My Mute Bride Chapter 371
Chapter 371 Change in Julian
“My ns?” Rachel asked. Julian’s confident eyes were quite intimidating as he said, “I would like you
to head back to Montenegro with me.”
Rachel was stunned. In all the years she had known Julian, he had always been agreeable and gentle.
It was rare for him to act so stubbornly, as if rejection was uneptable to him.
“Julian, I can’t go just yet. I love the five years I spent in Montenegro, and I had so much fun. I want to
go back too, but I can’t.”
To her, there were some duties and obligations she had been destined to bear since the moment she
was born; they were her responsibilities. After running from them for over twenty years, she decided it
was finally time to shoulder them.
Her parents’ deaths were caused by the six forms of Hudson Pharmaceuticals. Ensuring Jefferey
and Amber Hudson get their deserved punishments was just the start of Rachel’s n. She believed
her parents, and even her grandma, would wish for her to restore Hudson Pharmaceuticals back to its
former glory. Why else would her mother give her those forms back then?
“Julian, I know you’re doing this for my sake, but I really can’t go yet.”
“I see.”
With a nod, he then put his spectacles back on and smiled. “It’s fine. I was just asking. I’ve been under
a lot of pressure from worktely. Don’t mind me.”
Rachel let out a sigh of relief at that. “Good that you’re not angry.”
“Why would I be angry with you?”
“Say, when do you n on going back to Montenegro?”
“I don’t know yet,” he replied. There was a conflicted expression on his face. “It’s not my only choice
after all.”
Then, just as Rachel was about to speak again, Julian’s phone started ringing. “I have to take this,” he
said. “You can keep eating. I’ll drive you hometer.”
“Okay.”
However, after Julian left the room, Rachel suddenly lost her appetite.
When Julian’s phone rang just now, she had nced at it, and the number disyed on the screen
looked rather familiar. If her memory wasn’t wrong, it should be Jason’s number.
Why was Julian in contact with Jason?
Perhaps she was wrong, but something felt different about Julian this time.
Later that night, Rachel went home in Julian’s car.
“How are your feet? Do you need me to help you up?” Julian asked when they arrived at Rachel’s
home.
“I’m fine,” Rachel replied with a wave of her hand. “Drive carefully. I’ll talk to youter.”
“Sure,” hummed Julian. “You stay safe too.”
In response, Rachel nodded. She then turned and walked into her building.
While she was still wearing the pair of slippers Julian gave her, her feet were still covered in minor
injuries. And so, it was rather difficult for her to walk.
Rachel forced herself to push through the pain and walked into the elevator. As soon as the door slid
shut, she immediately copsed against one of its walls. After a sharp inhale of pain, she pressed the
inte button that connected the elevator to the apartments, and said, “Come and help me.”
Jolly, who had been worriedly waiting in the apartment, hadn’t gone to bed yet.
She made her way to the elevator. When the doors opened to reveal Rachel slumped against one of
the elevator walls, Jolly hurriedly helped Rachel up to her feet. “What happened to you?”
“Your feet are raw,” said Jolly.
“Is Robin that big of a pervert?” she continued to ask.
“Just what goes on in your mind? My feet are raw because I was walking!” Rachel sighed.
“Didn’t Justin go pick you up? Also, why are you back sote?” Jolly questioned.
When Justin’s name was mentioned, Rachel’s face clouded over. “You were the one who called him
and told him I was meeting with Robin?”
One of Jolly’s greatest fears was Rachel turning hostile against her. Upon hearing that, Jolly felt a little
guilty.
She helped Rachel to the couch and obediently handed Rachel a ss of water. “I was worried about
you. No one could reach you, so who wouldn’t worry?”
Jolly continued to exin, “Ever since the incident at Golden Hill, I have been extremely cautious. I
couldn’t get in, so I had to ask Justin for help. After all, the ce belongs to his uncle, Jason. The
guards can’t stop him, right?”
“You think you’re so sensible, but what can he help with?” Rachel scoffed. “Your parents can also help
me, but I didn’t let them step in.”
Rachel knew better than anyone else that Hudson Pharmaceuticals had to restore its reputation if it
wanted to dominate the market once more. It was useless relying on connections. One had to build a
structure brick by brick. Otherwise, when all connections were broken, a structure would copse
overnight no matter how tall it had been.
And Jefferey was the best example for this.
“From now on, do not ever ask Justin for help when ites to me. We are through. I don’t want to
owe him anything.”
“Fine.” Jolly shrugged. “So, was he the one who drove you back tonight?”
“No. It was Julian.”
“Julian’s back from his trip?”
Jolly was shocked, and she asked, “When did that happen?”
“He said he came back yesterday.”
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“And he didn’t even contact us? Damn him! I’m going to call him right now and make sure he pays for it
by treating me to a meal.”
“Jolly,” Rachel called out. “Julian’s exhausted. Call him tomorrow.”
“Oh? Feeling bad for him?”
Jolly kept teasing, “No wonder you didn’t want me to ask Justin for help. Dr. Peters is about to take
Justin’s ce.”
“That’s nonsense.”
After a pause for thought, Rachel continued, “I have a question for you.”
“What is it?” asked Jolly.
“Do you know where Julian went for his business trip?”
“Didn’t he go to Montenegro? Initially, he was going to fly with Hernandez, but then something strange
happened to him. Hernandez waited for Julian at the airport for what seemed like forever, and when he
finally called the guy, he said he had left on an earlier flight! Hernandez was so pissed off.”
Rachel frowned hard. For some mysterious reason, the call Julian received from Jason suddenly
bothered her a lot.
“What are you thinking about?”
Jolly’s question snapped Rachel back to her senses. “Nothing much. Anyway, it’s gettingte. Go to
sleep. We still have to think about what to do about the approval for the project in Nortne tomorrow.”
“My head hurts just thinking about it. If we really have no choice, I’ll ask my father for help.”
“If we can’te up with an idea, that’ll be ourst resort.”
Once Rachel said that, Jolly let out a yawn, pointed at Rachel’s feet, and said, “I’ll help you into your
room.”
“It’s fine,” Rachel said. “I’m going to sit here for a while. You head to bed first.”
“Okay,” agreed Jolly.
After Jolly’s bedroom door closed, the only light turned on in the living room was a floormp stationed
next to the couch.
Rachel sat on the couch with a cushion in her arms as she ruminated. The more she pondered, the
deeper her thoughts were.
After the Jublen smuggling case was solved, Interpol worked with the Riverdale Investigation Bureau to
investigate all members involved in the smuggling case. In the end, many people in Riverdale were
found to be involved in the case. Some were arrested while others were put on house arrest. However,
Jason disappeared without a trace.
Janice had said the investigation was still kept a secret to avoid scaring anyone off. Searches of the
cities Jason frequently visited were intensified, but nothing had been found yet.
Logically speaking, Jason should be more cautious if he wanted to avoid being hunted by the
investigation bureau. Why would he call Julian using his personal phone number?
Rachel just couldn’t get it. Then, after looking around, she bent down and opened a secret
compartment underneath the couch. Inside thepartment was an old phone taped to the bottom of
the couch.
After grabbing it, she stumbled her way over to the balcony before making a call with the old phone.
“Hey, it’s me.”
“Why the sudden phone call? Didn’t I tell you to hide for now? This is dangerous,” said the person over
the phone.
“I have a lead on Jason Burton. He called Julian Peters about an hour ago. I’m worried he’ll threaten
Julian to save himself.”
By now, Rachel’s brows were locked in a frown.
She could think of no other reason for Jason to contact Julian.