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

composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are

Yes.

“Great. I

he wanted to add something, but she was staring at

you to

…

extended into the distant mountains were decorated with gorgeous

she was immediately called

you call for

been smiling ear-to-ear since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as

weekend?” She went blank for a moment before

“With whom?”

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

eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs

can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that mute going to handle it

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

no 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.

at the possibility, and the wrinkles around

an effective bargaining

thoughts after the somber reminder from

she left, her words were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately.

Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some

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

some

need your help

tea and delivered it to the study for

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

was also one of the rare moments in the day

and rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then, an

reflexively touched her

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

her head