Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 193:

Sarah looked serious. “What’s happening out there? Are those people just hanging around?”

“Miss Miller, you had quite an army keeping me away earlier. They looked beat, so I let them catch some shut-eye. Pretty thoughtful of me, right? Or maybe you’re uneasy about me being here because of what you did to the Hayes family?” Brent’s expression stayed icy.

Several onlookers gave Sarah strange looks. Boris, a Hayes family member, managed to get in. Why was Brent being blocked?

Sarah clenched her teeth. “It’s my birthday bash. I can invite whoever I damn well please. And you and I aren’t exactly friends. Instead of grilling me, why don’t you ask Kallie why she brought Irene here without giving you the heads-up?”

Brent glanced at both Kallie and Irene after hearing Sarah’s retort.

Irene felt a pang of guilt. She hadn’t seen this coming, so, following Kallie’s lead, she kept it all from Brent.

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Brent’s voice softened as he said to Irene, “What are you scared of? I know Kallie asked you to keep this from me. I’m not blaming you.”

Kallie, looking tired, mustered a smile for Brent and signaled that he shouldn’t have come since it brought him trouble.

Brent shook his head. “How could I just stand by and let them trash-talk you?”

Nearby, someone chimed in, “Mr. Hayes, you and Kallie seem tight. Do you know about the shady stuff she’s been up to?”

someone else cut in, “He’s probably clueless. Don’t tolerate

let Kallie keep pulling the wool over your

that’s right,” another

coming here to straighten this out. My grandpa

Brent said this, he

was no turning back

kind to Kallie. Now, with this scandal between the two people you trust most, I get you don’t want to face it, but can you really ignore the video I have? How do you explain our grandpa wanting to leave part of his estate to Kallie, who isn’t even family? I think Kallie tricked our grandpa. He’s as much a victim as we are. We need to stick together

It seemed he genuinely cared for Brent and the

smile was cold as he questioned, “You’re certain about the dynamics between my grandpa and Kallie? Care to swear

I saw it with

arguing. Let’s ask the person directly. That

it? She’ll deny everything

smiled strangely at Boris. “Who said I planned to

something, and his smile faded. Yet, there was a glimmer of hope

putting his plan into motion. If needed, his mother could expedite Jerome’s demise. By then, it would be too late for Kallie to clear her name, and Brent, due to his

by the Miller and Reeves families and various branches of the Hayes family, Boris felt he and his mother

hint of smug satisfaction. He despised anyone who had looked down on him and his mother. Despite Brent receiving the

reconciled. He and Brent were both from the Hayes family. If Brent could inherit the

parted, making way for someone pushing

on his face, but when he saw Jerome roll in, safe and sound, looking refreshed, fear flashed in

his eyes widened in

fumbling for his