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

told him about the incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are you suspecting Jefferey for killing

him a heavy nod, and a stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s after you get to the bottom

Yes.

a grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I

reacted with a frown and a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but

you

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extended into the distant mountains were decorated with gorgeous

home, she was immediately called

did you call

contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated

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

“With whom?”

crept onto her face. At this point, she was talking in a cautious whisper. “My

and Justin have never seen eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are super

I can’t handle their

you compare yourself to Rachel? I only need her there as Mrs. Burton. As long as she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to

to his words. “Dad, have you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself as Mrs. Burton, do you seriously think she’d bother to

possibility, and the

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

into deep thoughts after the somber

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

she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula after a mere few days of

walked around the sofa to pull out a drawer from a side dresser, from which he took out a brown-colored pill

for some time before he

your help

some tea and delivered it to the study

had gotten used to drinking the tea she made for him. In comparison, the tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined, according to

moments in the day when she

her right cheek. Then, an almost unnoticeable frown

touched

marks and the swelling were basically gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving two pinkish scars that were jarring on her pale

shook her