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.

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

for her job. “Mr. Reeves, she claimed she was here to bring you food, but I couldn’t verify her identity,

asked you to bring food?” Cutting off the receptionist mid-explanation, Jake directed his

together. Sarah probably used Jake’s phone

apology to Jake before turning to leave through the

the medical records he had seen earlier flashing in his mind.

offers tales

why don’t we try the food that mute prepared? You mentioned it was tasty, right?”

he unexpectedly

stormy. She recalled how Jake had brushed her off at the bar. Glaring at the receptionist nearby, she snapped, “Don’t you

after Jake, Sarah followed

a black Mercedes pulled up to the

Ethan asked from

Where do you need to go? I’ll take you,” Ethan offered, seeing

the evening rush approaching and taxis scarce, Kallie paused briefly before accepting Ethan’s offer

her out and witnessed her

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

me!” Sarah called out just as Jake was about to hit the accelerator.

How about we grab dinner together?” Before Sarah could finish