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

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

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 of

Yes.

grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I will help you with the

stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but

will bring you to

…

the skies of Riverdale that extended

home, she was immediately called to

you call

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

went blank for a moment before answering, “I played

“With whom?”

At this point, she

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

I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that mute going to

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

to us.

the possibility, and

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.

fell into deep thoughts after

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

Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up

drawer from a side dresser, from which he took out a brown-colored pill

at it for some time

I need your help to deliver an item to the

some tea and delivered it to the study for

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 in the day when she would meet

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

touched her

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

shook her head