The Silent Wife

Chapter 223

Justin said, “I told you she isn’t home, Charlotte. She must have headed out for some business. Let’s go home.”

“That’s impossible! It’s the weekend!”

“But there’s nobody here, and there’s no way for us to enter.”

“I have the password, though!”

As the little girl spoke, she pulled the door knob and keyed in the password.

Before Justin came to his senses, the door let out a beep and opened.

“How do you know the password, Charlotte?”

“Samuel told me about it. It’s the sum of our birthdays.”

Upon entering the door, the girl called out, “Mommy!”

The bedroom door was barely cracked open, and a dim, amber light shone from the other side. After pacing toward the room, Justin pushed the door open and saw a woman lying on the bed.

We’ve been making so much noise, yet there’s not even a single reaction from her. Is she really sick?

Meanwhile, Charlotte rushed over as well and made her way through under his arm, her feet pattering toward the bed. She lifted Rachel’s hand gently, but before she could yell her mother’s name, she uttered in surprise, “So hot!”

The stupefied Justin hurried over without pondering much.

Beside Rachel’s pillow was a fallen ice pack, and no one knew who had prepared it for her.

Justin quickly reached his hand out and placed it on her forehead. He was shocked upon the scorching heat at a gentle touch. Clearly, it was a grave, high fever. She seemed fine yesterday, though. Why has it become so serious?

“What’s wrong with Mommy, Daddy?”

“We’re going to the hospital, Charlotte. Tell your uncle we’ll arrive at once.”

Having said that, he picked Rachel up horizontally from the bed and stormed out the door.

the emergency rooms

gotten the call earlier, was already waiting in the room. When he saw Justin carrying Rachel into the room, he immediately rebuked, “What is it this time, Justin? What did you do

me some slack instead

he gazed coldly at Julian, Justin put the woman down as he reminded, “We

he lifted Rachel’s eyelids and shone a flashlight

time I saw her was at 11.00PM yesterday, and she seemed

she consume something she shouldn’t

idea.” The moment Justin blurted that, he seemed as though he had suddenly remembered something. “She must have taken some propofol and some wine afterward. It was

lifted his

are you staring at me like that? I didn’t give

a

“Yes, Dr. Peters.”

the test results finally came out. As they expected, the fever was caused by the incomplete fading of the anesthetic

for Rachel, Julian pulled the

“What happened?”

yourself when

Justin found it troublesome to explain everything

the other man was, Julian furiously grabbed his collars and lifted him up. “D*mn it, Justin! Do you even know that she once planned to leave Riverdale after giving birth and ended up with a profuse bleeding

visibly irked. “What the f*ck are you talking about? You’re acting like I have no idea that she wasn’t the promised spouse I was supposed to marry! Since she decided to deceive everyone, am I obliged to show her any respect? Instead of showing her baseless

you that? It was Amber, wasn’t it? Rae only married you because Jefferey threatened her with her grandmother’s life and forced her to marry you in Amber’s

baffled by this and questioned, “What are you

words for it. Look at you getting fooled like dimn clown. After

how Julian reprimanded him, Justin tightened his

herself in the hospital. When she came to her senses, she saw Julian yawning by her bed, and it felt like five years back in Montenegro all

her health was so atrocious that she was constantly frequenting the hospital, and always woke up

years, he could never fall into deep sleep

apologetically, “I’m sorry for troubling you

family, aren’t we? Your fever has gone down. Get some more rest, and you’ll be

“Okay.”

shut her eyes once again and was welcomed by

time had stopped, and her yard was covered in flames while