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?

wasn’t his type, she hailed from the Nixon family, for

with her. The Reeves family wasn’t

teeth, a new plan forming in her mind. She flashed a bright smile. “Well, I won’t bother you then. Can I get your

interactions with Ewing quite normal. But Bria, Ewing’s cousin, seemed

to give Bria his work-related contact

cold shoulder.

calls

place

a tangled

Bria’s sly smirk, a light bulb

even

face tightened told Bria this wasn’t just some

the opportunist, shot her shot.