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 best to comfort her grandmother. You were undergoing

So

to hide it from you. It happened too suddenly, so I didn’t know how I should break

seriously. “Tell me the truth. Did Jefferey force you into

up furiously. “I’m going to have to talk to Jefferey. What kind of man would force

really nice to me. I was unwilling to marry in the first place, but he

that’s true, then why is he seeing

lie a reporter spouted.

phone and showed it to Nancy. See? He saved my life. The picture showed Justin breaking the car’s window, and Rachel could

color from Nancy’s face. “When did

and caressed her back to calm her down. It’s in the past now. Don’t worry about

a look.

I’m fine. Really

know this happened. I thought you were working.” Nancy shivered just from the thought of it.

Nancy wouldn’t believe her, she added something else. He’s Julian’s cousin. You like Julian, don’t you? He’s a nice guy,

only believed her when she told him that Justin was related to Julian. Rachel took that chance to massage her, then 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. Divorce isn’t

Rachel nodded.

Julian to stay for dinner, and she asked him a lot of questions about Justin. Eventually, the dinner came to an end, and Nancy sent them off. “You should let me meet him if you have the chance. Take

a hurry, saying she had something to settle at

“Buckle up.”

for helping

held the steering wheel. “We’re a family now, and Justin isn’t as cruel as

got into a fight for you when you guys

surprised Rachel, since

sprout. That’s what they called me. Then when I got into elementary school, Justin was already a sixth-grader. One day, our seniors

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