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.”

uncomfortable silence

scanned his surroundings, searching for a

asked, “Why do you think

off guard by the sudden query, Calvin took a moment before replying

doesn’t strike me as a decent person, and it’s clear she harbors no love for me and

an

“Yes,” Calvin affirmed firmly.

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her sights set on you, and we, being your children—and Mom’s too—are just in

shadow of concern

I assure you, I have no intentions of marrying

reflecting the

went out of her way to make a spectacle of us,

shifted subtly, a flicker of uncertainty in his eyes. For a brief moment, he found himself at a loss for words. He understood Lacey was trying to defend him, yet he couldn’t condone her public disparagement of Kallie. It seemed, perhaps, his judgment was clouded. Despite believing Kallie might wish him harm to gain control of the Reeves Group, he

Jake’s reticence, Calvin saw