Chapter 38

Phelps's expression darkened.

Sallie, remembering what she'd seen of Jessica earlier that day, couldn't help but frown.

Damn mute girl. Could it be she's seeing someone else on the side?

What an idiot. With a husband like Timothy, she still can't keep herself in line and has to go out looking for trouble.

If Jessica ever dared to cheat on her brother, Sallie would never let her get away with it.

Since it was Phelps's birthday, the entire Lawson family had gathered.

Timothy's father told the housekeeper to take Henry outside to play.

Once Henry had left, he spoke up, face tight with displeasure. "Jessica can't even speak, and marrying Timothy was the luckiest thing that ever happened to her. Yet today, on my birthday, she doesn't even bother to show up? Sounds to me like she doesn't want to be Mrs. Lawson anymore. Timothy, you should just end the marriage."

Naylor Lawson had opposed this marriage from the very beginning.

For some reason, when Timothy heard Naylor refer to Jessica as "mute," the word grated on him.

saying-better to break ten

be married to my brother. This is an important family occasion, and she can't even be

Rebekah and Naylor's youngest daughter. They

was studying

sharp voice cut through the room. Instantly, everyone fell

me to

on his

Timothy followed closely behind.

up as well, slipping outside to call

a hotel room when her phone

name.

to

Jessica didn't answer, Sallie pressed her lips into a thin, angry line. She

of living a good life, fine. You have half an hour. Get back

message. She picked it up, reading Sallie's

brittle as a

she didn't deserve. Every time she went to Lawson Manor, she

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