“Mrs. Burton, have some herbal soup.”
Thanks, Miss Jennifer.
Rachel was reading a book on the couch with a sweater draped over her when Jennifer came with a bowl of soup.
The recently disgruntled Rachel had finally managed to recover a little thanks to Jennifer’s help in taking care of her by providing nutritious food.
“Why are you thanking me? All these bowls of herbal soup were sent by Frankie. He had been sending these tonics for the past two days and it would be a waste if you don’t eat them.”
While she drank the soup, Rachel glanced at one corner of the living room where Frankie placed all the tonics
earlier from the corner of her eye.
Although Justin hadn’t visited for the past few days, the items at home still continued to arrive as Frankie would swing by with bags after bags of things every morning.
Even though Rachel didn’t talk to Justin, she still acknowledged everything that he did.
Miss Jennifer, thank you for the past two days.
“You’re welcome.” Jennifer pointed at the kitchen. “There’s still more herbal soup in the kitchen. You should drink some since you haven’t eaten lunch yet, Frankie. I’ll go and get some for you.”
“It’s fine,” came Frankie’s reply.
Nevertheless, Jennifer still proceeded to the kitchen despite his refusal.
At the same time, Rachel placed her bowl of herbal soup back on the table before she lowered her head to read her book
Upon seeing that, Frankie hesitantly responded, “Mrs. Burton, the reason why President Burton hasn’t been returning home is because he’s afraid that you’ll lose your appetite at his sight. He actually cares about you.”
However, she snorted.
For the past six months, everything that Justin had done made her feel like throwing the towel. As for Hans and Grandma’s deaths, which one of them wasn’t caused by him? What is he trying to do by being nice to me again?
This isn’t him caring for me; this is him being possessive.
I’m just a toy to him that he bought from Jefferey. Even though Justin doesn’t like me, he would never let anyone have me since he has purchased me and I belong to him forever.
“Mrs. Burton, it’s not like that.” Frankie didn’t know how to defend Justin. “Do you still blame President Burton for Nancy’s death?”
Shouldn’t I? Rachel shot Frankie a cold look. If she was your family member, would you have acted like nothing happened?
“It’s not like President Burton didn’t want to save her, though. He already asked his men to withdraw the second it happened,”
She was stunned before she thought, Justin asked his men to withdraw? Still, he made the police report! If he hadn’t done so, Grandma wouldn’t have died.
“Police report?” It was his turn to give her an odd look. “Who told you that President Burton made a police report? When the kidnappers demanded a case filled with gold bars, President Burton made a deal to hand
them the gold bars in exchange for Nancy. He even went alone without me!”
At this moment, Rachel sat up in disbelief. That’s impossible. How did Grandma die, then?
“Didn’t the doctor tell you? Nancy’s illnesses acted up again, which was why she passed away the second day after she was kidnapped. The only reason why the kidnappers continued to mess around with us was for more money!”
Her face immediately turned pale. That’s not possible. How could this be?
Then, her hand, which was holding the book, started to tremble.
The book page was torn apart as a dazed Rachel stared at the book on her lap before tears started to drop on the page. Her vision became blurry and she couldn’t tell what was written on the book any longer. Justin wanted to save Grandma?
Frankie sighed. “The police came after that. I don’t know who made the police report, but it’s definitely not President Burton since he went for the deal alone. If it weren’t for the police, something might have already happened to him. You don’t even know how serious it was!”
His clear voice broke through all the allegations that she had made up in her mind. It was her hatred toward
Justin that caused her to make a fool out of herself.
The truth was the complete opposite of what Rachel had imagined.
“Mrs. Burton, please don’t be angry at President Burton anymore. He has been staying at the company all this time and even lost a lot of weight.”
After Frankie left, Rachel was left alone as she stared at the book. Did I misunderstand him?
Although it was already late, she somehow couldn’t fall asleep.
The sound of the car engine rang out from the window’s direction after a long time and she immediately got up from bed.
Upon reflecting on Frankie’s words, Rachel finally decided to thrash it out with Justin.
Nevertheless, voices rang out from outside after she waited for a long time.
Rachel was slightly taken aback as she thought she had misheard and went to open the door.
“Justin, why did you bring me here all of the sudden? It’s too far.”
“Is that so? Well, it’s quiet here since the city is overpopulated.”
“Still, doesn’t Rachel stay here?”
“What about it? She’s just another decorative object in this house anyway. Does anything I want to do or anyone I bring home concerns her? Moreover, you’re my fiancée!”
Upon hearing those two voices, Rachel’s grip on the staircase’s rail tightened. Her fingernails dug deep into the rail as her face paled.
Just a decorative object?! As expected, I’m nothing more than that in his eyes. I can’t believe that I was like a fool to have actually believed what Assistant Beckham claimed. I even thought that I misunderstood Justin when he cared about me.
When she heard those two heading upstairs, she quickly hid in her room.
However, she could still hear those ear-deafening noises from the back of the wall.
“Justin, stop it!”
“Wait for me. I’ll go and take a bath.”
There was silence at this point.
Rachel covered her ears and shook her head helplessly, trying to remove those images in her mind. Still, she couldn’t lie to herself as she fell to the carpeted floor while bitterness filled her mouth.
The sound of water splashing down continued to ring in her ears.
Not able to withstand it anymore, Rachel staggered to the bathroom where she sat in the bathtub without removing her clothes. Then, she turned on the tap. In no time, the bathtub was filled with water before she submerged herself in it as she tried to block all the noises that plagued her.
At the same time, a neatly dressed man sat on the couch and lit up his cigar in the room next door.
He wasn’t affected by the noises of water in the bathroom whatsoever.
Nevertheless, his face darkened in the midst of the smoke.
Throughout the past few days, Rachel had never tried to contact him or send any texts. Even after he had brought Amber home, he did not see Rachel emerging from her room after he waited in the living room for what seemed like eternity.
Looks like that woman really wishes for me to disappear from her sight since she doesn’t want to be related to anything about me. Well, it’s true that she didn’t get married into the Burton Family anyway.
Justin’s expression darkened at that thought.
At this moment, Amber’s voice rang out from the bathroom. “Justin, why aren’t there any towels in the bathroom? Can you grab one for me?”
As he snapped out of his daze, he frowned.
“Justin, are you outside? Justin?!”
Amber poked her head out of the bathroom in confusion.
However, Justin had already left some time ago, only leaving a midst of cigar smoke around the couch.
