My mute bride novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164

Rachel slowly closed her eyes. She didn’t care about being his wife or if the baby would be a b*stard. Ever since she got her memories back, she knew the both of them could never be together again.

It had been a month since Janice and her subordinates started the search in all the riverside neighborhoods. “Still nothing?” Julian asked as he handed her a bottle of water.

The wind was blowing against Janice’s hair. She took a sip and shook her head. “We searched all the riverside neighborhoods. One by one as well. No clue until now.”

“Maybe she’s locked in a mountain somewhere?”

“No. It’s mostly manors there. The Bureau of Real Estate has records of the manors’ owners.”

Bureau of Real Estate? All of a sudden, Julian had a stroke of inspiration. “I think we’ve been looking at this the wrong way. Even if Justin locked Rachel up, he wouldn’t put her in a place unrelated to him.”

“What are you getting at?”

“She’s either in a hotel or a personal estate he owns.”

Janice gripped the water bottle and she realized what Julian was getting at. “Hotels are out. There are too many people there.”

Which meant there were only estates left.

With how cautious Justin was, he would never take Rachel out of Riverdale, so she must be in one of the estates in the city.

Julian frowned. “But what’s up with ‘river’? What’s she trying to say?”

“Probably the neighborhood’s name.” Janice then made a call. “Hello? It’s me. I want all the details of Justin Burton’s estates in Riverdale ASAP.”

Janice received an email not long after she hung up. “He has a lot of properties in Riverdale.”

Julian nodded. “Good thing it’s still just this one city.”

“I’ll get my men to search the neighborhoods that have ‘river’ in their names. If we still can’t find her, we’ll expand the range. Don’t worry about it too much. No news is the best news.”

“I know.” It had been more than three months since Rachel’s disappearance, and Julian knew Janice was worried as well.

At the same time, Gloria came to the Burton Group to settle some matters. However, she ran into a janitor coming out of the other elevator when she arrived at her floor. He was pushing the cart as he went toward the president’s office. The janitor was lanky and a tuft of yellow hair sprouted from under his cap. Gloria’s heart sank when she realized who the janitor was, so she chased after him.

Justin’s secretary would usually stand guard outside his office when he wasn’t in. When the secretary had to leave, she would lock the door to keep any unauthorized personnel out. So when Gloria came to the office, she saw the ‘janitor’ trying to unlock the door. “What are you doing?”

The ‘janitor’ leaped in shock, revealing the face underneath the cap. It was none other than Victor. Before he could say anything, they heard someone talking just around the corner. Hence, Gloria quickly grabbed him and put her finger on the fingerprint scanner. The door swung open a moment later and she dragged him in with her.

After the door swung shut, they heard the secretary’s voice saying, “Who left this cart here? Assistant Beckham’s going to yell at someone if he sees this.”

“I’ll get the janitor to pick this up.”

Meanwhile, Gloria and Victor were in the office. “Are you mad?” She glared at him as she questioned, “Why did you come here? How did you manage to even get in?”

Victor took his face mask off, his face as handsome as ever. That being said, he looked more gaunt and there were a few bruises on his face.

Gloria was surprised to see that. “What happened to your face?”

“Ask Burton.” Victor looked at her in disgust, which in turn angered her.

“Why are you looking at me like that, silly kid? I just saved your *ss! You’re so ungrateful.”