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

him about the incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are you suspecting

a heavy nod, and a stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So,

Yes.

grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I will

a frown and a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but she was staring at

bring you to the

…

that extended

home, she was immediately called to

you call

into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated her, asking, “Where

before answering, “I played golf with

“With whom?”

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

was Tina Burton! 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 trust me, you can’t handle it. Don’t hang out too

“Oh, if I can’t handle their family

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

this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has

possibility, and the

of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining

into deep thoughts after the

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

twenty years of living at the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula

pull out a drawer from a

glared at it for some

need your help to

Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the study

tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined,

moments in the day when she would meet

rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then, an

touched her

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

shook her head at