Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 916

Chapter 916:

Amid the intensity of it all, the rapid sound of her own breath and her heart pounding filled Kallie’s ears, drowning out everything else. Her mind emptied until everything faded into a dizzy hum.

Then, suddenly, she felt warmth in her eyes. A tear slipped down her cheek, unbidden. Maybe it was the heat of that tear, but Jake froze, as if jolted by an electric shock.

He pulled back, staring at her, dazed, unsure of his actions. His gaze softened when he saw her tear-streaked face, full of wounded disbelief, and a pang of regret struck his heart.

Kallie’s cheeks flushed, caught between embarrassment and hurt. Her lips appeared slightly swollen and glistening from his kiss.

Jake’s gaze deepened on her lips, his Adam’s apple moving up and down in restraint.

voice a little hoarse but resolute. “Jake, I’ll assume you’re just drunk. Let me go, or

Kallie without a word. His eyes intensified as he leaned closer, his handsome face inches from

her shoulders met the cold wall behind her. The chill of the wall jolted her back to her senses. She freed her hands and pressed them firmly to his

just as she braced herself to shove him, Jake suddenly leaned in, capturing her lips in another kiss. This time, his kiss was different. It

loved him. After all these years of shared struggles and raising children, their familiar connection from the past washed over her, as though no time had passed. For

somber. She waited, silently watching Jake, hoping

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questioning stare, a flicker of uncertainty in his eyes. What had he been thinking? Why did he

you killed. Is this really the woman

to argue, but the memory hit him like a punch. He recalled the betrayal, the forced leap off the cliff. Clayton had shown him the official death certificate, signed in Kallie’s

his teeth into his lip, the rush of anger