Chapter 16
My Mute Bride
My Mute Bride Chapter 16 Meanwhile, Amber was savoring her freshly painted fingernails. She tucked her cell phone between her chin and her shoulder as she greeted, âHi, Madam Parham.â
âItâs me, Amber. Thereâs something that Iâd like to talk to you about.â
Amber straightened up upon hearing Sueâs words. âPlease tell me about it, Madam Parham.â After listening to Sueâs words, she hung up the phone and stared blankly at a spot on the floor.
After Jefferey came back from his company, he waved his hand before her eyes. âWhatâs wrong with you, Amber?â
His daughter came back to her senses and grabbed his arm at once. âDad! You must help me with the matter that I told you last time!â
Jefferey was startled for a moment before he knitted his brows. âDonât fool around! Rachel is still of use to me in the Burton Residence, so donât do anything foolish.â
Amber was unconvinced. âDad, I can also help you if I win the two menâs hearts. Why must you count on Rachel, that mute? What can she do?â
Even though Jefferey doted on Amber, he was aware of her willfulness. âThatâs enough, Amber. All you have to do is win Julianâs heart. It will be better if you can make him do whatever you say since that will enable my plan to be better accomplished in the future. Donât think about everything else. Justin has a heart of stone, so youâd better not mess with him.â
Amber shook her head. âNo, no, no. Youâre wrong, Dad. Justin is very nice to me. He likes me, and Iâm confident of making him fall in love with me. As for Julian, heâll also be mine sooner or later-please say yes, Dad. If you get Rachel out of the Burton Residence, my plan will be halfway accomplished!
Please, Dad!â
However, Jefferey didnât want to see Amber making trouble no matter how much he doted on her. âAll right, donât say that anymore. I wonât help you with this, so you should stop having designs on Justin as soon as possible. Iâll never let him off, let alone allow you to fall in love with him. Thatâs impossible.â
In the end, Amber still couldnât shake Jeffereyâs determination; she glared at him from behind with a look of displeasure as he left. However, even her father couldnât stop her when she became wayward.
âI must get married to Justin by whatever means. He should have been my man! Rachel seized my husband for herself!â After that, she gritted her teeth. âSince youâre not going to help me, Iâll just do it myself, Dad!â Then, she dialed Rachelâs number.
Rachel was watering the flowers when she received a phone call from an unfamiliar number. It was not until she heard the voice on the other end that she realized it was Amber. âItâs me, Rachel.â
Rachelâs hand that was holding the watering can paused for a moment when she heard Amberâs malicious laugh over the phone. Amber then stated her purpose on her own by saying, âI wonât beat around the bush, Rachel. I want Justin, so please leave on your own initiative. Since youâre my sister, I wonât make things too difficult for you. How about that?â
Rachel simply wanted to laugh. Theyâre father and daughter, yet one is forcing me to stay at the Burton Residence while the other is threatening and asking me to leave instead. Does that make a fenceâ
sitter who does whatever they want me to do? she thought to herself.
Of course, she wasnât intimidated by Amberâs threat. Jefferey controlled her grandmotherâs health, whereas Amber was only a wayward and self-centered little girl. Therefore, she hung up the phone directly without saying a word after Amber made this absurd request.
The other woman glared at her cell phone with an extremely gloomy expression, and her face was as black as thunder. Suddenly, she hit upon an idea, and the corner of her lips turned up. âYou forced me to do this, Rachel!â The smile on her lips was as strangely and charmingly beautiful as a flower. Right after that, she called another person and said, âJohn, I want you to help me find a high school PE teacher. By whatever means, get him to come and see me.â
As expected, a video made it into the list of trending topics on social media by the third day. It contained a confession of a bald middle-aged man, who gave an account of how he had a relationship with a female student a few years ago when he was a teacher at a high school. Furthermore, he described a string of unscrupulous details, including how he and the female student had had sex in hotel rooms.
Rachelâs photo appeared in the lower corner of the video. After that, someone began to dox her, and netizens quickly dug up her name, her address, and her identity as an illegitimate daughter. As the incident escalated very quickly, another post titled âThe Scandalous Story Between the Mute Wife of the Burton Groupâs President and Her High School Teacherâ made it into the list of trending topics and was ranked first by the netizens.