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 enveloped

his surroundings, searching for a way to excuse himself from

the conversation abruptly, asked, “Why do

off guard by the sudden query, Calvin took a moment

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

of you?” Jake quirked an eyebrow, a hint

“Yes,” Calvin affirmed firmly.

LΑτєѕτ chαρτєrs ιn g𝓪l𝑛ovєl𝑆.𝗰𝑜𝗺

and we, being

shadow of concern passed over Jake’s face, his expression

you, I have no intentions of marrying Lacey, or any other woman for that

icy, reflecting the maturity

fact that 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,

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

reticence, Calvin saw