The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 298

Chapter 298

“I’m sorry.”

Justin suddenly apologized to Rachel, which startled her. “Why are you apologizing to me?”

“If I was by your side at that time-”

“It’s useless.” She shrugged her shoulders, looking relaxed. “There are some things in life that you just have to experience yourself. It’s no use to rely on others.”

Ever since she was a kid, this was how Nancy had taught her to gain a sense of security by herself.

When she was being alienated at school, she did her best in her studies and graduated with flying colors.

When she was being oppressed in the workplace, she did her best to gain a promotion as fast as possible.

“If I had done nothing at that time and waited for someone to save me, I would have been doomed long ago.” Rachel revealed a soothing smile, but in Justin’s eyes, it was a little hard to bear for him.

“Chris!” Jolly’s voice was heard from afar. “Come over here!”

“I’m coming.” Rachel jumped from the rock and walked two steps toward them before looking back to wave the grilled fish at Justin. “It tastes a bit bland. Remember to sprinkle more cumin on it next time.”

Suddenly, his stern face softened as he couldn’t help but smile.

Meanwhile, Gloria asked Victor, “When Miss Rachel left 5 years ago, why did you disappear?”

“Miss Janice told me to leave Riverdale so that I wouldn’t be targeted by some people.” He flipped the lamb skewer and stared at Justin in the distance. “It wouldn’t be nice if I was killed and silenced.”

“What are you talking about? No matter how insane he became, he wouldn’t actually kill someone.”

“He wouldn’t do it to you,” Victor noted angrily. “As for us, he wouldn’t have that much patience.”

Gloria didn’t know what else to say. “You’re going to overcook the lamb, you know.”

“It’s not ready yet. Do you really want to eat raw meat? Go and get some cumin. Rachel loves to eat those.”

“You only know what she wants.” Gloria rolled her eyes at him. Even though she had said no, she still quickly headed off to get the condiments.

Victor was the only one left in front of the barbecue grill.

As he looked at Justin in the distance, the two of them stared at each other. Suddenly, Justin nodded his head politely as an acknowledgment, which startled Victor, so he turned around and pretended not to see

Justin.

It’s even worse now that you have lost your memories. Now, everyone is treating you as the innocent one while the rest of us are the bad guy.

It was finally deep into the night when the last light at the Hudson Pharmaceuticals’ research lab was switched off.

The highly-paid pharmacist whom Rachel hired removed his white coat and exited the automated sliding door. It was only after he checked whether the entrance was locked that he left.

This was the core research department of Hudson Pharmaceuticals where all the data of the new drugs were stored.

A rustling sound was suddenly heard in the lab a short while after the main entrance was closed. The sound was particularly clear in the peaceful lab.

Then, the light from a phone screen came through the locker.

Creek!

The locker was opened from the inside before a slim figure crept out. After looking around to make sure that no one else was there, the person quickly went to the front of a lab machine to locate the experimental data on the table.

In fact, those were the new drugs, but they were all halfway done since they were still undergoing medical trials.

Amber furrowed her brows and looked around one more time.

Rachel wouldn’t tell others about the dosage of the drugs because that was the core secret of the pharmaceutical. However, the pharmaceuticals needed these data to mass produce those drugs, so the data of those dosages was only stored in the computer that couldn’t be accessed without deciphering the codes.