Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 565:

The air around them was thick with intimidation, and Kallie felt a chill wash over her, her face paling slightly. Saniya noticed Kallie’s fear, a smug smirk playing on her lips as she let out a disdainful snort.

But then, a voice broke through the tension, low and gravelly, yet commanding. “Is this how you treat a guest? Have you forgotten the meaning of hospitality?”

The voice spoke in Kallie’s native language, and the sudden familiarity made her pause.

Kallie turned toward the voice, her eyes landing on an elderly man being wheeled out.

The elderly man’s frail frame was hunched, and his clothes hung loosely on his thin body. Yet, despite his apparent fragility, he wore a warm smile that gave him an almost kind appearance at first glance.

the elderly man

raced. This elderly man had to be the boss here. But confusion nagged at her. How could someone so old and feeble command

young man behind the wheelchair. He couldn’t have been more than nineteen, dressed just like the

dismissed the young man as part of the hired help. But something made her pause. Unlike the rest, who were all clearly foreign, he was unmistakably from her homeland. The realization sent

lips. “Ms. Nixon,” he called out in a smooth, almost too-friendly tone. “I must apologize for the

“So, you know Jake?” she asked, carefully choosing

quite familiar with him,” he replied, his tone growing more cryptic. “But that’s not the issue now, is it? You’re here, and I suggest you

for silence. She knew better than to ask questions that

must be exhausted. Go and rest,” the elderly man said, dismissively waving

motioning for Kallie

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