The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88

“I… I’ll do it.” Mrs. Duncan volunteered herself after Sue pinched her.

“No.” Julian was blocking the room, stopping anyone from seeing what was happening inside. He then pointed at a young maid behind Mrs. Duncan. “You. Come with me.”

The young mald was surprised, so she looked at Mrs. Duncan to ask her opinion.

“Is something the matter, Master Julian? She’s a newbie, so I can,”

“No. I said I want her. Do you understand me?” Julian growled darkly, silencing everyone. After the young maid went into the room, Julian closed the door again, leaving everyone dumbfounded. When they heard the door locking up, Sue knew she couldn’t find anything out.

Sue frowned. “What happened inside?”

Mrs. Duncan shook her head. “It’s dark. Can’t see a thing.”

When Sue recalled what happened the night before, her frown deepened further.

At the same time, Julian turned the lights on. When the maid saw the state the bed was in, she paled and gasped. Julian told her, “Take her to the bathroom and bathe her.”

“Master Julian, what h-”

“Don’t ask. And what happened here stays here, got it?”

The servant nodded hastily.

Steam from the hot water was filling the bathroom up. Rachel was in a bathtub, staring ahead blankly, while the maid silently was wiping her body.

In the meantime, Julian was standing outside, telling the maid to put some salve on Rachel’s wound on the lower body. The moment the pain assailed her, Rachel curled up. When she recalled what happened the night before, she started shivering. “Did I hurt you, Madam?”

A drop of tear rolled down Rachel’s cheek; that was her answer. The maid stopped asking, but she was more careful with Rachel after that.

Everyone said Madam’s lucky she married Master Justin. Said nobody would want a mute like her otherwise. But I haven’t even been here for a week, and Master Justin has already raped her. Lucky? If thi: is lucky, hell is heaven.

The rain persisted for a whole day in Riverdale.

When Amber came back home, she noticed her father’s white car in the yard. “Oh, Dad’s home?”

“Yes, Miss. He came back this morning. Mr. Grant is here too.” She looked up, but the study was locked. “Did something happen?”

The servant shook her head. “I don’t know, but Master doesn’t look happy. He was talking about some project when I brought him tea. Something about Burton Group.”

Amber’s heart sank.

At the same time, it was all doom and gloom in the study. Suddenly, Jefferey pushed all the documents onto the ground. “We were so close to signing the contract! Why’d they change their

partner all of a sudden? I thought the bid was public. Everyone saw our ranking!”

Mr. Grant was sweating buckets. “We don’t know what happened. They just changed their minds all of

a sudden.”

“At least give me a reason.”

“I heard President Wyatt met up with Justin this morning.”

“Justin Burton?” Jefferey’s face fell.

“Mr. Hudson, Burton Group has been attacking us over the last few years, and you expected that to happen this time too. If this keeps up, they’ll eventually acquire the company.”