Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 265:

Shirley sneered at Jake. “You’re guilty, so you’re trying to lock me up. The so-called car accident was your doing. Once I’m better, I’ll expose you for how monstrous you really are!”

Jake stared at Shirley, her eyes wild and unhinged. The last flicker of hope within him died. The truth was, he had known exactly what Shirley and Dean had been up to for some time. He was always on guard. How would he get drugged? It was Shirley, his own mother, who’d slipped him the drugs.

Since Shirley was his mother, Jake had looked everywhere else for the culprit, even suspecting Edgar, but never her. He had assumed they’d had their differences, but they were still mother and son. He never imagined she’d pull off something like drugging him, disregarding his well-being.

Upon finding Shirley administering drugs to him, everything clicked. Jake then realized Shirley had long decided to favor Dean, acting like Dean was her only son.

Jake exhaled a weary sigh before posing one last question. “Did my dad have a love child a few years back? What happened to that boy and his mistress?”

nonsense are you talking

“Is that so? Isn’t that child’s name Stan? It seemed my dad quite adored him and wanted to raise him well outside. But you found out and got furious. You even burned down their home in a huff. My dad’s mistress died on the spot, and

handled things for me, claiming your actions were out of

somewhat became his drive for growth. Have you seen him again since you two met that year? Not only is he

now a lackey to some perverted noble in

too late to set things right. His resentment has distorted him, and the truth no longer concerns him. If he is going down, he will definitely drag me down with him. The crisis

was detached, as if he were recounting someone

widened in shock as she absorbed the information. “Is Dean involved in this?” she asked nervously. “Will

Jake scoffed. “Absolutely not.”

Dean