The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 528

“Where is she?”

“The car is right here, so I bet she must be somewhere nearby.”

“You can have a look there while I check this area out. Start searching now.”

Judging from the sound of the footsteps, Jolly was able to tell that there were only two people outside the dumpster. At the thought of that realization, she clenched her fists, thinking her years of experience in some novice sparring training should be enough to help her fend off some thugs. However, she wasn’t confident enough to take on some dangerous outlaws who had no regard for their own safety. Not knowing how long had passed, Jolly began to hear footsteps coming closer and closer to her. As soon as the dumpster lid above her was lifted, she started to swing her fists wildly. Shortly after that, she heard a man moaning in pain and saw him covering his eyes. “Don’t you dare come close to me!”

“Jolly!” When Jolly heard a familiar voice, she snapped out of her frantic state and stopped swinging her fists crazily.

“Chris.”

As Jolly wanted to hug Rachel, the latter stepped back and said, “Wait a minute. Just step out of the dumpster first.” At that moment, Jolly’s body was shrouded by the reeking stench from the dumpster. Although she wished she didn’t have to turn Jolly’s hug away, she couldn’t stand the disgusting smell that was wafting from her.

After struggling to come out of the dumpster, Jolly walked up to Justin and apologized to him. “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know it was you.”

Justin covered his eye and shook his head. “I’m fine.”

“Let’s get you to the hospital later.” Frankie said, “But for now, we must go, Mr. and Mrs. Burton.” Before they could react, they were suddenly blocked by a silhouette.

“Where do you think you are going?”

“Wait a second. It looks like we have three more unexpected ‘guests here.”

“Who cares? Because that means we’re going to get even richer now.”

It turned out that there were two muscular men with a menacing look, which suggested that they were thugs who lurked in the hidden alleys around Enistan. However, they didn’t seem to be working for Shannon, judging from their conversation. Instead, they looked more like they were trying to blackmail Justin and the others for money.

In that instant, Justin quickly stood in front of the ladies and shielded them behind him. “If money is what you guys are after, I can give it to you. All I’m asking is for you to let us go.”

One of the men spat and asked, “How much can you give us?”

“How much do you want?”

“This much.” The thug stuck out all five of his fingers.

“No problem. Just let us go.”

As they didn’t expect Justin to agree to their request so quickly, they couldn’t help but feel doubtful upon hearing Justin’s reaction. “I haven’t even said how much before you agreed. Are you trying to mess with us? I want five million!”

“Sure.” Justin agreed without any hesitation. After all, his priority was to keep himself and the ladies safe, so even if he had to pay five billion, he wouldn’t even hesitate to fork over the money.

The thugs sized them up and replied, “Good. We like your generosity, but we only accept cash.”

“Five million in cash? Are you out of your mind?” Jolly lost her patience and berated the thugs. “Do you know how much cash there is for five million? Where do you expect us to get you that kind of money?”

“Do you think we don’t know that, b*tch?!”

Fearing that the thugs would get pissed, Justin raised his hand and said, “I can give you guys this watch for you to sell it. It’s worth at least four million. If you insist on having cash, I have no problem paying you that, but are you sure you can walk away with it in one piece?”

The two muscular thugs looked at each other, whereupon one of them walked closer to Justin and said, “Throw it over here.”