My Mute Wife

“No one takes you for a mute if you don’t speak,” Alan glanced at Tina indifferently.

“I’m not a mute,” Tina bristled, giving Lexie a blank look as she took the scissors to cut the red ribbon.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Lexie came down from the stage with the red ribbon and stood to one side with a sour heart when she saw Alan and the girl standing side by side.

She had never seen Alan so blatantly protective of anyone before.

Even if it was Edith, she knew in her heart that Alan was only playing games with her for the sake of Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group.

The celebratory banquet was held at the hotel.

As she watched the banquet hall mingle, Lexie felt bored and went outside alone for some fresh air.

“What are you doing here alone?”

A man’s voice came from behind her.

Lexie was slightly stunned and turned around to see Alan in a black suit, extraordinarily handsome under the night.

[It’s a bit stuffy in there, so I’ll come out and have a look around].

Since the deal was made at the suburban villa three days ago, Alan’s attitude towards her has been cold and indifferent, and he no longer asked about her schedule or who she was meeting with.

[Why are you out too?]

Lexie glanced behind him, [Your secretary seems to be quite young].Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“If you have time to care about my secretary, you might as well think about your work with me.”

Alan handed her a document.

Lexie froze for a moment.

[Appointment letter?]

The letter of appointment for the deputy finance director of the Howard Group, which bears the signature of Alan, and the official seal of the Howard Group.

“With your identity as an illegitimate daughter, Peter won’t easily let you enter the Mitchell Group and meddle in Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group’s internal affairs, and by the time you figure out how to do it, three or five years will have passed.”

[Then what do you mean by letting me into Howard Group?]

“I seek to do things quickly, to get immediate results. Doesn’t Peter covet Howard Group’s partner? Seeing you enter Howard Group, he’s bound to take the initiative to stick it to you.”

Lexie understood at once.

[I’ll get my resignation typed up tomorrow].

Alan nodded slightly.

“Alan, I’ve been looking for you for a long time, why are you here?”

The glass door to the terrace was pushed open from the inside and it took the exaggerated strength of the girl’s entire body to push it open and poke out her ponytailed head, her face brilliantly bright.

Lexie’s hand clutching the document tightened for a moment.

The coldness on Alan’s face melted away considerably, “What brings you here?”

“It was so boring, several people asked ma all kinds of questions, so I dismissed them all.”

When the girl saw Lexie, her eyes immediately lit up, “I’ve seen this lady before, at the ribbon cutting.”

“Hello, my name is Lydia Hunt, I’m Alan … No,” the girl spat out her tongue and smiled, “I am trainee secretary of Mr. Alan.”

“Can’t you speak?” Lydia scowled at her.

Lexie subconsciously looked at Alan.

Alan didn’t have the slightest intention of introducing her and glanced at his watch, “Lydia, let’s go.”

“Where to?”

“Aren’t you bored? Take you somewhere else to eat.”

“Now? So many people are still waiting for you.”

“Don’t bother with them.”

Lydia still wanted to say something to Lexie, but Alan had gone, so she had to follow him.

Looking at the backs of the two men, Lexie suddenly felt that the wind on the balcony was quite strong and couldn’t help but wince a little.

Alan had another new love and didn’t care about her, wasn’t that what she had always wanted?

But why did it feel so bad inside?

The night was getting darker.

After the meal, Alan sent Lydia home before turning back.

Jack surveyed the rear view mirror for a moment before hesitantly speaking, “Mr. Alan, there’s been a lot of talk in the company lately.”

“What does it all say?”

“About you and Miss Hunt, said you arranged for a young girl to be your secretary, said you and her …”

“Do you think it is necessary to tell me about this? Do you need me show you how to do?”

Jack’s face went white, “I don’t mean that, I know you protect Miss Hunt, but gossip is very hurtful. Miss Hunt is young, in case she is used by someone … Lennox Howard and the others have been waiting to catch you in the act.”

Alan looked light, “It doesn’t matter, next month Lydia will start school, she won’t come to the office much.”

Jack wanted to say something but didn’t.

It was becoming increasingly difficult to see what his boss was trying to do.

The news of Lexie’s resignation to join Howard Group soon reached Peter’s ears.

As expected by Alan, as Lexie had just finished the induction procedure, she received a call from Peter asking her to come out for a meeting.

In the pharmaceutical factory of the Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group.

The wind was a bit strong and the sun was blinding. After Lexie got out of the car and squinted for a while to adjust, she saw a figure waving towards her in the distance.

“Lexie, you came here when you were a child, do you remember?”

Peter walked all the way through the workshop of the pharmaceutical factory.

Lexie followed him with a complicated look on her face.

This was the only pharmaceutical factory of the Mitchell Group in J City, the others were set in more distant areas due to labour costs or land rent.

“In the early years, all the successors of the Mitchell had to study medicine, that was the ancestral motto, you know that, right?”

[Yeah.]

“But it’s different now, we have a research and development team, we’re a listed company, so the successor is looking more at management talent, to put it more simply, who the company is handed over to is a matter of my word.”

[Why are you telling me this?]

“Lexie, do you know why I haven’t let Edith into the company?”

Lexie shook her head.

“She’s not good at business, it’s not right to leave the company in her hands, but you’re much more composed than she is, you’ve been a brilliant girl.”

Lexie sneered in her heart, already knowing in her mind what he was going to say.

“The Mitchell Group is to be in your hands in the future.”

Lexie’s eyes sank without a trace of joy.

“I heard you quit your job and went into Howard Group?”

[Yes.]

“It’s a good thing, now that you’ve married into the Howard family, you really should help your husband with some things, it’s a sign of his trust in you, and a good opportunity for yourself.”

[What good opportunity?]

“Promote cooperation between the two sides, Howard Group has always been the industry’s trendsetter when it comes to real estate, wouldn’t it be great for all if you could help me at this time?”

Lexie’s heart sneered even more.

He was the only one who rejoiced.

[But I don’t understand Mitchell Pharmaceutical Group’s business, so even if I want to help, I couldn’t.]

Peter was pleased, “What’s so difficult about that? As long as you’re willing to, I can have someone take you to get familiar with it as soon as possible.”

[Is this appropriate?]

“Why not? You’re my daughter and you are part of the Mitchell Group, I trust you.”

Saying that, Peter patted her shoulder, “Let’s not talk about what happened in the past, how can a family have any overnight feud, how do you say?”

Lexie tried to force out a polite smile.