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

topic. “So, are you going to leave the

Yes.

grave expression, he vowed, “Great.

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

you to the

…

extended into the distant mountains were

was home, she was immediately

you call for

stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he

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

“With whom?”

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

never seen eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are super complicated, and trust

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

wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to

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. Burton, do you seriously think she’d bother to help

sank at the possibility, and

no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel manages to capture Justin’s

deep thoughts after

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

did she suddenly bring

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

at it for some

morning. I need your help to deliver an item

tea and delivered it to the

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,

the rare moments in the day when she

gaze on her right cheek. Then, an almost

reflexively touched her

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

her