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

the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are you

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

Yes.

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

he wanted to add something, but she was staring at his

you

…

arrived, the skies of Riverdale that extended into

was home, she was

did you call

been smiling ear-to-ear since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had

She went blank for a moment before answering,

“With whom?”

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

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

protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their

wife, we could borrow the prestige of

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

the possibility, and the

out of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel manages to capture Justin’s heart, do you really think she’d bat an eye

thoughts after the somber

after she left, her words were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit 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

pull out a drawer from a side dresser, from which

glared at it for some

come over tomorrow morning. I need your help to

Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the study for

the tea she made for him. In comparison, the tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined,

was also one of the rare moments in the day when she would

Then,

touched

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

shook her head at