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

at the Hudson Vineyard, to

to the topic. “So, are

Yes.

a grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I will help

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

will bring you

…

that extended into the distant mountains were

home, she was

did you call for

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 answering, “I played golf with some friends.

“With whom?”

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

“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

handle their family dynamics, how is that mute going to

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

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

and the wrinkles around his eyes scrunched

longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel manages to capture Justin’s heart, do you really think she’d bat an

deep thoughts after

still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s

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

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

at it for some time before

come over tomorrow morning. I need your help to deliver an item to

night, Rachel prepared some tea and delivered

the tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined, according to

one of the rare moments in the day when she would

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

reflexively touched

the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving two pinkish scars that were

shook her head at