The Silent Wife

Chapter 114

“That’s not what I mean.” Gloria’s childish stubbornness was written all over her face. “Never mind, I can’t explain it clearly to you anyway. In short, Justin isn’t as devoid of human feelings as you perceive him to be. He cares about you a lot, you know.”

Does he really care about me? All of a sudden, Rachel felt like laughing.

When she saw how unmoved Rachel was, Gloria felt annoyed. “How could you be so ignorant of what is good

for you? I have made myself so clear to you, yet you don’t even understand a word of what I have said. Anyway, I’ll stop being nice to you if you dare to hit him again!” she warned. Then, she picked up the breakfast bag from the table and lamented, “I must be out of my mind to have bought breakfast for you!”

With that, the office door slammed shut with a loud bang. Rachel could see clearly through the blinds how Gloria threw the breakfast she had initially bought for her into the trash can before leaving exasperatedly. She took a deep breath, swept the discarded documents on the table aside, and sat down.

Meanwhile, Gloria went back into Justin’s office in a huff. Then, she plonked herself down on the sofa and gulped down a glass of water. “What’s the matter? You look so mad.” Justin’s voice came from behind the computer.

“I was bitten by a dog.” Gloria replied in a petty manner. “I seriously don’t understand your taste for women. The ladies around you are weirder than one another.”

Justin looked at Gloria in bafflement and was about to say something, but Frankie knocked on the door and came in just then. “President Burton, the human resources department needs you to sign this letter of appointment. Amber Hudson can come to work from tomorrow onward.”

“Give it to me.”

“What?” Gloria sprang up from the sofa. “Amber is coming to work at the Burton Group? Why didn’t I know about this?”

Justin replied impassively, “You never liked to concern yourself with work-related matters in the first place.”

“Isn’t she working at the hospital?”

of

Justin and held his

“Why not?”

frown. “She’s obviously a vain woman. Don’t you feel sick to your stomach with her around you every day?” Despite her limited contact with Amber,

of her hand and said seriously, “This is about work, Gloria. Be a good

you let her work at the Burton Group, she and Miss Rachel will meet frequently. Don’t

Gloria’s words. “What if I tell you it was Rachel’s suggestion to

stunned. How could that be

letter. Meanwhile, Frankie hurriedly took to his heels with the document to

some reason, she couldn’t help feeling that she had made a wrong

here that she realized that Justin’s world was much more complicated than she had imagined, and it seemed

clocking out. This is some financial information about Hudson Pharmaceuticals. Since five years ago, huge amounts of money have been transferred into a secret offshore account in batches

quite the patience to continue reading them. “Does

As far as she

“It’s almost impossible to have these sums of money transferred to an

There’s one possibility

at each other as a name crossed their minds. When it came to a trusted person, no one could be more trustworthy than

up the documents and put them into her handbag. If there’s nothing

looked. However, the

telling me to

remained silent. She was doing everything Justin told her to; now that Hans was dead, she had nothing to

Then, he left first with his cell phone

the collar of her suit jacket. On her way to visit Nancy, she drove to Old Street to buy some of her grandmother’s favorite old-time snacks for her. This street, which was about to be demolished, was the only place in Riverdale that still made these traditional snacks. After everything was packed up, she walked out of the shop with the snacks in her hands. When she looked up and