My Mute Wife

Into the night.

It was late when Alan returned to the hotel.

In the bedroom, Lexie had fallen asleep.

Lexie was awakened by a cool breeze coming from a corner of the quilt, and before she could turn around, she was hugged from behind by a man, his long arms pressed against her shoulders, and he easily enveloped her in his arms.

The light citrus shampoo smell and the man’s body tobacco smell blend, see the man did not take the next step, Lexie only gradually settled down.

Alan hadn’t actually been asleep, and he could feel the stiffness and alertness of the woman in his arms.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a subtle breathing sound in his arms before he closed his eyes.

It was late at night and it was the season of autumn and winter.

A car was speeding through the streets of J City, and just as it was about to cross the traffic light intersection, a truck suddenly came out of the intersection on the right.

The driver of the car slammed on the brakes, and the harsh brakes sounded at the intersection.

“Bang” a loud sound, the car into the truck under the car, raising a thick smoke and dust.

The following day.

Alan woke up with his arms already empty, and his heart suddenly sank.

There was a sudden thin sound from outside.

Pulling open the door, Lexie is setting up at the table.

Hearing a movement behind her, Lexie turned around and looked at Alan in dismay.

He was standing barefoot on the carpet with no shoes on.

“What are you doing?”

Lexie snapped back to her senses and raised the juice in her hand.

[I had the hotel send over breakfast].

Alan was stunned.

After washing up, he sat down at the table and Lexie handed him a glass of milk before eating a meal in front of him, as if he had forgotten all the unpleasantness of yesterday.

Alan took a couple of bites and put down his glass.

“When things are done here, I’ll take you back to J City and bring Grandma to live with me.”

Lexie showed a dazed look and quickly shook her head, [No, grandma is not well, I plan to send her to a nursing home afterwards].

“I’ll have Jack contact the best nursing home in J City as soon as possible.”

Lexie placed the peeled eggs on the plate in front of Alan, [Thank you.

[If it’s not convenient, I can stay away from J City for a while.

“Inconvenient?”

[Aren’t you investigating the Mitchell family’s overseas accounts? Edith shouldn’t want to see me.]

Alan frowned slightly, sizing up Lexie.

He vaguely felt that something had changed in Lexie, but couldn’t tell.

Once upon a time, she would not have taken the initiative to mention Edith with such an attitude with provocative attacks.

But he was actually a little happy inside.

“You don’t have to take her to heart, she doesn’t dare to do anything to you, she and I are just engaged to be married, everything is not settled yet, since you know that I am investigating the matter of overseas accounts, just wait for me to finish the business in peace.”

“Did you hear that?”

Alan’s words were thinly veiled, as if Edith in her eyes was a pawn.

Lexie pulled the corners of her mouth and nodded, but her heart was as cold as water.

I wonder if that’s what he said about himself in front of Edith.

A pawn used to find the Mitchell family’s ancestral remedies, do not take it to heart.

Halfway through breakfast, Jack suddenly came knocking on the door.

“Mr. Howard, there’s something going on in J City.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Bonnie was in a car accident last night and died on the spot, it’s been on the news.”

Alan’s face changed and he immediately got up from the table.

Lexie cut a plate of fruit and stood outside the study door when she heard the sound of Jack and Alan talking from inside.

“The truck driver was drunk and ran a red light coming from the side, Bonnie’s driver didn’t have time to brake and crashed directly into it, destroying the car.”

“When was this?”

“About 1 a. m. or so.”

“Aunt Yee went out in the car after 1 a. m.?”

“Bonnie is going to the airport.”

“…”

“Is Second Uncle planning to give up on the country and let Second Aunt go abroad first to escape the storm?”

“It has that meaning.”

Lexie’s hand holding the fruit plate tightened slightly.

Lennox and Alan, the uncle and nephew have always been at odds, because Tina’s matter is even worse, Lennox this person is not a business material, but extremely loving wife and children.

Bonnie was killed in a car accident, and if it was really man-made, the most suspicious person would be Alan.

Although from what she’s heard so far, the incident has nothing to do with him.

In the middle of a daze, the sound of a door opening suddenly sounded.

Alan’s figure appeared in the doorway, his cold, sullen gaze falling on her, “What are you doing here?”

Lexie froze for a moment and then whirled around to show him the fruit plate in her hand.

The vigilance in Alan’s eyes faded a few points, “No, I have some things to take care of now, you stay in the hotel by yourself and don’t run around.”

Lexie nods good-naturedly.

Alan took Jack out.

As soon as he left, Lexie put down the fruit plate and sat down on the couch, covering her chest, her heart thumping.

—

“Second uncle, your condolences.”

At the hospital morgue, Edith was the first to arrive and comforted Lennox.

“I want to be alone with her for a while, so you all go out.”

Lennox’s face was not kind, especially when confronted with Edith, and he shooed everyone else out, leaving himself standing by his wife.

Edith grips her cell phone and goes to the stairwell to make a call.

“Sorry, the number you have called is temporarily unanswered.”

Alan’s cell phone is always out of service.

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A photo was suddenly received on the phone.

Edith opened the picture to zoom in and his face sank steeply.

Alan actually took Lexie to L City with him!

“This incident is definitely not an accident, Mr. Howard’s side just ready to leave J City in the first foot, the second foot was blocked the way, and directly car accident death, who believes it?”

“Who could have done it, the Walsh family?”

The sound of Lennox’s assistant and bodyguard talking came from outside the stairwell, and Edith snapped back to her senses, ears cupped.

“The Walsh family has fallen out with Mr. Howard, but not hard enough to do so.”

“Then who else could it be? You’ve been following Mr. Howard around, what does Mr. Howard think?”

“Mr. Howard suspects that … was Alan’s doing.”

“Mr. Howard stole and sold the patent and took the money for the project, this matter has not been reported to the board of directors, but Alan must be aware of it, I’m afraid that the death of the lady and Alan can not get away with it.”

Hearing this, Edith’s heart stuttered.

Did Alan really have someone do it?

She winced and turned around to leave the hospital and get out of this mess.

Just two steps away, she suddenly thought of something.

If the knife is used to kill, Lennox this knife is much better than the original Tina.