Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 139:

Sophia’s trembling subsided, her sobs growing quieter as guilt and fear overwhelmed her.

Boris cursed “idiot” in his mind.

In an attempt to salvage the situation and steer the group’s attention away from his mother’s guilty expression, Boris dropped to his knees abruptly, the impact echoing crisply in the room. He faced the direction of Jerome’s ward and bowed his head repeatedly against the floor.

Brent’s expression darkened, a frown creasing his brow as he watched contemplatively.

Boris then launched into a theatrical display, crying loudly. He crawled on his knees toward Brent and clutched at the fabric of Brent’s pants, his demeanor desperate.

“Brent, if it turns out my mother really did something so vile, then she’s lower than any beast. It’d be justified, even to cast her out,” Boris pleaded, voice choked with emotion, “But please, I urge you to delve deeply into this.

My mother is so timid. She can’t even bear to crush an ant, much less harm a human, especially not her own father.”

Boris’s performance was convincing. It tugged at the heartstrings of everyone there, compelling some to tears.

Yet, Brent remained unmoved, his judgment unclouded. He looked down at Boris, his voice calm and steady. “Why the rush, Boris? I haven’t accused her outright yet. I’m merely suspicious and wish to speak with her.”

Boris’s gaze flitted nervously around as his cries continued unabated. “I realize that ever since my mother and I came back to the Hayes family, you’ve been resentful, believing we have no place here. But I’m not here to vie with you for anything. The Hayes estate, including the Hayes Group, is yours. Just please, show some compassion. Our lives have been difficult. Keeping us around is like having two more pets in the house.”

Some onlookers couldn’t keep silent any longer.

“How can someone be so cruel? To think of killing one’s own father!”

“Perhaps he’s seizing the opportunity to drive them away.”

Whispers and murmurs rose among the members of the Hayes family. A number of them had harbored grievances against Brent but had found no reason to confront him—until now.

are family, after all. It’s one thing for you to disregard us and wish us gone under normal circumstances, but now, standing before you are your

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intended any harm to Jerome, they would have acted much sooner. Why would they wait until now? Brent, could it be that you’re the one wishing for Jerome’s swift departure? Once he passes,

his jaw and delivered a forceful punch to the man’s

man didn’t even attempt

his chance to escalate the tension, reveling in the ensuing chaos. With his hands covering his face, he yelled out dramatically, “Brent, why are you attacking me? It’s

on video and promptly uploaded online, where

for Boris’s act, bombarding

subsidiaries of the Hayes Group, demanding Brent’s

to the online uproar, her mind

be back to her single life once she secured the divorce certificate tomorrow, a milestone that was expected to bring joy. Yet, she was restless,

her time with the Reeves family surged, filling Kallie’s mind with scenes of school days and living alongside them. Their wedding day

ceremony, Jake had been visibly

off the wedding at one

taken hold with Roderick, who not

an affair attended mostly by members of the Reeves

speak to Roderick to stop the wedding if Jake was

firmly, his eyes devoid of warmth. “What, still not satisfied? What else do you

mocking, echoed in Kallie’s mind. So the following day, during what should

to

the ceremony, whispers and

was merely a mute who was unworthy of Jake, suggesting she must have seduced him to have

were correct on one thing:

do was silently endure the mockery and derision thrown

Kallie sought Jake, needing to speak with him. However, she found

as he questioned them. “Who do you think you