Unspoken Hearts: My Neglected Mute Wife’s Escape

Chapter 979

Chapter 979:

“Sit down. We need to talk,” he instructed.

Calvin hesitated but complied, though he subtly shifted further away, maintaining a cautious distance.

Jake, surprisingly composed, said calmly, “How have your mother and sister been lately?”

Calvin was momentarily taken aback before a cold, mocking laugh escaped his lips.

“Isn’t it a bit late to be asking that now? I’m hardly a child to be fooled by mock concern.”

Jake’s smile faded into a bitter grimace.

“You’re right. It was foolish of me to ask.”

silence

for a way

shifting the conversation abruptly, asked, “Why do you think Lacey would drug Elma

guard by the sudden query, Calvin took

strike me as a decent person, and it’s clear she harbors no love for me and

of you?” Jake quirked an eyebrow, a

“Yes,” Calvin affirmed firmly.

LΑτєѕτ chαρτєrs ιn g𝓪l𝑛ovєl𝑆.𝗰𝑜𝗺

and we, being your children—and Mom’s too—are just in her

a shadow of concern

have no intentions of marrying Lacey, or any other

the maturity

she simply cannot be the one. At the dinner the other night, she went out of her way to make a spectacle of us, accusing us of plotting against the Reeves family. That accusation was a step too far, considering none of

condone her public disparagement of Kallie. It seemed, perhaps, his judgment was clouded. Despite believing Kallie might wish him harm

Calvin saw