Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 70:

“What’s gotten into you?” Jake exclaimed, visibly shocked by Kallie’s reaction. He didn’t release his grip on her bag. Instead, he clutched her wrist tightly with his other hand. “Have you lost your mind? My mom mentioned you’ve been acting strange at home! What’s going on with you?”

Kallie didn’t respond. As Jake seized her hand, her instinctive reaction was primal—she bit him.

Driven by an intense need to protect her unborn child, Kallie was desperate to keep its existence hidden from Jake, fearing for its safety.

“What are you doing?” Jake recoiled, shocked by Kallie’s sudden aggression, something he had never seen from her before. She quickly snatched her bag back.

“Are you hiding something from me?” Jake demanded, his suspicions growing.

Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, and he blurted out, “Did you really cheat on me?”

Kallie, having checked the contents of her bag, locked eyes with Jake, her expression a mix of defiance and wariness.

“You’re taking me back to our childhood. Remember our first real fight?” Jake’s tone softened, dipping into a nostalgic warmth.

Kallie hesitated for a moment as memories flooded her mind. Her fiery temper as a child had been well-known, and it was that same spirited nature that had drawn her to Linsey.

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There had been an incident where Jake took something precious from Kallie, and she had launched a full-on attack, her youthful energy wild as she pummeled him.

Jake, a few years her senior, had adhered to the unspoken rule of never hitting girls. He had taken the beating without fighting back, even as Roderick chuckled in the background, amused by Jake’s decision to provoke someone as fierce as Kallie.

in a long time,” Jake commented, a faint smile on his lips as he looked at

memories reminded her that the old wounds hadn’t fully healed. She recalled overhearing

herself, adopting

snatching Kallie’s bag from her grasp. In one smooth motion, he upended it, spilling its contents onto the bed. Among

his expression hardening as he read the contents. He turned sharply toward Kallie, holding the paper up. “Do you really need to

papers

as she faced Jake. Yet, her hand instinctively cradled her stomach

commanding as he stepped closer. “You’re already

of hair from her face, his touch soft,

but filled with challenge,

pointed, expressing that she was neither his pet nor his possession—she

and irritation. “What

hands trembled slightly as she gestured quickly, conveying that while Sarah was his lover, she herself

the first time Kallie had spoken so openly and critically

head in disbelief, his gaze narrowing. “You were the one who wanted this marriage. Now you

Jake slammed the door behind him, leaving

slam lingering in the room. Eventually, she moved to the bed to gather her scattered belongings. Hidden in her bag’s compartment was the crumpled pregnancy test report—Jake hadn’t noticed it during their

Kallie reflected on their past. She had never pressured him into marriage; no one had. He had entered into

location on time. It was Kallie’s first

in the director’s chair, was the last person Kallie wanted to see: Sarah. She was all smiles, casually chatting with the

her place is here for the shoot?” Irene muttered,

just here to try out,” a male voice casually

her eyes briefly, a