The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 325

Chapter 325 The Reason She Stays by His Side

It had been a night of a roller-coaster ride, which felt surreal to all of them. At the break of dawn, they finally arrived at the Burton Residence.

Justin took a look at the time and uttered, “You two can wash up first. The chauffeur will fetch me later. I’ll tell him to buy you breakfast. You can have some food before sleeping.”

A surprised Rachel asked, “Aren’t you going to have a rest?”

“No. My flight will take off at about 9.00AM. I have to go on a business trip for a few days.”

“What a busy man.” Jolly yawned. “I’m not going to have breakfast. I’m dead-tired. You guys can have all the food.”

Rachel was exhausted, but she wasn’t sleepy at all. Both Noah and Amber fell into the river right in front of her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she would recall those horrifying moments.

Knowing what was on her mind, Justin comforted her by saying, “Stop thinking about it. They only have themselves to blame.”

Rachel pursed her lips as consolation was the last thing she needed now. “I’m not going to have breakfast. I need a rest now.”

When she left, she staggered and almost fell to the ground. An agile Justin wanted to support her weight, but before he even touched her, the woman moved away from him. Upon seeing the aversion behind her eyes, he became startled.

Without saying anything, Rachel frowned and headed upstairs.

As Justin’s bony fingers curled inwards, all he could grasp was air, and he felt hollow in his heart.

“Daddy.”

Justin came to his senses when he heard a child’s voice from upstairs. Charlotte was clad in pajamas with strawberry patterns, and as she rubbed her eyes, she looked like she was still very sleepy.

In a sweet voice, she said, “Did you just come home, Daddy? Where’s Mommy?”

Justin replied, “She has returned to her room.”

Charlotte yawned as her chubby face turned to Rachel’s room. Still in a groggy state, she shuffled toward her mother’s room.

Upon seeing that, Justin scurried upstairs and quickly picked up the young kid before uttering in a gentle voice, “Your mommy is exhausted, Charlotte. Let her have a rest.”

“But I want to sleep with Mommy.”

“I’ll keep you company.”

Charlotte’s eyes were only half-open, as she was still sleepy. Upon hearing that, she subconsciously nodded and rested her head on her father’s shoulder, almost dozing off in his embrace.

With the young kid in his arms, Justin ambled toward her room and put her down on the bed. When he saw that she had slumbered off with stable breathing, he couldn’t help but smile.

Was she sleepwalking or something?

When he thought of the fact that he wasn’t going to see his daughter for a few days, he decided to take a seat by the bed and examine the young kid. Her gaze looked just like Rachel’s, and there seemed to be a permanent smile on her lips.

While he was doing that, he caught a glimpse of a palm-sized paper crane on the bedside table. It was supposed to be her holiday homework.

The paper crane was beautifully folded. The only problem was that it was folded from a piece of plain white paper. Moreover, there seemed to be some words written on it.

When Justin took a closer look at it, he narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, Rachel was taking a shower in the guest room’s bathroom as she let the water coming from the showerhead rain on her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she recalled the moment Amber jabbed her knife into Noah’s body as the blood splashed on her.