The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 237

Chapter 237

Suddenly, there was a cold glint that flashed out amid the loud cries of the crowd.

Rachel instinctively took a step backward but she did not move fast enough. Suddenly, the pair of scissors came flying right at her. She lifted her arm to block it but in the very next moment, she was forcefully pulled into a pair of arms and held in a tight, protective stance.

Surprisingly, the pain that she had expected did not hit.

She heard a muffled grunt from the top of her head and the familiar voice that rang out caught her by surprise. She lifted her head, only to see Justin.

She wasn’t sure when he had appeared behind her and right now, he held her tightly in his arms with his back facing Jefferey.

Rachel stared at him incredulously and she couldn’t quite come to her senses for some time.

‘Clang!’ Suddenly, there was a loud clatter and the scissors fell to the ground behind them.

Meanwhile, Jefferey’s voice, which was full of anger and dismay, rang out, “Justin, why did you”

“Are you alright?” Justin asked instead, his thoughts only on the woman in his arms.

It was at that point that Rachel finally came to her senses. “I’m fine. How about you?”

However, Justin grabbed her hand and stopped her from examining his wound.

“Where are the security guards?” He turned around and exclaimed coldly, “Hurry up and get this lunatic out of the place!”

“Me?! A lunatic?! I’m Rachel’s dad! Justin, even if you don’t marry Amber and choose Rachel instead, that doesn’t change the fact that I’ll be your father-in-law! How dare you lay your hands on me?!”

“I’ve never seen any father like you who would lay hands on their daughter. I’m already being lenient for Rae’s sake by not calling the cops on you!”

Meanwhile, the security guard kept a tight hold on Jefferey, but the latter went on a crazy tirade. “How dare you touch me? Justin, you’re such a beast! My darling Amber spent five years of her life with you and ended up with nothing! That’s five long years and this is how you treat her?”

“Rachel Hudson, I should have just let you die in that fire twenty-five years ago!”

“I’ve raised an enemy for myself! I have indeed raised an enemy!”

Just then, Jefferey’s loud cries dimmed until they finally disappeared.

“Everything’s fine now.” Justin held Rachel in his arms and covered her ears as if by doing that, he could protect her from hearing all those callous words.

Sometimes, only those who were the closest to you would know the most painful spot to inflict pain.

“President Burton, you’re bleeding!” As Frankie rushed over in a hurry, the first thing he noticed was the wound on Justin’s back.

There was a huge, gaping wound on Justin’s back from being slashed by the scissors and instantaneously. the blood stained his shirt bright red as it trickled down his back.

Just then, Rachel noticed the bloodstains on the ground and she finally came to her senses. “Why is there so much blood?” It was at this point that she saw the gaping wound on Justin’s back and she exclaimed, “Call for an ambulance! Hurry!”

At the hospital, Justin endured seven stitches to his back.

“Come back one week later to remove the stitches. Make sure that the wound does not get wet. Do take a seat for a short while and if everything is fine, you can leave after that.”

“Thanks.”

After Frankie had sent the doctor out, he glanced at the two in the room and coughed before saying, “Uh-I’ll go and get the medication. Miss Hudson, could you please help me keep an eye on Mr. Burton for a short while?”

With that, Frankie hurriedly darted out of the room.

And so, Rachel and Justin were the only two left in the room. She stared at the wound on Justin’s back and saw that the horrendous scar-about the length of an index finger-that ran down his back, resembled a centipede. Upon seeing that, she furrowed her brows.

“It’s fine. It doesn’t hurt that much.” Justin grabbed her hand. “I forgot to ask, though. Were you hurt? Jefferey’s a lunatic! How could he have laid hands on you?”