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

she told him about the incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he

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

Yes.

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

wanted to add something, but she

bring you

…

arrived, the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant mountains were

was home, she was immediately

you

the house. In contrast,

weekend?” She went blank for a moment before answering, “I played golf

“With whom?”

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

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

if I can’t handle their

she is still 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 depends

have you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself

heart sank at the possibility, and the wrinkles around his

that is no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel

fell into deep thoughts after the

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

the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula after a mere few days of marrying into the

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

it for some time

tomorrow morning. I need your help to deliver an item to the

night, Rachel prepared some tea and delivered

was too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if

also one of the rare moments

on her right cheek. Then,

touched her

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

shook her head at