The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 233

Rachel poured him a glass of water and placed it next to his bed. Then, with well-practiced movements, she took out some papers from the cabinet and set them aside. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving then. Frankie will be here later with some new food for you.”

“Why are you in such a rush? Have you been busy at work recently?”

“Yes, it’s been very busy. I’ve been keeping tabs on this one project.”

“In that case, leave it to others.” Justin’s tone brooked no argument. “You only have one task, and that is to take care of me.”

“I won’t be coming from tomorrow onward.”

Justin promptly stood up right after that. “What did you say?”

“I hurt my hand, so I can’t cook.”

“That’s it?” Justin stared at her. “I can still eat hospital food if you can’t cook, but you must come every day to take care of me. I ended up hurt because I saved Samuel, so you have to take responsibility for this.”

“I think that Amber was right; I should indeed know when to pull myself back. I shouldn’t have gotten so close to you. Coming to the hospital every day with food for you will make people’s tongues wag. You have a fiancee, so leave this to her in the future,” Rachel said with a straight face.

“Are you angry with me right now?”

“No, I’m simply laying it to you straight, Mr. Burton. I think you should clarify what our relationship is. I am your ex-wife, and the only person connecting us is Charlotte.”

Justin looked at the woman before him. All of a sudden, he felt a kind of disappointment that he couldn’t describe. She clearly was the one who started it all, but now, he actually couldn’t quite leave everything behind.

“I’ll be taking my leave then,” Rachel said when she saw how Justin remained silent.

“Stop,” Justin called after her. “Even if Charlotte is the only reason we have common ground, I am still your superior. I am now commanding you as your superior to stay behind and take care of me.”

“The Burton Group has no such rule.”

“I make the rules.” Justin’s expression darkened. “Unless you want to stop working at the Burton Group, you’ll have to follow my orders.”

“You’re being unreasonable.”

Justin didn’t seem to have heard her. “Go down to the cafeteria now and get me some food. Also, I want pork rib soup for dinner.”

Rachel’s forehead was screwed up in a tight frown. After standing there for a while, she finally made her way over to the hospital’s cafeteria.

The uncomfortable expression on her face vanished without a trace the moment she left Justin’s ward. In the meantime, coldness bubbled up in those quiet eyes of hers.

For the next week after that, Rachel spent the rest of her time outside of working hours caring for Justin.

“Frankie, is President Burton the same person we remember?” The secretary promptly stopped Frankie right after dropping off some papers for Justin. “He just smiled when I asked him to sign those papers.”

Frankie’s expression was composed as usual. “When finance made a mistake in their data, Mr. Enfield personally came over, expecting to be scolded. Guess what Mr. Burton said to him?”

“Of course President Burton chewed him out. There’s a chance he might’ve even fired Mr. Enfield on the spot.”

“No, President Burton said to be more careful next time.”

The secretary’s eyes widened. “For real?”

“Why would I lie to you about this?”

“Did he get a personality swap? Has the hospital been spiking his food or something?”

“What’s with that nonsense?” Frankie tapped the secretary’s head, but then he thought about it. “Still, you’re right. There’s a particular medicine that’s being used to treat his condition.”

As he spoke, he saw Rachel walk down the corridor while chatting with Julian.

“Miss Hudson, Dr. Peters.”

Rachel greeted Frankie back.