Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 521:

Jake’s smile emerged at last as he caressed her belly and sighed. “Thank you, my dear. Your mother is finally ready to recognize me officially.”

Kallie’s response was tinged with exasperation. “You shouldn’t put it like that. You make yourself sound like a lonely husband.”

“Well, I’m nearly that,” Jake replied, a wistful tone in his voice.

Once Kallie was discharged from the hospital, she went home with Sophie. There, Kallie caught sight of Jenny. Jenny, now a shell of her former self, was delirious, laughing aimlessly at the faces around her.

Edgar stepped beside Kallie, his voice low. “Jenny’s not a threat anymore.”

had walked straight into the arms of her own destruction. If only Jenny hadn’t threatened them with Tyrone, if only she hadn’t forced herself into their lives, drugging Kallie and Sophie in a desperate bid for control, she

now? Even though Jenny’s darkest secrets were exposed, the world would forget soon enough. People always did. From then on, if she behaved, she could still carve out a life on her own. Her greed had led her here. Kallie turned

worry, Miss,” Trent reassured her. “Your grandpa may still follow Jenny, but as

live

then added, “I’ve arranged a small room for Jenny by the garden. Every day, when I take

feeling a weight lift off her shoulders. “Okay.

wasn’t ready to ask Sophie to call Jake “Dad” yet. Sophie was clever, but she was also sensitive. One wrong step

took it as an opportunity. She invited Jake to join them

Jake and Sophie bonded effortlessly, their laughter

as if he feared she might get hurt the moment he blinked. He practically hovered over her for hours on end. Kallie sighed, feeling a slight headache coming on. “Jake, Sophie’s not made of