The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 570

Being the favored goddaughter of Richard and Marilyn, Rachel received special treatment from them. Even though Rachel was late to dinner, Marilyn purposely reserved a big bowl of meatballs for her which made Jolly jealous.

“Mom! I’m your biological daughter!”

“I thought you prefer takeaway food over my cooking?” Marilyn rolled her eyes at Jolly. She then looked over at Rachel with a smile on her face and said, “Rachel, have more of this.”

“Marilyn, don’t be too worried about me since I just choked on smoke. I’m fine now.” Rachel chuckled as she chewed on the food.

“I’m not worried about it since it has all passed. In the future, I hope everything will be smooth sailing for you .”

“You’re not worried about it? When you found out that something happened to Chris, you dragged dad and both children over to the hospital at Somerset Mountain and refused to let Rachel get her treatment there while insisting on bringing her back to Riverdale so that you could be more at ease. Mom, what if her condition got worse on the way here? Have you thought of that?” Jolly complained.

“Hey! You shouldn’t make such an ominous remark!” Marilyn glared at Jolly and hit her hand.

Seeing that, Richard explained in Marilyn’s stead. “We have taken into consideration the lengthy journey back, but considering that the cause of the wildfire is unknown, it might be unsafe to leave Rachel and Justin there.” Richard clearly reasoned why both of them went through the hassle of transferring Rachel and Justin, who were unconscious at that time, back to Riverdale.

Everyone’s expression was serious while they were on the topic.

“The police haven’t given a definite result on this matter. If everything goes well, I am afraid that the case will be closed, with the reason being the villagers burning incense for their rituals. What do you think?” Richard added.

Hearing that, both Rachel and Justin turned to look at each other. Actually, she had already discussed the matter with him. However, he refused to reveal to her how he would take care of it, so she decided not to question his arrangements.

“Let me take care of this matter.” Someone said before Justin could say anything.

When Rachel looked up, her eyes met Lionel’s deep gaze. “Dad.”

“Rachel, you don’t have to worry about this. I will take care of it. I understand that it might be inconvenient for Justin to deal with since it involved his family, but I won’t let this matter slide.”

“You already knew about it?” Rachel was surprised because only Justin knew that Julian was behind the wildfire since she only discussed it with Justin. But when she recalled how she and Justin were abducted by Julian’s men when they were back from Enistan, she realized that Lionel already knew who was behind it. Thus, he could easily infer that Julian was behind the wildfire incident too.

“I will not let anyone hurt my daughter right in front of my eyes. A domestic and foreign business convention will be held this weekend, and I will be meeting him there,” Lionel uttered firmly.

Rachel was worried about it, but as she was about to say something, Justin stopped her. He grabbed her hand under the dining table.

“Mr. Hudson, you have a say in this.”

The atmosphere in the dining room was rather tense as they discussed such weighty topics.

Jolly, who was quietly savoring the meatballs in Rachel’s bowl, suddenly asked, “You’re still calling him Mr. Hudson? Shouldn’t you address him in another way?”