Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 263:

While Dean created a commotion in the corridor, Jake paid him no mind.

Seated by Shirley’s bedside, Jake gazed at her with deep concern. “Mom?” he called out softly, his voice barely above a whisper.

Hearing his voice, Shirley turned her head slowly, her voice seemingly weak as she whispered, “Why are you here? Looking forward to my end?”

Jake was unfazed by her response, showing no hint of anger. Instead, he replied softly, “You still have some fight in you and strength to scold me, which means you’re not as feeble as the doctor suggested. Let me guess. You were able to move around recently, but Dean lied, claiming you had been in a coma after the so-called accident.”

A flicker of guilt crossed Shirley’s face as she listened to Jake’s words. But it vanished almost immediately. With a stern expression, she said, “Dean’s lie was motivated by his concern. He wanted you to come to the hospital and visit me, but you were so cold-hearted that you refused to come until today. How could you forsake your own mother for the sake of a woman, Jake? Remember, it’s me who gave you everything.”

Getting carried away by Jake’s provocation, Shirley questioned Jake with a fiery edge, a sharp contrast to her earlier weak performance.

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Jake did not doubt if Shirley had the energy, she would sit upright in bed, pointing an accusing finger at him while letting loose a torrent of reprimands.

Jake gazed intently into Shirley’s eyes, finding his mom unfamiliar, almost like a stranger to him.

Jake continued, “Dean also advised me against visiting you at the hospital. He feared that if I upset you, it might hinder your recovery.”

why I ended up in the hospital. I wouldn’t have been hospitalized if you

swiping across the screen, his voice laced

treating me this way? All I have been doing is for your own good. What’s wrong with my intention to surround you with reliable people? Kallie is nothing but a seductress. She bewitched your grandfather, and now she’s ensnaring you. What do you see in

Shirley’s, his response icy. “You mistreated Kallie,

is the Reeves family’s fortune.

joining the Reeves family, Kallie had her own assets, inherited from her parents. She was quite young then, and a lawyer helped her manage those assets, but after she was adopted by my grandfather, that lawyer mysteriously vanished. Mom, others might not

this secret as a

curiosity and a sense of threat in Jake. Worried about losing even the sliver of attention that Shirley spared him, he began to watch Shirley

her aides, ordered them to

an order was beyond the young Jake’s comprehension. As he

back then. Frankly, his father was a poor leader. At that time, the Reeves Group

had been spending lavishly during that period. She didn’t hesitate to purchase anything she fancied, regardless of the price, even

abroad for

it vividly. As he grew older, something about it didn’t seem right to

out before her, Shirley couldn’t deny it even if she wanted to. Caught off guard by Jake’s discovery,

Shirley had become noticeably thinner, her eyes hollowed

“Jake!

amusement in the situation, just smiled. “It’s not about what I’m going to do. It’s about what you

had barely finished speaking when a few sharp knocks interrupted their conversation, echoing