’s Julian’s cousin. You like Julian, don’t you? He’s

Nancy held her hand and looked at her. “Don’t lie to me, Rachel. You don’t have to stay married if he’s abusing you.

Rachel nodded.

asked him a lot of questions about Justin. Eventually, the dinner came to an end, and Nancy sent them off. “You should let me

agreed vaguely and left in a hurry,

“Buckle up.”

helping me

Justin isn’t as cruel as the media makes him out to be. I was just telling the

it true he got into a fight for you

That surprised Rachel, since

Rachel. “Bean sprout. That’s what they called me. Then when I got into elementary

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