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

Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are you suspecting

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

Yes.

he vowed, “Great. I will help you with

she reacted with a frown and a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but she was staring at his hand as she

you to the

…

that extended into the distant

was home, she was immediately called

you

smiling ear-to-ear since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated her, asking,

weekend?” She went blank for a moment before

“With whom?”

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

have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are

their family dynamics,

wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to run our business. As for the life she’s leading at the

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 help us

possibility, and the wrinkles around his eyes scrunched

to listen to us because of Grandma. Now that Grandma’s out of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining chip

after

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

twenty years of living at the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she

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

glared at it for some time before he made

over tomorrow morning. I need your

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

Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had

also one of the rare moments in

Then, an almost unnoticeable

reflexively touched her

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

her