The Silent Wife

Chapter 209

“Nope.”

Samuel shook his head as he turned to the bedroom and added, “But Mr. Peters and Godmother came home with us, and they’re chatting outside right now. It sounds like they are talking about Daddy.”

“Quickly, go listen to what they’re saying.”

Hastily, Charlotte expressed, “Something big must have happened.”

Rolling out of the bed, Samuel tiptoed to the door and cracked it open before putting his ear against the thin

gap. In the living room, Julian was seen to be applying some blood-circulating ointment on Rachel’s arm.

While doing that, he instructed, “Just rub it like this. Twice a day and the swelling will subside in two days.”

“Thanks.”

With an expressionless face, Rachel unrolled her sleeve. As she was doing that, Jolly furiously questioned, “Is

Justin some kind of bruiser? Is he sick in the head? How dare he lay his hand on you under broad daylight! That man would have murdered you if we weren’t here!”

“He asked me about the safe box. He must’ve figured out something.”

Stunned, Jolly seemed to have understood something. “What did you say?”

Shaking her head, Rachel assured, “Nothing, and that’s how things ended up this way.”

Based on everything that had happened up until now, Justin would surely bar her from seeing Charlotte and himself and be overwhelmingly defensive against her.

In response, Jolly defended, “So what if you opened the safe box? What about the things he did in the past? He could be sent to jail for those!”

“Have you forgotten that he lost his memory? He doesn’t remember anything from the past.”

He’s taking advantage of his

at Jolly, Julian blurted, “Calm down,

held in her frustrations as she

thing is certain. Memory loss or not, that’s his true color-vicious to his bones. I’m simply trying to

search for

queried, “Have you found

Mr. Burton’s

meantime, Justin, who had just arrived at the company, summoned his assistant

President Burton.

detail about what happened

a daze. “That’s… sudden. Why are you asking me

the corner of Justin’s lip was a visible bruise. It wasn’t as obvious when he traveled down the hills, but now that the bruise had turned worse,

of

Old Mr. Burton had

things difficult for me, President. To be honest, forgetting about the past might actually benefit you. We

bedroom and opened the safe

slight daze, Frankie didn’t

expected this.” Justin straightened his back as he gave

assistant shook his head. “No, I don’t. I know nothing about it. Uh… I’ll take my leave if there’s nothing else, President Burton. Just call me if you need my assistance. I’ll

you?” Irked, Justin grabbed a file on his table

successfully evading the attack, Frankie hugged the

about how Rachel opened his safe box. It was as if Frankie’s composure was telling him that it was

What was Rachel looking for? The more he pondered, the tenser his brows

Justin temporarily sent Charlotte to the summer villa because Arthur’s birthday was coming. He planned to only pick her up when it was over.

do you like

out of an elementary school. “This school follows

breaks. Since this school is near our home, if your godmother

“Are we not

yet. There are things Mommy needs to settle,

felt it was best for him to attend school in Riverdale for the time being. Besides, leaving the kid alone in Montenegro would be rather worrying. Furthermore, after scouting a number of schools, Rachel finally found one that shared similar modules to those in Montenegro–she even brought Samuel to a trial