The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 217

“It’s all right.” Justin pushed the processed documents on his desk to the side. “Hand these out to the departments.”

It took a long time before Frankie came to his senses. “Yes, President Burton.” Since he was still worried, he asked while taking the documents, “Is your eye really all right, sir?”

Justin gave him a frosty look.

Frankie shuddered instantly. “I’ll deliver the documents now.”

“Wait a minute,” Justin called out to him. “Find another school for Charlotte.” He was worried. Since that brat named Victor held a grudge against him, it was not a good thing for Charlotte to be in his class.

Soon after Frankie left, there was a knock on the door. “Come in,” said Justin.

“Hey, Justin.”

Justin looked up when he heard Amber’s voice.

As she hurriedly stepped toward him, Amber exclaimed, “Oh, gosh! What’s the matter with your eye, Justin?”

“I knocked into something by accident.” Justin frowned as he didn’t want to elaborate much. “What brings you here?”

“I have a lecture on medicine this afternoon, so I came to get something and bring you breakfast while I’m at it.” Amber waved the breakfast bag she was holding. “It seems pretty bad. Let me look at it.” She put down the breakfast bag before immediately searching the office for the first-aid kit.

Justin hadn’t had time to take any ointment when he left Julian’s place hastily last night. Since the bruise around his eye was left untreated, it had gotten so bad at the moment that he couldn’t even hold this morning’s meeting.

Amber had been a doctor before, so her skills were more than sufficient to treat such a minor bruise. “It may hurt a little, so please bear with it, Justin.” She dipped the cotton swab in the ointment and applied it around Justin’s eyes. Then, she patiently blew on the bruise to relieve the pain.

Justin was somewhat moved inwardly when he saw how meticulous and attentive Amber was. After all, she was at his bedside when he regained consciousness after the car accident back then, and she had always been by his side over the last five years. Even though he was indifferent to her, she never made a fuss about it. She had a meek disposition, for which she should be given credit.

After treating the bruise, Amber lowered her head and packed the first-aid kit back up. “It’s done. Try not to let the bruise come into contact with water over the next few days. I’ll tell Frankie which medicine to buy.”

“Are you here expressly to bring me breakfast?”

Amber was startled for a moment before her eyes reddened slightly. “I can’t hide anything from you, can I? I just want to see you since I haven’t seen you for a long time. I know I shouldn’t disturb you while you’re working.”

“It’s all right. I’m not busy today.”

“Really? I didn’t bother you?” Amber was pleasantly surprised at Justin’s rare display of patience.

“No, you didn’t.” Justin had a thoughtful expression on his face. “Since you’re here, I’d like to ask you something.”

“Sure, just go ahead.”

“Rachel is your sister, so you should know very well why I married her and divorced her back then, right?”

Amber’s smile froze on her lips in an instant. It seems like he’s asking about Rachel, she thought to herself. “Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?”

“Julian said I had done a disservice to your sister back then, but no one can tell me what happened at the time.”

Amber pinched her palm as she tried to calm herself down. “Why would Julian say that? How could you possibly have done a disservice to Rachel? Had she not gotten in the way back then, I would have been the person who married into the Burton Family as your wife…”