My mute bride novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109

At that moment, Rachel’s heart was wretched; she had no idea when she’d fallen in love with this man. Perhaps it was at Tina’s wedding banquet, during which she witnessed how he had ignored the rumors and gossip while defending her despite being mad with jealousy himself. Perhaps it was on the day of her car accident, during which he comforted Rachel by telling her not to be afraid because he was waiting for her. Perhaps it was when he came to her defense and scolded the servants shortly after she married into the Burton Family. Or perhaps it happened even earlier…

When Justin saw how Rachel’s eyes slowly dimmed, he felt as though a corner of an iceberg had suddenly broken into pieces. His heart wrenched terribly, and his hands trembled. “I warned you not to test my limits!”

Gasp! Air suddenly filled Rachel’s lungs the instant the grip on her throat loosened, and she collapsed onto the ground and coughed incessantly.

Meanwhile, Justin strode out in a huff. “I’m going to break his other leg right now!”

Instead, Rachel clung to Justin’s leg with all her might. The latter had broken one of Han’s legs before, so she would never let the same thing happen again.

At the sight of this, Justin grew even more irritable. “Let go of me!”

However, Rachel summoned up all her strength and held onto his leg desperately, she couldn’t let go of it no matter what. Then, with a loud bang, Justin pulled open the door to the villa. The violent storm instantly burst into view, and Rachel, who was clinging desperately onto Justin’s leg, was dragged all the way to the courtyard.

The woman’s knees bled from being dragged across the cobblestone path. Then, Justin seized her by the collar and roughly lifted her up. “Are you even willing to risk your life for this man’s sake?”

Rachel couldn’t make any sound other than a whimper, and she couldn’t explain herself. In Justin’s opinion, the only bonding that could exist between a man and a woman was a romantic one. Please let Hans off.

Hurt suddenly showed in Justin’s eyes as the twinge in his heart made him feel very irascible. “All right, just kneel here if you want me to let him off! The longer you kneel, the longer I’ll spare him!” As soon as he finished his sentence, he clutched Rachel’s collar and flung her onto the cobblestone path with a loud thud.

Ugh… Rachel gritted her teeth hard and slowly got up. Then, she knelt down at Justin’s feet as the ice-cold rain pattered against her face. She could hardly open her eyes in the rain, yet her pallid face wore an

expression that was both vulnerable and stubborn.

Justin slammed the door shut with a loud bang, leaving Rachel to kneel alone in the rain under the pitch-black night.

The night sky darkened, and the rain became heavier. Peals of thunder boomed one after another as if to deliberately keep everyone awake tonight. Just then, a white sedan pulled up in the garage. Julian’s expression changed instantly when he came back to see such a scene in the courtyard. “Rachel…”

The woman was kneeling as straight as a ramrod like a statue. Drenched to the skin by the rain, she seemed to have lost consciousness, but she still gritted her teeth hard nonetheless.

“What are you doing, Rachel? Get up,” Julian urged as he pulled at her, but he couldn’t get her to move.

Just then, Mrs. Duncan hurried out of the house and held the umbrella over Julian’s head. “Young Master Peters, y-you’d better stay out of this.”

Julian glanced in the direction of the study on the second floor, and his face darkened even more. He immediately walked into the house. “Young Master Peters…” Mrs. Duncan hurriedly went after him.

Julian went to knock on the door to Justin’s study, but there was no answer from the inside. “Open the door, Justin! Did you order Rachel to kneel outside? Are you out of your mind? Why do you treat her like this again and again? She is your wife!”

“Julian!” Sue hurried out and grabbed Julian after hearing the noise. “The way I see it, you’re the one who is out of your mind. Why do you keep meddling in Justin and his wife’s affairs?”

“Justin has gone too far!”

“Even if he has gone too far, it’s still a matter between him and his wife. If that mute cannot accept this, she can just ask for a divorce and leave. However, she’s continuing to stay at the Burton Residence despite Justin’s treatment, isn’t she? Has anyone forced her to do so?”

However, her words were met with no answer.

Sue continued, “Can’t you change your mind out of consideration for Julian? Just think of this as a favor to me. You know how kind-hearted Julian is. He can’t bear to see this!”

Still, there was no answer from inside the room.

“Justin…” Sue spent ages trying to persuade both Julian and Justin, but she failed to make any of them change their minds. Finally, she plonked herself down in front of the door and wiped her tears.

The rain outside the window showed no signs of stopping until midnight, upon which it was slowly reduced to a continuous pitter-patter of raindrops. When Justin pulled the door open with a loud creak, both Sue and Mrs. Duncan let out a gasp. Their eyes were wide open with fright, and all the words they had originally planned to say froze on their lips.

Justin said in a cold voice, “Tell her to get inside!”

With that, Rachel and Julian were helped into the house by the servants. Both of them were chilled to the bone; the servants wrapped them in towels, but it couldn’t stop the biting cold from freezing their bodies inside out as they were soaked to the skin. “Hurry up and bring the ginger tea over! Julian, hurry up and have some ginger tea to warm yourself,” Sue urged.

Julian took the cup of ginger tea, but he held it out to Rachel instead.

Thanks. Rachel carefully took the teacup from him.

Just then, a servant’s inquiring voice came from behind. “Is this yours, Mrs. Burton?” She was holding a wooden box in her hands. However, the box had gotten so badly soaked by the rain that its surface swelled with signs of chipping. “This box seems to have been soaked through.”

Rachel’s pupils suddenly contracted.