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.”

advantage of his memory loss, yet you’re

Jolly, Julian blurted, “Calm

frustrations as she

long while, Rachel clarified, “I’m not defending him. However, one thing is certain. Memory loss or not, that’s his true color-vicious to his bones. I’m simply trying to stand in

how to search

queried, “Have you

Mr. Burton’s birthday is

who had just arrived at the company,

you went hiking, President Burton. How are you

every detail about what happened five years

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

It wasn’t as obvious when he traveled down the hills, but now that the

me instead of giving

I don’t want to, President Burton. Old Mr. Burton had specifically ordered me to

a troubled face, Frankie pleaded, “Please don’t make things difficult for me, President. To be honest, forgetting about the past might

entered my bedroom and opened the

Despite his slight

his back as he

“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 have the secretary fetch the medkit

file on his table and tossed it toward Frankie. “What the hell is wrong

right away.” After successfully evading the attack, Frankie hugged the document to his chest as he ran out with a

was unbothered when he told him such fatal information about how Rachel opened his safe box. It was as if Frankie’s composure was telling him that it

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

Justin nor Charlotte. Based on the rumors, 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.

like

Samuel’s hand, Rachel walked out of an

you’re going to have classes like usual even when other schools are having summer breaks. Since this school is near our home, if your godmother and I are too busy to pick you up, you can walk home yourself,

his eyes, Samuel quizzed, “Are we not going

yet. There are things Mommy needs to settle, so

However, the boy had come by himself. So, she felt it was best for him to attend school in Riverdale for the time being. Besides, leaving the kid alone in Montenegro would be