The Silent Wife

Chapter 123

Clack. The sound of the door knob turning could be heard loud and clear.

Gloria and Rachel froze for a moment, and the former’s words came to an abrupt halt. She was surprised by this, and she looked at Justin as he walked inside. “When did you arrive?”

Meanwhile, the man’s expression was cold.

“Gloria, go back to your room for now.”

Gloria stiffened up and eyed Rachel worriedly. She only left once the latter signaled that she would be fine.

Justin and Rachel were now the only ones left in the room.

“You don’t intend to keep the child?”

His cold voice resounded throughout the room.

Now that Gloria had left, it felt as though the temperature in the room had dropped by several degrees.

Rachel gripped her blanket tightly. Yes.

Since the baby was fated to live a tragedy if they were born, it would be better if they never got to start their story. They would be born to a mute mother who wouldn’t have the ability to protect them, and to a father who did not love them at all. Who would be able to bear such a childhood?

Rachel’s composed expression incensed Justin. “And who let you make such a decision by yourself?”

A shadow loomed over her. The sudden assault of pain from her arm made Rachel suck in a breath. Her face, which was already pale, completely drained of color then.

Most frighteningly, she was surprised to find that she could feel a faint sense of happiness.

At the very least, Justin wanted the baby.

“Listen up carefully-you will keep this child. You don’t have the right to decide otherwise. Your job includes giving the Burtons children, and they will bear the Burton name. You don’t have to care for them; all you need to do is birth them. Once they’re born, someone else will take care of them.”

Those words of his were like cold water from a bucket, drenching Rachel and making a bone-deep chill settle inside her.

intend for her

before her in disbelief, her

away, his gaze frosty beyond comprehension. “Do not make me remind you of your place again-you are just something that Jefferey Hudson gave us. I do not have that much patience for you!” He even delivered another whammy before he left. “Take a guess as to whether that old man can live the rest of his life in peace if something happens to that

was

and the

of a sudden, she felt nauseous. With a hand on the

her

threatened. Meanwhile, the evil people who were left were living their lives out in the open with no restraints despite all the evils they had committed. In

Riverdale, people were used to dirtying their hands for an advantage, and they stepped on others to

out of the room, he looked at his hands. He had used too much strength when he closed

was feeling quite

all right, Mr. Burton?” Frankie had been waiting outside all the while.

he spoke. “Let the old man

“Huh?”

to keep an

As he followed Justin out of the building, he gave a report on the company. “We have some results from the investigation on

Justin’s brows furrowed.

foreign account

already figured that out. Jeffrey treasured that daughter of his; it was impossible that he would not give her anything to do

been lying low recently. What has

been pushing hard for a union,

eyes darkened

her back to the

turned green when she received news of Rachel’s pregnancy. “When

stopped her. “Madam, Mr. Burton has made it clear to let the

first child, after all. I should get a clear picture of the situation, shouldn’t I? That

a nutritionist, and this professional will be in

to go to all that trouble? Don’t we have enough servants in this

sure about that. Mr. Burton highly values this child.” Frankie knew that there was no use

the direction of the master bedroom, Sue’s expression quickly darkened. Despite all her best-laid plans, the unexpected

Things were harder now.

ordered the servants away and