Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 876:

Time seemed to stretch, and it was almost half an hour later when Lacey finally made her entrance, framed by the relentless downpour outside. She stepped out of the car, pausing to share a bright, lingering laugh with someone still inside, her face alight with a joy rarely seen.

To Kallie, who was used to Lacey’s usual aloofness and reserved demeanor, this display of warmth was both surprising and puzzling. It was the first time Kallie had seen Lacey so completely alive, her laughter bubbling over, filling the space with warmth.

It sparked a thought in Kallie that the unseen companion in the car was surely someone of great significance to Lacey.

Upon entering the café, Lacey’s face transformed as her eyes met Kallie’s.

The joy vanished like smoke, replaced by a cold, formal expression.

“Hello, Miss Nixon,” Lacey remarked, her voice carrying a hint of frost.

Kallie flashed Lacey a

front of her on the table, and dove straight into the heart

to upset you? You seem to hold a certain view about

head, Lacey responded calmly, “Miss Nixon, it’s not you. I’m just

sipped her coffee and stared out at

Kallie mulled over how to dissolve the mounting tension, Lacey

sometimes find myself envious of you. You were born into

surprise, a retort forming on her lips. Her life had not been the easy

wasn’t kind to my sister and me. Our mother had been trafficked and sold to my father, who was always resentful that I was a girl. He hoped my mother would finally give him a son, but then came my sister. I gave my sister the name

Lacey’s revelations, Kallie gained a deeper insight into the hardships Lacey and Jeanette

Lacey escaped with Jeanette, the two holding each other up through the hardest times. Driven by

for a moment, her gaze