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

nod, and a stifling silence later, he composed himself and returned to the topic. “So, are you going to leave the Burton’s

Yes.

expression, he vowed, “Great. I

and a serious stare. Initially, he wanted to add something, but she was staring at his hand as

bring you to

…

the skies of Riverdale that extended into the distant mountains were decorated

was

did you

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

before answering, “I played golf with some

“With whom?”

again, and guilt crept onto her face. At this point,

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.

earned her protest. “Oh, if I can’t handle their family dynamics, how is that mute going

yourself to Rachel? I only need her there as Mrs. Burton. As long as she is still Justin’s wife, we

us. If she has firmly established herself as Mrs. Burton, do you seriously think she’d bother to help

at the possibility, and the wrinkles around his eyes

out of the hospital, that is no longer an effective bargaining

thoughts after the somber

her words were still echoing in his ears, prompting him to revisit Rachel’s

twenty years of living at the Hudsons, she had never once brought up the past. Why did she suddenly

to pull out a drawer from a side dresser, from which

some time before

tomorrow morning. I need your help to deliver an item

prepared some tea and delivered it to

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

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

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

reflexively touched

red marks and the swelling were basically gone, and thankfully, the scabs from the nail scratch were already falling off, leaving two pinkish scars that were jarring on her pale

her head at