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

at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he responded with shock. “Are you suspecting Jefferey for killing

silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic.

Yes.

“Great. I will help you with the

that, she reacted with a frown and a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to

will bring you to

…

that extended into the distant mountains were

Amber was home, she was immediately

did you call

house. In contrast, Jefferey had a

for a moment before answering, “I played golf with

“With whom?”

face. At this point, she was talking in a cautious

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, you can’t

if I can’t handle their family dynamics,

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

paid 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. Burton, do you seriously

the possibility, and the wrinkles around his eyes scrunched

hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If Rachel manages to capture Justin’s heart, do

thoughts after the

were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After

once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of some herbal medicine formula after a mere few days

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

some

morning. I need your help to deliver an item

some tea and delivered it to the

prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if

moments in the day when she

cheek. Then, an almost unnoticeable frown appeared on

reflexively touched her

basically gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were

shook her head