The Silent Wife

Chapter 280

“It’s best if you can accept this. And if you can’t, it doesn’t matter to me.”

With that, Rachel mentally gathered herself. Alas, after several seconds of standing off, she pushed Justin away.

The moment she left the study, sounds of items shattering could be heard inside.

“Mommy!”

Charlotte had been startled from where she had pressed herself against the door as she hadn’t been able to leave in time.

Rachel was also stunned by Charlotte’s presence, but hearing the noises behind her, she quickly took Charlotte’s hand. “Let’s go. It’s time for dinner,” she said nonchalantly.

Charlotte shyly nodded and followed Rachel downstairs, but she couldn’t stop herself from looking back. She didn’t particularly understand the laws of the world due to her young age, but Charlotte was good at figuring out people’s emotions. It was just as Samuel said-Justin was the one who came looking for trouble first. So, making Rachel angry was his own fault.

But for some reason, Charlotte found Justin pitiful. They clearly had a huge fight, but Rachel wasn’t angry at all–even Charlotte was at a loss for words when faced with Rachel’s icy demeanor.

Adult relationships were just too hard to understand.

Justin had completely trashed the inside of the study–even the shelves had been pushed over. At that moment, the place was a complete mess.

Beyond the door of the study, it was quiet.

In the end, he sat in the middle of the carnage, suffering from his pain as he pressed a hand to his aching forehead. He remembered when he saw the picture in that email at his office earlier. When he saw Rachel and Janice standing together, fragments of an image flew through his mind.

It was an image of Janice, Hans, and Rachel standing together in an old alley. Rachel grinned between the two, her smile warm and gentle as Hans pulled her away from a cyclist cycling down the alley.

That scene had wounded his heart and his mind buzzed that instant. It felt like all those fragments had wound themselves together to assault his mind, making his temples hurt. He was in so much pain that he couldn’t even grip his mouse properly.

Right now, that scene once again assaulted his mind in the remains of the study, as though someone was hitting his temples repeatedly with a hammer, trying to make his insides burst out. The pain was agonizing.

“Hello?” In his pain, Justin called a doctor. “Dr. Aurich, where are you?”

the children to the dining room for dinner as the ruckus upstairs had been noticeable. The babysitter didn’t dare to speak much, opting to stand by the

could be heard coming

are you going, Mr.

too. As long as he apologized, Rachel would

heard anything as he rushed out of

eat your dinner.” Rachel’s voice brought Charlotte’s eyes back to her food. She then dropped a shrimp on

little worried. “Mommy, Daddy hasn’t

Charlotte, so her answer was half-hearted. “He’s a grown-up. He’ll eat when he’s

fight with Daddy again, Mommy?” Charlotte’s voice was small. “If you guys don’t make up, are you going to take Samuel

beat and she stopped peeling the shrimp when she heard Charlotte’s question. Immediately, her heart ached terribly. Regardless of what Justin did, it was his own mistake–the same went for

“I won’t leave you,

quite

at the fish soup on the table. “Miss Hudson specially ordered me to buy

do

moment before she responded

so she paid special attention to Justin’s meals, but she hadn’t expected him to lose his temper

hearing the

her daughter was willing to eat again, Rachel let out a

gone to see Dr. Aurich. The pain finally began

for a

“Feeling better?”

eyes. “I’m thinking of staying here for a bit longer. I seem to sleep better here. You

your headaches seem to be

is a little more

forgot were ones that had a heavy negative impact on you.

of my memories anymore.” Justin’s eyes were shut tightly. His

Aurich looked at Justin in confusion. “What do you mean by