The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 460

Rachel was in shock as she clenched her fists. Then, Ryan’s voice resonated from the table as he wore a mere smile and asked, “President Hudson is going to vote for President Peters too, right?”

She just had a deal with President Sanchez. If she embarrassed the host now, how could she continue with the collaboration? Certainly, Ryan did this on purpose to land her in a difficult position.

She immediately recalled Jolly’s comment about him-he never did things without a purpose. How could he be so kind to help Rachel pull strings and save the ruptured capital chain of Hudson Pharmaceuticals? This was obviously a trap that he set up with Julian for her. It went without saying how many of the Chamber of Commerce’s members here were bribed, as well as how many of them had their weaknesses in Julian’s hand.

“I don’t feel so well. I should head back first.” Rachel stood up all of a sudden without batting an eyelid at the surprised expressions of the others and she left right after saying so.

“Sorry, everyone. You guys should continue while I go after her.” Julian followed behind the woman. With the thought of staying out of trouble, she rushed out of the place but was stopped by him. “Rachel.”

Rachel bluntly swung his hand off. “I really have something to do. Jolly is waiting for me outside.” “Are you holding up your guard against me? Do you think I’d do anything to you?”

“I wasn’t before this; I was simply being cautious of Ryan. I didn’t think that I’d need to be guarded against you now, though.” She had a complicated look on her face. “I don’t understand how you ended up like this, Julian.”

“How did I end up?” When she heard that, she just gave him a gaze without saying anything. At this moment, Julian looked at her calmly and said, “I’ll say it for you if you don’t want to. I’ve become a greedy, despicable, and avaricious person that you despise and scorn.”

Rachel could feel her brows ticking. Even when she had some of those thoughts, she would keep them to herself and wouldn’t really comment on a person in this way since her mannerisms didn’t allow her to do so. However, she didn’t feel delighted at all when he said it out loud. She just felt worse. “You don’t have to do this, Julian.”

“Why not?” Julian looked at her. “If I don’t do this, would I be able to hold onto my status in the Burton Group? Do you know that since the day I received the will, there’s been no turning back for me anymore?”

Jason had committed adultery with Julian’s mother and made him into an illegitimate child. In fact, they even drugged Arthur and killed him. “Do you think that I don’t know how they talked about me in private despite not saying it in front of me? In their eyes, I’ll forever be an illegitimate child who appeared out of nowhere.”

“You can just ignore what they say.” “Then, what? Ignore them and continue to be a mediocre surgeon? Should I just pretend I never heard all those rumors?” He was getting hot- tempered all of a sudden. It was probably because he had drunk a few glasses of wine, and there was a trace of him being drunk on his face.

He stared at Rachel and sadded, “I want to replace Justin completely. Not only that, I want to outperform him and have a higher status than him so that those people who hold grudges against me wouldn’t dare to say a word in front of me anymore!”

When she heard that, she had mixed feelings. Rachel looked at the man in front of her, her gaze turning pitiful. “If that’s really what you want, I’m not in the place to interfere with you either.” She turned around and left right after she said that.

“Wait.” Julian stopped her. “Who are you going to vote for during the election?” “I’ll vote for whoever is fit for the position.”