Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 262:

The doctor placed a comforting hand on Dean’s shoulder. “Your mother’s condition is stable for now, but we’re not sure whether she could make it. If there’s anything you need to tell her, now is the time to do so. Her body sustained severe injuries in the car accident, and I’m afraid she could pass away at any moment.”

Immediately after the doctor finished talking, someone broke into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

It was none other than Melinda.

Dean’s face mirrored Melinda’s seeming sorrow, his distress evident in every line of his expression.

The gravity of the situation weighed heavily on everyone, except Jake.

Noticing the suspicious gazes from those around Jake, Edgar leaned toward Jake and whispered, “Perhaps you should show some sorrow, Mr. Reeves?”

Jake’s lips curled into a dismissive sneer as he whispered back, “Why should I feign grief? These guys have decided to seal my mom’s end precisely on this day, no matter her condition. Do you doubt this?”

Edgar bowed his head, knowing Jake was right.

Jake glanced at the gathered individuals coldly before issuing his command in a low voice. “Proceed with our plan. Ensure everything is handled neatly.”

sir.” Edgar slipped away unnoticed as others busied

his eyes and said, “I’ll handle it. As her eldest

enter Shirley’s

would our mom want to speak with you alone? It’s only

fresh updates at

frustration boiling over. “Our mom’s been in the hospital for a while, and you’ve hardly visited her. Now that she’s in such a critical condition, you’re the last person she’d want to see. How dare you show up now?

evenly, “I rarely come to the hospital because I’m tied up running the Reeves Group. If I had stayed at the hospital, who would have run the company? What about I let you handle the Reeves

up at Jake’s last sentence,

could respond, a voice spoke up. “Dean,

speaker was an elder, though being a distant relative of the Reeves family. For his schemes,

had deliberately gathered a crowd, aiming to tarnish

gathered by Dean urged him to reconsider his

quite simple. Though they disapproved of Jake’s apparent indifference, they knew too well that Jake’s capabilities were the very reason they

had flourished even beyond its former

Dean was widely

resign and hand over the reins of the Reeves Group

moment and realized he had overlooked something crucial. It was the lack of