My Mute Bride Chapter 164
Rachel slowly closed her eyes. She didn’t care about being his wife or if the baby would be a b*stard.
Ever since she got her memories back, she knew the both of them could never be together again.
It had been a month since Janice and her subordinates started the search in all the riverside
neighborhoods. “Still nothing?” Julian asked as he handed her a bottle of water.
The wind was blowing against Janice’s hair. She took a sip and shook her head. “We searched all the
riverside neighborhoods. One by one as well. No clue until now.”
“Maybe she’s locked in a mountain somewhere?”
“No. It’s mostly manors there. The Bureau of Real Estate has records of the manors’ owners.”
Bureau of Real Estate? All of a sudden, Julian had a stroke of inspiration. “I think we’ve been looking at
this the wrong way. Even if Justin locked Rachel up, he wouldn’t put her in a ce unrted to him.”
“What are you getting at?”
“She’s either in a hotel or a personal estate he owns.”
Janice gripped the water bottle and she realized what Julian was getting at. “Hotels are out. There are
too many people there.”
Which meant there were only estates left.
With how cautious Justin was, he would never take Rachel out of Riverdale, so she must be in one of
the estates in the city.
Julian frowned. “But what’s up with ‘river’? What’s she trying to say?”
“Probably the neighborhood’s name.” Janice then made a call. “Hello? It’s me. I want all the details of
Justin Burton’s estates in Riverdale ASAP.”
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Janice received an email not long after she hung up. “He has a lot of properties in Riverdale.”
Julian nodded. “Good thing it’s still just this one city.”
“I’ll get my men to search the neighborhoods that have ‘river’ in their names. If we still can’t find her,
we’ll expand the range. Don’t worry about it too much. No news is the best news.”
“I know.” It had been more than three months since Rachel’s disappearance, and Julian knew Janice
was worried as well.
At the same time, Gloria came to the Burton Group to settle some matters. However, she ran into a
janitoring out of the other elevator when she arrived at her floor. He was pushing the cart as he
went toward the president’s office. The janitor wasnky and a tuft of yellow hair sprouted from under
his cap. Gloria’s heart sank when she realized who the janitor was, so she chased after him.
Justin’s secretary would usually stand guard outside his office when he wasn’t in. When the secretary
had to leave, she would lock the door to keep any unauthorized personnel out. So when Gloria came to
the office, she saw the ‘janitor’ trying to unlock the door. “What are you doing?”
The ‘janitor’ leaped in shock, revealing the face underneath the cap. It was none other than Victor.
Before he could say anything, they heard someone talking just around the corner. Hence, Gloria quickly
grabbed him and put her finger on the fingerprint scanner. The door swung open a momentter and
she dragged him in with her.
After the door swung shut, they heard the secretary’s voice saying, “Who left this cart here? Assistant
Beckham’s going to yell at someone if he sees this.”
“I’ll get the janitor to pick this up.”
Meanwhile, Gloria and Victor were in the office. “Are you mad?” She red at him as she questioned,
“Why did youe here? How did you manage to even get in?”
Victor took his face mask off, his face as handsome as ever. That being said, he looked more gaunt
and there were a few bruises on his face.
Gloria was surprised to see that. “What happened to your face?”
“Ask Burton.” Victor looked at her in disgust, which in turn angered her.
“Why are you looking at me like that, silly kid? I just saved your *ss! You’re so ungrateful.”
“I don’t need your help, you hypocrite.” With that, Victor went to Justin’s desk, leaving Gloria behind.
“Hey, what are you doing? Don’t go through someone’s stuff without permission.”
Victor rummaged through all the drawers and cabs.
“What are you looking for?”
“I’m seeing where he has hidden Rachel!”
“Are you mad? She can’t be here! What do you think she is? A rabbit?”
Upon hearing that, Victor snapped, “Do you have any better idea, then? I’ve tailed him for three months
but I got nothing!”
He had tailed Justin almost every day for thest three months but every time, he would end up losing
Justin’s track or getting beaten up by his bodyguards.
“Be quiet! Someone might hear you!”
“So what? I’m taking this straight to Burton anyway.”
“You-” However, someone opened the door before she could say anything. Gloria’s face fell and she
dragged Victor into a cubicle in the room. She managed to close the door before the people outside
coulde in. Victor tried to break free, but she held him back. “You’d better stay put if you don’t want
to get messed up.”
Victor didn’t want to listen, but she had a point. He would only get a beating if he went out right now.
A momentter, Justin and Frankie came in.
“We bought the video and everything rted to Hans with five million, just like you asked. But we didn’t
expect another one to pop up. Seems like Windfall wasn’t the only one who got it on camera.”
Hans? Victor was angered, but Gloria quickly covered his mouth and red at him.
Justin answered, “Not quite. Perhaps we paid them the five million too readily, so they let their greed
get the better of them. They’re working with another outlet to get more out of us.”
“You’re saying Windfall has a backup?”
“Hans saw Winston at the hospital by ident. It’s only by chance Windfall’s reporter got it on video.
There’s no way a reporter from another outlet was there.”
Frankie nodded in assent. “That’s true. This is no coincidence, and they could have asked us for the
money if they had gotten it at the same time as Windfall. This is just extortion with extra steps.”
“Settle this as soon as possible. I want it to end here.”
“Roger that, President Burton.”
Meanwhile, Gloria was still in the cubicle. Since the door was ajar, she could see that the cabs and
drawers were open. If Justin were to approach his desk, he would know someone was here. At that
thought, she cursed deep down.
Just as she feared, Justin stood up after he was done talking. From the looks of it, he was going to go
to his desk.
Suddenly, Frankie’s phone rang. “Hello? I see. I’ll be right there.” After he hung up, Frankie said,
“President Burton, the doctor is in the underground car park. When are you going over?”
Justin nodded and put down the file he was holding. “Right away.”
After they left and locked the door, Gloria finally heaved a sigh of relief. However, Victor pulled the door
open and made a beeline for the desk.