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

the Hudson Vineyard, to which

himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s after you get to the bottom

Yes.

“Great. I will help you with the

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

you to the

…

that extended into the distant mountains were decorated with gorgeous

was

you call for

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

a moment before answering,

“With whom?”

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

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

if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is

still Justin’s wife,

She isn’t even close to us. If she has

possibility, and the wrinkles around his

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

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

past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula

a drawer

at it for some time before he made a

over tomorrow morning. I need your help to deliver an

some tea and

he had gotten used to drinking 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

of the rare moments in the day when she would

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

touched

the swelling were basically gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were

shook her head