The Silent Wife

Chapter 89

Justin’s face strode toward the door. “Shouldn’t you leave for work soon, Julian? You should mind your own business,” he uttered just before he stepped out of the door.

*Caring for patients is my business,” Jullan replied. Justin tightened his grip around the doorknob as his gaze dimmed. Bang! The whole house seemed to shake the moment he slammed the door shut.

Rachel’s body jolted with shock, and she flinched as Justin shut the door. “Don’t worry.” Justin

comforted her by patting her gently, but his gaze seemed to turn serious as he did so.

“Breakfast is ready, Young Master Justin. Would you like to drink coffee or—”The maid greet the moment he got down to the living room, but he interrupted her before she could finish her sentence. “I don’t want anything.” Justin shot his maid a hostile glare. “You have a lot of free time, huh? You don’t need to come in for work anymore. We don’t need you since we have to get our own food anyway!”

Justin didn’t come back for a whole week after that. In the meantime, Rachel’s injuries were recovering well, and a new batch of maids had arrived to replace the previous batch. One morning, Mrs. Duncan was preparing joss papers in the backyard; she intended to burn them at the cemetery the next day. Rachel was standing by the window on the second floor, and she realized that Ancestors’ Day was coming soon when she saw what Mrs. Duncan was doing. She tightened her fists when Janice’s words rang in her mind all of a sudden.

That night, Julian placed some vegetables onto Rachel’s plate while they all had dinner together. Sue happened to notice this, and she questioned Julian in a rather puzzled tone. “Your brother has been away for nearly a week now, and we haven’t heard any news from him. Did you contact him in the past few days?”

“No. I’ve been busy in the hospital. I don’t have the time to fuss over his matters,” Julian replied.

“What about you?” Sue shifted her gaze toward Rachel. “Do you know where Justin went? When is he coming back?”

Rachel froze for a moment before she shook her head. Ever since Justin left home a week ago, they hadn’t contacted each other at all. “You don’t even know where your own husband is. How impressive! You don’t even work, and all you do is stay home and laze around. I don’t even know what you’re doing,” Sue mumbled.

Mom,” Julian

can’t I talk? I’m not the one

done eating. After excusing herself from the table, Rachel walked off while

highway that led toward Riverdale’s airport. The driver asked, “Where are you headed, Mr. Burton? Home,

I’ll

this time of the night? Isn’t your wife going to get worried if you stay out so late?” A woman’s crisp voice came from beside Justin. The reflection on the car window revealed a pretty young lady in her twenties. She didn’t have the most stunning facial features, but she had the youthful

won’t,” Justin replied

girl froze for a moment when she heard that, but he simply turned to glance out the window, and neon lights illuminated his skin, leaving spots of light on his face. There

she finally spotted Jefferey’s

piece of private land in the West Magnolia Cemetery that was used as the Hudson Family’s ancestral grave. Later on, the government decided to expand the grounds and

the Hudson Family’s private burial grounds? Rachel felt her heart sinking as she watched Jefferey halting his footsteps in front of a tombstone. “I’m here to see you,” he said as

said, for the sound of

him kneeling in front of the tombstone for a long while, where he spoke to himself continuously, he even pulled out

next year,” Jefferey poured the

be as lonely that way. We’ll

weather. She glanced at the fresh daisies as she arrived at the tombstone. Fear seized her as she thought about pushing the daisies aside,

head. Before she had the chance to respond, she felt a strong blow against the back of her head. She let out a groan before she collapsed head-first onto the

other side, the pitter-patter of the rain continued even after Julian came out from one of his surgeries. He checked his phone to find an unread

frowned. ‘Where

‘Highland Hotel, Room 2318.