Female Novel
Chapter 152
Chapter 152
“Rest well at the hospital. I’ll ask my men to watch your ward 24/7, so you won’t be able to die,” Justincoldly mentioned before he left and closed the door with a loud slam, causing the room to shake a little.
It was pretty soon after that when Jennifer entered.
“Mrs. Burton, why are you still being so stubborn with Mr. Burton?”
Nevertheless, Rachel rested her head on the pillow as she remained silent.
Then, Jennifer rolled up Rachel’s bed and opened the thermal bottle that she brought. “Mr. Burton hadsomeone prepare this chicken soup for you because he said that you’ll surely be hungry once you’reawake. You don’t even know how long you’ve been out cold and Mr. Burton has been guarding your sidethe entire time. Come on, have some soup.”
Yet, Rachel, who was pale, looked away.
Jennifer sighed. “Why would you torture yourself like this?”
Torture myself? Rachel wanted to laugh when she heard that. Am I the one torturing myself? For the pastsix months, is the humiliation that Justin brought upon me still not enough? I’m sick of giving up all mypride just to be humiliated. All I’ve wanted is to die but that can only be wishful thinking now.
It was in the afternoon when Amber entered Jefferey’s office with a document file.
“Miss Hudson, the president is still in a discussion. You can’t just enter as you wish.”
“Dad!!!”
The secretary looked anxious as Amber barged into the office while he was in the midst of a discussionwith his client. “President, Miss Hudson insisted on entering and we couldn’t stop her.”
A frowning Jefferey apologized to his client, “That’s about it for the contract. I’ll arrange for someone todraft a new version of the contract as soon as possible.”
“Glad to work with you.”
After he sent the client off, Jefferey closed the door to his office and glared at Amber. “You’re gettingeven more outrageous now. Don’t you know that I was in a meeting? Do you know how bad theconsequences are for barging in like this?”
Still, Amber couldn’t be bothered. “Dad, I’m here to ask you something important.”
“What kind of important issues can you have?”
“Did you ask your men to set fire on Somerset Mountain 20 years ago?”
Jefferey was stunned. “Who told you about this?”
“I’m asking whether you did it or not!”
“Probably. What’s wrong?”
“Do you know that the fire almost caused Justin to burn to death? He was kidnapped and brought toSomerset Mountain back then. And because of you, he almost lost his life!”
“Really? That happened?”
Jefferey frowned before he lowered his head to brew his tea.
“Dad!”
Upon noticing Jefferey’s calm look, Amber felt odd before she accused, “Dad, you knew about this allalong, didn’t you? You knew everything all along!”
“What’s with that attitude? So what if I do? Who doesn’t know about Justin’s abduction back then when itwas so publicised?” He slammed his tea cup on the table. “Does he hate the Hudson Family? He shouldbe hating his kidnappers instead! We are not even related to what happened! When I obtained the permitto develop Somerset Mountain back then, I had every right to do whatever I wanted on that land! Howshould I know that those human traffickers had hidden him in the mountains?”
“Was that really what happened, Dad?” Amber scanned Jefferey’s face. “Was it that simple?”
“What are you implying?”
“That Grandpa Irwin guy from Somerset Mountain. Why did you bring him over to Riverdale?”
Upon hearing her words, his eyebrows twitched a little. “Who told you about all these?”
“That’s none of your business.” Amber clenched her fists. “Dad, just tell me what you’ve done! Why doyou know that human trafficker? Are you related to the case back then…”
She knew that the Hudson Family had illegal deals, which was why she was already imagining the worstcase scenario.
Jefferey then slammed his fist onto the table. “What are you even talking about? Are you blamingeverything on me just because you wanted to get married to Justin Burton?”novelbin
“Dad, I’m already engaged to him. Why are you still keeping it a secret from me?”
“Fine. Since you want to know it so badly, I’ll tell you about it! You’re right; the reason why Justin hatesthe Hudson Family so much is because of the fire at Somerset Mountain. I know he hates me, and that’s
why I never believed that he genuinely helped us out. Because of that, I have done everything that Icould to avoid you getting married to him.”
Amber’s face turned pale before she grabbed the couch’s armrest to sit down.
“Still, I never expected Rachel, that pesky betrayer, to actually gain Justin’s fancy after she becamemarried to him. That’s the reason why I asked Irwin to come to Riverdale. I just wanted to remind himabout what happened twenty years ago so that Rachel won’t have a chance to escape from us and crawlto the top of the Burton Family.”
Amber was confused. “Dad, I don’t understand. How are Irwin and Rachel related? Would Justin andRachel’s relationship even be compromised once Irwin arrives in Riverdale?”
“My daughter, you don’t know this. Before Rachel was taken back to the Hudson Family twenty yearsago, Irwin was her neighbor. In fact, they were extremely close, so she would surely protect him overJustin!”
Is that so? Amber looked deep in thought. “That doesn’t make sense, though. That wasn’t what Gloriatold
me.”
“Who’s Gloria?”
“That’s not important.” She urged anxiously, “Dad, someone told me that the reason why Justin hates usis not only because his life was almost taken by the fire, but the fact that the fire killed one of his friends.”
“Friend? What friend? Somerset Mountain is a rural area and there’s barely more than ten families in thevillage, so how could he have a friend there?”
“Apparently, it was a girl around the age of 7 or 8. She helped him to escape from the human traffickersand was his lifesaver. However, she died in the fire, so that’s the reason why he wanted revenge on us.”
“That’s impossible. No one died in that fire!” Jefferey denied, “Moreover, the village was where all thehuman
traffickers gathered together. There’s no one else who stays there besides those human traffickers aswell as the kidnapped boy, so where did that girl appear from?”
“How could that be? It was a village after all. Wasn’t Rachel taken from that place?”
Suddenly, Jefferey looked like he recalled something before turning to Amber in shock. “What did youjust
say?”
“Huh? I said, wasn’t Rachel…” Amber’s facial expression changed as she trailed off. “Dad, could it bethat…”
If what Jefferey had said was true, and no one died in the fire 20 years ago, there was only one familyleft in the village beside the human traffickers. So, who else could that girl have been?
Despite not knowing much about what happened two decades ago, Amber knew that Rachel’s vocalcords were damaged in the fire and she was brought back from Somerset Mountain by him. How couldthat be?!
Amber met Jefferey’s gaze in disbelief and saw a similar look of shock in his eyes as well.
The girl whom Justin tried to seek revenge for all these years was none other than Rachel