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

he composed himself and returned to the topic.

Yes.

grave expression, he vowed, “Great.

wanted to add something, but she was staring

will bring you to

…

extended into the

home, she was immediately called to the

you call

In contrast, Jefferey had a serious expression on his face as he interrogated her, asking, “Where were you last

before answering,

“With whom?”

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

seen eye-to-eye. Look, the Burtons have a very different family dynamic than ours—theirs are super complicated, and trust

I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that

is still Justin’s wife, we could borrow the prestige of the Burtons to run our business. As for

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

sank at the possibility, and the wrinkles around his eyes

the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining chip for us. If

into deep thoughts after the somber reminder from

him to revisit Rachel’s unusual behavior lately. After some thought, he started to feel that

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

to pull out a drawer from a side dresser, from

some time before he made

I need your

some tea and delivered it to

In comparison, the tea prepared by Mrs. Duncan was too unrefined, according to his complaints. Therefore, if Rachel had the time, she would bring him a pot of

tea delivery was also one of the rare moments in the day when she would

her right cheek. Then, an almost

touched her

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

shook her head