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

about the incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with

heavy nod, and a stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are

Yes.

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

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

will bring you

…

skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant

was immediately called to the

did you

in a great mood and had been smiling ear-to-ear since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression

before answering, “I played golf with some friends.

“With whom?”

At

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

if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how

as she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige

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

sank at the possibility, and

this, she had to 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 Justin’s heart, do you really think she’d bat an eye

deep thoughts after the somber reminder from

him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After some thought, he

did she suddenly

a drawer from a side

glared at it for some time before he made a

morning. I need your help to deliver an item to the

night, Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the study

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

tea delivery was also one of the rare moments in the day

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

reflexively touched

gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off,

shook her head at