Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 63:

Ultimately, Kallie restrained herself. She knew provoking Jake would only backfire painfully. Thus, she repeated the question she had posed to him earlier through sign language. “Don’t you plan to marry Sarah? Why refuse my efforts to make room for her? Doesn’t she want to marry you?”

Yet again, Jake remained silent. His expression was inscrutable, the earlier anger dissolved.

After a brief silence, Jake finally spoke. “You can leave now. We’ll discuss the divorce later.”

Kallie hadn’t expected him to consent immediately and simply nodded in response. She gestured to remind him to eat before the food got cold. Then, she exited.

That evening, Jake didn’t return home.

Kallie suspected Jake might have gone to Sarah’s. Were Sarah and he contemplating when to get married after securing the divorce certificate? Or was it something entirely different?

Kallie walked over to the dressing table and opened a box she had placed there with care. Inside was the broken teapot that had belonged to Roderick.

As Kallie held the teapot, memories of Roderick, her joyful childhood, and her dreams for the future overwhelmed her. Tears streamed down her face. Why hadn’t she repaired the teapot while Roderick was still alive? That way, Roderick might have felt a bit happier in his last moments.

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Tears still in her eyes, Kallie felt her phone buzz. It was a text from Gregory. “‘How have you been lately? Is everything all right at home? Just checking in. I’m not rushing you to get back to the studio or anything.'”

Kallie’s face. She definitely missed the days spent at Hayden’s

Gregory. “Sorting things out at home may take some time, but I’ll swing by the studio

I send over your toolbox? I’m heading out for a

it. She was eager to fix the teapot as soon as possible. She

assured her he would arrive the following morning and would call

from a colleague. However, it wasn’t until the next morning that she began to suspect his interest might be deeper than

family, Gregory was usually ahead of the curve regarding the latest gossip within their social circle. Chances were that he was already aware

stumbling upon the trending news about Jake’s illness on her

detrimental

stock market commenced at nine that morning, the Reeves

that had claimed the lives of previous Reeves elders, typically within three years of

broke, subtly hinting at it in

focus had shifted away from the implications of

Kallie pondered who else might know about Jake’s condition. She had kept it a secret, confident that Steven had as well. Could Sarah or Shirley have disclosed such sensitive information? Despite their differences with

sick before. Could others have connected it to Jake and come up with this exaggerated description of his grave

announced a press conference to be held in two hours, where Jake would personally address and refute the rumors, and

online chatter surrounding Jake’s rumored illness dwindled, and some accounts even discreetly deleted their

moment she walked through the door, “Kallie, get your ass down here! Did you let it slip that

rose and opened the