Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 204:

“Get on your knees,” Shirley commanded harshly as they stepped into the room.

Shirley nonchalantly settled into a chair, crossed her legs with overt arrogance, and looked down on Kallie with disdain.

Kallie’s jaw tensed, her knees refusing to bend.

“Do you need a reminder of the rules, or shall I refresh your memory?” Shirley taunted with a smirk.

Kallie, remaining upright, returned the stare, her expression icy as she signed. Her gestures showed her rejection of succumbing to Shirley’s humiliation, practically saying, “Why should I kneel? Whatever has upset you this time, please remember that we’re governed by laws now.”

Shirley’s smile thinned, her gaze turning frostier. “You shamelessly persist in refusing to divorce Jake, which means you’re still my daughter-in-law. It’s my right to discipline you. Tell me, what’s wrong with that? What law does it break?”

With a flick of her wrist, Shirley signaled.

A bodyguard immediately stepped forward, forcefully pushing Kallie down until she knelt, her knee striking the floor sharply, eliciting a pained grimace from her.

Shirley eyed Kallie disdainfully, suspecting Kallie of exaggerating the pain.

“You really have become more delicate,” Shirley remarked sarcastically. “Now that you’re pregnant, do you think it gives you the license to defy me?”

Kallie’s reaction was one of utter astonishment. Staring at Shirley, she was overtaken by a wave of disbelief and fear.

Kallie recalled her own first pregnancy vividly.

When Shirley had discovered Kallie’s pregnancy, she had instantly insisted on an abortion, claiming that someone like Kallie was incapable of bearing a healthy child. The Reeves family would never tolerate an unhealthy heir.

this time was different. Kallie yearned deeply for this child, her own

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her emotions, Kallie beseeched Shirley with a desperate urgency. She signed frantically, her gestures pleading as she promised to leave Jake and take the child away, never returning to trouble Jake. She

is illegitimate. It can’t possibly be Jake’s. You know the

as she absorbed Shirley’s harsh words. Shirley actually resorted to lies, eager to be rid of her own

over her stomach, Kallie resolved to

the abortion tonight, divorce Jake tomorrow, and

have to dictate her life? Why

in response, “Don’t you dare give me that attitude. The Reeves family has supported you for years. It’s only right that you do this for them. Remember, only Roderick wanted to keep you within the family. The rest of the Reeves family dislikes you as an outsider. Stop playing the

her, Shirley instructed, “You guys, hurry up. I expect to hear about a successful procedure by nine tonight. If

the bodyguards stepped forward and grabbed Kallie forcefully. Despite her frantic struggles,

despair ran down Kallie’s cheeks as she

and turned, their tone respectful

she lifted her gaze and noticed

quickly, his expression tinged with anxiety. Yet, he walked straight past Kallie and the bodyguards,

intensified

his voice devoid of warmth. “Put her in

have been orchestrated by Jake. Maybe he wanted to avoid staining his own reputation, leaving Shirley

felt betrayed, questioning why Jake could be so heartless. Hadn’t they agreed to not harm her unborn child?

temples, worn out. At the sound of footsteps, she looked up and was met with Jake’s once-charming face, now twisted into an expression of

“What’s happening? Weren’t you supposed

“Actually, I ought to be asking you

are you planning? Intend to keep Kallie close and then support her and the child once she delivers the baby? Or perhaps you plan to use the child as leverage to