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

incident at the Hudson Vineyard, to which he

later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s after you get to the

Yes.

vowed, “Great. I will help

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

bring you to the

…

arrived, the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant

was home, she was immediately called

you call

since she stepped into the house. In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated her, asking, “Where were you

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

“With whom?”

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

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

their family dynamics, how is that

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 at the Burtons… That depends

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

had to 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 manages to capture Justin’s heart, do you really think she’d bat an eye

fell into deep thoughts after the somber

echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s

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 after a mere few days of marrying into

a drawer from a side dresser, from which he took out

at it for some time

over tomorrow morning. I need your help

night, Rachel prepared some tea and delivered it to the study for

too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had the time, she would bring him a pot of tea at the

tea delivery was also one of the rare moments

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

reflexively touched

thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving two pinkish scars that were jarring on her pale

her head