The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144

“Room service.”

Gloria and Victor were pushing a janitor cart that belonged to the hotel.

A man in a black attire opened the door and moved aside. “Come in.”

She was slightly shocked as she quickly placed her hand on Victor.

The man was one of Justin’s bodyguards and they both had met him before. If it hadn’t been for the masks, the bodyguard would have immediately recognized them.

If there weren’t any accidents, Rachel should be right here in this suite.

The door to the master bedroom was kept shut.

Rachel sat on the carpet as she helplessly hugged her knees to her chest. Her tears had run dry a long time

ago.

She didn’t know how much time had passed when someone knocked on the door.

Knock knock

The door opened from the other side and the bodyguard entered with a meal tray in hand. “Mrs. Burton, you haven’t eaten anything in two days. The hotel has prepared some soup for you, so please at least have some. If something happens to you, President Burton will hold us responsible.”

Rachel flipped the meal tray over as her shoulders trembled.

When she did so, the hot soup scalded the bodyguard’s hand. He took in a sharp breath, but he dared not say anything as he silently cleaned up and left. Once he was out of earshot, he cursed as he walked.

“She’s still not eating?” The other bodyguard outside gave a pitiful look. “You were scalded?”

“Obviously. No matter what they say, I won’t send the food later tonight. You should do the job.”

“She won’t eat even if we send in the food, so let’s just stop taking the food in.”

“If Frankie and President Burton learn about this, they’ll rip us into shreds. We’re simply unlucky to be in this position, so let’s just submit to fate.”

“Let’s eat first, I suppose.”

The hotel had already sent the bodyguards their lunch and the food was on the dining table.

The two bodyguards walked over to the table to sit down. As they ate, they glanced at the two janitors who were still tidying up the room. “Why are you guys so slow today?”

“Huh? You don’t have to clean the master bedroom, so you can leave that alone.”

Gloria and Victor hastily nodded and collected their things as they prepared to leave.

Behind them, the two bodyguards feasted on the meal. They hadn’t eaten much and suddenly fell over before Gloria and Victor could even reach the door. The motionless bodyguards flopped on the table.

“Timber!” Victor pulled at Gloria’s sleeve. “Isn’t your drug a little too effective?”

“I swiped a bottle or two when I visited Justin’s medical research institute. No one dares to sell this sort of drug on the market. Good thing I had foresight.” Gloria beamed gleefully. “Now, let’s get down to business.”

The two then ran toward the master bedroom.

“Miss Rachel!”

A complete mess had greeted them when they opened the door to the bedroom. Rachel was seated on the carpet next to the bed and she looked so frail that she could topple over at any moment.

When she saw Gloria and Victor, she was stunned for a long while as she thought she was dreaming.

The three of them then rented a car and sped to Riverdale the same night.

Gloria was the one behind the wheel on their way back.

Rachel had borrowed Victor’s phone and contacted Janice first and foremost.

Since Justin refused to help, she could only turn to Janice.

“Victor, tell Rachel to calm down first. I’ll check the texts and calls on her phone to see whether I can track where the kidnapping occurred.”

“Okay, got it.”