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

topic. “So, are you going to

Yes.

he vowed, “Great. I will help you with

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

bring you to

…

skies of Riverdale that extended

she was

did you call

since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his

weekend?” She went blank for a moment before answering, “I played golf

“With whom?”

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

and Justin have never seen eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are

her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how

her there as Mrs. Burton. As long as she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to run

you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself as Mrs. Burton, do

and the wrinkles around

that Grandma’s out of the hospital, that is no longer an

fell into deep thoughts after the

still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After some thought, he started to

living at the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring

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

some time before he

over tomorrow morning. I need your help to deliver an item to the

Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the study for

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

one of the rare moments in the

looked up and rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then, an almost unnoticeable frown appeared on his face. “How’s

reflexively touched

the scabs from the nail

shook her