Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 822:

‘Jake and I were childhood sweethearts, destined to marry after college.

However, fate was cruel.

Kallie, once a silent foster child in the Reeves family, managed to win Jake’s grandfather’s sympathy and took my place, forcing Jake to marry her.

During those days, Jake hated her, longing to escape.

Yet Kallie always painted me as the villain in her story.’

Lacey’s heart pounded as she processed the story, prompting her to question further.

‘But I hear Jake really cares about Kallie now.

Logically, shouldn’t he resent such manipulation?’

Sarah’s face momentarily distorted into a strange expression.

‘Who told you that story, Jake himself?’

Lacey dismissed it with a quick shake of her head.

just the rumours

dwell on

web of their entanglements was no mystery, often feeding the

Sarah’s gaze sparkled.

the power of their

but it’s clear Kallie has set her

deftly diverted the conversation to

already gotten

Sarah leaned closer to Lacey, her voice low, hinting that Kallie and Clayton should be kept apart at all

the

nodded, though her mind was

below the horizon, Kallie climbed the

a while since she had returned to the camp, and she had not yet paid

at Roderick’s grave, she noticed that the headstone was carefully tended, with fresh offerings placed in

had placed them and thought

bouquet down next to

‘Good afternoon, Roderick.

are things

belief that Jake is

I’m sure he would