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

to which he responded with shock.

and returned to the topic.

Yes.

expression, he vowed, “Great. I will help

wanted to add something,

you to

…

dusk arrived, the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant mountains were decorated with gorgeous

she was immediately called to

you

stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated her, asking, “Where

blank for a moment before answering, “I played golf

“With whom?”

taken aback again, and guilt crept onto her face. At this point, she

She is Justin’s cousin and Jason’s daughter!” Jefferey’s expression fell. “Jason and Justin have never 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 too much with

warning earned her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that mute going to handle it

his voice. “How could 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 run our business. As for the life she’s leading at the Burtons… That depends on her

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

at the possibility, and the wrinkles around his eyes

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

into deep thoughts after the somber

after she left, her words were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s

of living at the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula after a

drawer from a side

it for some

morning. I need your help

tea and delivered it to the study

the tea she made for him. In comparison, 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

the rare moments

looked up and rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then, an almost unnoticeable

touched her

nail scratch were

her