Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 495:

Jake’s face hardened as he turned to give Jenny a cold, piercing stare. The weight of his gaze made Jenny instinctively shrink back, but there was still defiance in her eyes. She had her trump card and wouldn’t surrender easily.

Jake towered over Jenny, his voice a chilling whisper. “Choose how you want to die.”

Jenny’s lips curled into a twisted smile. “You don’t have the guts to kill me, nor the courage to harm me,” she sneered, her voice filled with false confidence.

Just then, Edgar burst into the room, breathless. “Sir, Miss Watts has escaped.”

Kallie, who was still trying to comfort Sophie, froze. She turned slowly, catching the flicker of triumph in Jenny’s eyes. A nagging suspicion that had been gnawing at her from the start suddenly clicked into place. So, Jenny and Anna had cooperated. No wonder Jenny knew Jake’s true identity.

Jenny’s smirk widened, embodying self-satisfaction. Jake, watching Jenny closely, let out a low, sarcastic laugh. “Do you really think she’s coming back for you?”

Jenny’s lips. “What do you mean?” she questioned,

time I got the news, Miss Watts had

impossible,” she whispered, panic seeping into her words. “She promised me… We had a

blow. “Miss Watts hasn’t been a battlefield reporter for years. After being attacked in a war zone, her mental health shattered.

and disbelief. Kallie, now calmer, replayed Edgar’s

to jail that day. Moreover, according to Edgar’s words, Jake had been controlling Anna all along. Was

dazed. She barely registered when Jake’s men led Jenny out of the room. The ward was now quiet, with just the three of them left. Jake stood silently beside

mother and Jake before softly speaking up. “Mommy, I’m scared. Can Jake stay with me?” Her voice was sweet but laced with

out of her thoughts, her instinctive response to refuse caught in her throat. Today had been too chaotic. She reconsidered and said

over her hair. “I heard from the nurses and doctors that you’ve been brave.

my mommy is tired.