The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41

“Rachel?” Tina frantically yelled out to her.

Instinctively, Rachel turned back. She was way more embarrassed to have encountered such a transgression.

“Y-You shouldn’t misunderstand…” Tina’s current expression was quite ugly.

Just then, Rachel didn’t understand why Tina was so anxious. Although this was an awkward situation, the latter was engaged to Noah anyway, so it was quite normal for them to be enamored with each other. Pleasure time with each other wasn’t exactly something to be ashamed of. (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)However, a moment later, as soon as she saw the guy behind Tina, the reason finally dawned upon Rachel. The man wasn’t Noah at all.

I came to get a bottle of wine. Rachel tried to put on a calm front and held up the bottle of wine in her hands to show Tina.

In fact, she had never met Noah and she didn’t know what he looked like either, but she happened to have met the guy behind Tina yesterday at the Burtons’ summer villa located in the outskirts of town. If she wasn’t mistaken, this man was the driver for the Burtons.

“Rachel… I mean… Rach” At that moment, Tina was evidently at a loss for what to do and she stammered as well. “Things are not what it seems. We were just…”

“She saw everything.” A male voice rang out from behind Tina and the man spoke with a definite tone.

Upon hearing that, Rachel unconsciously shuddered.

Just then, Tina had also begun to calm down and her expression darkened as she stared at Rachel. “Did you see everything?”

Instantly, Rachel shook her head vigorously to deny it.

“Stop pretending. You’ve seen everything, right?” Tina glanced at the wine bottle in Rachel’s hands. “How long have you been here for?”

Meanwhile, Rachel took a step backward. She had an awkward look on her face and she couldn’t quite find the words to explain herself.

“It doesn’t matter even though you’ve seen us.” Tina exhaled deeply and her expression was quite somber. “If you dare to reveal what you saw today, I swear you won’t be able to live in peace in Riverdale.”

Rachel held onto the wine bottle tightly. After a short pause, she nodded in response, as she did not want trouble either. It would not benefit her to reveal Tina’s private matters.

Tina’s fingers continued to tremble uncontrollably as she watched Rachel leave the cellar.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) Soon after that, the man behind her took her hands into his before he said in a low voice near her ears, “Can she be trusted?”

Tina’s expression was solemn. “Even if she can’t be trusted, there’s nothing we can do about it. She’s a mute and she already has trouble surviving in our family, so do you think she would have the guts to reveal anything? Besides, she doesn’t have any proof at all.”

Meanwhile, the man glowered.

On the other end, Rachel ran out of the cellar frantically. Finally, she managed to get to the upper floor

and she ran toward an area with people around. Unfortunately, she ran straight into a waiter and fell to the ground.

“Miss, are you fine?”

Shocked, Rachel quickly shook her head and she slowly came to her senses.

She heard some music coming from the living room further ahead so she quickly handed over the bottle of wine in her hands to the waiter. Then, she gestured, Please help me pass this to Amber.

Earlier in the cellar, she had torn her dress. There was not much time left and she still had to complete the task assigned by Justin. It was quite likely she would be mocked by Amber if she went back into the living room.

The dinner hadn’t officially started so Jefferey was still entertaining his guests in the reception area. Therefore, she would have to take this opportunity while he was still entertaining his guests to slip into his study room and look for the safe that Justin mentioned. The mansion was massive but fortunately for her, Jefferey’s bedroom and study room were located on the third floor of the function room tonight. In the end, Rachel succeeded in finding the exact location of the study room based on her memory

She pushed the door open with a loud ‘clack‘.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) There was a smell of smoke that hit her as soon as she entered the room. It didn’t smell like sandalwood but rather, it resembled the smell of incense that was usually burnt during prayers.

She scanned the surroundings and finally located the source of the smell. There was an extinguished incense burner located on the first row of the bookshelf and behind it was a statue of the Deity of Medications.

The Hudson Family came from a medical background so naturally, it was their tradition to pray to the Deity of Medications. Jefferey was quite particular about maintaining traditions so all of this seemed quite reasonable.

According to Justin, Jefferey’s safe was located within the shelf to the right of his study table.

And so, Rachel swiftly made her way there and pulled open the shelf door.

Indeed, Justin was right and there was a rectangular silver safe located within the shelf and it was built into the bookshelf. The safe was digitally locked and a password was required to unlock it. Without that, there was no chance of opening it. Moreover, it would be wishful to attempt to steal the safe as it was built into the bookshelf.

She took a few photos of the safe and sent them off to Justin.

The safe is here, so can I go now?’

She waited and waited, but there was no reply from the other end.

“Umph-”

It’s Justin! He was here all this while!

It seemed like Jefferey had brought a guest into the room and their conversation from outside was clearly audible through the thin board of the bookshelf. It sounded like they were discussing the problems faced with the transport of medical equipment.

After quite some time, there was a burst of laughter from outside.