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?”

eyes flashed with something sinister. “What nonsense are you talking about? Your dad and I had

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 half of Stan’s face was disfigured. Later on, Stan approached you demanding an explanation. After all, my dad’s will

and his mother gone, and you simply handled things for me,

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

managed it, but he’s now a lackey to some perverted noble in

the truth no longer concerns him. If he is going down,

as if he were recounting someone

the information. “Is Dean involved

Jake scoffed. “Absolutely not.”

wasn’t being completely honest. Stan hadn’t plotted revenge against Dean solely because Dean was merely