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

him about the incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are

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

Yes.

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

a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to

will bring you to the

…

arrived, the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant

was home, she was immediately called to

you call for

In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his

a moment before answering, “I played golf

“With whom?”

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

Tina Burton! She is Justin’s cousin and Jason’s daughter!” 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 are super complicated, and trust me,

warning earned her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their

long as she is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the

to 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 to help

and the wrinkles around his eyes

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

into deep thoughts after the somber reminder from

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

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

around the sofa to pull out a drawer from a side

glared at it for some time before he made a

need your help to deliver an item to

some tea and delivered it to

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

the rare moments in the day when she would meet

Then, an almost unnoticeable frown appeared on his

touched

gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving two pinkish scars that were

her