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

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

stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going

Yes.

“Great.

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

you to the

…

that extended into the

she was immediately called to the

you

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

went blank for a moment before answering, “I played golf with some friends.

“With whom?”

and guilt crept onto her face. At this point, she was talking in a

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 handle it. Don’t hang out too much

“Oh, if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is

she is still Justin’s wife,

words. “Dad, have you ever considered this? She isn’t even close to us. If she has firmly established herself as

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

thoughts after the somber reminder

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

once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly bring up the topic of

as he walked around the sofa to pull out a drawer from

some time before he made

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

and delivered it to the

tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined,

also one of the rare moments

looked up and rested his gaze on her right cheek. Then,

touched

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

her head