Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 13:

Kallie bit her pale lip, yearning to retort. But as she reached for her phone to type a response, the receptionist halted her with a stern hand gesture. “Don’t waste our time. If you keep bothering me, I’ll call security!”

The receptionist then shoved Kallie back. With no other option, Kallie texted Jake instead. “I’m downstairs, but the receptionist won’t let me in.”

However, Jake didn’t respond to her message.

Kallie paced back and forth, realizing that the longer she waited, the more likely her meal would lose its appeal. She approached the receptionist once more with a sentence on her phone. “Could you please inform Mr. Reeves that I am here?”

Kallie refrained from revealing she was Jake’s wife, fearing it might embarrass him.

The receptionist rolled her eyes dismissively. “If we run off to tell Mr. Reeves every time a lunatic claims to see him, he’ll never get his work done!”

Left without alternatives, Kallie took a seat on a sofa in the lobby’s corner, a designated rest area where she decided to wait until Jake was done for the day.

Observing Kallie settle down, the receptionist spitefully poured her a glass of water and set it down with a smirk. “If you insist on waiting, then wait. Mr. Reeves uses the private elevator directly to the parking garage after work. He won’t even come this way. Let’s see how long you last!”

Anxious, Kallie continuously glanced at her phone screen, yet there was still no response from Jake. Could he be tied up with something?

Just then, the elevator doors parted. Jake emerged, his arm linked with Sarah’s.

registered surprise. “Why are you here?” he asked, his tone edged

taken aback by Jake’s unexpected appearance and his acquaintance with Kallie, rushed over in a panic, fearing for her job. “Mr. Reeves, she claimed she was here to bring you food, but I couldn’t verify her identity, so I hesitated to let her up,” she

food?” Cutting off the receptionist mid-explanation, Jake directed his question

herself. Noticing Sarah’s smug look, Kallie pieced everything together. Sarah probably used Jake’s phone to

gestured her apology to Jake before turning to leave

she walked. Jake observed her closely, the medical records he had seen earlier flashing in his

offers tales

the food that mute prepared? You mentioned it

hear Jake’s reply, he unexpectedly

her off at the bar. Glaring at the receptionist

Sarah

company’s entrance, a black

doing here?” Ethan asked

to go? I’ll take

approaching and taxis scarce, Kallie paused

her out and

clouded over in an instant. He marched toward the nearby Bentley Mulsanne and

was about to hit the accelerator. She hurried over, breathless, and slid into

calm down. How about we grab dinner together?” Before Sarah could finish her plea,