Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 11:

Supported by Linsey, Kallie attempted to stand her ground, yet her legs betrayed her, too feeble to support her weight. Dazed, Kallie allowed Linsey to guide her into a chair. Linsey promptly called an ambulance and reached out to Ethan.

Amidst her grogginess, Kallie’s mind wandered to a distant memory. Had circumstances been different, might she have chosen Ethan over Jake? After all, Ethan had once proposed, and Linsey had been eager to see them together.

As Kallie regained consciousness in a hospital bed, Linsey’s concerned face greeted her.

“How are you feeling? Any discomfort?” Linsey inquired.

With the IV needle secured in her arm, Kallie lifted it slightly, reassured by its presence. She managed a weak smile, indicating she was fine.

“You’ve got low blood sugar and malnutrition,” Linsey relayed the doctor’s words. “Did you skip breakfast?”

Ethan’s voice came from the side, filled with concern. “Kallie, how could Jake not take good care of you? To think the Reeves family’s role in your sudden fainting… Have you not been eating well?”

Linsey, frustrated, thumped the bed and then immediately apologized. “I’m sorry. Did that frighten you?”

weak smile and shook her head, her sign language saying it was all because of her own failure to

lavish meals for Jake, only to discard them later since he seldom returned. Gradually, her appetite had

set down a collection of Kallie’s favorite dishes. “I’ve brought all your favorites. You

I called him, and his assistant just brushed me off, saying not to bother Jake unless it’s critical. Can you

signed swiftly, trying to soothe Linsey. She frantically gestured that she was fine and since Jake was in a meeting, disturbing him wasn’t

to respond, but paused, reconsidering her words in light of Kallie’s condition. Instead, she quietly opened a food box for Kallie and sighed. “From now on,

both of us,” Ethan chimed in, standing

at the hospital, Ethan and

was sprawled

over her before settling on the food box in her hands. “Out for

aside the box and clarified her outing was for

drove you back home? Who were you with

frozen. It was odd for Jake to be home

sent her back after dining together, her expression wavering slightly. It

had visited Sarah. His unusual presence at home at this hour

He closed the distance