Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 878:

Kallie cleared her throat and replied, “Oh, no reason. Just curious.”

Kallie pondered the familiar scent she had just smelled. Perhaps it was just an illusion. She had been struggling to get a good night’s sleep lately, likely the reason she’d been experiencing some unsettling thoughts. Exhaustion was starting to creep back in.

With the conversation winding down, Kallie noticed the intensifying rain.

“It’s really pouring out there. Where do you live, Miss Payne? I can give you a lift if you’d like.”

Lacey shook her head and rose from her seat.

“Thank you for the offer, but I’ll manage.”

And with that, she turned and walked away.

the downpour without an umbrella. Kallie sensed

trying to get her

muffled her voice. Lacey didn’t seem to hear Kallie and quickened her pace,

after Lacey when she noticed a man holding an umbrella walking toward Lacey. He was tall and stood with an

a strikingly handsome man. Kallie stopped dead in her tracks. She recognized that silhouette. It was Jake! There was no mistaking his distinctive form. But what was Jake

it became clear they were well-acquainted. They chatted familiarly, their laughter mingling with the sound of the rain. He held the umbrella protectively over Lacey, shielding her from the

tales on

gust of wind snatched Kallie’s umbrella from her grasp, sending it tumbling down the street. The icy rain brought her back to her senses with a

brow furrowed in confusion. How

though she’d only seen his back, he’d seemed so familiar. But it appeared unlikely that man was Jake. Jake couldn’t be with Lacey. Nor could he watch Lacey come to her without doing

to think

to see a therapist.” She pulled out her phone to book the first

saying he planned to stay behind with Brysen

and