UNTOLD SECRETS

Chapter-2

In the morning, Subhasini woke up with her body aching all over. However, Ryan was nowhere to be seen, and only the slightly cool smell of tobacco lingered in the air.

Subhasini dragged her exhausted body to the bathroom and took a shower.

After coming out of her room, she first saw a beautiful middle-aged woman sitting on the sofa,who was staring at her coldly with her arms folded across her chest.

Rachel had seen this woman in the photo her father had shown her. She was Amber Walker, Ryan’s maternal aunt. It was said that Ryan lost his parents when he was a child and he was brought up single-handedly by Amber, until Aiden Evan, the Old Master of the Evan Family, brought him back to the Evan Residence. Ryan built his own business empire with his own abilities, and he had always been respectful to Amber as if she were his biological mother.

At this moment, Amber looked at Subhasini disgustingly, before saying, “Logan Johnson, that old fox, didn’t keep his word. He knew that we wanted Kousini to marry into this family, yet he dared to send you, a mute, instead! Does he think the Evan Family is a garbage recycling center? I always wonder why Ryan keeps you around, but since things have turned out this way, you’d better behave yourself. Don’t think you will have a meteoric rise by marrying into our family. We, the Evans, aren’t fools. All right, go and prepare lunch first. Since you’ve married into our family, you should be a virtuous wife!”

The large Evan Residence did obviously not have a shortage of servants, but Amber ordered a newcomer who had just married into the family to prepare lunch.

Subhasini dropped her eyes in the face of Amber’s sharp gaze. Even though the woman was making things difficult for her on purpose, she couldn’t fight back for the time being. A woman with neither power nor influence could never disobey these people, so she could only avoid trouble whenever possible. As such, she merely turned around and went to the kitchen. It’s just a meal, so it’s not a big deal, she thought to herself.

However, her concession didn’t earn her respect. Instead, Amber took it for granted by assuming that Subhasini was weak and could be easily bullied. She let out a cold snort and curled her lips before saying, “As expected, you’re simply unpresentable to society!”

After hearing what Amber said, Subhasini paused for a moment and then left as if nothing had happened.

Soon after that, Ryan returned from his company. As Amber smiled and asked him to have lunch, he turned around and immediately saw Subhasini bustling about in the kitchen with an apron on. He knitted his brows, but Amber lied with a smile when she noticed this. “She insisted on preparing lunch herself. Perhaps she wants us to taste her cooking,”.

Ryan nodded his head without saying anything else.

Subhasini had lived with her maternal grandmother since she was a child, so she was pretty good at cooking and doing household chores. She soon made three dishes and one soup before serving them at the dining table. The servants saw how virtuous and capable she was, yet they hadn't little respect for this newly married wife of the family. In the eyes of the public, only those of the lower classes would serve people to the upper class. After all, the upper-class people were to be served.

Throughout lunch, every single person, including the servants, focused their attention on Ryan while ignoring Subhasini as if she didn’t exist. She felt ill at ease because of this, wanting to get away from such an atmosphere. Hence, she casually took a few bites, nodded to them, got up, and went upstairs.

After Subhasini left, Amber curled her lips and complained, “So rude! Does she think she can look down her nose at everyone because she’s mute?”

Ryan picked up his phone and started checking emails right away without raising his head.

When Amber saw that he wasn’t responding to her words, she rolled her eyes and continued, “Ryan, the Johnsons don’t know what is good for them. They have simply insulted us by palming off an inferior and giving us a mute! How dare they expect you to give financial aid to their family business? I think they must be dreaming!” Amber was aware of her nephew's means and wasn’t worried about the Johnson Family taking advantage of him, but she simply couldn’t help feeling uncomfortable at the thought that they had taken such an unpresentable mute as a wife, for it would inevitably cause her to be laughed at by the wives of other families when she went out.

However, Ryan still gave no response, he didn’t even have an expression on his face.

When she saw that he obviously didn’t want to talk about this subject, Amber said with an ingratiating smile, “Julian is finally coming back after studying medicine in France for so many years. He can’t call a mute sister-in-law, can he? People will laugh at him if word gets out about this. Just get rid of that mute after a while. I’ll help you look for someone else to assume the position of Young Madam Johnson, okay?”

Finally, Ryan gave a response this time. He glanced at her expressionlessly and replied, “I know what I’m doing regarding this matter, so don’t worry, Aunt Amber.”

Amber’s face froze at the cold and distant tone of his voice. She was somewhat surprised by his behaviour.

After Ryan left, Mrs. Wilson, one of the servants at the Evan Residence, came up from behind and comforted Amber in a whisper, “Please don’t think too much of it, Madam. Young Master Ryan said so because he’s worried that you’ll be overburdened with worries.”

Ambe sighed with a worried expression. “How could I not overthink it? Ryan’s personality has changed a lot ever since he was rescued from the human traffickers. He is no longer as easily approachable as he used to be when he was a child. Even though I have been living in ease and comfort ever since he brought me to the Evan Residence, I know that he blames me deep down inside. If it hadn’t been for my carelessness, he wouldn’t have been abducted by the human traffickers and suffered so much.”

Mrs. Wilson’s lips quivered, but she didn’t know what else to say. She thought to herself, Young Master Ryan had been invincible in the commercial world over the past ten years, but he had also become increasingly unfeeling and indifferent. It’s no wonder why Walker Madam is so worried about him.