Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 225:

Jake glanced at Bria after hearing that. Bria’s anger simmered down a bit. She expected Jake to plead for her help, but he simply said, “I’ve already handled it. Thank you for the offer, Miss Nixon.”

Bria clenched her jaw, frustrated by Jake’s rejection. “You asking Ewing is totally different from me asking him. Ewing might seem easygoing, but he just hates saying no directly. Do you really not want me to intervene?”

Annoyance creased Jake’s brow. He decided to cut to the chase. “Miss Nixon, we are not acquainted. Are you proposing some kind of business arrangement?”

Bria fabricated an excuse. “I just said that I have a good impression of you, so I wanted to help.”

Jake scoffed, his gaze devoid of warmth. “Miss Nixon, there seems to be a misunderstanding. I’m a businessman. All relationships, in my view, are built on mutual benefit. I only value what each party can offer the other. Otherwise, it suggests ulterior motives.”

Bria couldn’t argue with him. A strange sense of helplessness washed over her. Was this guy clueless? Or was he just not interested in her?

the initiative. Even if she wasn’t his type, she hailed from the Nixon family, for

were dying to meet her and curry favor with her. The

a bright smile. “Well, I won’t bother you then. Can I get your

Bria with detachment. He found his earlier interactions with Ewing quite normal. But Bria, Ewing’s cousin,

avoid further hassle, Jake was about to give Bria his work-related contact information when

giving Sarah the cold shoulder. He’d brushed her off with the

seemed to have realized something. Her calls had become a constant buzz

place

wall. The whole Kallie situation had him a tangled mess of worry,

his buzzing phone and Bria’s sly smirk, a light bulb flickered on in Jake’s head. Maybe he could use

even saved in Jake’s

tightened told Bria this wasn’t just

her shot. “Who’s that?