My Mute Wife

There was some confusion in Lexie’s head.

These people that Flora said had never been in contact with her, let alone having anything to do with her.

But these people all revolve around one thing – the prescription.

“While there’s no evidence at this point that there’s any connection between you being picked up back then and the death of these people, I always felt there was a connection between this point in time.”

Flora’s voice was lowered, “Did Grandma ever mention anything to you about the prescription?”

Lexie was slightly stunned.

Grandma had actually mentioned it to her once when she was still in the hospital, but was interrupted by something else at the time.

[No.]

Lexie denied it.

Flora was a bit disappointed, “Forget it, then let’s not talk about this first, in any case, I will help with your leaving J City, I will handle the follow-up work, you don’t need to have worries.”

[Thank you.]

“You’re welcome.”

“I have some business to attend to, so I’ll leave first.”

Lexie nodded, and through the glass window of the cafe, she saw Flora go out and get into her SUV.

She didn’t mean to lie to Flora, it was just that since she was a child, her grandmother had told her that she would lose out if she spoke too much, and if a thing was not clear to herself, she would try to speak as little as possible.

Back at the library, a colleague reminded Lexie.

“Lexie, Director Duncan came by and asked you to send that material on the table to Howard Group for the head of their engineering design department.”

Lexie froze for a moment, thinking about meeting Tina at the meeting yesterday.

[Okay, thanks.]

It was late afternoon.

[Hello, I’m looking for Director Hopkins of the Engineering Design Department.]Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Lexie handed the words typed out on her phone to the receptionist in the lobby on the first floor of Howard Group to read.

The receptionist gave her an odd look, “Do you have an appointment?”

[I’m from the city library and I’m here to communicate with Director Hopkins about the cultural and historical background of the city library building.]

“Wait a minute then, I’ll make a call first.”

Lexie nodded and stood aside to wait.

“Hello? Sylvie, someone from the city library came, saying that she has an appointment with Director Hopkins.”

“Oh, okay, I’ll send her straight up then.”

Hanging up the phone, the receptionist said, “Please wait.”

[Thank you.]

After waiting a moment, a sound came from the elevator entrance and the heels were the first to step out of the elevator.

“Hello, I’m Director Hopkins’s secretary, Sylvie, Miss Mitchell, right?”

[Yes.]

“Director Hopkins is still on site at the moment, I happen to be going over there, let me take you there directly.”

Lexie was stunned, [If he is busy, I can come back another day.]

“It is always busy in this business, Miss Mitchell, are you not unwilling to go to the construction site?” Sylvie frowned, “It’s like this, Director Hopkins really wants to communicate with you, I just called to confirm with him.”

[Well, is the site far away?]

“No, I’ll drive.”

Sylvie looked enthusiastic, while asking about city library, while taking Lexie down to the underground parking garage by elevator.

The scenery outside the car window flew backwards, the skyscrapers of J City were gradually left behind, and more and more green belts were seen.

Lexie sat on the passenger side and lifted her wrist to look at the time, it was already 4:30 pm.

[Not arrived yet?]

“Almost there, the site of this project is already the closest one under construction to our group, and it takes us half a day to get to and from the last one.”

Lexie turned her head to look out the car window.

This was almost at the border of J City and N City, and a little more driving would bring them to East Sea.

After another half hour of driving, Lexie leaned back in her seat and yawned as the car finally pulled over.

“Here we are.”

Lexie followed behind Sylvie and got out of the car, with the sound of waves in the distance, surprisingly, they really drove to the East Sea coast.

“Miss Mitchell, this way.”

[Thank you.]

Lexie wrapped her jacket tightly and stepped on the beach towards the sea.

After walking a few steps, when she saw the woman standing on the beach, the soles of her shoes seemed to stick to the sand, and she couldn’t move them.

“Hello, Lexie.”

Tina, dressed in a beige dress, with a lace parasol held for her by her bodyguard, lifted the corners of her lips at Lexie, revealing a smile.

Lexie suddenly had a shuddering feeling and subconsciously took a step back.

“Director Howard, I have sent her here, I’ll go back first.”

“Go ahead.”

Lexie, Tina, and her two bodyguards were left on the beach.

[What do you want?]

“Don’t be nervous, just have a chat, look how beautiful the view is from the beach.”

Tina’s voice mingled with the sound of the waves, and Lexie only felt a chill run through her heart.

“You know what? Victor likes to see the sea, he used to tell me that he wanted to buy a house on the beach and live in it with me, and every day when he wakes up, he can see the sun rise from the sea, so I proposed the seaside resort project, and soon, this place where you are standing, a resort will rise from the ground …”

“Do you think he can still see it?”

Lexie was stunned, [People can’t come back from the dead.]

“He’s dead!” Tina’s face suddenly turned livid as she stared indignantly at Lexie, “You get him killed, do you know what it’s like when people die?”

At this moment, Tina looked like a madman, and her eyes were extraordinarily gruesome.

Lexie took a step back in panic and looked around, but this is an untouched place.

“Hold her down!”

After her words fell, the two bodyguards caught Lexie.

Lexie shook her head desperately, her eyes fixed on Tina, wanting to say something, but she could only let her hoarse scream drown in the sea breeze.

The two bodyguards set Lexie up on the beach, and the beach was covered with signs of dragging and struggling.

Tina followed behind, her long wavy hair tossed by the sea breeze, “Lexie, people have to be punished for the mistakes they make, do you know that because of your snitching, you got a human life killed?”

Lexie shook her head, fighting the urge to cry out.

She hadn’t snitched at all.

“I’d love to know what it’s like when Victor died! Why don’t you tell me!”

Not even looking at her, Tina casually motioned her finger to indicate the two bodyguards.

The next second, rough force came from the back of Lexie’s head.

Lexie was pressed into the middle of the pounding waves.

Gravel and seawater slapped wildly against her face, and the foul smell of seawater filled her nostrils as she struggled desperately, almost wringing her arms, but she was unable to break free from the two strong men.

After an unknown amount of time, two bouncers lifted her up.

The air poured into her throat and she couldn’t suppress a shudder, coughing.

[I didn’t do it, I didn’t snitch!]

Just when she thought Tina had had enough revenge, Tina raised her hand again, and the seawater filled her nostrils again.

The sound of the sea flowing was in her ears and the oxygen was getting thinner and thinner.

Lexie didn’t even have the strength to struggle.