Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 7:

“Kallie!” Jake’s voice was thick with concern as he rushed forward to pick her up, his instructions to the butler cutting through the air sharply. “Bring the doctor, immediately!”

Despite being clad in a raincoat, the relentless downpour had drenched Kallie thoroughly.

Without hesitation, Jake peeled the soaked garments from Kallie’s shivering form and grabbed a towel from the maid to swaddle her. It was only then that Jake truly noticed Kallie’s frailty—her waist alarmingly slender, as if it could be encircled by his hands alone.

Just then, Jake’s friend’s voice broke through his concern, mocking yet filled with worry. “What’s this, Jake? Gone bankrupt? Sending your wife to labor to make ends meet? You’re wearing her out!”

As a doctor, Steven Hudson arrived shortly after being summoned, his long-standing friendship with Jake never softening his blunt commentary.

“Enough nonsense. Just tend to her!” Jake barked, a stern expression on his face as he stepped aside from Kallie.

“If she had been exposed any longer, hypothermia might have claimed her, beyond any help. What are you playing at, Jake? Hoping for a tragic accident to cash in on her insurance?” Steven didn’t hold back, even as he checked Kallie over, his sarcasm biting. “I’m not covering for you, not for less than ten billion!”

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fuck up!” Jake snapped, fury overtaking his worry. Steven, recognizing the limit, ceased his remarks

temperature had plummeted dangerously, only to

and reassured Jake that there was no cause

flushed face, his brow creased with concern. After a pause, he walked away with a firm command to the butler. “Ensure she’s well cared for. I’ll hold you

As she made her way downstairs, she anticipated finding Jake gone. Surprisingly, he

asked, catching sight of

twining together. Was his refusal to open the door last night a sign that he

of us,” Jake said, surveying the room before fixing his eyes on Kallie, his voice carrying a hint of

to confront him, gesturing frantically how much she adored

her. “I’ll set up a bookstore for you. Stay away from that

to clarify, but Jake had already turned to leave. In desperation, she reached out and

“Anything else?”

for Jake to hold on, dashed upstairs, and swiftly returned with a document

agreement?” Jake let out a laugh at the title, not bothering to read it, and casually tossed it aside. “You want to

and handed it to Jake