The Silent Wife novel (Rachel and Justin) novel Chapter 582

The black sedan was driving down the hill as Justin and Rachel’s conversation continued.

“By the way, how did you deal with those things in the secret room?” She asked about what happened after.

“I had it all buried.”

“Buried? Where?”

“The Hudson Cemetery.”

She was caught off-guard when she heard his words. In disbelief, she asked again, “Where?”

“The Hudson Cemetery. Or should I say, Jefferey Hudson’s grave.”

It took her a while to finally recover.

She had already known what a black-hearted man Jefferey was from a long time ago, but she had never expected he would take an eye for an eye with this kind of feudal superstition.

Since he thought that those things could be used to hold down one’s soul, they might as well place the things he used to ‘suppress’ others when he was alive on his remains so that he could get a taste of his action too.

“Don’t tell me that…” Something seemed to have suddenly come to Rachel’s mind. “Could it be that the manor wasn’t broken into by a burglar? The reason for the mess inside is because…”

Justin glanced at her with a matter-of-fact look on his face and nonchalantly admitted, “It was me.”

His straightforward answer seemed to echo off the interior of the car.

“Didn’t you know where the secret room was? Why did you let your men leave it in such a mess?”

“I fabricated a fake scene to eliminate suspicion.”

Rachel sighed at that. “I am glad you are not a criminal, or else Janice and her subordinates would have had a hard time solving cases.”

To be fair, it was completely understandable why Justin would do something like this.

The Hudson Manor had been put up for auction by the court. It was only a matter of time before it had its next owner. If the place was ever renovated in the future, the secret room in the study would inevitably be discovered. By then, the court would definitely investigate why the room was empty. It was better to make it look as if burglars had ransacked the place. It wasn’t like they had lost anything of value too.

However, none of these mattered. The Hudson Family had already been ruined. Even though the current Hudson Pharmaceuticals was still in the hands of Rachel, it no longer ran on the previous ‘family business’ business model.

The most important thing was to quickly find the sum that Jefferey had transferred.

“You are sure there wasn’t anything special in the study, right?” she asked again.

“Frankie brought some men with him to go through the place. They didn’t find anything out of place there.”

“Weird. Just where is the three billion Jefferey took?”

“Maybe we can investigate who Jefferey met after Hudson Pharmaceuticals’ financial audit last year, and if there were any changes to his and his family’s personal accounts.”

“That is the only thing we can do now.”

It would be like finding a needle in a haystack, but it was still better than doing nothing at all.

“Don’t worry,” Justin consoled her. “I will be by your side to get you through this hurdle no matter what. I won’t let Hudson Pharmaceuticals go bankrupt.”

At his words, Rachel turned to look at him, only to see a determined look on his chiseled features. She felt her heart ease a great deal at that instant, and she hummed in reply.

“How about we think about what is for dinner?”

“I’m not hungry.”

She subconsciously uttered those words, but her tummy chose that moment to let out a loud gurgling noise as soon as she said that. It sounded especially clear in the quiet car.

How embarrassing!

“Not hungry?” Justin smiled. “It’s okay. I am, though. Help me think of what I should have for dinner.”

Rachel would love to find a hole to burrow herself in right this moment.

She had embarrassed herself more times than she could count today.