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 composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s after you get

Yes.

grave expression, he vowed, “Great. I will

wanted to add something, but

bring you to

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of Riverdale that extended into the distant mountains were

home, she was immediately

you call for

contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he

moment before

“With whom?”

again, and guilt crept onto her face. At this

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

their family dynamics, how is

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 the life she’s leading at

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 around

to listen to us because of Grandma. Now that Grandma’s out of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining

after the somber reminder from

ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After some thought,

Rachel’s 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 after a mere few days of marrying into the

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

it for some time before he

need your help to deliver

prepared some tea and delivered it to the study

Duncan was too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had the time, she would bring him a pot of tea at the same time

moments in the

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

reflexively touched

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

her head