Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 964:

“Elma!” Jake’s voice, usually suffused with warmth, now cut through the air with unexpected severity.

“It’s one thing to dislike someone, but it’s entirely another to forsake manners. You owe Lacey an apology.”

Stubbornly, Elma set her jaw and shot back, her voice tinged with defiance.

“No! I’d apologize to anyone else under the sun, but I will not apologize to her.”

A shadow of disappointment crossed Jake’s features as his brow furrowed deeply.

Elma’s eyes brimmed with tears, her voice cracking as she accused Jake of undue harshness.

ease the growing strain, Lacey chimed in tactfully, “Perhaps Elma could take a moment to herself

I’ll head to the

revealing the raw pain beneath his

lifted Elma

to his seat, Jake’s eyes simmered with rage, emitting an intense

could eventually wear thin. Once he grew weary of Elma, his affection for Kallie’s other kids would

stories

believe the blame

Jake’s mood deflated slightly.

possible that Elma’s disdain for me is a reflection of what she’s absorbed

her agreement as she said, “It’s not unthinkable, which is

visibly frustrated, pinched the bridge of his nose and said