My Mute Bride

Chapter 55 The Reason for Staying

Hans replied firmly, “Of course!”

Without a doubt, he’d love to help her out so that she could live well. If not, he wouldn’t have decided to return to work in the country.

If so, you should just stay out of this.

“Why?” He frowned in utter disbelief.

If my guess is correct, the text was from Amber.

Amber’s warning was still fresh in her mind. If the Burtons and the Hudsons were a pool of mud, she was already knee-deep in it. She had no wish to get Hans involved in the mess.

“Amber Hudson?” His frown deepened. “Why would she do that?”

Back in high school, Amber was a grade lower since she was younger. Because of that, Hans did not interact with her much, and his only knowledge of her was her being Rachel’s sister.

Hans’ question took Rachel by surprise, and a bold guess popped up into her mind. She started to suspect that all the scheme was merely Amber’s plot to make her leave the Burtons.

I don’t know. Still, she kept the idea to herself.

“Rachel.” After calming down, Hans attempted to persuade her. “No matter who sent me the text, the content is a fact. Am I right? If the Burtons are unfair to you, you don’t have to stay with them and endure the sufferings.”

She shook her head.

I am not staying at the Burtons for their sake.

“Who are you doing this for?”

At this point, Hans did not get her at all.

Since Rachel’s grandmother had been discharged from the hospital after a successful surgery, as long as she agreed to it, she could totally leave the city that brought her sorrows with her grandma.

A short hesitation later, she finally confessed the real reason behind her insistence on staying put.

I need to look into my mom’s cause of death

Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with

and returned to the topic. “So, are

Yes.

a grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I will

serious stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but she was staring at his hand as

will bring you

…

the skies of Riverdale that extended

was home, she was immediately called

did you call

been smiling ear-to-ear since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious

blank for a moment before answering, “I played golf with some

“With whom?”

guilt crept onto her face. At this point, she was talking in a

eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are super complicated, and trust me, you can’t

her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their family

she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to run our business. As for the life

attention to his words. “Dad, have you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself as

and the wrinkles around his eyes scrunched

listen to us because of Grandma. Now that Grandma’s out of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel manages to capture

after the somber

were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After some thought, he started

had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula after a mere few days

expression hardened as he walked around the sofa to pull out a drawer from a side

some time before he made a

need your help to deliver an item to the

Rachel prepared some tea and

too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had the time, she would bring him a pot of tea at the same time

moments

rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then, an almost unnoticeable frown appeared on

reflexively touched

the nail scratch were already falling off,

her head