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. “Are you suspecting Jefferey for

stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s after

Yes.

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

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

will bring you to

…

the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant mountains

home, she was immediately called

did you call

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

before answering, “I played

“With whom?”

and guilt crept onto her face. At this point, she was talking in a cautious whisper.

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

warning earned her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their

long as she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to run our business. As for

paid no attention to his words. “Dad, have you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself as Mrs.

heart sank at the possibility, and the wrinkles

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

deep thoughts after the

still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit

up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up

out a drawer from a side dresser, from which he took out a

some time before

over tomorrow morning. I need your help

Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the

too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had the

also one of the rare moments in the day when she would

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

touched her

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

shook her head at