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 responded with shock. “Are you suspecting Jefferey for killing

he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the

Yes.

expression, he vowed, “Great. I will

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

bring you to

…

Riverdale that extended into the distant

was home, she was immediately

did you

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?”

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

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.

“Oh, if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that

his voice. “How could 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 the life she’s leading at

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

at the possibility, and the wrinkles around

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

into deep thoughts after the somber reminder from

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

the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she

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

it for some time before

come over tomorrow morning. I need your

prepared some tea and delivered

gotten used 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, she would bring him a pot of tea at the same time every

one of the rare moments in the day when

gaze on her right cheek. Then, an

reflexively touched her

scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving

shook her head