Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 415:

Kallie’s emotions tangled further. She truly saw no valid argument to reject Jake. Then Sophie got up and tugged at Kallie’s arm. “Mommy, he’s so unfortunate. If you don’t let him stay with us, he’ll end up homeless, sleeping on the streets. He won’t get much sleep or enough to eat.”

Kallie was both amused and slightly annoyed. She fixed Jake with a look of reproach and scoffed. “Do you really think it’s right to spin tales to a young girl just to get what you want?”

Jake shook his head, his response firm. “I’m not lying. That’s exactly my plan. I can’t leave Avalon right now. And if I’m not out on the streets, where else would I stay? We’re not in Yoeloth anymore. It’s complicated here, so yes, I’ll be sleeping on the streets. If I reveal who I am at this point, Stan will stop at nothing to take me down.”

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Kallie eyed him skeptically. “Really? With everything you’ve got, you’re worried about Stan?”

A laugh escaped Jake as he replied, “It’s not him I’m worried about. It’s the person backing him.”

Kallie’s mind raced as she recalled hearing about Stan’s influential supporter, a rather notorious figure. Despite years of trying, Stan had never managed to shake this benefactor.

room fell into heavy silence, brows knit

not welcoming us? You angered the Reeves family over this woman’s daughter, but now she doubts your intentions. Why do we even stay?

always considered your youth and overlooked much of your behavior. But this is the last warning I’m giving you. If you repeat those words, I’ll

Jake, what are you saying? Didn’t you

mask his fury. “Yes, I made a promise. But

was fuming. Lenny winced and stepped

so harsh with her? Did she inadvertently provoke him? If it had been in the past,

welcome to stay,” Kallie declared, her voice devoid of warmth. “But I won’t let you disrupt

point sharply, a note of finality

Jake’s eyes, vanishing almost immediately. “Understood,”

a message from Charlee, who had requested her number the last time they

“Kallie, are you free right

to hold her accountable for what she did to Joanna? Yet,